The No 'Poo' Method

I already use shampoo and conditioner without all those bad chemicals mentioned on the site, but my frizz creme has a bit of it unfortunately. The site velvethursday posted has so much info I’ve only been able to read the more general details. The before and after photos are amazing though. Hopefully I can find time to look at the other sites later.

I’ve tried it a couple times, for when my hair got limp looking or too greasy. The first couple days kind of suck, but once you get over the hump your hair starts looking nice :)

I’ve been semi-no ‘poo for a few months now. Every once in a while I cave because my scalp gets itchy. I just use Suave conditioner (the kind without the silicones that no shampooers need to avoid) but I’ve been reading up on it a bit more and think I need to add a richer shampoo too…

I have awful thick, can’t decide to be curly or straight hair, so I’m having trouble getting really good results curl wise, but there’s definitely an improvement not using shampoo.

hmmm i dunno bout this…
i use all natural hair products: no sulfates, no parabens, mineral oil, or harsh chemicals. and i use an ayurvedic hair oil once a week.

my hair seems to be fine.

im not dissing the method, but think of how much stuff gets stuck in your hair over the process of a day??
well the original poster said she used special rinses. which is good. as long as everyone hopefully knows about those, then proceed with speed!! haha

oh ! and henna bars at LUSH???!!! omg im getting one tomoro, i love their stuff. ive used henna dyes before and their geat!

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I tried doing this a year ago…it didn’t really work. Maybe I was doing it wrong?
Add to that, I have sever dandruff…so my scalp gets really itchy after two days w/o washing. >_<

Whoa, I didn’t know he doesn’t wash his hair…xD

They say dandruff is mostly a fungal thing so what I made my boyfriend do is add a drop or two of tea tree oil into his acv rinse when he does his stuff. And surprisingly since he’s gone no poo, his hair and scalp’s actually a lot better. Thicker too.

And yes with all the pollution in the air now alot of stuff does get stuck to your hair but luke warm water and vigorous rubbing with your finger tips(not nails) does get the stuff out.

The “No Poo” method doesn’t necessarily work for everyone and it depends on where you stay too. I stay in Singapore and our water is pretty soft which is actually better for any sort of cleaning. Melbourne has even softer water. Other places like India and America have hard water. For a clear explanation of hard and soft water you can check here. Hard water basically means the water contains alot of calcium and magnesium which make cleaning more difficult thus resulting in having to use more detergent/shampoo/soap when you clean anything be it dishes/clothes/hair.

If we all really think about it shampoo didn’t exist till the 1930s and conditioner was only introduced to help counter the dry hair problem shampoo was causing. The belief that only shampoo will truly clean your hair is all part of consumerism. I’ve sat through enough marketing and advertising classes to basically know that its all just fluff.

wow. you know your stuff lady.
thats good!
although i will continue to wash with me natural soaps and condition with oils i do congrat you on being able to stick it through!

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urhhggg ew. Robert is a grease-ball…

I’m still washing every second day with shiseido shampoo.

Oh wow, I’ve never heard of this before. Will definitely look into it though!

oh and BTW guys, Rob cut his hair.

i have actually kinda tried it, last week i was too lazy to wash my hair so i went 4 days without washing it. it has never been so good, i tried it again this week and it worked. my hair is shyny and straight without he poofiness. people in school thought i had starighened it when i really didnt

my hair gets too greasy after 2 days of no washing. this is definitely not for me, haha.

i’m starting this now! i don’t know if it’ll work but so far my hair feels fine! but i just realized that in two weeks i’ll be going back to university and it might be hard water! does anyone know what alternatives there are?

ps how did you know rob goes no poo?

@dearskye: It was all over E! News. During the twilight publicity period every E! News reporter asked Rob about his no shampoo habits and they literally spent like 5 to 10 mins of a segment asking him about it. hahaha.. Rob face basically read “why are they even making a big deal out of this?” every single time. ahhaha. And Rob’s no poo method is different from the one I’m doing. I still wash my hair with baking soda and ACV rinse, he just uses hot, or was it cold, water everyday apparently, that’s why it looks so greasy. Its much like the method the lady who wrote the first article on the first link on my first post did.

@alexisthegreat: My hair did that too but when I sucked it up and just left my hair tied for the first four days when I went out and my scalp stopped producing the excess sebum. Your hair gets greasy fast because its trying to compensate for the amount of oil you’ve striped away by shampooing.

I wash mine every 4-7 days. Otherwise it gets too dry. Washing your hair too frequently can really damage it.

I could never not wash my hair ….. i cannot stand greasy scalps ! It bugs me when I see chicks on the bus EWW

Just started the no-shampoo routine this morning. Baking soda + ACV + a few drops of lemongrass pure essential oil (since my scalp is rather dry — presumably from prolonged exposure to shampoo chemicals). And, well, it’s only been a few hours but my (long, fine) hair has never been better. No smell, incredibly soft, more volume, and the ends of my hair are – for the first time – not dry and crispy after blow-drying. I’m also using a natural boar bristle brush to distribute the oil from my scalp to the ends of my hair, and I think it’s working. The only con about the whole process is that while I’m washing my hair, more strands than usual seem to fall off — I don’t know if it’s because I’m pulling too hard and my hair isn’t that healthy to begin with, or because of something in the no-shampoo treatment…Will have to keep tabs on that.

I’m bracing myself for the supposed horrible transition period for the next few days, though….

I’ve been not shampooing for about a month. My hair looks and feel great. I got my mom to buy some natural shampoo by L’oreal, I tried this weekend. I really like it because it not really foamy and it smells good but I love using baking soda. My hair feels so soft. I’m going to keep my routine to using the baking soda once a week and using the conditioner by L’oreal.

I shampoo once every two or three months, because my hair is so damn curly. But, my hair has been a lot healthier nowadays. It’s pretty legit.

This is true! The best conditioner for your hair is the natural oil the your scalp produces. Great Post. :)

I can’t remember the last time I used shampoo (or put any products in my hair for that matter) and my hair is dandy as can be. One day, I just stopped doing anything to it besides getting it wet when I showered. I’m too lazy for that shit.

Shampoo commercials amuse me.

This has peaked my interest so much I’m willing to try it!

What about for colored hair? I am afraid some at home rinses will strip my color. I only wash my hair 1-2 times a week and use dry shampoo in between. But if I could find a rinse that didn’t mess with my color i would forgo shampoo all together…..

The thing is, for me, that my hair gets greasy real quick, and then that sebum SMELLS. I hate it and the odor is just embarrassing if I don’t wash my hair. I’ve noticed that when I don’t wash my hair, it gets soft and behaves, but my SCALP just smells because of the grease. So I ussually have to cave in and rub all that shit out of my scalp. I hate it.

I also bought dry shampoo, but I don’t get much use out of it. I mean it helps, but is never enough for all of the greasy areas.

I think I’m going to try this anyway, do those rinses mentioned by the original post and see if the smell goes away. I might use my head and shoulders conditioner, though, which I love. I don’t have dandruff, but its been good to my hair.

This was great post! Thanks for those links!

This is fascinating! I’m so glad it works, because I’ve always thought it was kinda wrong that we have to shell out on chemicals to keep our hair ‘natural’.
That said, I know it isn’t an option for me. My hair needs washing every day – it’s really fine and dark and naturally straight, so it visibly clumps just from the pollutants in the air.