Washing Hair With No Shampoo

[Sleeping Cobra]

I will mention it on this board and see what kind of responses.


I was just reading a forum where people don't shampoo their hair. They clean it other ways.

They say sodium lauryl sulfate is bad for your hair. And quite awhile ago i read a lady

mistakenly used liquid dish soap for shampoo and she said she will never go back to

shampoo. Personally i thought of trying liquid dish soap as my "shampoo". I have

curly hair and at times it is soft and other times it is course.

[etdeb]

Hot water only, shampoo just weighs my hair down.

[Amazed]

I always used MIR dish detergent to wash my hair when I was a teen in Canada. It makes your hair really clean and shiny. Not so good if you have dandruff. Dish dtergent tends to make it worse.

[Kathy in FL]

This will wack people out that feel a shower a day is too few. Most people really don't need to wash their hair every day. The problem is not shampoo so much as all the other products people put in their hair.

If you feel you need to shower, use a shower cap to keep your hair dry and so you won't have to dump even more chemicals in your hair which also means they are on your scalp and laying against skin else where as well.

For a good hair rinse use vinegar. Use lemon juice if you want to lighten. Use henna to add red. Etc. Pretty simple and mostly natural as you can get these days.

[skwentnaflyer]

I used to do a lot of dyeing and used Synthropol as shampoo a couple of times.
Worked pretty well, but the smell was different.

[NC Susan]

sodium laurel sulfate was invented for the Navy as a shark repellent after the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed with a loss of hundreds of lives. The more water the more suds...... it is also a major reason for thinning hair and balding scalps and blisters. Will come back with links later. You can use pure baking soda to clean hair - (wet, apply, rub, rinse and its all natural and fifty cents a box for a few months supply).

[Be Well]

I have used Kirks Castile soap for years. Rinses out very easily and quickly, then use either a home made hair rinse that has vinegar and herbal extracts, or just diluted white vinegar, and then rinse that out. Takes a very few minutes even for long hair, no horrid perfume smell, super cheap. I buy Kirks soap by the box, directly from the company. Even "natural" shampoos have ingredients that make my skin turn red, itch etc. They have a fragrance free version which I prefer, although the one with added fragrance is very minimal and you can't smell it on your skin or hair after using it.

http://www.kirksnatural.com/barsoap.html

http://www.kirksnatural.com/faqs.html

[marsh]

In the 60s, the hippies used castile soap in a bottle. Smells like perpermint and the label had all sorts of interesting information to read.

In the 19th century, they used egg whites, but only washed their hair once a month. In the 1900 house PBS reinactment, the lack of shampoo was one of the major things the women missed. Might want to increase your stocks for when the SHTF.

[Sleeping Cobra]

Going No Shampoo (no poo method)

If you Google "No Shampoo" you will find a long list of websites that talk about the novelty as well as health benefits of giving up commercial shampoo products. In this video, created for my blog http://www.iParker.com I talk about my experience after giving up shampoo in the spring of 2009 and what I learned in the past seven months including debunking some myths and misconceptions about the "No Poo" movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HciNy...el_video_title



I have looked through several videos and they talk about using Baking Soda / Water with a Vinegar Rinse.

[Sleeping Cobra]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTpRN...el_video_title

[momof23goats]

well, I use my homemade soap to wash my hair with , I have curly hair, I like the way my homemade soap makes my hair nice and clean, rinses out really well too.

[lanod]

I stopped using shampoo about 4 years ago. I wash my hair about twice a week with plain water only, no rinses or cleaners. I am a 68 year old male with a full head of completely white hair. I love the results and my barber lady tells me to "keep using whatever you put on your hair". Be aware that if you stop using soap on your hair it will take about 6 weeks to get it to the point that it looks decent again! But its kinda like magic, one day you wash it and it comes out beautiful. Been there, done that! After about 2 years I stopped using chamicals of any kind (including soap) on my body. That gets a little dicey sometimes but lots of scrubbing is working as good as lots of soap. I plan to run that experiment for 7 years (body renews in 7 years, doesn't it?) then maybe go back to more conventional washing. However, my last trip to the doctor about 3 months ago gave me an absolute clean bill of health, no problems, no pills, nothing to watch out for. With my history, that makes the experiment worth it!

[Sleeping Cobra]

Going No Shampoo Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aKfm...feature=relmfu

[Sleeping Cobra]

http://www.naturemoms.com/no-shampoo-alternative.html

[Cardinal]

Good reading here: http://archive.longhaircommunity.com

I totally changed my hair care routine from what I read on that forum. I now use an apple cider vinegar rinse and have switched to henna for hair color. My hair is in much better shape now.

[BassMan]

Bar of soap since I was in my teens (now early 50s). Preferably Dove soap. Daily.

[Flippper]

In the 60s, the hippies used castile soap in a bottle. Smells like perpermint and the label had all sorts of interesting information to read.

In the 19th century, they used egg whites, but only washed their hair once a month. In the 1900 house PBS reinactment, the lack of shampoo was one of the major things the women missed. Might want to increase your stocks for when the SHTF.

