Shampoo Peace

Shampoo is something I rely on, like I imagine many of you do as well.

I have a mini stroke in my hair follicles if I run out of conditioner. 

After a lot of chemical reduction in our house and food, getting rid of shampoo was OUT OF THE QUESTION!

Not gonna happen. 

Are you kidding me??

Have you SEEN my hair?!

You really don't want to unleash these locks from their shampooed, conditioned, straightened cage! Prepare to get bit.

But, after reading this article:

http://justsarahg.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/ill-never-shampoo-my-hair-again-ever-seriously/

I decided to give it a...try. 

Try!

Not change. 

Chance.

Those no-poo fools have 14 days to change my mind!

For 2 weeks, I'm NOT going to wash my hair with Shampoo. 

(What's WRONG with me?)

Well, I'll tell you: 

1. I've always known about the chemicals in shampoo and try to brush it out of my frizzy mind. This is one label I refuse to read because I know it's not pretty. But I'm addicted.

2. I'm always trying to save money. No shampoo? Lower toiletries budget. Yeah. I'm okay with that. 

3. If this works like I hear it should, my hair will be stronger and shinier by the time I'm done. 

We shall see.

I'm a skeptic. 

Big skeptic. 

This is what I usually use:

See that "clinical strength"? Yea. I have seborrheic dermatitis and extremely dry skin in patches. Including my scalp. This is the only formula that keeps the itching at bay. 

So now I'm going to use this:

The bar of soap is not for my hair. It's a bar of Dr Bronner's Castile soap for washing the rest of me. ;)

The middle container is baking soda. I'm already a believer in the cleaning power of baking soda...for my sink. Evidentially, a little baking soda in the hair is better than shampoo. A few tablespoons per wash should do the trick. 

(Synicism drips from every word I type)

The glass has two tablespoons of raw apple cider vinegar and about a cup of water. This is my conditioner. Eeeeeeeek. 

I've known that ACV is supposedly great for itchy scalps. I'm about to test that out. 

I know a few friends who have done the no-poo thing and loved it, but I'm the kind that has to do it for myself. 

So...

Here goes nothing, friends! 

No Poo Day #1!!

Wishing everyone out there HAIR PEACE!