seems that shampoo isn't really necessary...

[Supergirl]

seems that shampoo isn\'t really necessary...

I was reading an article on hairboutique.com yesterday and the lady was talking about conditioner washes. She said to only use shampoo when necessary. I would think it's only necessary if the hair is just supremely soiled or the scalp is flaky and/or dirty.

Other than that--most of the products we use in our hair between washings is water soluble and will rinse right out with warm water.

I would like to know how you guys are doing that are on the no 'poo regimen. Thanks a buncho hair buddies !!!!

 

[JenJen2721]

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Supergirl,
I love how conditioner washes make my hair soft, but I can only do them like twice a month. It seems like they make my hair attract build-up more and it starts getting limp. I have to shampoo to revive my hair. I won't be replacing all of my shampoos w/conditioner washes, but they will definitely be part of my regimen. I use Creme of Nature Shampoo or Breakthru Shampoo and they both have great conditioning and cleaning properties. I'm going to try Herbal Essences Conditioning Balm for my conditioner washes.
Jen

 

[ngaa]

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i only do conditioner washes wen i have braids coz wen i have braids my hair stopss co operatin wit me after a while coz of build up and i have to use some CON to give it some life back and because its so conditionin my hair gets life without getting dried out by the shampoo

 

[BabyCurls]

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<font color="purple">My hair loves the conditioner washes. But I want to have clean hair just like everyone else. I do the shampoo thingy once a week. I'll continue the daily washes with the conditioner when I get my hair braided like ngga mentioned. </font>

 

[sweetcocoa]

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I have to do a modified one....
I shampoo once a week...(Saturday after aerobics class)
I conditoner wash after aerobics classes Mondays and Wednesdays).
I rinse the other days.

 

[LavenderDutchess]

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Supergirl said:
I was reading an article on hairboutique.com yesterday and the lady was talking about conditioner washes. She said to only use shampoo when necessary. I would think it's only necessary if the hair is just supremely soiled or the scalp is flaky and/or dirty.

Other than that--most of the products we use in our hair between washings is water soluble and will rinse right out with warm water.

I would like to know how you guys are doing that are on the no 'poo regimen. Thanks a buncho hair buddies !!!!

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I have been on it for 4 months...but I slipped and used shampoo twice and it made my hair look wretched!!!!

I havent gotten any build up, but it maybe because I use vingar rinses and I use VO5 conditioners that make sure you dont get any build up(I was using suave about 3 weeks ago...maybe a little more or less, and then I switched to V05 again

All in all I LOOOOOOVE this method!!!

 

[Faith]

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I've been doing it for about 6 weeks now and I LOVE it. My scalp is clean and I have no buildup. I do a pretreatment (at least 1 hr) then without washing that out I apply the conditioner with baking soda (at least 1 hr) then I rinse. Next day I spray scurl and seal it in with my proven oil mixture. I highly recommend it.

 

[JenJen2721]

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Faith said:
I've been doing it for about 6 weeks now and I LOVE it. My scalp is clean and I have no buildup. I do a pretreatment (at least 1 hr) then without washing that out I apply the conditioner with baking soda (at least 1 hr) then I rinse. Next day I spray scurl and seal it in with my proven oil mixture. I highly recommend it.

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Hmm...

baking soda, huh?

Faith, how much baking soda should be added to the conditioner?

This might work...

 

[Faith]

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Hi JenJen,

I add 1/2tbsp bs(baking soda) to about 1/3 cup conditioner. I'm only going to add the bs 1x/week (he he). I actually did a CO wash last night and then I dried the braids/scalp and sprayed my scalp with scurl then applied the proven oil mix and my hair is sooo soft today. I didn't do a pretreatment...I will only do this 1x/week also. HTH.

 

[JenJen2721]

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Thanks Faith. I think I'll try it!