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ShakleeMom

Sun, Jan 25 2009, 6:29 pm

Okay, who will try this first?

http://www.naturemoms.com/no-s......html

Strudel

Sun, Jan 25 2009, 6:32 pm

I just shave my hair off. Save a bundle on shampoo.

ShakleeMom

Sun, Jan 25 2009, 6:33 pm

Still gotta wash your head!

Strudel

Sun, Jan 25 2009, 6:34 pm

Thanks for reminding me!

Fox

Sun, Jan 25 2009, 6:44 pm

I'll definitely try this! Forget about the health benefits -- I just hate spending money on shampoo. BTW, the formula for shampoo and dishwashing soap is very similar -- I've used dishwashing soap on my hair on many occasions.

greenfire

Sun, Jan 25 2009, 6:49 pm

flush your head in the toilet bowl ... quick & painless ... Twisted Evil

chocolate moose

Sun, Jan 25 2009, 7:07 pm

Fox wrote:

I think you get more for your money with shampoo, though.

GingerSpice

Sun, Jan 25 2009, 9:26 pm

I did this untill I got apple cider vinegar in my eyes *owch!* you can also use lemon/lime juice.
I just bought some vegan shampoo off of etsy.com.

zaq

Mon, Jan 26 2009, 2:18 pm

I don't see any reason to favor either method over the other, but it's good to know in case you run out of shampoo. I disagree with the blogger's claim that your skin produces oil on demand, though. If that were the case, our hands would be slick with oil all the time and no one would ever have to worry about dry skin.

meirav

Tue, Jan 27 2009, 2:59 am

greenfire wrote:

flush your head in the toilet bowl ... quick & painless ... Twisted Evil

I'm not sure about the painless part... Very Happy

EsaEinai

Tue, Jan 27 2009, 3:25 am

this seems like an interesting idea... but if you avoid using the shampoo because of all the chemicals, what about conditioner?

ShakleeMom

Tue, Jan 27 2009, 9:42 am

she says the vinegar takes care of the conditioning.

Mrs. XYZ

Tue, Jan 27 2009, 11:34 am

'budget and bargains'? I dont think a bottle of apple cider vinegar and baking soda comes out cheaper than the $1 bottle of shampoo that I use. Tongue Out

octopus

Tue, Jan 27 2009, 11:37 am

yeah, but if you are using special, all natural, major expensive stuff it does come out a lot cheaper, fyi. Tongue Out

HindaRochel

Tue, Jan 27 2009, 12:29 pm

Okay dumb question, but would this method be clean enough for mikveh?

Lani22

Tue, Jan 27 2009, 12:34 pm

Mrs. XYZ wrote:

'budget and bargains'? I dont think a bottle of apple cider vinegar and baking soda comes out cheaper than the $1 bottle of shampoo that I use. Tongue Out

I also use $1 shampoo so this would indeed be more expensive for me as well.

Lani22

Tue, Jan 27 2009, 12:35 pm

HindaRochel wrote:

Okay dumb question, but would this method be clean enough for mikveh?

I guess you wash it out very well just like shampoo.

Barbara

Tue, Jan 27 2009, 12:42 pm

Meh.

By time you futz with baking soda, vinegar, lemon juice olive oil and/or honey, you've got a moderately priced bottle of shampoo.

The science is questionable at best. Re SLS, I can only find the problems alleged sources to an article by a guy named Mark Fearer, who describes himself as a professional genealogist. I did a lot of reading on SLS a few years ago when my son had canker sores, and found that most of the alleged problems with it are myths. (One that is not is the problem with canker sores, BTW.) But if you're going to stop using shampoo for that reason, stop using toothpaste as well.

As to how clean this gets your hair ... I'm guessing not very.

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