Natural Hair Care: Use natural Shampoo (Coconut oil is a good one or Dr. Bronner's Castle products) However, they are costly too, anything organic is and especially if it makes your look better, health, good for the environment and body.
Next time you run low on shampoo, don’t run out and buy another
bottle. This
is one of my favorite soaps.
1. The chemicals in mainstream hair-care products are bad for
you.
Your skin is your body’s largest organ, and it’s absorbent, so
if you think you’re safe from chemicals if you don’t eat them, think again.
From sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium laureate sulfate (two dangerous
detergents also used in engine degreasers) to propylene and butylene glycol
(compounds used in photographic film processing), your skin is soaking up all
kinds of toxins that
will eventually enter your blood stream. All these toxins can
thin out the hair too.
Stick to this rule: If you wouldn’t put it in your mouth, don’t
put it on your skin.
Visit the "Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep" to
get the dish on the dirty little secrets your favorite shampoo has been hiding.
2. Living without hair-care products is economical.
It’s as simple as that. Shampoos and conditioners, even the
cheap kinds, can cost a family of four a small fortune over the course of a
year. If you’re a hair-care junky, and you can’t live without your $40 bottle
of hair serum, the money you’ll save by ditching your high-end products will
blow your mind and possibly save your bank account.
3. Chemical shampoos and products destroy your hair and scalp.
Your hair is greasy, so you take a shower and wash it with
shampoo. The shampoo strips away all of your scalp’s natural oils. The next
day, your hair is greasy again, and you shampoo again. The same problem keeps
reoccurring day after day after day with no end in sight. You begin to think
that you have a malfunctioning, over producing, oily scalp and that the only
solution is more shampoo. This just feeds the oily problem making it worse.
Human scalps naturally produce the right amounts of oils to nourish our hair.
When we strip away those oils, our scalps get nervous and produce too much oil
to compensate. Your shampoo could be making your hair more greasy rather than
less so.
MAKING A CHANGE:
One "Pinterest/blogger" recommended these simple
steps:
Combine one tablespoon
of baking soda with enough water to make a paste.
Work the paste into your
roots only
Massage the baking soda
mixture into your entire scalp, paying special attention to grease-prone areas.
Let sit for a minute, then rinse.
CONDITIONER: For an easy, natural conditioner, dilute two
tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with water and pour the mixture over the
ends of your hair. Let sit for a minute, then
rinse. Don’t worry about carrying around a vinegar odor for the
rest of your day; once your hair dries, any lingering scents should disappear.
Your hair and scalp probably aren’t used to such a clean
routine, so you may experience a transition period, usually no longer than a
few weeks, during which your hair is a little bit greasy. Your scalp will still
be creating enough oil to compensate for the chemicals it’s used to, and it
might take a short while for your body to realize that the fight is over. Once
it does, your hair will be silky; it will grow healthier and longer and your
body will repay you for the love.
The very costly, Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap every 3-4 days and
have to use a lemon juice "conditioner" because we have rather hard
water. It works too. As this may not work for everyone. As, it may remove too
much oil then add an essential oil. They have this in B.S. in some salons to periodically
remove build ups from all the products we use on our hair.
I like the peppermint castle soap and don't forget it's great
for a body wash.
Commenter: Sandra
I'm an African American
woman who doesn't chemically straighten my hair and combined one tablespoon
baking soda with enough Dr. Bronner's Baby Mild Liquid Castle soap to form a
paste, massage through scalp and hair, rinse thoroughly. Condition with apple
cider vinegar and warm water mixed with two drops each lavender, jasmine, and
frankincense essential oils (to cut vinegar smell and stimulate scalp). I have
been doing this for six years now and my hair is in great shape.
Trudi D;
Considering trying hair mud from this site
They say there's a detox period
for your hair, while the "mud" removes all the plastics and polymers
that commercial shampoos leave. (http://www.terressentials.com/hairhelp.html )This maybe Spam??? I chose the one that was informational...
Natural, Organic Soap, Cosmetics that men, women and youth) pay billions of dollars for their personal care that products contain harmful ingredients that seep though the skin to a weaker organ. After all it is the largest organ in the body. Medical patches, herbal suave, soaks or rubs are distribute throughout the body on the skin. Even the so called 'natural' or 'organic' can make fools of us all. What a waste of money for so called good products called 'natural' that can has lasting health effects.