My Henna Hair ♥ How I Went Shampoo Free
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2013
- NOTE: Thanks for the advice, but I'm not interested in shampoo. Any shampoo, natural, bentonite clay, none of it. I know you mean well, I'm just not interested. Thanks!
How I went shampoo free using baking soda and apple cider vinegar, a one week video journal, with updates through 6 weeks, I show you exactly how I do it (awkward), and tell you how I feel about my hair now!
FAQ:
Are you still poo fee?
9/27 Yes
Does your hair get dry?
I also henna my hair, and do deep conditioning on the ends of my hairs, and use protein products on my ends, so no.
How often do you wash your hair?
Two or three times a week.
Don't these ingredients make a bomb?
No. They're diluted, and the baking soda gets rinsed before the vinegar solution is applied.
Isn't the vinegar too acidic?
No...it's diluted.
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I am an Indian an its a very old tip that I am sharing here in regards to henna. If you die your hair with henna, just wash out out with only water. Using shampoo or any other rinsing agent will only take a lot of color out from your hair. After drying your hair, massage mustard oil in your hair and keep it over night. Your color will be locked in for longer duration using this method. Also since henna has drying properties, mustard oil conditions and enhances the shine. Mustard oil can be easily found in Indian stores and we Indians can swear by it. It is the best deep conditioning agent for hair I have known. My great grand mom would apply mustard oil everyday after washing her hair and she didn't have even a single grey strand until she passed away.
I read mustard can do some damage to your skin and hair...what do think about that? Is it safe to use it? I'm not aware of having any food allergies but I'm not sure if I should use mustard oil because of what I read, but based on your comment I guess you would know more about the whole issue than me.
Lola .S. I was not aware that the credibility of mustard oil has been questioned before I moved to the states about a year ago. Mustard oil is a vital part of Ayurveda, the ancient indian medicine which is more than 4000 years old. And so traditionally North Indians/Pakistanis have been using mustard oil for baby massage especially during winters. It's traditional to massage a baby before his/her bath. In many families, oils are still preferred over creams and lotions for this purpose. As a kid I have used mustard oil and margosa(neem) leaves to treat skin allergies and eczema and I have never developed any aversions to mustard oil. I cook some indian dishes using mustard oil and also use it for my hair. I have often been complimented for my hair and skin. Unless one has a problem with the strong mustard smell (which I love :P since it reminds me of good food), I see no reason to not use mustard oil. I found some links that might interest you.
ayurvedaplace.com/2011/09/07/ayurveda/
ayurvedicoils.com/tag/mustard-oil-in-ayurveda
***** Thank you very much. I like indian culture and I appreciate those important things you mentioned there. And about the smell, I don't think I'll have a problem with that, I love strog spicy smells :)
Could you use coconut oil as a substitution for mustard oil?
Absolutely. Coconut oil is equally beneficial. plus the pleasant fragrance :)
When I did my mom's hair with henna, I cracked an egg in it for moisture. This always made the hair much thicker. If you get tired of henna later on if you crack a whole egg yolk in a wine glass of dark rum for dark hair or light rum for light hair. leave on for 15 minutes then shampoo. you will have stunning highlights. This lasts for about a month.
***** Yum.
The music is so distracting
My hair is notorious for having a ton of build up, split ends, and looking dry and dull. I ended up on this video from watching your henna videos, and you've won me over. No more shampoo for me!
I love how you do the demonstration in the video because although I've read up on a lot about the "no poo method", I never fully understood how to apply. Thanks so much! :)
casey darling That's why I made these videos! When I switched to henna to dye my hair, and started looking into methods I was so frustrated that people who professed to be experts weren't doing any demos! Pics or it didn't happen. :)
Love the no poo method! It's helped my hair so much and it grows so fast now!!
flawless skinnnn and beautiful hair color
I'm not actually ready to go shampoo free, I just try to alternate the natural organic shampoo and alternative methods (like washing hair with chickpea flour), but I really liked your video,especially because it's all based on experience,that's what matters :) keep up the good work!
