so my no poo trip has gotten better. I know a couple have mentioned using citrus rinses. So I thought Okay, I'll give it a try. (I have a seedless lime tree in my front yard and they are giant sized and overly abundant this season) I don't usually measure how much water i add to my Lime rinse but i do use about a cup of lime juice. I find that on some really greasy hair days it can significantly cut the greasiness and rinses out and my hair remains smooth and shiny without as many fly always as my Bi-weekly bs/acv wash. I found that the lime juice works well when massaged into the scalp and rinsed out one or more times if necessary. And the smell is very tolerable. I haven't noticed any lightening in my hair with lime juice. But when i first started the BS/ACV after dying my hair, it lightened a lot plus i found the vinegar smell stayed.

I also learned that water temperature also makes a big difference when rinsing your hair out, before your done showering. the cooler the water, the less frizz for me, but being kind of chilly, its not always the most pleasant.!

I would really like to try some tea rinses can anyone recommend a specific kind of tea? and the proportions? it would really help!

Hey guys, I've been no-pooing for almost a year now and I'm really enjoying it. I've always had wavy hair that I tried to straighten but since starting no poo I've decided to work with my hair and the waves have become loose curls, which is pretty neat. Now winter seems to be messing up my plans.

I wear a toque (a close-fitting knitted hat, for you non-Canadians) and it seems to be flattening my curls at the top of my head. I'm also concerned that it might start to make my hair oilier faster, and since I've finally got my washes spaced out to every four days without looking gross on wash day, I definitely don't want to reverse my progress.

Are there any fellow cold-weather curly girls who can suggest alternative headwear? Would a loose, slouchy toque be better? (I'm thinking of maybe something like this.) A beret? I do have to deal with a Canadian winter so some sort of warm head-covering (that covers my ears) is essential and I can't just wear a hood because I need my peripheral vision, at least while driving until the car warms up. I can sort of knit and I can crochet fairly well so links to (preferably free) patterns, as well as yarn suggestions, are also welcome!

So, I've been a long time lurker here, this is my first post so... bare with me.

First of all, I've been doing No poo since September and I'm really happy with how my hair is looking. I'm especially pleased with my lack of split ends, so I really don't want to stop doing it, but I feel like natural remedies haven't been helping.

( Read more about my poor, scabby scalp )

This is kinda long but pleaseee read it. I need help. I'm a dude. I have that shaggy haircut. It's wavy/ a little curly and thick. Which means it's also dry. Because of the dryness, I started reading around on the internet, trying to find something that would make my hair not dry. Lol. So i stumbled upon no-poo and it seemed really promising. So, I started trying a few different methods. Eventually I found that co-washing was the best way, with occasional bs/acv washes. My hair would be dry after washing it so I read that Biolage Conditioning Balm would help with dry hair, and its silicone free. I bought it and after using a few times, I loved it. It made my hair shiny and softer then it's been in years. So I used it quite a bit, every time i would co-wash my hair, and every time I would bs/acv rinse my hair.

My hair was great for a few weeks, till it started to smell a little. I noticed that it also looked a little greasy towards the top/back of my scalp. Figuring that it was probably just the "transition stage" I kept trucking on. After a few weeks though my hair was just bad. It felt gross. It looked bad. and the "greasy spot" was getting more noticable. I tried washing out the "greasyness" but it woulnd't come out and my hair started turning straight (remember, it's curly-wavy). Also, it was lying flat as if it had a lot of buildup.

Eventually I called it quits with the no-poo and went back to sulfate shampoos, hoping they could remove this. But no shampoo would remove the waxy-greasy spot. Like I said, it was only seen on the top part of my scalp- where a Jewish person would wear a yamaca.
It started getting worse and worse so I tried more extreme things. I washed with dish washing detergent several times. It would still be there, even the second I washed with dish-washing detergent. It wasn't like my hair was over-producing sebum. No, this stuff would be there the second I walked out of the shower after washing.

As bad as this sounds, I took a dull knife and scraped some of the stuff off my hair. What it looks like is little dust-like particles. It feels waxy and soft when dry, almost as if it's overconditoned. It makes my hair lie flat and straight. when I wash my hair with shampoo (and I have tried MANY harsh shampoos) it feels as if the hair in that area is stuck together, and gets VERY rough when it's being washed- it feels like sandpaper while washing it. NOTHING HAS WORKED. Please, please, someone help me. I reallly dont want to shave my head, but this shit is bad...

I have been no 'pooing for maybe about two months (more or less). I wash my hair with egg, one or two times a week, and then occasionally i wash with water and BS.
It's been going great, since before i started no 'pooing i had to wash my hair every other day because it would get so greasy.
But now i've noticed some greasyness at the top-back of my head, that won't seem to go away. Any suggestions to why this might be?
Also, does anyone have any good way to condition my hair? i tried ACV but i could not stand the smell. Washing my hair with egg really tangles my hair.
And just because i'm curious, how do you guys' wash your hair? I could really use some veriety since using egg gets sorta boring. I'd like to try something new.

xoxo!