What's Your No-Poo Regimen?

LilacDreamer

Do you use baking soda and water, CO wash, honey and aloe? Post your routine here and any tip and tricks you've come across along the way

HealthyBodySickMind

I bicarb wash and lemon juice/citric acid rinse twice a week. Sometimes I do a preconditioning treatment with coconut milk and aloe. I've been poo-free since January

HealthyBodySickMind

I'll go ahead and throw this link back up here. There is a lot of good information in it, and in the comments after the post, too:

http://ecocatlady.blogspot.com/2012/02/secrets-to-my-no-poo-success.html?m=1

BeccaBollons

Hi, back into no-pooing after 3 years. Don't know why I gave it up really, but ready to face those difficult first few weeks. I did no-poo for about 2 years before my son was born, and my hair looked SO good!

Anyway, I have started to use bicarbonate of soda as a wash, then lather a cone free conditioner afterwards and rinse and comb.
My hair is thick and wavy, but has lost the bounce it used to have.

TribeHokie

I CO wash with cheap-ish conditioner. VO5 does nothing for me- it is too runny and thin and it seems like I have to use a couple handfuls of the stuff to get my hair clean even though it is only shoulder length : / I've been working through a massive bottle of herbal essences conditioner this summer and it is doing a solid job. I just get a palmful, massage in all over like shampoo for a couple minutes, rinse and am done. 8+ months in to no-pooing and I am still shocked when I can comb my wet hair and encounter zero tangles months after my last cut!

Ed98043

I just recently started CO and was using my regular conditioner (Nexxus Humectress) which I've now learned isn't the way to go. I looked at Wen and was not too happy with the price so I bought some Hair One, but now I'm hearing that it's not comparable to Wen. So I ordered a travel-size of Wen from Amazon to try it out; should be here soon. I highlighted the crap out of my hair yesterday (I think I might actually qualify as blonde now - hah) and it's like straw today so I need something that will put some moisture back in!

LilacDreamer

Yesterday I purchased Trader joe's lite canned coonut milk. They also had full fat (labled as coconut cream) but it seems really thick when i shook the can.

I heated up some raw honey and combined it with 1.5 ounces of the coconut milk (the rest is in a container in the fridge) and mixed it altogether in a little container and put it in the fridge overnight.

Today I ran it under some hot water to warm it up a little and now i'm letting it sit at room temperature. I'm going to see how it works out when I shower later today.

muffle1969

I, um...semi-poo?

I use Wen mostly. I love it, and buying the gallon jug makes it less painful on the pocketbook in the long term. However, I also swim. On swim days I use a sulfate free, natural "normalizing" shampoo. It doesn't lather much...I just run it through my hair with my fingers, then rinse. Then I use half of the usual amount of Wen to further cleanse and condition. On both swim and non-swim days, I use a little Wen as a leave-in.

My hair is not perfect, but it's a lot better than it was when I used heavy swim shampoos and conditioners. Once a month or so I use a clarifying shampoo and then a heavy moisturizing conditioner. All I can say is this seems to work. I would love to hear from other swimmers though to get other ideas.