No Poo Method-do you use anything on your hair?

Posted by Peaches on January 19, 2012 at 1:47pm

Hi everyone!

I have been looking into doing the no-poo method for a while and have tried it for up to about a week.  I have naturally curly hair that has been getting highlights in it for years so my hair is really dry. 

Do you use only water?  I've heard of using baking soda (which scares me), lemon juice and apple cider vinegar.  Using lemon and acv also scares me because i think it would sting my really sensative skin. 

Any experiences, comments, recommendations?

Thanks!

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  • Wendy Peters July 6, 2014 at 9:16pm

    I went shampoo-free for two months, and then quit because of the dandruff/scalp buildup (sorry tmi). My hair was normal and not oily, but I didn't have a way of cleaning well at the root level.
    So, the best route to go is to use a soapy shampoo every 3-7 days, or you can get a clay-based cleanser...and then finish off with a normal conditioner. Hope that helps! :) 

  • Lacey Dinney May 7, 2014 at 5:57am

    I also have naturally curly/wavy hair that can get really dry

    I used apple cider vinegar and it worked great and a bit of coconut oil on my ends

    I found my hair began to rapidly grow and seemed way healtheir

  • William McClellan May 5, 2014 at 12:06pm

    I haven't used shampoo for like a year, but then again my mom says my hair smells xD (i would rather smell like a person that not) i did however try some shampoo a few weeks ago and it sucked, it made my hair all dry and i couldn't run my hands through it and it was really hard to wash, oh also i used to have some probs with mild dandruff and i don't now :D

  • Raini December 30, 2013 at 10:39pm
    I'm currently working my way to Sebum Only/No Wash, with a super diluted clarifying wash for when it gets really bad. I can stretch for 2 weeks, and that was with animal products! I tried Water Only and really disliked it, went SO for about a month, went to CO (cone free). I find that the best transition method (when I'm able to get the darn things started) is to french braid hair into double braids (for longer hair), which you can wear for days, take it down, and the waves look so great and hide the oil. For people with short hair, transitioning is worse because they can't really hide it. I found that wrapping/braiding hair with a cotton scarf helped by absorbing the oil.

    I used to use diluted egg washes as well, but my hair didn't really like it. Worked well the first couple times, though :-)

    Did I help :D?
  • MAMA WOLF November 16, 2013 at 5:30am

    I've been experimenting with no-poo methods for so long and I think I've finally found what works (I have wavy color damaged hair that had thinned out a bit and become rather oily) I usually just use a diluted apple cider vinegar dilution when I do wash my hair, which is about once a week. I just pour a bit on my scalp and massage it around and through my hair. I rinse it out without letting it sit too because it feels lighter that way. I don't have sensitive skin on my head so I can't speak much about any possible pain with the ACV. But mine is diluted so much I can't imagine it would hurt. Depending on your view of honey, I used to just dissolve some raw honey in warm water and wash with that. It would certainly be a gentler option. In between washes I just massage my scalp in water and it stays oil free! My hair has never felt better (:

  • hip~twirler September 22, 2013 at 2:55am
    I have very thick bushy coils.I don't use shampoo.Once a month I use apple cider vinegar.Suggest using spray bottle of some type so you have less chance of stingy yourself.That's the only time I"shampoo my hair.Rest of the time I use conditioner or something like a conditioner.
  • Dr. Flora Mason Van Orden May 31, 2013 at 11:07pm

    I have naturally curly hair too, and at 76, that's a blessing. The only thing I regularly put on it has been just the hot filtered water and an almost 10 minute pack and massage of freshly juiced pineapple juice or fine watery pulp from the pineapple. I massage it into my scalp for under 10 minutes (that stuff gets really acid afterr that, like any citrus juice) and rinse very well.

    Before, when I was not all raw, and wasn't as careful as I am now about peeling (because everything I get has been waxed, since I'm not able to eat organic like I need to because of finances) and when you eat that waxed fruit without peeling it, (and sometimes giving it hot water baths before you peel it to melt the wax off  - sometimes even two, a minute apart) your hair suffers terribly.

    Now that there is no more oil from the wax in my system, and I haven't been in the oily Bay or ocean for awhile, there is no more grease in my hair and the pineapple pulp makes it lush and soft. Oil from water, food skins, and vehicle exhaust always ends up in our scalp, and increases once a month - some native elders say during the full moon wane, when the tides and our livers are affected and our livers vibrate and push out all of the extra oil and it goes north in our lymphatic system to our scalp and then the poor hair follicles clog up and our hair gets white and falls out. With no greasy lotions, oceans, and peelings, our hair is lush and curly. Mine curls like it did when I was a toddler.

  • Alan J April 27, 2013 at 11:56am

    Wash with room temperature water or cooler and scrub your scalp with your fingers, that should be good enough. If your hair is really greasy then add baking soda but only do this 2-3 times a month. Hot showers will deplete your hair and skin. If you need a conditioner use avocado

  • Fruitniss January 5, 2013 at 3:40pm

    Have any of you tried a banana mask in your hair? You would think it would be a great conditioner with all the B vitamins. I have thought about trying it but I keep putting it off. 

  • Cassie K June 28, 2012 at 4:26pm

    Most people going no-shampoo use baking soda/apple cider vinegar. I used this method for years, but realized my hair seemed as dependent on this method to stay "clean" looking as if I were still using shampoo. Now I am all-natural (run hot water then cold water on my hair); but this means I need to shower (only with water) everyday so the oil, from the roots, will redistribute or move down my hair. Sometimes I had sea salt and coconut oil in my water to give that "beach-babe" look to my hair.

    Ultimately, I feel that going all-natural actually fixes the "greasy" problem, whereas baking soda contributes to the problem as shampoo/conditioner does.

     

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