My hair after being washed with baking soda and vinegar.
It had been one week since I’d washed my hair and it had never looked healthier. It was shiny and smooth, and people were complimenting me on it. But it was dirty. So I wanted to find a way to wash my long hair without sacrificing the way it looked after not using conventional shampoo and conditioner for a week.
Let me rephrase that: The brand of shampoo/conditioner that I use is detergent-free, and includes ingredients like peppermint oil that cleanse and invigorate without drying the scalp or hair. So it is not that conventional. But it is expensive.
Initially I searched for a dry shampoo. They come in powdered form and can be sprayed on any time without even wetting your hair. The problem is that they all contain aluminum, which has been proven to cause Alzheimer’s. The thought of spraying that directly on my scalp–a few centimeters away from my brain–was a little disconcerting. Read more…
