A few weeks ago, at work, I was sitting at my desk putting some lotion on my hands. So I was just chilling there, rubbing the lotion on my hands, letting the moisture soak in, and decided to read the ingredients on the bottle. I couldn’t pronounce most of them, and I definitely did know what 95% of the ingredients were. I started thinking about what was actually in the lotions (and other products) I’m using. I already decided as a New Year’s resolution that I want to put less processed foods into my body, why wouldn’t I also stop putting weird processed things onto my body?
I went last weekend to get my hair cut, and spoke with the stylist about how unhappy I am at the frizz and dryness. I have wavy hair (which gets wavier the longer it gets) and lately I like it’s just one big frizzy, pouf-y mess on my head. She explained that the natural oils in my hair weren’t able to travel from the scalp to the ends and I should spend a little more money on a better quality shampoo/conditioner which would target and help with frizz. It made some sense.
For the last few days I have been reading a LOT about shampoos, the harmful chemicals they contain, and homemade alternatives that supposedly work just as well. The most popular thing I have found is baking soda as shampoo and apple cider vinegar as conditioner. It’s super cheap and apparently very effective.
There is a lot of information out there and a lot of people have tried, failed, succeeded, and given their option of going shampoo free. It’s definitely something that interests me, but I’m going to take my time transitioning into anything new.
Today I did buy sulfate-free shampoo and conditioner, but it was $17 for two small 11oz bottles. We’ll see how it works and I’ll keep you posted!
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Let us know how they are. And especially give an update on the baking soda and apple cider vinegar if you try them out! I'm really curious to hear about those. I also plugged a link for my blog. :P You can plug for yours in mine now too, haha. :)
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