Who Here Has Switched To the 'No-Poo' Method??

[sheeplady]

Thanks, sheeplady. I've read about this trick and I've been leery of it because I'm afraid the oil will wick up my hair. I haven't been able to get my hands on jojoba yet and have no experience in how heavy or light of an oil it is. Do you think grapeseed might work in the meantime?

I think it would work, I've never tried it, but oil is oil. I can't see it messing up your hair. Two recommendations: 1. only one or two drops- and I am talking tiny drops- like a quarter of an inch in diameter at most. I keep my oil in a tiny travel size "squirt" container and use one to two drops on each "side" (split down the middle) of my hair and I have long hair, about every other week when it is really dry, once a month otherwise. So I might try a single drop if you have shorter hair. If you leave too much oil in the shower it can go rancid, and most oils are far too expensive to let go to waste like that, so transfer your oil to a small container.

2. I wet my hair and hands, and put the oil in my palms, and rub my palms around the end of the hair that needs it- I stay a couple inches away from places that don't. So use the oil, and then wash it with the baking soda. You basically are "conditioning" before you "shampoo", and that will strip out any extra oil. You can't do it afterwards, but it doesn't work so well in my opinion. I like to put the oil on and let it soak while I shave my legs. I don't know if this is necessary, or not, but I do think it is a little deeper conditioning.

If worse comes to worse, you can just give your hair an extra wash if it ends up greasy. I personally am not a fan of coconut oil, because I have yet to use it in a way that doesn't result in greasy hair- I think I take too much.

[lolly_loisides]

Thanks, sheeplady. I've read about this trick and I've been leery of it because I'm afraid the oil will wick up my hair. I haven't been able to get my hands on jojoba yet and have no experience in how heavy or light of an oil it is. Do you think grapeseed might work in the meantime?

I use jojoba oil & it works well for me. Jojoba oil isn't actually an oil, it's a liquid wax. I find it doesn't make my hair heavy or greasy in the way that other oils do.