Taking the "No Poo" Challenge

I decided to try this "No Poo" challenge and try the recipes for hair washing that are suggested. I started Friday, August 13th. I broke down Wednesday and washed my hair with shampoo. I had put a couple of drops of essential oil in the vinegar rinse and I think that made my hair really greasy. However, I found it didn't really make my hair less greasy with the shampoo, so I am back to my No Poo solutions. There is a "transition stage" that my hair has been going through. I have noticed that if you want to go "no poo" then you have to stop all hair products...no smoothers, straighteners, or hair spray.

Examples of my hair on "No Poo" Challenge...watch my videos I made for moms4freefood.com. I had been using Recipe #2 below for 4 days. I washed my hair with Recipe #2 on days 1, 2, and 4.

Even if you do not want to stop using your current hair products, I feel having these recipes around for emergency preparedness is important.

Baking Soda and Vinegar Rinse Recipe #2

Eggs Recipe - I do not want to waste eggs on my hair, but I have heard it is a good conditioner.

I thought this post was interesting called "To Poo or Not to Poo...that is the Question."

Personally, I am not a "go green" kind of girl who thinks everything will kill us. However, I am conscious that things I put on or in my body do effect how I feel. Nayna and I have been dealing with Fibromyalgia Syndrome our entire lives. When I went back to coloring my hair I felt fine at first, but now coloring my hair is making me sick again. I thought that changing types of hair color (semi-permanent and natural hair colors) would do the trick. But, here I am a year later and my bones and joints ache like crazy. I can hardly function some days. I'm still researching ways to color my hair like the Egyptians did.