When I was a teenager, I went through this crunchy neo-hippie phase where I just plain did not wash my hair......virtually ever......at all. This was years before the No Poo movement; I was just a fan of the 60's and wanted to live like a hippie, LOL. I think I went about 3 years without washing mine at all, and I've got photos that can back up how weirdly fluffy my hair was during that period. Part of me's always wanted to re-visit this idea with a slightly augmented version like this, like with the baking powder/apple cider vinegar rinses just to feel like it is still being cleansed with something (because honestly, in my teens, I just didn't give a crap how I looked, good or bad lol) but never had the guts to do it. Seeing how many people are doing this during quarantine, I'm seriously considering giving this another shot...
I had started water only washing (going from regular liquid shampoo) at the start of quarantine and have already seen great results! I have a few links that may be helpful for you! : ) justprimalthings.com/2014/10/20/the-ultimate-water-only-hair-washing-routine-no-shampoo/ justprimalthings.com/2015/01/04/no-poo-without-looking-oily/
I’ve not washed my hair with shampoo since 2019. Just water. Had 2 week transition of waxy coarse hair but then it transformed! I massage my scalp to distribute sebum then brush thoroughly before washing with warm water and finish with cold water rinse. And wash hairbrush weekly! No baking soda / ACV needed 👍🏼
Maryellen Creative - persevere, it’s SO worth it! My hair is long like yours, slight wave. It’s thicker since water only - I notice that when I plait it or put in a pony tail. It grows faster now and no frizzy humidity hair in damp weather. Dries super quick. No static, less tangles. Had people ask what products I use and their face when I say water only is hilarious.
SAME!!! Best switch EVER!! HAHA!! Only water is the way :D I also just made a video about it where i explain how to switch etc maybe it's gonna help other people too :)
Anni, did you do anything for the waxy transition?? It's killing me but I'm trying to tell myself it will get better. I've been almost 2 weeks without a shampoo (and I have only shampoo'd 3 times in the last 1.5 months). I water washed last week and then again yesterday (7 days later). But it feels gross and oily and waxy! Do I just wait it out? It sounds like yours changed, but did you just wait it out or do anything along the way?
I think we've been conditioned to think the most oil free doll looking hair is what is most beautiful through the industry and commercials. I am noticing I'm finding a slight oily look more and more beautiful and natural looking.
I think not wearing make up anymore, and not using shampoo or conditioner anymore is one of the best things Ive ever done. My skin always used to look so waxy and oily. I used to always feel itchy too and have acne from the conditioner and make up. My hair would knot and matt within less then a day. The shampoo would dry out my hair. Now my skin is soft for the first time ever. Also, I look younger now. I feel less stressed now. All I do in the morning is splash my face with cold water a few times, brush my teeth with fluroide free toothpaste, brush my hair if it needs it, and I am good to go. Where as before I would spend 30 mins in there with products. My hair is way lighter now and not heavy, and soft, and doesnt knot. I do have showers (I use a light soap on my body) and I do clean my hair with water if it needs it. I use rice water too (I eat rice a lot so this is easy for me to make). Less is more, I am learning. :) I am still learning as I go, but my goal is to feel fresh and nice, without products and chemicals.
OMG me too. I stopped wearing makeup, only wash my face with water, and use organic oil only. I don't have acne anymore, except 1 or 2 when coming to my period. My skin is clear & glowy. I saved tons of money on skincare products. Regarding the toothpaste, you can try activated bamboo charcoal (in my country they have the pre-mix of bamboo charcoal + salt, I don't know the exact ratio, but you can try & find the similar one). It works wonder for me.
I'm actually amazed! I was ready to suffer for 2-4 weeks. But after the first BS/ACV wash (on day 7) my hair is just as clean and nice as usual. Wow! I just want to research a bit to make sure soda and vinegar are safe. And if that's the case then I don't see any reason to use shampoo and conditioner ever again. Update 3 months later. Now I wash my hair once in ~7-10 days, rather than every other day. So happy with no poo😅🔥
One thing that's been helping me with the "greasy" stage is a boar bristle brush, they help distribute the oil on your scalp. It also give your hair more shin and gets rid of frizz.
I just started this last week and I LOVE it! My boyfriend also doesn’t use shampoo and our hair is never greasy looking at all. His smells a bit unpleasant but he works outside so he’s in the sun half the time. I use a tiny drop of Argan oil in the shower and scritch my hair to help get the smell under control and my hair is sooo soft from not using shampoo and just water
Be mindful not to use baking soda for too long or too often, its PH level is like a 9 of the baking soda and your scalp PH is only 5 ... with long term use it will start to cause damage to your scalp and hair. Hence why it's such a great and effective cleaner for showers and kitchens 🙈 Transition to something a little less harsh like chic pea flour when you can! Hope this is helpful!!