I mix the baking soda right before I put it in my hair, and I put a few drops of tea tree oil into the ACV\water mix. Just because it keeps the ends of my hair from being dry.
I've been cleaning my hair with baking soda water (plus a few drops of essential oil) and rinsing with the apple cider vinegar water (with some essential oil as well) for a little over 2 years now. If you feel like you aren't getting your hair very clean or have build up on the scalp you might want to try scrubbing when you wash it. I scrub the CRAP out of my hair when cleaning it, and then when rinsing it. I also rinse before doing the vinegar. I also only use the vinegar water on the bottom half of my hair or else it gets oily only a day later. I notice this video is older but if you are still using this method I figured I would let you know!
+addictedtoelf Also, I have had great luck with this method as my hair grew 12 inches the first year, which is how fast it grew when I was a kid but stopped during teenage years. :) Good luck!
What essential oil do you use please?
Thanks for putting up this video, I just tried it out as well (after beeing totally disappointed by the dr. bronners soap as a shampoo) and i really hope it will work just as well for me as it did for you.
I think it's great that you showed exactly how you do it and how the results developed after time, that was really helpful!
Ps: You got such a pretty face i'm jealous! ;)
I am SO happy I stumbled upon this video. My hair is extremely over processed and my scalp is disgusting. Just this morning I woke up because of the horrible itching! I cannot wait to try this.
Great review! I think we have fairly similar hair, so it's helpful to see your take on everything. Thanks!
Kimberly Coates Thanks!
You're so beautiful and I love your hair color! I just did colorless henna in my hair today and I definitely feel inspired to try burgundy henna now. I used to use baking soda to clean my hair; but I also mixed it w/ vinegar,honey, cinnamon, and lemon juice. The only thing was that I wasn't conditioning my hair at all for months and it got super damaged. I'm now using this natural shampoo and conditioner that has helped a lot. I might try using baking soda again sometime in the future though.
Thank you very much for this video. I've started going No Poo about 2 weeks ago, and I'm glad to see that others are struggling too, although your hair looks a lot better than mine. My scalp is a mess, but I've been using spray bottles and more watery solutions than you. I'm gonna try out your method now. As for dry hair, I find that using a few drops of olive oil on my hair after washing or in between when it's too frizzy helps a lot.
Your hair looks great !!
your eyes are so pretty! and i love your hair :)
Hi Katrina! Thanks for the post, I'll give the bicarb a try, I was using egg and lemon. You might find red wine vinegar works better on hennaed hair, it certainly seems to on mine (mousy blonde natural dyed with Yemeni henna), I use an organic sulphite free one.
You're so pretty! And I love the color of your hair
Kenzie Trott Thank you!
It was cool to hear and see your no shampoo experiment. I've been dabbling with baking soda and vinegar/water washes too. I would add essential oil to mine though. You've got gorgeous features--eyes and mouth. I heard that there is a transition your hair goes through when you go natural. I can't stand tangled. But I was impressed at what you said about less hair coming out on the brush and a few other things.
I just started the no poo method and got dandruff flakes already from the first week. Now you gave me hope :D
You are so lovely and pleasant to watch ^-^ I have been using a LUSH shampoo bar but now I am going to buy supplies and try this as soon as I can
What can i do to remove the dandruff from my hair??it's killing me ..i've used alot of products nothing works
Thank you so much for this video!
Very informative and helpful, I've been thinking about going no poo for a while so def going to try after the advice in this.
However, I do recommend you use a glass container for the baking soda and avc rince, hot water can break down the plastic and release chemicals from the bottles.
Hi Liz. Thanks for the advice. I don't use glass in the shower, because I'm barefoot, and it can break.
Have you thought of using a spray bottle for each of your mixtures? For me I feel like it's more c concentrated on the areas I use it on and don't "waste" quite as much. Just a suggestion. And your hair looks great by the way!
Thank you for this video!I have the exact same problem with my hair. I use lush shampoo and dry shampoo too.
love your natural looking eye makeup at 13:25. can you do a quick tutorial on it?
