Living shampoo-free, but still dying hair?

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Permalink Reply by Loulou on May 30, 2012 at 7:00am

Hi there, I've been completely 'no poo' since January 2012, and before that I only washed my hair about twice since the August before.

I started out using lemon juice straight on dry hair then rinsing it out and now I don't tend to use anything.

I occasionally (every few weeks) use baking soda then cider vingear but try not to use that too often.  My hair is blonde and I have found that I am getting a bit of build up on my brush, but as my hair is fine anyway, then I find this gives it a bit of body and fullness which I've never had before.

I bought some soap nuts at the weekend, so I'm looking forward to trying these out....

Permalink Reply by Freshenista on June 7, 2012 at 2:45am

Loulou, I've heard of soap nuts for laundry, but not for hair. Please keep us posted.

Athena, thanks for the post. I'm just transitioning to no-poo and blonde henna, so interested in what others with more experience have to say.

Permalink Reply by Athena on June 7, 2012 at 3:37am

Hi Loulou and Freshenista, :)

thank you for your replies. :) Unfortunately it doesn't exactly answer the part of my question regarding my black hair. Maybe are there some "blackheads" here who use henna black and/or indigo who could answer that part of the question?

Permalink Reply by ♥ Love ♥ on June 7, 2012 at 3:59am

Baking soda pulls colour out of the hair. Yes.

I dye my hair red.... so I had to unfortunately go back to sulfate free shampoos because baking soda would have ruined my colour! I only wash my hair once a week anyways so I personally don't feel that the shampoo is making or breaking the condition of my hair. I use "Living Proof".

Permalink Reply by Athena on June 7, 2012 at 4:20am

Thanks Love. :) Yeah, I thought that would happen. I use my shampoo and conditioner from Alverde (vegan and silicon-free).

Permalink Reply by Freshenista on June 7, 2012 at 4:36am

Maybe something from Star's (our group leader) book? Very well reviewed on the Amazon UK site, and available at Amazon U.S. I'm going to consider it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1900322277/ref=dp_top_cm_cr...

http://www.amazon.com/The-Holistic-Beauty-Book-Gorgeous/dp/19003222...

Permalink Reply by Athena on June 7, 2012 at 4:41am

Amazon UK would be where I would order mine, since I live in Germany.

By the way, that's an adorable rabbit with you Freshenista! :) What's his/her name?

Permalink Reply by Freshenista on June 7, 2012 at 5:59am

That's Ashley, who was living at the Animal Welfare League of Arlington (Virginia), but has since found her "furever" home.

I did a photo shoot there for my book, "Animal Impact: Secrets Proven to Achieve REsults and Move the World." It's about how advocates can be more effective in motivating people to take animal-friendly actions (http://Animal-Impact.com)

Permalink Reply by Ashley Wagner on July 7, 2012 at 5:55am

I use black vegetable-based dyes on my hair (I'm naturally blonde) and use the no-poo method for washing and I haven't noticed any fading. Towards when it gets time to do my roots, i notice it has a bit of a red sheen in the light, but the black color is still nice and strong.

Permalink Reply by Athena on July 7, 2012 at 7:47pm

Hi Ashley, :)

How long have you been poo-free? How long was your hair when you began? How long did it take for your hair to go through the "transitions-phase"? Could you please tell me how your hair has changed since then as well as if your hair before that was thin or thick? :)

Permalink Reply by Cassie K on July 27, 2012 at 1:38pm

if you don't care to buy coffee or black tea, you can use them as rinses to dye your hair.

Permalink Reply by Athena on October 19, 2012 at 10:13pm

I've heard some negative feedback on that, though it my work for some people. Thank you though for your input. :)

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