Comments on: Keeping It Healthy… well, reasonably… http://confoundedbyquilting.com/2009/12/20/keeping-it-healthy-well-reasonably/ WTF Quilting?! Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erin http://confoundedbyquilting.com/2009/12/20/keeping-it-healthy-well-reasonably/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Erin Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:14:53 +0000 http://confoundedbyquilting.com/?p=1221#comment-462 Megan - I suspect you won't gross many out; lots of us are afflicted with The Scales. :) Years ago on livejournal, I did this shampoo-free experiment with baking soda in place of shampoo and vinegar in place of conditioner. Suffice it to say, that didn't go well. I posted pictures and everything. :D There were about a dozen people who all had the same problem, too. Elle - I'm using One With Nature Lavender Dead Sea Salt Soap from Foods for Living. I'm not sure yet if it's going to work long-term, we'll see. Barbara - sadly, I'm just not a fan of the vinegar solution. It smells awful, stings a lot and if I don't get it utterly, completely rinsed out (not easy with this much hair,) I smell like a salad all day. I couldn't keep it up. I'll look into the shampoo bar though, neat! Megan – I suspect you won’t gross many out; lots of us are afflicted with The Scales. :) Years ago on livejournal, I did this shampoo-free experiment with baking soda in place of shampoo and vinegar in place of conditioner. Suffice it to say, that didn’t go well. I posted pictures and everything. :D There were about a dozen people who all had the same problem, too.

Elle – I’m using One With Nature Lavender Dead Sea Salt Soap from Foods for Living. I’m not sure yet if it’s going to work long-term, we’ll see.

Barbara – sadly, I’m just not a fan of the vinegar solution. It smells awful, stings a lot and if I don’t get it utterly, completely rinsed out (not easy with this much hair,) I smell like a salad all day. I couldn’t keep it up. I’ll look into the shampoo bar though, neat!

]]> By: Barbara http://confoundedbyquilting.com/2009/12/20/keeping-it-healthy-well-reasonably/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Barbara Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:27:07 +0000 http://confoundedbyquilting.com/?p=1221#comment-461 Shampoo strips off the oils in your hair and conditioners add it back to your hair. Washing your hair with a shampoo bar takes the dirt out of your hair, but not the natural oils. Rinse with a concoction of 1 c. water and 2 - 4 tbsp. of organic apple cider vinegar. Apply as much of the the mixture as you need, run your fingers through your hair, rub it into your scalp and rinse off. This removes any remaining soap residue and helps the scales on your scalp to relax back down. Our favorite shampoo bar is from : http://www.bobswifessoaps.com/ Shampoo strips off the oils in your hair and conditioners add it back to your hair. Washing your hair with a shampoo bar takes the dirt out of your hair, but not the natural oils. Rinse with a concoction of 1 c. water and 2 – 4 tbsp. of organic apple cider vinegar. Apply as much of the the mixture as you need, run your fingers through your hair, rub it into your scalp and rinse off. This removes any remaining soap residue and helps the scales on your scalp to relax back down. Our favorite shampoo bar is from : http://www.bobswifessoaps.com/

]]> By: Elle Clark http://confoundedbyquilting.com/2009/12/20/keeping-it-healthy-well-reasonably/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Elle Clark Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:33:31 +0000 http://confoundedbyquilting.com/?p=1221#comment-460 Ok for holidays it doesn't feel like Christmas without making roll out cookies while listening to Elvis Christmas songs. I don't ever remember not doing it growing up. Please let me know where you got your soap and brand. We have some that is great for skin homemade but not for my hair which is a dry mess. I have been using Aveda, but the kind I use is discontinued. I would love to find something! Have tried a few with no success! Ok for holidays it doesn’t feel like Christmas without making roll out cookies while listening to Elvis Christmas songs. I don’t ever remember not doing it growing up.

Please let me know where you got your soap and brand. We have some that is great for skin homemade but not for my hair which is a dry mess. I have been using Aveda, but the kind I use is discontinued. I would love to find something! Have tried a few with no success!

]]> By: Megan http://confoundedbyquilting.com/2009/12/20/keeping-it-healthy-well-reasonably/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Megan Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:59:24 +0000 http://confoundedbyquilting.com/?p=1221#comment-459 I have been dying to try to make homemade soap for the longest time, but I just haven't managed to eke out the hours necessary to get it done. And one of these days, I'm going to post - in excruciating detail - about my lifelong battle with scaly scalp and in one fell swoop, disgust and alienate most of my readers (but not you, apparently! Solidarity, my flaky sister!) I have been dying to try to make homemade soap for the longest time, but I just haven’t managed to eke out the hours necessary to get it done. And one of these days, I’m going to post – in excruciating detail – about my lifelong battle with scaly scalp and in one fell swoop, disgust and alienate most of my readers (but not you, apparently! Solidarity, my flaky sister!)

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