I'm having this problem lately. Some locs on the top of my head kinda look greyish as if they were powdery or had talc in them. I kind suspected it was the baking soda since I have hard water. Well thing is I've been using bottled purified water with the b/s to wash but still see the grey locks. How can I get that out? Has this happened to anyone else? I want my locks to look clean. Please help.
updated by @joey5: 02/14/15 08:27:31AM
Greyish powdery locks
Or a favorite hoodie?
If it's just lint, you could dye it. Or just let it ride. Sooner or later your locks will grow out and that greyish stuff will be further down
more likely dead skin bs sg=hould biodegrade into gasses quickly whenin contact with water furthermore when it contacts acv it would go through a chemical reaction creating foam and heat and turning into another compound completely (baba could better exp,ain that)
but when baking soda is used it exfoliates a layer of dead de=ry skin and turns it to a paste which when dried i supose can be more powdery
so if thats the case making the bs stronger (1/2 cup per 5 cups) would fix it or a higher pressure rinse to blast it away
as a test
take a black wash cloth fold it over and ov er or wrap it up into a tight roll and hold it together with bands
make your bs reipe the way you do notmally
soak the ashcloth in it then rince see if u see anty powdery anything left behind
ps are u using baking soda not baking powder right? i could see the added starches in baking powder causing that
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Do you use the purified water to mix the BS with AND rinse it out? Could be you're not using enough water to rinse. When I did the BS/ACV wash, I rinsed for a while before adding the ACV. If might be worth the money to get a water softener for your showerhead
Eagles right. Backing powder might leave a powdery residue. The only reason I don't think it's dead skin is that it's not pasty. Dead skin that is exfoliated tends to be like sebum in texture. I've never seen sebum dry, so it might dry into a powdery texture. That could very well be it.
hey man, i too have had and still fight this battle! im realizing that you have to keep some what of a tight regiment of washes for this problem to go away. like no more than 3 days between washes, it seems the more time you let pass the more dead skin you have sitting on top of your head, and the more you have the harder it is to get off your head completely. also do you let your hair dry in the sun when possible?
I wash every third day. And I use arm & hammer pure baking soda . One cup mixed in ten cups water. The distilled water I started using recently after noticing the grey. I do see white residue on the bowl I use for the mix. Haven't done the acv in the last month... Could this help?
