My Decision to Go "No 'Poo"

What is it?


"No 'Poo" means stopping washing your hair with shampoo. No, this does not mean that one is not washing hair at all, don't worry! You use an alternative cleansing agent, baking soda, to wash your hair. Then, to "condition" your hair, you rinse with apple cider vinegar.


Why did I do this? Several reasons!


1)It's so eco friendly. Think about it, instead of a factory producing your shampoo and creating so much waste, you are making it in your own home without the use of any heavy machinery or electricity (aside from the light in your kitchen) and you can reuse your 1 bottle instead of getting a new one every time you shampoo! Much less waste.
2) It's better for your body because you aren't putting strange chemicals anywhere near it. You are only using baking soda and water, then apple cider vinegar and water. 3 ingredients total, all of which are natural :)
3) It saves SO much money! All you do is buy 2 bottles to begin with (or reuse some you already have) and then periodically buy more baking soda and ACV, though apparently this will only be every few months because you will be able to go longer between washings and you dilute it with water.
4) My hair had become especially dry from commercial products and started falling out... VERY bad! I needed an escape... and then I found this while searching the internet frantically to find a cure for hair loss! Without using the excess chemicals, less of my hair is falling out (so I suppose that was the initial cause, because hair loss does not run in the family and I eat healthy).


I do a ratio of 1 tbsp of baking soda to 8 oz of water, then 1 to 1.5 tbsp of ACV to 8 oz of water, depending on how dry my hair is. The more ACV, the more moisture.


I will keep you posted on how this is going for me! I'll try to update every day for a month or so, however long the transition period is, and then every so often afterwards!