How many shampoo's do you have in your shower?
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free skin care · Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:05 pm

using soap hehe

that reminds me when i was little i bought a bar of strawberry soap from the body shop and used it all over.

man my hair was literally stuck togethe rlike ONE STRAND afterwards. i couldnt brush it again for a while.

I'm pretty simple, I just use a shampoo, and occasionally a condition. At the moment I'm using Akin lemongrass shampoo.

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Do you guys with oily hair wash every day? Or do you guys try to wash every other day to not irritate the scalp?

free skin care · Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:24 pm

miranets wrote:

Do you guys with oily hair wash every day? Or do you guys try to wash every other day to not irritate the scalp?

I wash every day. To decrease scalp irritation I use products with few scents or colour. Paula's Choice has neither and I use it most days. I've psoriasis and when I decided to try to not wash my hair every day, the itching and irritation got worse. Everyday shampooing helps decrease skin build-up, I always condition(every day and sometimes at night) with a scent/colour free product on my scalp. I use the smelly stuff on my ends.

free skin care · Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:12 am

melissa49 wrote:

To my horror, my other half INSISTS on washing his hair with.....SOAP!!!!! Shock

Maybe its a boy thing, but he swears by it. Such a man..... Rolling Eyes

OMG, you just gave me a horrible flashback to when I was 14!

When I lived in Atlanta and my ex-dad and evil stepmother would go out of town, they didn't trust my stepsister and I to stay at home by ourselves (Gee, I can't imagine why! Very Happy

) so we had to go stay with one of their friends. The lady, Cathy, was this really (stereotypical) mousy-librarian and her husband was originally from Japan who was some kind of big-cheese executive with Toshiba. These people were very nice, but they had some strange habits that really used to freaky Chrissy and I out. For example, they kept their (real, dairy) butter dish in the pantry rather than the refrigerator which caused Chrissy and I to be leery of eating anything Cathy prepared that had butter in it because we were afraid we'd get food poisoning because butter is made from milk and milk is supposed to be kept cold....

Tomo was a great cook -- he made a mean pot of curry! But Cathy was, how shall I say, culinarily challenged. One time she was going to make a pot of chili for dinner which she prepared and simmered in a crock pot all day, which is great -- that's the best way to make chili, let it cook slowly so the flavors can "marry." But the woman waited until an hour before it was time to eat before she added the beans to the chili. The DRIED beans. The beans that were supposed to soak overnight in order to soften before they could be cooked. Of course, none of us realized this until we took our first bite of dinner and nearly cracked all of our teeth biting into one of the still rock-hard legumes!!

But, to bring this meandering post back to the original topic, the freakiest thing was that Tomo would wash his hair with Irish Spring deodorant soap every day and he would get nasty, disgusting dandruff which caused him to scratch his scalp on a near-continuous basis and shed flakes of dandruff that were as big-around as a can of soda or sometimes as large as a music compact disc. OMG, it looked like the poor man was moulting his skin or had some dreaded skin disease like leprosy or something!!

So whenever I hear someone say that they wash their hair with a regular bar of soap, I just completely cringe and think back to Tomo's unfortunate scaly scalp condition. I swear, Melissa, if I were you, I'd lay down the law and tell my boyfriend he better start using shampoo to wash his hair like everybody else, or else!!! Maybe it was only the actual Irish Spring brand of soap which caused Tomo's problem, but I'd be afraid my man would suddenly begin shedding the skin on his scalp like a snake shedding its old skin....

Lolli wrote:

carekate wrote:

• bottle of honey to mix with conditioner choice du jour

What does the honey do for your hair exactly, Carrie? Sounds yummy! But sticky. Laughing

This is why:

carekate wrote:

Honey is a natural moisturizer and humectant, so when it's mixed with a deep conditioner, somehow it makes it even more effective and nourishing for your hair, and it also helps impart an incredible glossy shine and during styling, somehow it pumps up the hair shaft to give you incredible volume and body....

[/quote]For a hot conditioning treatment, you can put equal amounts of honey with your favorite deep conditioner (or use olive, jojoba or coconut oil in lieu of the conditioner for an oil/protein treatment) in a microwave-safe bowl and nuke it for about 10-12 seconds. Take it out of the microwave, stir it mix the honey with the conditioner/oil, and apply mixture to your hair and leave on desired amount of time and rinse well. For even more benefits, you can top it off with a moist-heat cap or a towel heated for a few minutes in the dryer.

