Defeating the Oil

Going no 'poo is a scary thought for a lot of people. I've done it several times in my life, I usually end up using shampoo again for one reason or another... usually because I find shampoos that claim to fix things that are wrong with my hair. The only shampoo I've ever loved is available at Sally Beauty and is specifically for curly hair, and it was amazing! But it's also fairly expensive and I think my hair would be even better if I didn't use it at all.

For most people giving up shampoo is hard because it can make your hair greasy. After being off shampoo for a while your scalp with adjust to not being stripped every day and start producing less oil. In the meantime, or if you have really oily skin anyway, there is hope!

If you're trying to go longer inbetween washes and can't handle the grease dry shampoo is amazing! There are tons of natural/diy recipes on Pinterest, but I personally use one from Herbal Essences! I find it especially helpful if I've used heat to style my hair and want to keep it for a few days before getting it wet at all! (Don't worry I still shower, I just use a shower cap!).

My current issue is during my inversion week my homemade 2-in-1 mix of apple cider vinegar and honey doesn't effectively get rid of the oil I rub on my scalp, making my hair incredibly greasy and heavy.

So I decided to buy some Castile soap (which as a huge Supernatural fan I like to call Castiel soap). I haven't used it yet, but my intentions are to use it during inversion week, if my hair gets reeally oily, if I use coconut oil as my deep conditioner, or when I do another thing that I'm going to talk about in just a second. I've looked at a lot of diy shampoo recipes on Pinterest and they all seem to contail Castile soap, I may end up adding something to it eventually if I'm not perfectly happy with the results of using it on its own.

When I do use Castile soap, diy shampoo, or any other kind of soap/shampoo I rub it directly on my scalp and only let it on on the lengths of my hair as I rinse it out.

The other thing I'm really excited to try I will probably do once a week every week except inversion week... it's a scalp scrub! We exfoliate our bodies and our faces, so why not our scalps! The recipe is 3 tablespoons of brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of coconut oil (or whatever other kind of oil you like to use on your hair). Really gently massage it into the scalp fro 3 or 4 minutes.

This scrub claims to "unclog hair follicles and stimulate circulation to promote hair growth" Now, with as much hair as I have I doubt any of my follicles are clogged! So my main goal is to continue to stimulate circulation for healthy and fast growing hair!