So I Took The ‘Don’t Wash Your Hair With Shampoo Challenge & LOVED it!
So last week I posted this article I read on MindBodyGreen about using a combination of baking soda to ‘wash’ your hair and instead of conditioner, doing a final rinse with about 8 oz of water and tbsp of apple cider vinegar…and today I tried it!
I have been using organic and natural shampoos and conditioners for about 13 years now but I am always up for learning something new.
It looked like I was getting ready to do a science experiment as I made my way into the bathroom, with my containers and less then optimistic look on my face:)
The article recommends using 1 tbsp of baking soda mixed with a bit of water and to massage into your scalp for 1 minute, I have long hair and would recommend using 2 tbsp, 1 tbsp to work it through standing upright and then another tbsp to flip your head and work form underneath. I did this for the minute and then rinsed my hair with 8oz of water and only 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar. It felt AMAZING!!!
I combed my hair through in the shower and that was it!
I thought since I could smell the vinegar when I was rinsing, that my hair would have a residual smell but it did not:)
I blow dried my hair the same way I always do and I swear it blowed dried faster, maybe because it wasn’t weighed down by my conditioner?
Who knows…all I know is that i loved this, it was easy, cost mere pennies and has me fine-tuning my lifelong journey of a more natural way of living. If only I knew of this before I finished I book, it will definitely be in my next one and my online detox course starting up in a few weeks.
It makes so much sense to me too. I educate to people everyday about cleansing and conditioning their bodies form the inside out and only using the simplest of natural products on the outside like; coconut oil, almond oil etc. so why in the heck wouldn’t we do the same with our hair? Our hair is merely an extension or expression of how vital our inside are on a cellular level.
To thumbs up form this girl!
Here is my hair post shower and blow dry!