I have really long thick hair. The kind of hair that you
wash about twice a week (definitely not every morning) and that takes 45
minutes to blow dry. They also happen to be heavy and wavy which doesn’t make
it easy to find a right shampoo to use.
In my teenage years I used a lot of different shampoos. Back
then my hair was straighter but thicker. I think I tried them all, ranging from
Pantene, to Herbel Essence, to Dove or to whatever my sister used to buy
really. My hair was nice, don’t get me wrong. It was shiny and nice looking but
after 2 days my scalp was oily, I had an itchy scalp and the only way I’d solve
this was by washing my hair again. So it would create a vicious cycle.
Then, I had my children and it became hard to wash my hair.
I had two newborns, I still had extra-long hair, and I didn’t have time for a
30 minute washing and a 45 minute air drying. I reduced my hair washing by
half. I’d wash my hair every Sunday and that was it. At first, it was
disgusting. When I got to Friday I felt someone had spilled oil on my scalp.
Then, after a month or two, I was good. I no longer felt that “oil feeling.” It
still felt “clean” when I’d wash my hair.
Then, I read about the no poo method about 4 months ago. I
thought to myself “if my hair and scalp was about to adapt from going from 2
washes a week to 1 wash a week, maybe I can just, stop using shampoo.” So I
tried.
Here it the thing, at first, you have to wash it as much as
possible with water, nothing else. Whenever you take a shower, just wash that
hair. The first few times I did this, I felt like my hair was still wet
although it wasn’t. You kind of feel like it’s not washed at all. That’s the
time when you want to braid your hair or wear it tied up. Once a week I’d also
wash my hair with raw honey (very important that it’s RAW) and water (1/3 honey
for 2/3 water plus a few drops of essential oil- I used lavender). You pour the
mixture into your scalp, no worried about the rest of your hair. What really
needs to be washed is your scalp. I noticed that after washing it with honey it
felt much cleaner.
So, to make this simple, here is what you need and my
recipe:
What do you need?
- An empty bottle to mix liquids
- Raw honey
- Water
- Essential oils (your choice)
How do you do it?
- 1/3 Raw honey
- 2/3 water
- 1-2 drops essential oils (as you prefer)
- Mix all these ingredients in the bottle until the honey is dissolved.
After 3 months, my hair was back to “normal”. Normal being,
shiny, nice, soft, healthy looking, not oily. Honestly, it looks awesome. I
wouldn't switch back to shampoo for nothing in the world. It only makes your
hair need more shampoo and really doesn't do anything for you.
Here are some positive/negative points that I find about
using the no poo method.
Let’s start with the negatives:
- It’s longer to prepare the honey/water mixture.
- It takes a while before you get used to using the no poo method.
Now the positives:
- Your hair uses natural oils that you produce to clean itself (no more chemicals)
- Your hair looks amazing and very healthy
- I don’t have any more split hair or slip tips…
- My hair is much less wet when I’m done washing it. So it dries itself within an hour (yes yes!)
- It’s not expensive and you can create your own scent
There are also other
recipes online, this one is what I use and what works for me, I encourage you
to look it up and see what works for you.
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