That's what I do for a weekly hair treat, but for everyday when I'm in the shower, I just squirt a bit of condition into my palm, then a bit of honey, mix it with my finger a bit and apply to my hair and let it set while I finish the rest of my bathtub-business.

Believe it or not, I really isn't sticky at all when you mix it with the oil or conditioner and it rinses out very easily. It probably adds an additonal 30 seconds to my overall time in the shower to mix the honey with conditioner, but it's 30 seconds very well spent!

My hair takes a lot of abuse simply because I color and highlight every 2-3 months, plus I blow-dry every day except weekends when I'm usually able to let it air dry. This can really dry out your hair, especially getting it highlighted, that's like the number one worst thing you can do to your hair -- but it looks so good that I can't give up the habit!!

The first time I tried the honey trick, I had a hair cut/color appointment about a week later, and my stylist was like "What new product have you been using on your hair -- it's so healthy shiny and full of volume!" and was amazed when I told her my little secret! Since then, it's been a daily addition to my routine.

Lolli wrote:

I wash every day. To decrease scalp irritation I use products with few scents or colour. Paula's Choice has neither and I use it most days. I've psoriasis and when I decided to try to not wash my hair every day, the itching and irritation got worse.

Lolli, you're right on the money using shampoos (and conditioners) that don't contain fragrance and coloring, but something else that can help deal with psoriasis is adding some lavender essential and ACV to your shampoo as they can both help treat and control it.

If you'd like to try it out first before commiting an entire bottle of shampoo, you can add 1-2 drops of lavender oil and a dash of ACV to your "serving" of shampoo (it might be better to mix it in a little plastic cup or even the shampoo bottle lid before you get in the tub) and just wash your hair as normal.

If you decide you like the results, you can start doing it on a daily basis and just go ahead and add 25-30 drops of lavender oil and 1 tablespoon of ACV to your (full) bottle of shampoo and just remember to shake the bottle well each time before use. For even more psoriasis fighting power, you can also add the lavender and ACV to your conditioner, as well.

HTH,
Carrie

free skin care · Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:39 am

Thank you so much, Carrie! I was wondering if the honey was for your scalp or actually for your hair, it's sounds so intriguing! I am going to do the deep conditioner before I shower this morning!

We bought ACV initially for our old labrador retriever, he had chronic ear problems and my hubby would clean them with a diluted solution. I bet it would really help my scalp, maybe I will add some to the deep conditioning treatment this morning.

free skin care · Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:57 pm

So I used a tablespoon of honey, tablespoon of chamomile tea, half a tablespoon of olive oil, a half tablespoon of ACV and a squirt of Aveda Shampure conditioner to bring it all together. I used a squirt bottle to saturate my scalp, combed it through my hair and left on for a half hour. My hair felt like silk after I washed it and it still does hours later, no extra oilies!! If I have continued success, I'll post this at the home made thread.

I may skip the ACV though next time, I'm worried it would strip my colour. My scalp feels AWESOME though so if it doesn't feel this good next time, I will forgo my colour for a healthy scalp and hair!

Thanks Carrie, you should really write a book about all this cool stuff you come up with. There are a lot of books like this out there but you have a flare for it! I bet it would sell like hot cakes!

free skin care · Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:02 pm

I'm not as bad a hoarder of shampoos/conditioners as I am with other products. I have:

Artec Naturals Kiwi Shampoo (used to love, I should really throw this out)
Artec Color Enhancing Shampoo in Walnut (deposited color mostly on the shower floor, not so much on my hair Laughing

)
Biolage Color Care Shampoo (love!)
Biolage Ultra Hydrating Balm (love, love, love! this is my HG conditioner, it tames the frizzies and makes my hair silky and shiny)
L'Oreal Fresh Shine Shampoo (used once a week as a clarifying treatment to remove product build-up)

I enjoy testing products and I used to have a ton of them, but I'm so happy with the Biolage that I have used it consistently for 2+ years now.

free skin care · Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:47 am

Lolli wrote:

I may skip the ACV though next time, I'm worried it would strip my colour.