@@hayleylamppost absolutely agree- I've tried both and have to say chickpea flower with a rinse made from freshly squeezed lemon and apple cider vinegar has worked amazingly well for me:). I liked rye flower but I still had to wash my hair every other day (as opposed to once a week with chickpea flower) and flour just kept falling out of my hair after washing. Obviously it's different for other hair types!:)
for years I was dealing with dandruff, sensitive scalp.. YEARS of itchiness. I was forced to buy Head and Shoulders because that worked if I washed every day. I'm a month into No Poo, and I'm loving it. I exfoliate with water only. However it's been a bit waxy lately. Luckily I found your Rye Flour video you posted 3 months ago. I can't wait to see the results.
Another hair tip I think you should use... No more terry cloth, aka towels, on your hair. It causes more frizz. Microfiber or even cotton t-shirts will treat it better. 😊
Thank you sooo much for this ! I have been struggling to find a video that is really comprehensive without being overwhelming and that shows the whole process from start to end. I'm finally going to try it out starting tomorrow :)
I’ve just started my foray into no poo, thank you for explaining all the different experiences of going without shampoo! Very excited to see my results!
I just stumbled upon this video in my quest to learn more about the no-poo method and I just wanna say...I love your personality so much!! You seem so sweet, down-to-earth, and weird in the best way! Hope the method is continuing to work well for ya~
You seem like such a nice person to be around, i was down a no-poo video rabbit hole but this video was by far easiest to watch! thanks for the nice content!
this video was so so helpful thank you! your hair looks so good!! i'm a couple weeks into no shampoo and my experience was super similar to yours so far, it helped my curls so much and im definitely sticking with it:)
I once tried no poo and it just didn’t work out for weeks.. but one year ago I started using sulfate free shampoo every 3-4 days and now I’m at nearly 7 days where my hair looks great.. I think it’s a great alternative and I’m going to try no poo again now, i think it will work a lot better now that my scalp is already healthier 😸
New subscriber here! 🙋🏼 I don't know how you don't have many more, I loved your energy and everything about this video, it was so entertaining to watch! 😂 Great work!
So happy your no shampoo journey is going well!! I also follow this method but I use acv about once a week. For me at least the acv is all I need to remove the buildup on my hair
I started going no poo the moment I got stuck in the house for our stay-at-home order. I have been going for about a month and a half. It was terrible and gross for awhile but now it's pretty awesome! I rarely use natural dry shampoo from zero waste store, but I have only done that twice at this point.
SO SO COOL THAT YOU GAVE IT A GO!! I started using only water one year ago and it was the best decision ever! I also just made a video explaining how to switch etc if people need some help with it! :)
ok, I love this video because it was literally my same journey. I think I made it to day 9 with no washing before i had to do the BS/ACV, because as you said, I just couldn't stand it, and afterwards it was as if something clicked - and my skin is WAY better without makeup. Great video!
I add a small amount of tea tree essential oil to my ACV mix and it helps the straight AVC smell not be so strong or at least not at the forefront of the smell. Your hair looks gorgeous!
I started doing the no poo with just only water 6 days ago as well. It is totally the perfect time to try this out since we all have to stay inside and quarantined! I hope no poo works also for me, fingers crossed 🤞🏼 I hope my hair will get used to it pretty soon
This video gave me this really calm feeling of hope and satisfaction so I'm here watching it for the 2nd day in a row. I'll probably be back tomorrow when my anxiety struck again
Maryellen Creative omg it's actually better than it's been in a long while?? Is it because I started successfully doing no-poo myself? Is it thanks to this video? Is it the weather? My dog? WHO KNOWS 😃
Thanks so much for sharing your experience!! I recently just shaved my head and I’m going “poo free” as well and I’ve loved it! I’m hoping to never use shampoo again :)
So one thing I didn't know in the beginning of doing no poo was about hard water. I went eight months with oily waxy looking hair and I thought that it just wasn't going to work for me. I did an applesauce mask and my hair was instantly beautiful and fluffy and clean for the first time. It was definitely really hard to rinse out but it worked. So I have transitioned to using jug water from the store and my hair is doing a lot better but I still wash it with shampoo and conditioner once a month. I find that when I do my hair starts falling out like it used to. I just want to let you all know that I have been doing the no poo thing for almost a year and a half and it has been a rough process for me but I'm still sticking with it. So keep that in mind about the hard water because if you're having problems that could be the issue. If you're afraid of your hair looking too oily during the beginning of the process then I suggest wearing cute bandanas or doing braids for a while. Good luck in your journey and God bless
I’ve been going since march! Great time to do it, I read using rye four is less harsh than bi carb soda (so therefore it doesnt over dry and then you over oil naturally), thats been working well for me. I do something quite similar to you, my hair was much worse than yours to begin but I i’ll persist!
