Natural Hair

So for a while I'd been toying with the thought of not using chemicals in my life. Toying isn't quite the right way of describing this. It's been mounting and hopefully the product of my thoughts will be a happy wholesome lifestyle.

For now I've stopped using shampoo and conditioner. Since I'd cut my hair about a month ago I decided to stick to a vinegar conditioner and a baking soda shampoo....it has been a struggle! From what I've read the first three weeks are the hardest. That being the time where your hair and scalp are rebelling from the loss of the shampoo's chemicals that strip it of  natural oils and the replacement chemicals of so called conditioner. It's ugly, unmanageable and gross...but I'm sticking!!

Today to combat the dry coarse texture as well as my poor itchy dry scalp, I mixed the juice from half a lemon and an egg...as I write I am sitting in a sunny nook waiting for the twenty minutes to pass till my hair is nourished again..I may follow this up with some honey..

some useful articles on the topic..

Eight Hair Care Treatments You Can Do At Home

An Experiment In Giving Up Shampoo

Some Support

The Result:

It feels terrible, I could not comb through hair with fingers when wet. There were pieces of lemon stuck to strands of hair. Now that it's mostly dry it feels conditioned and smells pleasant. I will follow up with honey and perhaps some olive oil until the moisture is balanced again.