tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post6204321076647246669..comments2024-03-28T12:31:11.055-07:00Comments on Adventures In Keeping House: Natural Hair Care TipsSannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-45358133466775027992018-11-02T02:19:10.691-07:002018-11-02T02:19:10.691-07:00P.S. I tried the honey method yesterday. My hair l...P.S. I tried the honey method yesterday. My hair looks surprisingly decent, but I did have to use a lot of honey, I'm afraid:) Not the most economical method, but well convenient...Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-26071303030136511672018-11-01T06:15:26.293-07:002018-11-01T06:15:26.293-07:00Processed like being heated, the stuff which they ...Processed like being heated, the stuff which they sell in the supermarket. Here you can buy raw honey in the health store, but it's rather pricey. <br /><br />Yeah, it's more on the curly side:) I wonder how did they wash their hair in the past? Should prob do research on it!Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-56217240720273912782018-11-01T05:30:18.367-07:002018-11-01T05:30:18.367-07:00Obviously real, pure honey. I don't even know ...Obviously real, pure honey. I don't even know what processed honey is. <br /><br />My hair does get clean, but I have noticed that I must wash with egg yolk (one egg yolk mixed with 2 dl of lukewarm water) maybe once in a month. But my hair has never been that greasy, I just sweat a lot and sweat comes off more easily. And the less I was my hair with shampoo, the less it seems to produce sebum. Nowadays it feels that even eggyolk washes bit too well. <br /><br />But I recall you had curly hair? I have raid that curly hair demands different kind of maintenance than straight hair. Mine is as straight as it can get. Housewife Outdoorsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-35539153802746851772018-10-31T08:37:16.862-07:002018-10-31T08:37:16.862-07:00Do you use real honey(like not processed)? Does yo...Do you use real honey(like not processed)? Does your hair get really clean with it? I'm thinking of trying this method...Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-84859617192818692762018-10-31T04:56:10.388-07:002018-10-31T04:56:10.388-07:00I mix spoonful of honey with 2 dl of lukewarm wate...I mix spoonful of honey with 2 dl of lukewarm water. It is not sticky at all. <br /><br />I have read from old books that borax makes hard water softer, but it is forbidden in EU. In US people seem to use it a lot for all kinds of cleaning purposes. <br /><br />I googled a bit that hard water and vinegar. Apparently it will help to keep your dishes and sinks clean. I don't think it can actually make the water softer, but I think it does something that minerals wont stick to surfaces (including one's hair?)<br /><br />One more comment about hairwashing: I also tried water only -method for a while but to make it work, you have to brush and brush and brush your hair ad infinitum. I hated it. My hair did look stunning, and it was not smelly at all, but it never felt quite clean. Housewife Outdoorsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-17805725115476985572018-10-30T07:58:00.628-07:002018-10-30T07:58:00.628-07:00How do you wash your hair with honey? Doesn't ...How do you wash your hair with honey? Doesn't it get all sticky? Also, I think I heard somewhere that if you add vinegar to hard water, it'll get softer. Sannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08124283361844607678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3139017677124620997.post-17685385907647655392018-10-30T05:22:58.071-07:002018-10-30T05:22:58.071-07:00I have tried everything troughout the years, since...I have tried everything troughout the years, since everything seems to make my scalp itch. <br /><br />Bar soap works to an extent but you have to rince your hair with vinegar water afterwards, to get rid of the soap remains. <br /><br />Nowadays I use just an egg yolk, it washes your hair perfectly, and then some vinegar water for conditioner. But even egg yolk is getting too drying for my scalp, even if I wash only once a week. So recently I have started to wash with honey, and suprisingly enough, it works. I add tiny amount of ACV to make my hair really shiny and easy to comb, though it is not necessarily: honey is slightly acidic itself. <br /><br />I like this honey method because we have no running water at our cottage. Rinsing long hair after shampoo (or egg yolk) is such a nuissance at those conditions. Honey comes off so much easier, and it does not matter if there are some tiny remains. <br /><br />I have noticed that after I stopped using shampoo and conditioner, my hair gets less and less dirty, even if it is dirty it does not smell and most amazingly, it dries so much faster. <br /><br />BTW, in all these old methods the water you use is a huge factor. If your water has lots of minerals in it, it is so called hard water, they do not work that well. Here in Finland water is mostly rather soft, so they do work. Housewife Outdoorsnoreply@blogger.com