Your videos are really helpful! Thanks for sharing your process... I never knew that the stuff in the scalp is part of the shampooing process - yikes! I will try this a few months from now. You look amazing at the end in the green blouse! Hope your acting continues to go well.
Gayla D'Gaia Thank you!
Super video. Very good information. Green solution. Also have you heard about Soapwort or Soap Iris? They are soap plants which are great for washing anything. Free of regular detergents. And also Bentonite clay. That is really great. I am planning on making my own shampoo with those things and also with sodium bicarbonate which is baking soda and the vinegar. All of those ingredients are better than regular soaps.
Thank you for sharing! I have been looking into this for awhile. :)
+Katrinaosity Are you still in this method? Probably not since I saw a recent video that you're talking about a shampoo or whatever that was. But can you tell us why exactly you quit?
Your hair is just GORGEOUS. Jealous.
xo,
Lela
Have you considered egg yolks? Mix with a bit of water. I used 2 for shoulder length hair mixed with enough water to have enough to work through my hair but not too watery. Or mommypotamus has an amazing, amazing video on using clay to wash your hair. That is what I have been doing for months. I don't find the need for a rinse .
I have red hair also and I am literally in the same situation you are in, I'm fed up with how my hair feels with store bought shampoo and conditioner! I'm going to try this tomorrow and see how it goes, thanks for this video btw, it was really helpful! :)
Great I want to do it but I can't stand the smell of apple cider vinegar. Does the smell stay in your hair ?
I did this for a while, but my hair lost it's colour.. I'm a natural redhead, so I was kinda bummed out. Am going to try it again soon, though!
Thankyou for the demonstration! I tried the no-poo method years ago and it went terrible. I realize now that i was following poorly written instructions. I was mixing a big bottle of the mixture but only using it like shampoo. Filling my palm with the mixture and spreading through my hair... i wasnt using the whole mixture!!!! I feel like face palming😅
Hey... very nice video, I found it very informative.
So, I was just wondering if you "wash" your hair with the baking soda/applecider vinegar rinse every day, or less? (sorry if I missed this) Also do you still use heat styling regularly?
I've been poo free since December 2012. It's the best thing I had ever done for my hair. I can go about 2 days in between washing my hair. The first time I did it, it felt like I was washing out slime. I was going to be late for work, so I had to give up and try the next day. It took me like half a gallon of the baking soda mixture to finally get all the residue out of my hair. I use white vinegar, since that's supposed to be for oily hair, whereas the apple cider vinegar is for normal to dry.
Ice Queen nice!
hi there, apple cider vinegar is GOOD PH=2 ( fresh scalp )
baking soda PH= 8 ( oily & heavy scalp)
use shampoo bar ( 100% natural ) + AVC rinse= works really good
Hey, I am currently researching using baking soda and apple cider vinegar and I found your video really informative; thank you so much for posting it. I have a few questions that I didn't see answered above and I was wondering how you manage washing out henna with this method... does it just take longer??It seems like it would be sooo hard to do. Also, where did you originally research the methods you eventually chose to use? You mentioned recipes that more/less people were happy with, thanks!
It’s 2018, you still use baking soda and apple cider vinegar on your routine?
Baking powder basically is just natron. And natron has been used during antique times in Egypt, Greece and the Roman Empire to clean pretty much anything from fabrics to the body and hair. Great to see such old -and mostly healthier- ways being revived. :)
1. I'm so happy I'm not the only one with a shower the sounds like a dying rabbit.
2. I have the same issue with the build up issues in my scalp.
3. There is a shea butter deep conditioner by cantu in the ethnic section if you throw a towel in the dryer and put that stuff on your hair and then wrap it in a hot towel.... I've bleached my hair twice in one week and didn't fry it doing that. You would then go rinse it out after the towel gets cool. I swear by that product. It's amazing and smells like coconut sunscreen.... It's delicious.
I'm very seriously going to try this. While holding large objects above my head is not ideal since I've actually partially dislocated my shoulder washing my hair in the shower before, this may be worth it. 🤞
Hi,
I would like to thank you for this video, I am so glad I came across it! I have tried your method only once so far, but it was sooo good, I never imagined that it will be so easy to comb my hair after this! I also use henna (and cassia, indigo) on my hair, and I heard that baking soda makes the colour fade, but I hope it will be fine, I don't want to use shampoo again. :) Thank you again and all the best!