This video is super helpful! I am trying to go no poo during isolation. This was a totally impromptu decision and I am noticing the same things as you talked about. Hopefully that means I am on the right track.....fingers crossed. :)
You are soo funny and sweet!! Thank you for this idea and all your videos. You are amazingly beautiful and can´t wait what else you'll do during this quarantine
I can relate to your excitement!!! I tried this too because of quarantine, and also because I had knee surgery so I couldn't really shower. It was pretty yucky for about 3 weeks. I hardly washed it at all though, and I have hard water. But then I saw this method for making a chickpea paste to wash with and am acv/lemon/water to rinse with. I've used that once a week for the last couple weeks. It helped to rinse off all the accumulated detox gunk and oil. Yesterday I realized my hair feels and looks so good! And I don't need to wash it, even after a week! It used to be I couldn't even go a couple days because of how greasy it is. It's awesome!!!
I've always read that baking soda is harsher on your hair than shampoo is. I've gone back and forth from water only to using shampoo a couple times in the last 6 months just depending on how I'm feeling. Water only with thorough scalp massages daily with a very diluced acv herb rinse seems to keep my scalp in great shape during the transition. i use cheap green tea packets, rosemary, and lavender. I think the rosemary is the only one that really does something other than the acv, but it seems to reeeally help with dandruff. I do about a teaspoon and a half acv to 2 cups of the herb rinse. Massage my scalp all over dry first and try to move the oil down my hair strands with my fingers, then i spray the mixture onto my hands and scalp and rub it in. No drandruff at all whenever i use it daily, which is the biggest issue when i transition over for me- my scalp typically gets pissed off and flaky lol. My hair being oily some days is no biggy, but when my scalp gets irritated I start worrying about extra hair fall.
Instead of using baking soda which on the long term is very bad for your hair, u can also use ayurvedic herbs such as shikakai, neem and some herbs to hydrate your hair like aloe vera powder then mix it with hot water and some rose water or add some honey to it and you're good to go
I use neem, shikakai, bhringaraj, hibiscus and aloe vera powder mixed with rose water and honey. And sometimes a acv rinse. Diy masks such as: greek yoghurt, honey, lemon, virgin olive oil and egg. But be aware, each herbs has its own way of use: Shikakai cleanses the hair Neem cleanses the hair and stimulates hairgrowth. Bhringaraj: strength, reduce hairloss and grey hair, preventing damaged dry frizzy hair and makes the hair manageable soft and smooth Hibiscus Aloe vera: calms and hydrates the hair Honey: softening and calming Also some powders are benifficial for cleansing ( shampoo) and others for conditioning the hair. Sometimes after my cleanse and condish i rinse my hair with acv and water. I dry my hair with a cotton shirt and when my hair is still a little moist i add some argan oil to my ends and i let it air dry. I do this routine once in a month to cleanse, the other days i spread my natural oils over my head with a brush and do some scritching and preening. But every skin and hairtype is different, i am doing this method for a couple of years now because of my sensitive skin and i just love it. But before i knew what really worked for me i had to try a lot. Also using eggs is a good one ( not weekly based bc of proteins) There are a lot of ways to a healthy scalp! Good luck on this journey ;)
Thank you for this video! First of all, I would just like to say your energy is just so wonderful and exciting, I absolutely love it :) and secondly, thank you for this, I'm in my 2nd week of no poo method, and my hair is now a wee bit waxy which is throwing me off this method. But seeing your video has motivated me to keep on going :)
I'm currently in my 8th week of no poo, and honestly my hair is still oily as fuck. I tried an apple cider vinegar ringe last week though, and it worked sooo well for me. I don't believe the water only method will be it for me. But I hope that I will be able to wash it once a week with the apple cider vinegar without my hair getting oily. I'm looking forward to your next update 😍😍
Thank you for the video, I loved it! I’ve been thinking about trying no poo for a while and now is the perfect time to do it! Today is day 1 for me, hopefully it goes as well as it did for you!!
