Have you ever thought of going 'poo free?

I've been doing a lot of reading about ways to increase the volume of my hair and how to make my body looking much more healthy. And I recently wrote this post here at EF about skin care, but I made the decision yesterday to pack up everything and go natural for one month to see what happens not to just my hair, but my skin as well.

So today is day two of thirty of a shampoo free life style. No body soap either. No more face soap. All natural.

Here is the blog post where I talk about how I am going about to make the baking soda and body scrub up Woman's Science Project. I'll be writing an almost journal post every couple of days to let my readers know how often I've had to wash my hair and the transition from shampoo to no more 'poo in my hair.

So, I have to ask, how often do you wash your hair? What do you use? Have you ever thought of going poo free? Would you consider going poo free for the month? less

I've been doing a lot of reading about ways to increase the volume of my hair and how to make my body looking much more healthy. And I recently wrote this post here at EF about skin care, but I made the decision yesterday to pack up everything and go natural for one month to see what happens not to just my hair, but my skin as well.

So today is day two of thirty of a shampoo free life style. No body soap either. No more face soap. All natural.

Here is the blog post where I talk about how I am going about to make the baking soda and body scrub up Woman's Science Project. I'll be writing an almost journal post every couple of days to let my readers know how often I've had to wash my hair and the transition from shampoo to no more 'poo in my hair.

So, I have to ask, how often do you wash your hair? What do you use? Have you ever thought of going poo free? Would you consider going poo free for the month? less

Yikes! I've done the natural product thing for years now and I make all my own remedies like body scrubs--cornmeal is the best exfoliant you can use! It's not as fancy sounding as sugar, but works wonders for a girls with flaky, dry skin.

However, I could not stop washing my body. I just use natural, homemade soaps. I have recently began trying SebaMed's PH 5.5 soap for my downstairs because I wasn't entirely happy with the last homemade soap I was using. I really love this new Seba Med stuff, and that's very unlike me to go for anything drug store like that... well, I think it's available at drug stores. Anyways, I like my natural products and my homemade remedies. My main ingredients are aloe vera--straight from the plant. I use it internally by eating it, and externally. It's a miracle plant.

I've used some natural hair shampoo, but didn't stick with it. I am very funny about my hair! I need super clean, even if it is damaging. Everything else, like my lotions, face products, etc are homemade and or natural. I skip every other day of washing my hair and that alone nearly killed me in the beginning! Lol

Mostly, I focus on what goes INSIDE me, not outside. I use natural makeup as well and there's not a huge difference in your health really. Drink water and use all natural and you'll see better skin/complexion, but choosing to be healthier internally is going to give you bigger results EXTERNALLY.

Yea, I'll do a lot of things, but stinking is something I worry about. I can't stand not using soap of SOME kind. I can't even stand not wearing deo before bed. I just couldn't do it, but it's amazing that you have the will power! less

I'll die if I don't use soap and shampoo. I wash my hair with lots of shampoo every night so it'll feel squeaky clean. I also use leave-in conditioner to keep my crazy hair under control.

Your body scrub sounded interesting but seems a bit messy, will the coffee grind mess up your pipes? less

So far no problems!!!

I really don't see it being too much of an issue of using grinds or even oatmeal put through the blender would not be that big of a deal.

But if you have a septic tank on the other hand... well one would have to be aware of the coffee grinds altering the ph level and all that jazz if used on a daily basis.

Through my research, I actually found that many people have said that over cleaning ones hair does cause frizzy hair. You said you've crazy hair not frizzy... but just in case you are talking about frizzy hair!!! less

I've been doing a lot of reading about ways to increase the volume of my hair and how to make my body looking much more healthy. And I recently wrote this post here at EF about skin care, but I made the decision yesterday to pack up everything and go natural for one month to see what happens not to just my hair, but my skin as well.

So today is day two of thirty of a shampoo free life style. No body soap either. No more face soap. All natural.

Here is the blog post where I talk about how I am going about to make the baking soda and body scrub up Woman's Science Project. I'll be writing an almost journal post every couple of days to let my readers know how often I've had to wash my hair and the transition from shampoo to no more 'poo in my hair.

So, I have to ask, how often do you wash your hair? What do you use? Have you ever thought of going poo free? Would you consider going poo free for the month? less

After years of near daily shampoos, I decided to try going poo free. It did not work for me. I tried moving to a once-a-week hairwash plan using a baking soda/water mix, and my hair responded well, but my scalp immediately rebelled. It became incredibly itchy and I went from the occasional microscopic dandruff flake, to looking like I'd been in a snowstorm. It was horrible.

I've since gone back to more frequent shampoos (every 3-4 days, not the everyday insanity of the past), and I use store bought shampoo though I make sure that the ingredient list excludes Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and other bad stuff.

I mix a few drops of Eucalyptus oil in with the shampoo (for my scalp which has yet to return to normal) and I use Apple Cider Vinegar/water as a conditioning rinse. less

Well, it is now the end of week I. A number of people expressed that they'd like to follow this adventure so I've posted a new end of week I blog post here.

Hope it helps someone!!! And I cannot wait till me hair works itself out!!! less

I've been doing a lot of reading about ways to increase the volume of my hair and how to make my body looking much more healthy. And I recently wrote this post here at EF about skin care, but I made the decision yesterday to pack up everything and go natural for one month to see what happens not to just my hair, but my skin as well.

So today is day two of thirty of a shampoo free life style. No body soap either. No more face soap. All natural.

Here is the blog post where I talk about how I am going about to make the baking soda and body scrub up Woman's Science Project. I'll be writing an almost journal post every couple of days to let my readers know how often I've had to wash my hair and the transition from shampoo to no more 'poo in my hair.

So, I have to ask, how often do you wash your hair? What do you use? Have you ever thought of going poo free? Would you consider going poo free for the month? less