Mostly dry hair after my first baking soda/acv wash. I used the ratios off of the article by member Baker Street for the baking soda, but only used 1tsp acv in 16oz of water and only used a third of that to rinse after soaking with baking soda and essential oils of tea tree and rosemary. Felt soooo good, but kinda felt wasteful usin all those essential oils since most of the mix just ran out my hair quickly.
Long story short, I found Dr Bronner's was not working in my water (even after using it for 5yrs w/"normal" combed hair). I also used Vicki's Just 4 Dreads soap for first time, also amazing. Now may hair actually feels clean and soft and healthy :D Yay!
Long story short, I found Dr Bronner's was not working in my water (even after using it for 5yrs w/"normal" combed hair). I also used Vicki's Just 4 Dreads soap for first time, also amazing. Now may hair actually feels clean and soft and healthy :D Yay!
Little update after my first bs/acv wash.
Good news: my hair feels truly clean and soft and healthy. Most of the "progress" i saw from Dr Bronner's soap has unraveled, but that's good because I discovered that it was really just residue from that soap keeping my hairs together. Glad I got that out of the way...
Bad news: my hair is kinda back to square one in terms of sectioning/tangles, in part from stopping Bronners but also I think my hair's knot quite dready (lol) for acv rinses. Even though I used such a small amount of acv in my wash yesterday, it definitely conditioned my hair A LOT. Today my hairs are so soft and smooth I can pretty much run my fingers through a section of hair w/next to no resistance, whereas a week ago was not the case.
All in all, good learning experiences, and I'm ready to move forward with clean, healthy hair.
Oh, and I'm totally a convert to Vicki's soaps, it's like a religious experience for hair hahaha!