Comments on: No 'Poo. One More Way to Cut the Waste.

By: Natovr

Natovr — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:20:35 +0000

I’ve got short hair, but I have to wash it every day, otherwise it gets really greasy. I can go 2 days max without washing my hair, but then it’s still a target for oil-hungry countries in need of an oil-rig or two

By: Corey~livingandloving

Corey~livingandloving — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:40:02 +0000

I wash my hair about twice a week, and my daughter’s hair once a week. You see, once to stop over washing there is a lot less oil being produced in most cases.

By: Brettney

Brettney — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:10:19 +0000

The thing about this is that everyone produces a different amount of natural oil. For example I got my father’s hair which is dominantly African with this type of hair I cannot wash my hair even twice a week as my scalp does not produce enough oil on its own, so at the most I can wash once a week without too much damage to my hair, but I usually end up washing my hair every other week. My husband however needs to wash his hair nearly every day or every other day because it over produces on the oils.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:27:45 +0000

i only wash mine twice a week too. You know, it is just healthier. Plus I don’t have the time to be washing and styling my hair everyday. I have curly hair, but straighten it flat. (yes, everyone wants curly, but mine isn’t cute curly)

I make my daily showers quick (again, no time for long showers), but I do have to have those!

And…I love NPR!

By: thebeaddoodler

thebeaddoodler — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:58:59 +0000

The older I get the less I need to shampoo my hair. When I was younger even every other day wasn’t often enough to keep it from looking greasy, but now once or twice a week is fine. I’m surprised it’s taken the general public this long to realize that shampooing every day isn’t a good thing. I’m gonna tell my age here. When I was growing up we used lye soap for everything including shampoo and rinsed our hair with ACV. My hair was never healthier. Since I started making soap, I’ve gone back to that.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:18:47 +0000

I experimented with “no poo” but I was a greasy mess. I tried using ACV and baking soda, but I found it very difficult and awkward, hard to get it spread through my long, thick hair, and not great results for all the effort.

Most recently, I’ve been using a shampoo bar, and I’m liking the results so far. It’s more work than squeezing goo from a bottle, but I’m much more comfortable with the ingredients and I think it will be cheaper in the long run.

I’m washing my hair maybe about once a week… ideally I’d like to do it a bit more often. My hair is more ‘coarse’ than with regular shampoo, a bit more prone to tangling, but I actually find it easier to handle that way. And it doesn’t get greasy as fast, for some reason, or as itchy. I’m content!