Actually, ACV is going to help preserve your color! Check this out from the DIY thread:

carekate wrote:

• To prevent hair color from fading: you can create your own "color-safe" shampoo and/or conditioner by adding a couple of tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to any bottle of shampoo or conditioner to prevent your expensive, salon-color from fading too fast (especially hair that is dyed red!). It prevents hair dye from fading because hair dyes are alkaline and the ACV is acidic, so it helps seal the cuticle by normalizing the PH balance of your hair!

And if you're hesitant to try adding ACV to your shampoo or conditioner because you worry about the smell, I promise that your hair is *not* going to smell like a salad -- you can actually hardly smell the ACV in your shampoo because it's usually masked the the fragrance in most typical shampoos, and even then, once you rinse the shampoo from your hair, the smell is gone anyway.

Since I have been adding ACV to my shampoo and using it on a daily basis, I’ve been able to keep my colored *red* hair longer than ever before. Red hair dyes fade the fastest, and I always used to see pink water when I’d rinse my hair after shampooing, but that doesn’t happen anymore thanks to the ACV.

Lolli, I promise you: adding ACV to your shampoo or conditioner on a daily basis will NOT strip your color!!!

Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:36 am

carekate wrote:

Since I have been adding ACV to my shampoo and using it on a daily basis, I’ve been able to keep my colored *red* hair longer than ever before. Red hair dyes fade the fastest, and I always used to see pink water when I’d rinse my hair after shampooing, but that doesn’t happen anymore thanks to the ACV.

Lolli, I promise you: adding ACV to your shampoo or conditioner on a daily basis will NOT strip your color!!!

I've been tempted to try it but I was worried about this too. I'm sold! I'll get some tomorrow and add it in Very Happy

free skin care · Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:01 am

carekate wrote:

Lolli wrote:

I may skip the ACV though next time, I'm worried it would strip my colour.

Actually, ACV is going to help preserve your color! Check this out from the DIY thread:

carekate wrote:

• To prevent hair color from fading: you can create your own "color-safe" shampoo and/or conditioner by adding a couple of tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to any bottle of shampoo or conditioner to prevent your expensive, salon-color from fading too fast (especially hair that is dyed red!). It prevents hair dye from fading because hair dyes are alkaline and the ACV is acidic, so it helps seal the cuticle by normalizing the PH balance of your hair!

And if you're hesitant to try adding ACV to your shampoo or conditioner because you worry about the smell, I promise that your hair is *not* going to smell like a salad -- you can actually hardly smell the ACV in your shampoo because it's usually masked the the fragrance in most typical shampoos, and even then, once you rinse the shampoo from your hair, the smell is gone anyway.

Since I have been adding ACV to my shampoo and using it on a daily basis, I’ve been able to keep my colored *red* hair longer than ever before. Red hair dyes fade the fastest, and I always used to see pink water when I’d rinse my hair after shampooing, but that doesn’t happen anymore thanks to the ACV.

Lolli, I promise you: adding ACV to your shampoo or conditioner on a daily basis will NOT strip your color!!!

Oooo-kay, I'm off to get a gallon of ACV! My scalp LOVED it and if it helps my colour last longer too, well, I'm sold! I could smell vinegar really strongly when I had the mixture on my hair but was so surprised that when I rinsed it out there was not one trace of vinegar smell!

free skin care · Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:11 am

4. I'm not too picky about brands as long as they contain no sulfates.

free skin care · Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:56 am

In answer to the original question - how many? The astounding answer is just ONE.
I don't even like it very much, but throughout my twenties I was constantly on the search for the HG and got so sick of the cost of it and the disappointment that by my early thirties I'd completely given up.
I now use one shampoo and some natural oils - jojoba/hemp at the moment and I refuse to be tempted.

free skin care · Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:34 am

Molly wrote:

I now use one shampoo and some natural oils - jojoba/hemp at the moment and I refuse to be tempted.

Now, you know, that sounds like a challenge and I can never resist a challenge! Wink

Okay, now I'm going on a mission to find something to tempt dear Molly....Sooner or later, I'll find something that shall awaken her inner-lemming! Very Happy

Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:54 am

carekate wrote:

Now, you know, that sounds like a challenge and I can never resist a challenge! Wink

Okay, now I'm going on a mission to find something to tempt dear Molly....Sooner or later, I'll find something that shall awaken her inner-lemming! Very Happy

You're in trouble Molly! Carrie's very good at what she does! Smile

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