no shampoo experiment

No Poo, month 9

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:46:13 -0500

After 9 months, (and no hair cut!) here is my routine (it’s approximative, I don’t always have time or energy to follow it precisely) -Cassia obovata treatment every 3 weeks. I get it out with CO (conditioner only wash). Follow with a mild vinegar rinse, then oil lengths with jojoba/coconut oil.

no poo, day 194

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:38:27 -0400

This is my hair after two cassia obovata applications. I’m doing one every two weeks, and so far, I like it. :) I need to oil pretty heavily afterwards though. I use a mix of jojoba and coconut oil. I use the cassia obovata as a “wash”, since it’s pretty drying overall. And so far, I need conditi

No Poo, day 167

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:49:25 -0400

Current regimen: sea salt wash once a month 50/50 White vinegar/water twice a month Rinse with water and chamomile rinse twice a week. Oiling ends every time I wet my hair with jojoba/coconut oil. Ordered some cassia obovata online (which is “neutral henna”, but in reality isn’t henna) . I’ll re

no poo, day 139

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:28:17 -0400

I rinsed my hair this morning with chamomile/citrus tea. Then I just combed it with my wooden comb, and twisted it with my fingers. That’s it. Last 50/50 WV/W “wash” was last saturday. I didn’t wet it before today. I think I’m going to do the salt wash only once a month now. I certainly don’t need

No poo, day 120

Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:39:52 -0400

I haven’t posted in a while, as I wasn’t aware that some people were following my experiments! But I’ve had a few request from folks wanting to know how I was doing and I’m glad to annonce that.... I’m still poo-free! Actually, these days, I’m even more hardcore as I haven’t “washed” it with anyth

No poo, day 75

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:03:01 -0400

Not completely dry yet... things are pretty good, I’m very satisfied with the state of my hair, much more healthier than when I started... I find it tends to be greasy at the back of my head, but I don’t know why, it’s been doing that for around 5 days... We moved, so it might be because of our new

No Poo, day 62

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 01:27:35 -0400

Things are great, hair feels completely normal now, it’s light and behaves completely naturally. I love it! I rinsed it yesterday morning and did a mild white vinegar rinse (1tbsp in 1 cup of water), then I put jojoba/coconut oil on my ends, scrunched my hair with my fingers, and let it air-dry. Ev

No Poo, day 60

Sun, 3 Jun 2007 22:43:16 -0400

Oh gosh! What a bad week last week has been! The only reason why I didn’t give up no poo was that shampoo was even a worst alternative for me... I have no merit at all. I had a major skin breakout last week, that I thought was due to me stopping washing my hair.... but I finally realise it wasn’t b

No Poo, day 56

Thu, 31 May 2007 18:43:42 -0400

I am having a rough patch these days... I think the winter is getting me, no sunlight, and my skin seems to act up... I’ve had a migraine all week too. Maybe I got a boost of hormones too, I don’t know. Pretty crappy week overall. Nevertheless, things seems to be a little bit better for my hair. Def

No Poo, day 53

Tue, 29 May 2007 02:06:08 -0400

Things still good today. Yesterday morning, I rinsed it and did a mild vinegar rinse (I used warm water) and final rinse with cold water. Still had a hard time detangling, added jojoba oils to my ends, they seemed to like it and sucked in all of it. Today, I brushed my hair, still get a gray-white