No 'poo

Even before I was a nurse I was concerned with what I put INTO my body. But now being a mom I notice what I put ON my body. I started to hate my hair during pregnancy. Previously I loved my hair, how low maintenance it was, how it looked good most of the time. But pregnancy made it look lifeless and stringy. And now almost 5 months post partum and after two haircuts and switching to an organic shampoo it hasn't changed much. Boo.

While I consider myself a little "crunchy", my little sister is "extra crunchy," only buys used clothes, doesn't wear typical perfume or deodorant, works at a co-op. She lives in Portland, OR so these things are practically mainstream. What I didn't know is that she doesn't use ANYTHING in her hair, not even the "no 'poo" shampoo of baking soda and apple cider vinegar. Granted her hair is about 3 inches long.

She said she used the no 'poo when her hair was long and since I already dislike my hair I might as well give it a go. My hair is long and I don't plan to cut it into a short mama cut because I had a bad ass outward flip on one side. It really is that annoying!

Today is my second day of no 'poo. Supposedly there is a 2 week adjustment period, but I already had my second good hair day in the last month! I made two bottles in the shower. The "shampoo" is 1 tablespoon baking soda and 1 cup water. Shaken well it is squeezed onto the scalp and massaged in. My ends are dry so I am doing the "conditioner" as well: 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar and 1 cup water. I put this just on the ends since my scalp runs oily (but then again maybe it is all the product buildup?). I was surprised to see that my hair felt the same gettign out of the shower.

Stay tuned to see if I have new fabulous chemical free hair soon!