No idea whether I have leftover baking soda in my hair, dandruff, or something else...?

well if you say it is cold outside where you are its prolly just dead skin. i live in wisconsin and my scalp is sooooo dry but being that the skin cant go anywhere it slowly build up and almost feels like a residue at times. its just the dandruff mixing with your natural oils that makes it feel like a residue. flakes can be embarassing yes but its nothing to worry about.
updated by @challie: 07/10/15 11:06:44PM

hey guys im new to this site. I am currently growing my hair to dread it in the future, its only 2 inches long so it will be a while, anyway i have been reading your forums and am totally impressed. After reading for hours last nite i happened by a hair salon today and discovered that paul mitchell has a " Tee Tree Special "shampoo out called just that. here are the ingredients for soaring eagle to chekc out. not sure on the baking soda thoughif its in there Chemical CAS No / Unique ID PercentAwapuhi extract 000000-05-8Tetrasodium EDTA 000064-02-8Citric acid 000077-92-9Panthenol 000081-13-0Propylparaben 000094-13-3Methylparaben 000099-76-3Glycol stearate 000111-60-4FD&C (or D&C) Yellow #5 001934-21-0Methylisothiazolinone 002682-20-4FD&C Blue #1 003844-45-9Sodium chloride 007647-14-5Water 007732-18-5Lavender oil 008000-28-0Peppermint oil 008006-90-4Spike lavender oil 008016-78-2Sodium laureth sulfate 009004-82-4PEG-150 distearate 009005-08-7Oleamidopropyl betaine 025054-76-6Methylchloroisothiazolinone 026172-55-4Polyquaternium-7 026590-05-6Linoleamide DEA 056863-02-6Cocoamidopropylbetaine 061789-40-0Jojoba wax 061789-91-1Cocamide DEA 061791-31-9Wheat germ oil 068917-73-7Keratin, hydrolyzed 069430-36-0Rosemary extract 084604-14-8Chamomile extract 084649-86-5Henna extract 084929-30-6Melaleuca alternifolia extract (Tea tree oil) 085085-48-9Aloe barbadensis/vera extract/gel 085507-69-3Kelp extract 092128-82-0and also MELEUCA.COM has hebal shampoos with tee tree oils and rosemary and stuff too. Maybe these will be of help or not but the paul mitchell stuff has it all other than the baking soda i think. anyway check it out S.E. Later

i wouldnt trust that pail mitchel stuff for cleaning my riolet that list of ingredients just is a lil crazy

i would definswtely say not dread freindly altho if youve got more kinky african type hair it might be ok..not ideal..but ok

i wouldnt get anything from a salon

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i'm sorry if i came off as rude too.. i am now sure it's just dead skin/natural oils.. it's really not flaking enough for it to even matter, i was just wondering if i seriously didn't know how to clean my hair right or something, somehow

Eva Lovelocks said:

i'm confused by your reply. i wasn't trying to be rude... i wasjust trying to saythat i think it is just skin, and not baking soda since i have it too and i don't use baking soda. and thati wouldnt worry about it unless it's stinky or flaking off or something...

so would've i said:

Easy enough for you to say.. Didn't you notice in the subject of this thread that I said I wasn't sure whether or not it was dead skin cells?

Eva Lovelocks said:

unless it stinks, who cares? it's just skin and it's normal.

i have it (always have since i stopped regularly brushing), and i don't use the baking soda wash, so it's not caused by that.

Damn. I may have to run to the store for apple cider vinegar then.

taye said:

someone correct me if i am wrong but i believe that white vinegar is strained through coal tar or something similar? Whatever it was it shocked me. Rawsum had a link to celtic sea salt on here somewhere that also had an article about acv.

I had that same problem a lil while back.I dont think it wasrelated to dead skin cells or anything though, and i know this because when i switched from maylees bar shampoo to a organic liquid shampoo, it stopped. Certain soaps are bad in combination with hard water, so that is likely what it was on my scalp. Perhaps try switching what you use to wash your scalp with.

Thanks Rawsum!!!