I did this too!!!! I havent used shampoo since march 17th!!!! I used baking soda anf vinegar once. But otherwise jist warm water in the shower and now it drys super soft and dandruff is gone and no more itchy scalp like when i used poo!
I've always been the type to let my hair get greasy due to depression where I wouldnt wash or brush my hair for periods of time. Which my hair always felt super soft when I was in a good period and able to wash and brush my hair because of the oils sitting for the time they had. I have a chronic illness and so for a while now I've been stuck in my house just lazing in bed because not feeling good and hating myself make it really hard to face the world and actually take care of myself. I know it sounds gross, I hate myself for it. But this quarantine I've been trying to make changes and force myself to take care of myself better even on the days I'd rather just not do anything at all. It's been hard but I so want to love myself and my life and feel better about myself. So I've decided to actually try the no poo method. I would use sulfate free, paraben free, silicone free, alcohol free shampoo and conditioner before, because I do care about taking care of myself when possible, but sometimes it's so hard because I cant even look at myself or care enough. I flip flop. It sucks but I want to get out of this cycle and actually try to be a better me. It's the baby steps. I've been officially no poo for about a week. I've also been trying to do things to center myself and keep myself feeling like I am actually accomplishing something. There have been days where I slacked and let my thoughts take hold and the fatigue drain me but I've been making an effort to push past it. It's been really hard but deciding to go no poo has really helped me put other things in my life into perspective. I never thought something like taking care of your hair could make you want to be a better person but for me it has. I know it sounds really weird. I hope I get good results.
Thank you so much for this video. I watched your second video first. Oops. I've been trying to make this happen for me for a long time. I think with the help of your videos and others and support from online groups I will be able to do it this time!!! Thank you bunches!!
@@MaryellenHacko I've recently learned that I shouldn't do baking soda and avc wash so I'm back to c/o washes until I get my water softener system in. It'll happen though! 💛
I definitely want to try these rinses but I also wanted to incorporate like all natural solid conditioners and shampoos. How would I go about doing that?
Omg i decided to do the same thing once our stay at home order got put into place and am having very similar same results and opinions! (Only difference is that my hair is much more prone to oil) Loved loved loved this video!
Ariel Bellin my hair is also more on the oily side to start with! How long did it take for your hair to normalize with no-poo? Did you follow the same schedule as in the video?
I am using baking soda as shampoo and apple vinegar cider as conditioner already 3 weeks every 3rd day. I love it, no more itchy and flaky scalp, hair is softer and lighter. Once a week i also put for whole day before washing coconut oil. Only thing i dont like is my hair is getting static.
OK here's what happens, if you think about shampoo and soap is a modern thing, for money grabbing companies, when we didn't have industrial societies, we mostly relied on water, water already has healing and washing properties obviously, the reason your hair gets back to normal is cause your natural oils act as your natural shampoo, your hair is dead, it's the skin underneath you need to protect, so yer natural products like apple cider, lavender oil, and coconut oil, all help cause they are natural abd help distribute your oils. So your doing it right, all you need to do is use water and massage.
I stumbled upon your video cause im also doing the no poo method as of now, but omg you totally remind me of Natalia Dyer from Stranger things!! Loved the content, keep it up!
I need to try this. So I know you said you’re not wearing makeup and your skin has got so much better. Are you also not wearing any products on your face? Or what face wash or other products are you using?
can someone answer me this... I have some scalp psoriasis (a small patch on my sideburn- not huge, but it’s a new development that’s gotten worse in the past month) and want to wash my hair once a week- is this a bad idea?
Hi. So I have been doing the no poo thing for almost a year now. My hair used to get greasy by the 2nd day after shampooing. No poo has helped to restore it and now no more oily greasy hair. But I have terrible dandruff! Any suggestions for the r this? Thanks so much!
oh man i am so sad that i didn't found this video earlier. i had so much time in quarantine to try it my own - but i saw it too late and now i have to go back to school with out being able to try it :(
I always washed my hair every 2 days at night. But I HATED the feeling of wet hair. So I just stopped lmao. I now only wash it once every 7-8 days (with hars chemical shampoo). I noticed it has a lot more shine to it! Only needed like 3 to 4 weeks of my hair getting used to it. Today I washed with ACV for the first time instead of shampoo. After showering I added sunflower oil to my hair. I LOVE IT. My curls are back!! Before it was almost completely straight. But now, I'm a curly girl again!! I feel so pretty ❤
there is a very simple explanation as to why your hair was easier to transition. its because shampoos and conditioners have silicones in, they are a film cover that coat your hair and that can only be removed with a clarifiying shampoo or in your case baking soda. it does the same thing. if you just stop shampooing your hair it will only get worse if you havent removed the silicones as some of them cannot be removed just with water. your gorgeous btw. i did the baking soda avc and now i don't need to shampoo. and now i have curls.
please explain the baking soda ac rinse. you put the baking soda on your hair and wash it off with only the ac mix? no water? don't you need like 5 liters of the ac mix to rinse? I'm confused.
