What are your thoughts about this?

I can't go one day without washing my hair, it gets too greasy. I honestly don't understand how she can go 5 years without shampoo and not have greasy hair.

Ugh no...no no no no NO!!! Couldn't do it, wouldn't do it...not quite sure how anyone could live with that. My head would feel completely weighed down by all of the grease.

I used to only use baking soda and vinegar to wash my hair. Then after I had kids things changed and my hair needed those chemicals! I still do a baking soda rinse and vinegar rinse once a week becuase it does leave my hair less greasy and very shiny. No way I could go with just rinsing my hair in water.

The idea of the "no poo" method is that shampoos use detergents that cause the scalp to produce more oils to compensate for overdrying. Once your scalp gets used to not having to replace oils, it produces less. It apparently works for some people, but not me. I have naturally 3A curly hair and finally found a shampoo/conditioner/product combination that makes my hair look great, I'm not willing to put up with nasty hair for six months while it adjusts and hope it looks as good as it does now.

Hair gets greasy because we strip the hair of it's natural oils with shampoo and then our scalp over-produces oil. I suspect that at first people's hair would be greasy but then the scalp would stop producing so much oil.

It's called "no-poo" method. A lot of people do it.

I watched a program where someone did this, I can't remember exactly but after about 3 weeks the hair goes back to looking and feeling like you have washed it...just got to put up with a few weeks of greasey, smelly hair first!

I did this for 3 months and my hair was gorgeous. lol Seriously. It took two weeks of crappy hair and then it was definitely better. It smelled great and felt great. I only stopped because of swimming. I HAVE to get chlorine out of my hair asap. Now I use all natural products when I need to and dry shampoo is my best friend!

I only wash once a week and my hair is healthier than ever so I can only imagine how healthy her hair must be! It takes a while to build up to washing less, so you do have to put up with oily hair at first, but slap some baby powder or cocoa powder on it and it helps. No odor, hair doesn't get oily for days, quick showers, save on shampoo. Sounds good to me! I don't see why people freak out about not using shampoo? Yikes. :P

The idea of the "no poo" method is that shampoos use detergents that cause the scalp to produce more oils to compensate for overdrying. Once your scalp gets used to not having to replace oils, it produces less. It apparently works for some people, but not me. I have naturally 3A curly hair and finally found a shampoo/conditioner/product combination that makes my hair look great, I'm not willing to put up with nasty hair for six months while it adjusts and hope it looks as good as it does now.

^ This. I also have 3A or B hair thats down to my belly button when I straighten it. I only wash my hair every 3-4 days and it doesn't get greasy, even when I go to the gym. It just takes too long to dry and style to wash it every day or even every other day.

There was a point in college when I had synthetic extensions and I would go an entire week without actually washing it. Dry shampoo was my best friend at that time.

I only wash once a week and my hair is healthier than ever so I can only imagine how healthy her hair must be! It takes a while to build up to washing less, so you do have to put up with oily hair at first, but slap some baby powder or cocoa powder on it and it helps. No odor, hair doesn't get oily for days, quick showers, save on shampoo. Sounds good to me! I don't see why people freak out about not using shampoo? Yikes. :P

Because people are conditioned (ba dum tss!) to think that's it's gross to do otherwise.

I'm almost out of shampoo, I think I'll give it a shot.

I only wash once a week and my hair is healthier than ever so I can only imagine how healthy her hair must be! It takes a while to build up to washing less, so you do have to put up with oily hair at first, but slap some baby powder or cocoa powder on it and it helps. No odor, hair doesn't get oily for days, quick showers, save on shampoo. Sounds good to me! I don't see why people freak out about not using shampoo? Yikes. :P

Because people are conditioned (ba dum tss!) to think that's it's gross to do otherwise.

Just like bras! However, I'm not going without my bra.

Yup, I only wear a bra to work lol.

I only wash once a week and my hair is healthier than ever so I can only imagine how healthy her hair must be! It takes a while to build up to washing less, so you do have to put up with oily hair at first, but slap some baby powder or cocoa powder on it and it helps. No odor, hair doesn't get oily for days, quick showers, save on shampoo. Sounds good to me! I don't see why people freak out about not using shampoo? Yikes. :P

I agree. I wash my hair more than once a week, but not everyday (it just depends on how it's doing that day). My husband has super curly hair that he washes now, every 3 days, but when it was long, once a week. It was beautiful. My best friend is the same way. I actually don't think the girl in the video's hair looks that great, but, I don't understand the freak out over not shampooing.

I have a friend who swears by "no poo." I have another friend who tried it and her hair was pretty fried after a few months. Baking soda is very alkaline while vinegar is more acidic. She went to a salon for help and they said that your hair needs both of those but not separately and that's why her hair was a mess. This is all word of mouth; I have no first hand experience with this method. I did try going sulfate free for about 6 months and my hair was gorgeous the first few months...until it wasn't. After about 3 months my hair got really dry and straw-like and my scalp would be an oily mess within hours of showering. I'm back to "regular" shampoo and conditioner and my hair is finally looking normal again.

it's less greasy because the bugs are eating it for sustenance.

*gag*

:sick:

Has anyone done this successfully with super fine ~2A hair?

When I broke my arm I slacked on my hair products (wasn't going to work, didn't care about looks or smell), but it got tangled and horrible because I also couldn't brush it well.

Also, how do you get chlorine out?