It is a fairly well-known fact that my best asset is my hair. While I think I won the gene-pool jackpot on this one (thanks Dad... Na nanana naaa to my siblings), people often ask me what I wash it with. Then I tell them I wash my hair like a hippie.
Two out of three days I wash my hair with vinegar and bi carb! On the third day I wash with Sukin organic shampoo and conditioner.
The upsides of this process are that you save money, it's a bit better for the environment and your drains, but most importantly for me it stops buildup on the scalp which was causing yuckness, and I was getting pimples on my back which have all but gone away. It's actually really hard to get all that luscious conditioner off your skin! Another upside is I find my hair is far less knotty when washing this way as the oils aren't stripped out of your hair as with shampoo, they are more absorbed and then balanced.
First step - wet hair, then rinse hair with maybe 30-40ml white vinegar in the bottom of a cup, topped up with water. Rinse again with water.
Second step - put about 4 heaped teaspoons (more if you have big head - ha - or your hair is really super yuck dirty) in another cup and then put just enough water in to make a thick paste (not chalky still but not runny. If it's too runny it just runs away from you!). Apply this paste to your scalp and any dirty parts of hair. If it's not ages since you washed I find you don't need to cover every square millimetre of your scalp, but you MUST get all the way around your hair line and part (that's where it'll be obvious if you missed a spot). I find, with 4 teaspoons, I usually have some left to do some other patches. Massage the paste into your scalp focusing on those same areas. Rinse.
Third step - dilute 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in one cup of water and pour through hair. Rinse well.
Step four - once hair is dry, make sure you brush it otherwise it can clump together a bit funny. This will be worse if you don't dilute your apple cider vinegar enough. You can even try just using a spray bottle to apply it so you get less on.
Well folks, I don't know if this would work well for people with less agreeable hair than I have, and I definitely wouldn't use it on hair that's been dyed dark (hairdressers use bi carb to strip buildup and excess colour sometimes) and if in doubt find a hippie hairdresser or a hippie who does dye (I don't anymore) and ask them. But apparently washing your hair this way isn't super unusual, and if you're poor or have clogged skin it's certainly worth a try!
For people who think a lady needs to be high-maintenance - take THAT!
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