Baking soda... most use it in baking, I use it on my hair!
If you've ever tried natural shampoos before, you might have experienced a lack of that squeaky clean feeling (since there are no stripping sulphates!), oiliness, or 'dull' hair. Stick with it, this should pass after about a week (its just your scalp adjusting to not having to over-produce oil to compensate for the stripping action of chemical-laden shampoos) and you'll be happier once you reach the 'other' non-sulphate-shampoo side! Once you are established with your natural regime though, an awesome trick I recently came across, is to clarify with baking soda once/week! My hair has never been happier!
Here's what ya do:
1. grab a cup, and put 1tbsp of baking soda into it
2. jump in the shower, add some nice warm shower water to your cup, & douse your scalp
3. massage the baking soda into your scalp, scrub scrub scrub rub a dub dub
4. rinse, super well! the baking soda will travel down the length of your hair as you rinse out, and it will take any residue or guck (including chlorine!) or oils, etc. off your hair, leaving it super squeaky clean!
5. important: baking soda is basic in pH, while your hair is slightly acidic. If you were to stop at the end of the steps above, you're going to end up with dry, brittle hair - boo, so not the point of this exercise. To avoid this, follow up with an apple cider vinegar rinse (try 1tbsp ACV : 1-2 cups water; you may have to play around with this ratio depending on your hair type). Alternatively I coat my hair (root to tips!) with my natural conditioner, which contains ACV, and leave it in while I wash the rest of my body, then rinse.
6. grin & bare it as you do a final rinse of cold water on your hair - this seals the hair shaft which will help it look, and be, great!
You'll have lovely, shiny, bouncy, flouncy, naturally squeaky-clean healthy locks that turn heads ;).
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