I had similar ideas to use the current situation :) So I finally dared to shave my hair to 6 mm (it was as long as yours) at Easter and started washing it with water only. After a couple of says, I also started the 10 days no washing at all thing I had seen in other YT videos and I was really surprised, because I had imagined my scalp to become a lot more disgusting than it actually was. The only thing now is that I've got dandruffs. I've already had problems with that in the past, but could get rid of them using an appropriate shampoo. As this is not an option anymore, I found the BS/ACV method and want to try it now. Hope it helps. I'd love to stay without shampoo forever. It's so liberating :) Thanks for this video, it really helped giving me an insight in how to use these two ingredients.
@@MaryellenHacko Thank you :) I actually like it. Initially it was more for practical reasons, because I always hated brushing my hair and having the loose ones lying around everywhere. Plus I wanted to let go of the expectation that women "have to" have long hair. However, it can get pretty cold. We had a couple of cold days after Easter and my head was freezing. So I'm thinking of keeping it short for the summer and then letting it grow again. I just used baking powder for the first time and can't see any reduction in dandruffs, but I need to be patient of course ;) Unfortunately I didn't have enough ACV to make the rinse.
I tried it for 2 weeks as well and it worked, but I only when I used chic pea flour. -- Thanks for the motivation Maryellen :)1st week just washing with water,2nd week tried ACV/baking soda- really small progress.By the end of second week I tried chic pea flour and ACV rinse. My hair felt actually clean and not even a bit oily.It makes sense, water and oil don´t mix that well together, but adding non-gluten type of flour it mixed well together and it washed all the oil from the hair. Hope this helps to anyone struggling with transition, and would like to skip it ;)
I´ve mixed chicpea flour: water in ratio of 1:1.5, more liquidy texture, so that I could easily spread it across my scalp and hair. I added the mixture on wet hair though. The hardest/longest part is to get all the flour out. :)
What kind of diet did you have during this? You look great :O Im a guy and have been doing water only. Its been about 2 months, but 1 month in 1 tried co wash, wish i didnt.. Now its good again. I style my hair and look like some 60s greaser until it dries. But then i fix it with my hands and have amazing looking full hair :)
I’m on month 2 of no poo! I use baking soda and ACV once a week and rise with water after running. I’ve noticed lots of little baby hairs appearing and I’m really worried that it’s breakage?! I know a lot of no poo blogs say it’s new growth and I’m only noticing it because conditioned isn’t flattening the fly always to my head but I’m not so sure! Has anyone else had this problem??
I’ve been doing it since 2019 (4,5 Months now) and the transitioning stage unfortunately didn’t go away. Only water, massaging and a lot of brushing. I did two rinses so far. I wish the fluffiness - non oily state had come or I hope at least it will come soon but my hair might just not work with this bare method :/ but I’m very confident going out in tied up hair!
Medea Milenkovic do you have hard water? If so I highly suggest getting a shower filter. I use stone stream shower head and aquabliss shower filter. Very important to but from the company so you don’t get fakes. Note that there will be some oilyness but that’s natural. Initially hair volume will go down but it’ll come back and be fuller. Also how are you massaging and for how long. I suggest a good firm massage for 4-5 minutes. Trust me when I say this will work. Me and my gf(I’m a guy) have very different hair types. She’s from China and I’m African and Native American. I have kinky and curly hair she has very straight hair. I do her hair care the same as my own and the results are great. She had alopecia and hair was always frizzy but after switching we both saw incredible hair gain on top of improved texture. Both our hair was dull now it looks like we hit up a salon and barber daily. Also try the inversion method. Another thing to not is unfortunately badly damaged hair may need to be cut away initially. Science behind that is split hair will continue to split unless cut away. However after the hair is healthy and strong you won’t need to trim again because breakage won’t happen. If you want a good shampoo because you feel no poo is just not for you I highly recommend soap berrys. Can’t remember the brand but the ingredients are probably the best you can get from all that I’ve seen which is a ton. Good luck
I started no poo right before quarantine and I went a little over a month and I couldn’t get it to feel sufficiently clean in the crown of my head. There was so much build up and it always felt waxy so I finally caved and washed it 3 days ago. :/
