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• Sweta – My hair is fine now. Hair sheds in cycles. You might have more hair shed one month and the next month hardly any. For me, when I seem to be seeing more hair shed – I don’t worry about the hair that comes out in the comb, brush or shower but …

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• Alix – The white vinegar can be very stripping. It will strip the natural oils from your hair. White vinegar is different from the ACV. Some times it is made from an acetic acid that is corrosive and can cause irritation esp if you get it in your ey…

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• Troublejustabubble (I love your cute user name btw): Isn’t is amazing that when you don’t use shampoo and conditioner that the curls stay in better? I have stick straight hair. Or at least I USED to before no poo. Now, if I put spongey rollers in my…

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• troublesjustabubble – Most people have a little bit of detox. It really depends on what sort of shampooer you were before and what your natural hair is like and what sort of products you used (hairspray etc). I was an everyday shampooer and conditio…

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• Glad to hear that everyone is enjoying their no poo routines! Haha Queen of No Poo! – I like that! :) One of my fave thing about no poo is how much money I am saving on buying all those products. I like not having to worry about running out of anyth…

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• the “white balls” are sebum. It is just your natural oils that comb out of your hair. I get in my brush and comb too. There could be some dry scalp flakes mixed in there too. But the white balls are normal. Just rinse really good and comb them throu…

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• I used the french green clay once and it left my hair horribly dry (i think I have a post on it here at the beginning of the thread). True, it will probably get rid of the build up but it is very detoxing (it pulls impurities out and pulls oils out …

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• LunaBlu – You don’t need to have long hair to do this. Why did you think that? It is actually easier for people with short hair than long! Reason being because if you keep your hair short you will have fresh virgin hair in no time at all – it is a l…

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• southernlover – Wow how ridiculous! I mean, his hair looks clean and everything why should it matter? What if he were bald – I am sure people wouldn’t think he shampooed his head then? Is his job really is jeopardy? Maybe make some essential oil spr…

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• Naturgal28 – Your welcome! I am glad it is working out for you. I swear my hair gets better every day – it is finally feeling thicker now! :) I have been trimming off my pooed ends just because they look so darn ick next to my shiney roots.:) rachel…

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• sonali – Since you are new to raw, sometimes when people go raw there bodies might start detoxing out old hair – it doesn’t happen for everyone. Just know that it will grow back and probably better than it was before. Also don’t forget that hair she…

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• awillow – Lemon is your best bet for shiney hair. Use fresh lemon juice and dilute it with some water and pour in your hair and rinse out. The longer you no poo the better it will get – I am noticing that my new hair growth that is not shampooed is …

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• rachel – Honey is more for moisturizing and it is hard to get out of the hair. It probably works better for coarser curly hairs – like African American type hair. It won’t get rid of the greasies. To get rid of the greasies, the best best is the whi…

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• rachel – Honey is more for moisturizing and it is hard to get out of the hair. It probably works better for coarser curly hairs – like African American type hair. It won’t get rid of the greasies. To get rid of the greasies, the best best is the whi…

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• Rachel_akiko – Are you leaving the vinegar rinse in? If so, you don’t have to do that. The vingear rinse works right away – you can rinse it out after you pour it in your hair so you don’t smell like vinegar. Actually the apple cider vinegar will ma…

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• sleeknraw – That is a great story about your son! I honestly wish I had have never used shampoo in my life – I wonder how my hair would be like. I am trying to get back to that virgin hair stage myself. :) leafflowers – I have heard of the Shikakai …

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• lovekale - That grey stuff is sebum – it is your hair’s natural conditioner. It is supposed to be there but since you are at the beginning stages your scalp is still normalizing so you will have an excess of it. The longer you do no poo the less you…

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• Oops sorry loveskale! I missed your post! Ok flakies. Well, let me ask you something. What are your flakes and scalp like right now? Are the flakies dry and is your scalp on the dry side? Or are your flakies oily and your scalp oily? Oily flakies ar…

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• hey angie – Welcome Abroad! Glad you are joining the ranks of us peeps who have been enlighened abou the fact that shampoo is not necessary. I am honestly starting to look at it as a product that was invented so someone could make more money selling…

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• sproutamo - Well, if this helps David Wolfe says male pattern baldness is a sign of a tin deficiency. He also claims that the sap from the bark of the cacao tree is a treatment for male pattern baldness (i don’t think he has that problem so I highly…

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• hi teade! Wow! you shave it. Feels very clean doesn’t it? That is the best way to start with a clean slate definatley! For the dreads, I believe it is best to start with a few inches of hair but I am not an expert on dreads. I think you can start th…

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• NatureGal28 – Yeah, only do the gel. I am not sure if the leaf part is really that beneficial. I just wet my hair and use the gel (I mix in a bit of water too just to “stretch” out the amount I have). I coat my whole hair and massage in the scalp an…

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• I found a neat page with basic directions on how to create herbal rinses for hair: http://www.ehow.com/how_2080238_herbal-hair-rin… I will skip the vinegar and shampooing part of this of course! ;)

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• kundalalita - It could be that your hair is growing but your ends are breaking off thus making it seem like your hair isn’t getting anywhere growth-wise. That happens a lot with long hair. If you haven’t been getting your ends trimmed, than check th…

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• hey lushpapaya – That is the the way to do it! I can tell what hair is the newly grown no poo hair and what is the poo’ed stuff now. My hair grows very slow unfortunately so to cut it off all would leave me with pretty short hair but I still trim an…

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• Hi NatureGal28 – I just used the Aloe Vera on my one spot on my scalp. I think Lucy said somewhere at the beginning of this thread she made an aloe vera rinse or something. Check the first couple pages. I’ll check too if I have time. I think it migh…

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• beavers – how much oil did you put on? Use it very sparingly. It won’t wash out right away when you put alot on. I put on just a dab this morning and it didn’t rinse out much. It will come out of your hair though – it will just take a few days. I yo…

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• Hey all! It seems weird and I honestly don’t know too much about baking soda in general. But I read this on one of other no poo forums. http://community.livejournal.com/no_poo/119755…. According to this no poo girl, a strong solution of baking soda …

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• Actually, it is not so uncommon as you think for those who decide to go no poo to shave off their hair and start from scratch (of course, I could never do it!) But it will definatley make your transition easier. Ssarah – the cocoa butter will be gre…

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• Samilicious – To completely transition into no poo can take up to 26 weeks – it is really individual – some people go up and down from clean nice hair to problem hair, others have no problems whatsoever. I went up and down for at least six months (I…

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