I haven't noticed the color fading in mine since I started this, but it also probably depends on hair texture/sun exposure/ph, etc etc etc. Who knows?
I tried this last night! My hair got so soft. My hair is super thick in the back so I put the ACV mixture in a spray bottle and applied it twice, rinsing between. I could actually comb it out of the shower! (normally not possible without massive breakage) Thanks for your video. :D
have you noticed any pulling of color from the henna with continued use? I use baking soda and acv and I was wanting to try henna but wasn't sure how it would react with long term use?
I was kinda afraid to get to the no-poo method because my worst nightmare is greasy hair. I thought was gonna sacrifice my social life for a month!!! But your video was so helpful and I think I'm not gonna wait until school year is over!! Thank you!! :-)
Good luck!
IM TOTALLY NO-POO and i love it!!! The dark side does have cupcakes=] hahaha. Ur so pretty and im totally jealous of your hair color
Would you suggest this for someone with scalp psoriasis?
So, after watching this video, I decided that I needed to try this! I love it, but there is one thing that I added. I mix my own "leave in conditioner" which is simply olive oil, almond oil, and water. I put in a spray bottle and shake it up. I spray it on after my hair has had a minute to dry. I'd say 2/3 of the mix is water and the rest is like 50/50 with the oils, and my hair feels the same as it does when I use good shampoos that I can no longer afford.
I'm tempted to try it myself. I wonder what would happen ...
Very nice video, your hair looks awesome. I started going no-poo about a year ago and I just love it! I use the baking soda mixture to wash my hair and a conditioner with only natural ingredients (I can't stand smelling vinegar, it makes me sick) and my hair looks and feels sooooo nice. Now I can go days without washing it, before I had to wash it everyday. =)
Thank you! This was really helpful :0)
so do you use any styling products or did you find substitutes or neither???? thinking of going chemical free in my hair
does anyone know (if Katrinosity doesn't see this) whether the apple cider vinegar rinse is okay for a dry scalp (winter makes my skin and hair very dry)?
+AfridiZindabad I would only use it with the baking soda solution. Otherwise you may throw your ph off and make it too acidic.
I want to try baking soda and apple cider vinegar. How you do it?
Plz try my suggested solution. My teen daughter has same oily hair problem. She also gets dandruff because of that. But since I have used the dried orange peel powder paste on her scalp once a week, her problem is almost gone. You can this powder in any big Indian store or better make it home like I do. Just dry some orange peels after you done eating them in hot sun outside in your backyard or patio for a few days during daytime. Like around 8- 10 days in row or until they hvee lost all the moisture then make powder in a blender or something. Then use it on your scalp everywhere for 20 min and wash it away. You won't have oily hair problem as much. The consistency of the powder should be that of pancake batter. Good luck.
that is really interesting. My daughter is entering puberty and I don't know if her hair is overly greasy (although come to think of it it did look greasy today) but her scalp stinks! Even after washing it still smells though not as strong. I think I am going to try your suggesting and switch her from commercial shampoo.
mahesh b Well, I don't have the issue now...the oily scalp was a side effect from shampoo. Switching to baking soda and vinegar cured it. It was because stripping the sebaceous glands with shampoo just causes them to overcompensate by producing excess oil. It gets really oily while your scalp ph balances out, and then it gets better.
mahesh b Hi, may I ask what you mixed the powder with? I've dried the orange peels and blended them.
do you have to mix it in seperate bottles? is it important to use the baking soda first and then the vinegar? i also want to try this but i would like to only use one bottle, which would make the whole process shorter and easier :)
Awesome- beautiful locks! I do a henna every 6 weeks as a deep clean and nourish. I love the shine it gives my hair! I also do an avocado mask evry 6 weeks to keep it super soft. If you can't eat it, don't stick it on your hair :D xx
Lulastic Hippyshake I love my avocado mask!
