As I have mentioned in my last post about my hairwashing routine, I don’t use shampoo. I usually use baking soda and rinse with water and lemon juice but today I had different plans.
After 5 days of not washing my hair, it was extremely greasy. But the tips of my hair were dry and just wouldn’t stay where I wanted them to be.
So I decided to use healing clay. I am not new to this. I used it about 2 years ago and I can’t actually remember why I stopped using it.
So today I started by washing my hair with water. I prepared the clay earlier. I mixed some healing clay with hot water until it had the consistency I wanted it to have. Some people prefer a very creamy consistency but I like it better when it is more liquid.
So I dipped my fingers into the clay-water-mixture and started to massage it into my hair and my scalp. I could instantly feel that the structure of the hair changed. It felt softer. Also I like the smell of the clay, but that’s a personal thing. After I had the whole bowle of mud well massaged into my hair I let it sit for a while (about 15 minutes).
When I washed my hair after that period of waiting, my hair felt so soft and silky as if I had used conditioner. I washed my hair until the water rinsing down was clear to make sure there was no more mud in.
At the end I put some lemon juice onto my hand and rubbed into the hair and left it in.
The result is amazing.
My hair looks great. It feels wonderful. It smells good.
I am excited to see how long the nice look of the hair will last and when it will start to be greasy again. I am planning on staying with the healing clay.
Have you ever tried to wash your hair with clay? Any experiences?
Or anything else you can recommend me to try?
I gave up shampoo nearly two years ago and have tried lots of things for washing, but never clay, so it was interesting to read your post. Where did you get the clay from?
My favourite for a long time was rye flour. I used it pretty much the way that you describe using the clay, making a paste and rubbing it in, but I never left it in for so long. It seemed to work by sucking up the grease in my hair :D It was a bit tricky to wash out and I often had bits of flour left over, so I have since switched to using baking soda and lemon juice. When I transitioned to no poo, baking soda seemed too harsh for my hair, but now it seems fine, and I live in an area with hard water, so it's good for removing the lime deposit build-up in my hair!
I have to say the lemon juice is the best conditioner I have ever found for my hair. I have very flyaway hair, but lemon juice makes it shiny and smooth. Vinegar just wasn't the same. I noticed that you said you leave the lemon juice in? I always wash mine out but maybe I'll try leaving it...
Nice to see another no-pooer posting on Steemit :)
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Hey,
Oh awesome to meet another no-pooer here!
I used baking soda for a very long time but my hair seems to not like it anymore :) I have used rye flour only as a dry shampoo and I didn’t like it much because, I don’t know why, but I couldn’t manage to shake it out properly. It always looked as if I had dandruff (is that the actual word for Schuppen 🤔 just realized I never wrote that word in English and it looks quite wrong to me but well...).
So clay is just wonderful!!! My hair has never felt and looked better! I can totally recommend that to you.
When I used baking soda I used to put some lemon juice on my hair afterwards and wash it out with cold water. Now I just let it in. It smells great and I haven’t noticed any bad impact for now.
Oh and... the clay... I believe I bought it on Amazon.
Cheers
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Haha, yes dandruff is the correct word. I know the feeling when a word in another language seems totally weird.
I've read that hair - and what kind of washing treatment works best - changes when you're pregnant and breastfeeding. Did you find that? Not that I'm thinking of getting pregnant any time soon but always good to know these things :D
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Yeah Sometimes I am looking up words (most of the time I know them but couldn’t think of them at the moment). But sometimes I realize I have never read or written that word ever before 😂
Oh yes my hair has changed a thousand times during and after pregnancy.
I used to have very thick hair. And always greasy. During pregnancy it was still greasy but the tips were dry af and I just didn’t know what to do. After pregnancy I lost a whole bunch of hair. Same thing happened the second time 3 years later when I was pregnant again. So it is kind of a curse I guess!!
But clay seems to work perfect for me.
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