Organic Shampoo for dry or damaged hair

So, I have still be trying to find a slightly cheaper version of the soap nut shampoo, and I am still using the natural shampoo I purchased from Cheryl's Herbs, but after a while, my hair still gets a little greasy.

I was out of town about two months ago visiting my fiance and I found an organic shampoo at Walgreens.  I was stunned to find this, so I purchased it(it was 10 dollars).  I washed my hair, and used my conditioner, but, and it came out greasy.  So I thought to myself, oh well, another fail.  This past month I decided to try it again, but to not use the conditioner and VIOLA!  My hair was happy, and not greasy.

The product is made for people who have very dry hair(the reason why I don't need to use conditioner with this product, I don't have dry hair).  It's made by Shea Moisture, called Moisture Retention Shampoo.



Here are the ingredients:

Deionized Water, Decyl Glucoside (Sugar Beets), African Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter)*, Aloe Vera Leaf Juice, Argan Oil, Panthenol (Pro‐Vitamin B‐5, Rosemary Extract, Sea Kelp Extract, Vitamin E, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower (and) Lonicera Japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle) Flower Extract. *Denotes Certified Organic Ingredient.

Ingredient Attributes: silicone free, sulfate free, paraben free, organic, glycerin free

It's a great shampoo.  I am still using what I have left from Cheryl's herbs, so I will be purchasing this next for my home.  I love the list of ingredients.

This again is just a journey to see which products work best, and I will keep you posted on what I find or try next.

Thank you again for reading!  :)

Herbal Shampoo

I have returned from a wonderful family trip and had a great holiday week.  I hope everyone else enjoyed their festivities and didn't get too over heated.

I wanted to share a product that I purchased between running out of the Soap Nut shampoo and waiting to make my DIY Soap Nut shampoo.

Cheryl's Herbs, which has a complete online store, also happens to be located only 15 minutes away from my house.  They have ALL sorts of products, and are very eager to help you with any questions you have.  Here is a link to their website:  http://www.cherylsherbs.com/




They make their own shampoo and I thought I would give it a try.  I do like this shampoo, but not as much as my beloved online purchase of the Soap Nut shampoo.



Here is a list of the ingredients in this shampoo(my hair is a darker blonde, so I went for he blond highlighting shampoo brand).

Contains: Mullein Flower Verbascum thapsus, org/wild, Marshmallow Root Althaea officinalis, org., Rhubarb Root Rheum palmatum, Chamomile Flower (German) Matricaria recutita (M. chamomilla), org. and the essential oils of Lavender Lavandula angustifolia, wild and Lemon Citrus limon blended into a soap base of the most simple ingredients: Purified Water, Decyl Polyglucose, Vegetable Glycerin, Apple Cider Vinegar and Xanthan Gum.

With continual use, it should bring out the highlights.  I have started to notice it.  The only problem I have with this type of shampoo, is after a few weeks, my hair becomes greasy.  Not right away, but over time, so I have to use another shampoo to get rid of the grease(just like a couple of drops), but my hair does feel good after I wash with this. Also, their shampoo doesn't have the greatest smell.  I might add a couple of drops of essential oil to fix the smell, but with the oil problem, I have been hesitant to do so.

I'm still working with my DIY Soap Nut shampoo also, after a few uses, my hair started to turn greasy with that as well, (I added too much oil).  I will end up going back to my NaturOli Soap Nut shampoo, but for the time(and price- less than 8 dollars for the smaller bottle) I will continue to use what I have purchased here.

Cheryl's Herbs has EVERYTHING you could possibly imagine.  And it's just one store(not a chain), so I do highly recommend that anyone getting into DIY products to please check out their web page.  Even though I am not in love with their shampoo, I still love their store, and their Vast amount of essential oils.  If you can think of it, they will most likely have it!

Thank you again for reading.  Any and all comments are welcome.

Shampoo Change

About two months ago I was sitting in my living room with my friends, one who is a hairdresser, for Sunday ritual(watching a bad B movie and eating dinner).  He had just finished cutting my friends hair, who has a mane that is to die for(curly and kind of red).  They started talking about products and how most shampoos have terrible things in them that dry out your hair.  I didn't make a comment, I just continued to watch t.v., but I listened.

The next few days I researched, and researched and researched the Internet, trying to find out the facts on shampoo.  I'm still a little confused by it because of all the advertisements that appear when you TRY to look this stuff up, but it became quite clear that the problem with shampoo is the chemical that makes your shampoo have suds.  It's the same chemical that is used to clean car engines(found this over and over on the Internet).  But then I also found that most hair products also have alcohol, which dries out, um, anything.  I finally found a shampoo, that seemed to be the most organic, and I bought it.  Yes, I bought a shampoo that costs 19 dollars. I know, my inner cheap skate got a little angry too, but OM Gosh does it work!  The Shampoo is called NaturOli, Soap Nut Shampoo(which uses Soap Berries).



Here is my pic(notice the awful conditioner I was still using when I first got it).

Everything I read said that you don't need conditioner when using this shampoo.  That might be ok with some peoples hair, but oh so not mine.  My hair becomes fly away, so I continued to use the same awful conditioner for a few weeks.  I could so tell a difference. My hair felt softer. I couldn't keep my hands out of my hair.  I was no longer stripping it!  My hair is naturally oily, and because I'm not longer stripping all the oil out, my head is not trying to over produce oil to compensate.

You do have to wash your hair twice, but you don't have to use so much of it, and so it "should" last longer.  I'm not half way through my first bottle yet, and I have had it for over a month(I do wash my hair every day).

Directions to use:  Use a small nickle size dab on wet hair and wash your scalp.  It will not suds the first time, but you are only focusing on your scalp.  Rinse then use a slightly larger dad on your rinsed hair and wash your hair.  It WILL suds.  And then rinse.  Use a conditioner if you have fly away hair like I do. Or experiment and don't(I also did this, and yes, I need conditioner).

Best thing is that since there are no chemicals, if you get a trickle in your eye(which I have a habit with shampoo), it won't burn for 10 minutes.  I let my son use this stuff, and he hasn't screamed for a towel to get the shampoo out of his eyes since he started using it.

I will end here for the shampoo portion of my blog.  I will post next week about the next product I replaced.  I want to try to make my own shampoo, but it might be a bit. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.

Thank you for your time.
Your Inner Hippie!