If you like coconut oil you should try 100% pure argan oil, it's even more moisturizing, so healthy for hair and skin, really helps spilt ends & I actually use it on my face instead of moisturizer, I have super dry skin & the argan oil is way more hydrating & actually really helped get rid of acne too. Doesn't smell as good as coconut oil, doesn't really smell like anything.
I like your video's, you're adorable to watch and I love how nothing is TMI for you! Thanks for the info!
The no poo method I did for Six months and didn't work for me. I use soap and a Apple vinegar rinse.
I love your hair colour. Do you know the exact shade?
Im so jaloux of you! You are so natural beautiful! And i love the way your hair color turned out! It really suits you're pretty green eyes! (I hope this docent sound creepy :i)
TheNailArtGirl96 Thanks!
What's the song in the background?
I just started using baking soda and water for shampoo. From the directions it said to only mix enough for one shampooing because the baking soda goes through a chemical change and won't be as effective as if you mix it up every time.
Hi Kat Your henna hair is much more orange-y here and it is much deeper and richer now. I know henna gets darker over time, but I also know different hennas from different countries have different outcomes. So, just curious if your hair is deeper now because it deepens over time, or are you using a different brand henna now than here? Thanks for sharing this week of journaling, because I just started doing this. Still struggling with health issues and hair loss 😢 and trying everything!
wait you rinse the baking soda out with the vinegar mix? I rinse out the baking soda in the shower ...THEN add the vinegar rinse. I hope I am not doing it wrong. Your results are beautiful!
What do you use for a deep conditioning treatment?
yeah thats the thing, I workout everyday and I have an outside summer job. I feel like I wouldnt be able to dot this. I just wash my hair every other day...
I didn't think I'd be able to, but once the ph of my scalp adjusted, it's not a problem. If it gets dirty faster because of dust and such, just wash it again, no worries.
I really want to try this but i absolutely HATE the smell of ACV, any alternatives?
is vinegar not a little to acidy? i dont think its good to use acid on the hair
What minerals did you use to do it;
The reason why it felt greasy in the first couple of weeks/days is because your hair is getting rid of all the chemicals that the shampoo and conditioner has been pumping into your scalp. it takes about 3-6 weeks for it to come back to a completely normal and even better outcome
Bella Sames Do I not touch on this in the video? lol. Everyone is offering info that I'm pretty sure I put in the video. Or was this comment for someone else?
Whoa!
I said most. And the other stuff they put in is to help oil and water ingredients mix together and allow the shampoo to foam.
I would try a super natural organic type shampoo like Natures Gate etc... Once or twice a month just to get out oil build up. Significantly less damaging than regular shampoo's and conditioners. So many great non chemical shampoos out there . I am huge fan of Shea Moisture products myself. Just a suggestion. 😊
So this is safe for hair that has been henna'd? Like it doesnt strip the color or anything?
I haven't had any problems, and I don't even reapply henna, I just do my root touch up. Just make sure you rinse well.
Hi really interesting journey!!!!! :-) but maybe you should alternate baking soda with something more gentle, because baking soda is very clarify product. :-)
Have you tried Chagrin Valley all natural shampoo bars? They are all pure herbs,butter's and essential oil's and all natural organic ingrediants. I believe they even have a coconut milk shampoo bar which I know you mentioned you love. I use these and follow up with a ACV rinse and there is a adjustment period because they are all natural and replace all the natural good oils and nourisment to your hair but I have been so happy with them! Love your hair and you have a little baby doll face.
I really want to try this method but I'm afraid to see how my hair will respond in the "transition time". This will really help me with my oily hair, cause I have to wash it every single day. Maybe one of these days I'll be brave enough to try it :)
Yithar Wait until a vacation to try it, if you can. It can get pretty gnarly.
fabulous vlog! you are so beautiful. I was watching this because I've been doing the baking soda and apple cider vinegar now for a year and also love it. but I just dyed my hair red last night and was unsure if the baking soda fades the color or not. My hair hasn't taken to the red yet very well so I'm afraid to do anything that will fade it extra fast. Yours seems to have done well. I realize you made this video a couple years ago, but one tip if you're still doing this is to use spray bottles to spray it on your hair in the shower. makes the mixtures last VERY much longer.
