News: White Vinegar Tastes Bad.

As promised in my last entry, I tried the home made shampoo… AND lucky you it comes with a story! 

I mixed 1/2 a cup of white vinegar with 1/2 a cup of water and made my way into the shower, only to realize that I’d put this mixture in a cup instead of some other easy-to-use bottle. So after much deliberation over how I would get this on my hair without dumping it in my eyes, I ended up just pouring the whole thing over my head, and to no one’s surprise this got in my eyes and every other orifice from my neck up. 

I was trying to adjust the shower head to rinse the vinegar out of my mouth and off my face, and the shower head BREAKS OFF, sending a stream of water at my face at fire hydrant-like speed. Naturally, I flew into a panic and bolted across the house to our other bathroom where I discovered a very handy little truth about washing your hair with vinegar!

It works! It made my hair really soft, but this particular vinegar treatment is for people who have dry scalp or dandruff, and it’s made to be used before a shampoo, or “no-poo” as it’s so aptly called. My “no-poo” was 2 tsp. of baking soda to 1 cup of very warm water, and it definitely dried my hair more than I’d hoped. I’m gonna try the same thing again, only with less baking soda and see how that works. 

Also! The vinegar smell will wash out without a problem, just make sure you rinse thoroughly! Supposedly there’s also a homemade conditioner you can make with apple cider vinegar and something else that will soften after the baking soda, so I’ll probably try that one too. 

Now onto that choreography I’ve been procrastinating all week! 

Ciao,
Me

P.S. I made a new yoga shirt! :]

Stop over my house for a cup of boredom, won’t you?

Ah, journal, we meet again. Now that my semester has ended, I’ve had entirely too much free time on my hands (for the last 48 hours, haha). I was preparing some new choreography for my yoga class when I started Googling different ways to tie my hair back when I teach, you know, to keep it out of my face. This quickly went down hill and turned into a search on how to thicken my hair cheaply and more importantly, organically.

I thought it would be a lost cause, but what do you know! I found some very promising ideas!:

“No-pooing.” I absolutely despise this phrase. It’s referring to shampoo, but I really don’t think leaving that first syllable would have disappointed anyone, AMIRIGHT!?

Okay! So, if you don’t wash your hair with shampoo, how else will it get clean? I work out regularly and I live in Florida, so I spend a lot of time in the hot hot heat. Not washing my hair daily or every other day isn’t really an option. Not surprisingly, it seems I’m wrong.

1. Instead of washing your hair every day with shampoo, just rinse it. It keeps the natural oils from being washed away and keeps the hair looking healthier and thicker over time. Plus, as we all know by now, when you wash away any natural oils from your body too regularly, the body over compensates and ends up producing more, compounding the problem.

2. Make your own “shampoo.” I read that 1TBSP of baking soda to 1CUP of warm to hot water makes a fantastic hair rinse. Not only does it thicken the hair (it prevents breakage), but it’s way cheaper than buying shampoo! I’ll have to do more research on how any health effects of baking soda on your scalp, but it sounds pretty good so far. Oh, be careful though! Too much baking soda will dry the hair, so if you do it your self and have thin hair, maybe start with a little less baking soda.

3. 1CUP of water to 1TBSP f lemon juice also works for some people. I’ve read this is better for those with dry hair because it helps the scalp produce more oil… or something.

I definitely plan on trying the baking soda option. I have long, fine (not thin, there is a difference!) hair and my scalp is always dry, so adding some tea tree oil is supposed to help.

… so I didn’t get my class prep done, but at least I know how to wash my hair! Success! ;]

Erin

http://www.thenakedhippie.com

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I’m Back From Hibernating…

I’m back and you know you all missed me! 

I’ve been so busy these past few months my brain was worth no more than Jello, so blogging wasn’t really on my agenda. 

Anywho, the beautiful weather that allowed us to really green our lives here in Florida has left, and now we’re spending most of our days in searing heat instead of lounging in the living room with every window open enjoying the 70 degree weather. So much for trying to cut back in the AC bill, am I right?!

Speaking of going green, I’ve been getting so much awesome feed-back from people lately! One woman I spoke to said that we inspired her to get her recycled coffee mug from Starbucks, several who said they started recycling or requested ideas on how to “green” their lives, and tons of great comments about how much they believe in our philosophy. 

I’m so so glad that you all are right there with us! 

 

I’ll see you soon! (For real this time! ;]  )

Erin

http://www.thenakedhippie.com

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