Week 2
So - I'm on my second week now and it's going pretty well. I'm wearing my hair up at work, and it seems to look ok, although it feels kinda waxy. Still a while to go until it magically becomes gorgeous, but it's not as bad as I thought. I also haven't dyed my hair since December 07, so my roots are quite long now. They've come in a mousy brown colour, but looking back at blonde photos of me, it looks pretty brassy and trashy, so the au naturelle look might be better. I know there are natural hair dyes, but I want to see what happens with my "real colour", which hasn't been seen for 10 years at least.
I'm doing both of these because of the chemicals, the packaging, the money, but also because I kind of resent the fact that women are expected to do all of this, and huge industries shoot up around preying on our insecurities about our looks and what we SHOULD do as women.
Week 3
I washed my hair with lemon this morning as part of my no-poo effort. I should have just used the juice, but I cut it in quarters and kind of rubbed it all over my scalp. It felt really great, but I've got little bits of lemon in my hair! It's still really greasy so only wearing it up, but I'm getting used to it. I asked my fiance to tell me honestly, "do I smell like a homeless person?".
Week 4
No poo - going ok, still have really dirty hair, but it's fine. I'm dealing with it..... I've come a long way with my hair.
Month 2
I decided to take no poo to a new level - with just water. After two months of using baking soda, my hair was getting to a nice level, so of course I had to push it.
So - I'm just rinsing my hair in water for the last month, and it's gone back to that horrible waxy mess. It's also a little bit stinky.
I'm going to give it another month, maybe six weeks and see if it gets better. I hope so - that would be awesome - never using anything ever again!
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