Good and descriptive video. Thanks.
Thanks!
what song is playing in the video?
I applied about two table spoons of baking soda and got it to have the consistency of mud, and then massaged it into directly into my hair while drenched. Your formula seems allot more diluted. Then I took the apple cider vinegar and added 3 parts water to a cup, and let it work for about a minute. Now My hair is remarkably shinier, softer, and more moisturized than it ever was even with the supposed 'high quality' brands.
I rinse with water after vinegar rinse and my hair does great.
Any update on how your hair is today? What are you using on your hair now?
Crystal Darnell Still doing the same thing. Overall, it's darker through the lengths because it doesn't have as much damage, so it doesn't bleach in the sun as easily. Still do my henna, still do deep conditioning once a week, or every 2 weeks. Love it!
Does this effect your skin at all? Any increase in dryness or outbreaks?
No! It's wonderful for your skin, because the vinegar balances the baking soda, leveling the pH balance of it. Also, you're not stripping natural oils out of your scalp, which is what makes it overcompensate with more oil. I use a deep conditioner on the ends of my hair, but not on my scalp, so there's nothing making my scalp dry out either.
isnt baking soda harsh??
How are you removing henna with this method after dyeing?I am using it also,dark red,but it's a pain in the ass removing it even with a regular shampoo.Also,I want to begin with "no poo" method cause I'm allergic to everything (that's why I'm using henna instead of dye),but I want to stay red :)
Before I went poo free I used to use a TON of conditioner to rinse the henna, and it took freaking forever. Since going poo free my hair is so much smoother, and the henna rinses right out with just water. :) I simply rinse it out with warm water, and then condition the ends with a coconut oil conditioner, like organix. The first few nights I put an orange pillow case on my pillow, because my hair will rub a little color off for a couple days, and you can feel it in your hair a little bit, like after you've use a dry shampoo, sort of powdery. The next time I wash my hair after that, I just use my regular baking soda and vinegar rinses, and it's all smooth again.
Thanks :)
Here's an article of few I found while doing my research. Just another opinion on the subject. www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/curl-products/baking-soda-how-does-it-actually-work/
The music in the background was great xD
I really want to to try this, but I fear that my hair might just fall off! :)
I guess I should just be careful to properly dilute the substances, so that the baking soda is not too alkali and the vinegar not too acidic. This method seems tricky because every home has different water (different ph and composition), so a recipe that works for someone might not work for another.
I think I'll try testing the ph of each solution until I get the perfect 5.5.
Thanks for the inspiration!
What do you act in ?
White vinegar is less moisturizing than apple cider vinegar, so using that to rinse out the baking soda and then rinsing that out and then using the apple cider vinegar to help moisturize could be beneficial :)
I rinse the baking soda with water, and the apple cider vinegar and water mixture is to balance the ph.
Doesn't the baking soda and cider vinegar rinse out your henna coloring?
Nope. It's very, very diluted, and you rinse it out.
Can you do an update?
Have you tried Wen or any other cleansing conditioner?
I tried WEN, but I prefer Calia right now.
You can also use ghar soup its very good but you dont get it just anywhere umm maybe an asian store ?? ...
Hi! Quick question to your hair: What is your natural hair color? Because the henna sure made your hair look really gingerish! It looks good and I was wondering if it would work on my hair the same way~
+justyoureverydaygirl Ashy blonde. Dishwater...almost grey in the winter. :p
omg same lol, and I henna'd too
+Katrinaosity can henna go back to blonde after a while? I'm naturally blonde and am a little wary of permanent colour in case I don't like it.
Thanks! :)
I could be wrong, but to me it seems that your roots got lighter in colour, possibly because of the baking soda, it's a mild bleaching agent. Perhaps that's why the gradient is smoother? :)
Café au lait You rinse it out right away, and it's very diluted. My roots are blonde, so that could be why. Henna darkens your hair when you dye with it, instead of lifting, so when it grows out my roots are a couple shades lighter.
did you notice lightness?