Gabby here telling you about my hair adventures. I used to wash my hair (involving shampoo and conditioner) every second or third day. Then last year I started leaving it longer before washing it and I gradually worked up to once a week. At one of the Eco-My-Flat workshops Sharon McIver commented on how she only washes her hair with cider vinegar. So I decided to try this too. I actually ended up just leaving my hair for 16 days. No shampoo, no conditioner and no water either. It did get quite oily but I brushed this through to the tips twice daily. My hair started behaving differently. The top bit stopped being fluffy and thus became neat and tidy-looking. The tips became really curly all the time, whereas they used to only curl immediately after they had been washed. Anyway, I decided to wash my hair 2 days ago because there was a buildup of stuff on my scalp. I couldn’t be bothered to use cider vinegar so when in the shower I just rubbed my scalp vigorously under the hot water. I also did a blast of higher pressure water (we have such high pressure – it’s awesome, but perhaps not that eco? Depends on habits). That worked really well and the result is really nice feeling hair J, although I may need to use some conditioner because the ends are a tad dry. I’ll tackle that issue later.
Phoebe has also been not using shampoo or conditioner for the past fortnight. Instead she has been rubbing her scalp under the shower. She has really short hair so the oils get distributed more evenly. It’s awesome that we could stop buying shampoo (& potentially conditioner). It’s one less impact on society J
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