How I Wash my Hair

Casy has gone camping with his students for the weekend so I am flying solo for a couple of days.

What's a girl to do but wash her hair? This is how I do it:

-:- What you need -:-

2 containers...preferably one with some kind of nozzle

Baking soda

Apple cider vinegar

Tea tree oil (optional)

Water

Funnel

-:- What to do -:-

Mix 1 tbsp baking soda with one cup of water in the bottle with a nozzle. If you'd like to, add one drop of tea tree oil. Shake it up and use as shampoo.

I apply it to my middle part, then the sides of my head, then my crown and finally down by my neck...then I massage it in pretty well and let it sit for a couple of minutes before rinsing.

For conditioner, mix 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar to 1 cup water. After "shampooing," rinse with this mixture as a conditioner.

Here are a few things to remember:

• Everyone is different. Everyone's hair and body need different things so what works for me might need to be tweaked for you. If your hair is too dry, try less baking soda. Some people need more. Some people (with enviously thick hair) might need to make a double batch for themselves. Some might hate tea tree and want to use rosemary. Or whatever. Listen to yourself and do what's best for you.
• When you transition into washing your hair like this, there will probably be a period of time where your hair feels a little more greasy than usual. When we use shampoo, we strip our hair of the natural oils it produces, so then we start to compensate by overproducing these oils. When we stop stripping our hair, it takes awhile for our bodies to readjust, so you'll be making more of these natural oils than you need for awhile, which may make you feel a little greasy. It's normal and it goes away! For some this transition time is two weeks. For others it doesn't happen at all. For me it was a little less than two months.
• Some say that the vinegar rinse makes their hair more greasy, so they apply it only to their ends. I haven't had this problem, but thought you should know in case you want to experiment.
• You won't smell like vinegar. It rinses out. But rinse well.
• Here is a good resource on the hows and whys of this process. This is a link to another variation of this method that I tried but didn't work out for me (it's a paste rather than a liquid)...you might love it, though! 

What can I say? I'm a believer.

Love, T.