Dr. Bronner's soap=you can make it yourself for less money by using potassium hydroxide for soft soap instead of sodium hydroxide for hard soap. I don't like it as it leaves a sticky film in my hair that is really hard to get out. I break out from all shampoo but one, Head and Shoulders hydrating shampoo (regular Head and Shoulders will peel my scalp like all other shampoos). I've tried the cornstarch dusting (ick, made a heck of a mess) and other routes-not baking soda, may try that as it would be a good alkalinizer for the skin.

When TSHTF, I'll chop my hair off short and figure something out.

[Abdon]

**cough ... Dawn dish soap ...

[Cardinal]

When TSHTF, I'll chop my hair off short and figure something out.

Don't Flipper. If you cease washing it altogether, your hair stops making oil and gets in balance. Like the above poster said, it takes around 6 weeks. But it quits getting greasy as soon as you stop stripping the natural oils out of it.

[Abdon]

Don't Flipper. If you cease washing it altogether, your hair stops making oil and gets in balance. Like the above poster said, it takes around 6 weeks. But it quits getting greasy as soon as you stop stripping the natural oils out of it.

kewl! I aint washing my hair ever again.

[m.anderson]

Boycott shampoo
demand the real poo

[kyrsyan]

I use baking soda/water for "shampoo" and vinegar/water for "rinse". My hair has loved it. It's cleaner, thicker, and longer. But that's me. I've heard of others who haven't had results as good. But for me, with allergies to the chemicals & fragrances, this is great. (Oh, and I've got long, long, long hair.)

[Deemy]

I tried the baking soda and it didn't work for me...I have well water and hair down to my waist.Think it was the lime deposits in the water.

[kyrsyan]

I tried the baking soda and it didn't work for me...I have well water and hair down to my waist.Think it was the lime deposits in the water.

Have you tried it with just the water, and then a rinse. Or maybe a stronger rinse. Sorry but my mind is tired and can't remember if the extra lime makes the water softer/harder. I'm on town water that's pretty much "in the middle" on the pH scale if I remember correctly.

[Terriannie]

Don't Flipper. If you cease washing it altogether, your hair stops making oil and gets in balance. Like the above poster said, it takes around 6 weeks. But it quits getting greasy as soon as you stop stripping the natural oils out of it.

That's right. My stepfather said that while in Italy WWII he said out the women who sold their hair never washed it. They would only brush to make sure regular dirt/dust wasn't in it and kept it covered. I suspect that's where the suggested routine of 100 strokes came from. (If you knew the 50's you would know what I mean.)

While I won't go so far as never wash my hair because it just looks and smells so much better, I do know that back in the day with the invention of the blow dryer, I was washing/blow drying my Dorthy Hammel hair-do every day! Boy was that a chore, plus, after only one day I knew it needed to wash again! That got old really fast and when I finally got a better hair style, I left off the daily wash/blow and gradually my oils slowed down with the new routine.

[NC Susan]

In hospital, for the bed ridden patients who get the greasy pillow case 'hair do', you can put baby powder in the hair, and towel it out. Gives a simple clean head of hair in just a few minutes without exposure to cold or water or chills.

[NC Susan]

Worst Shark Attack Ever Leads to Shark Repellent Trial and Error; Best Tactic Remains Distance

By Jennifer Viegas
http://dsc.discovery.com/sharks/worst-shark-attack.html



A nightmarish event - first for humans, and then later for sharks- happened on July 30, 1945. Just four days earlier, the USS Indianapolis transported the world's first combat-ready atomic bomb to the American air base at the Pacific island of Tinian. The United States was still reeling from Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and the tensions of World War II gripped many.

On that fateful late July day, two torpedoes fired by a Japanese submarine struck the Indianapolis. The ship literally split up to the keel. Its crew, most without life rafts, jumped, or were tossed, into the Pacific. Nine hundred men wearing life jackets bobbed up and down with the waves.

Sunrise the next day, sharks began to arrive at the site. First a few, and then more and more, were attracted to the area. The sharks bit and killed several of the men, all of whom were already suffering from exposure and lack of food and drinkable water. Four long days passed before a rescue vessel came. The horror of what rescuers found still shocks today: 579 men dead, some chewed to pieces. Of the entire crew, 321 came out of the water alive, but only 317 ultimately lived.
Although real, this level of disaster was extremely rare in recorded history. Most shark species avoid contact with humans. But the combination of starving sharks and bleeding, available, flailing flesh can, and did, lead to the inevitable conclusion. Horrified, the U.S. military quickly pumped funding into shark repellent research.
The first major find was that sharks hate the smell of dead sharks. Attaching a dead shark to one's life preserver hardly seemed a practical solution, so the scientists further analyzed what chemicals could be at work. Copper compounds, such as copper sulfate and copper acetate, seemed to drive off sharks, but a man-made substance based on these compounds proved mostly impractical and ineffective.

Fast forward to 1974, when ichthyologist Eugenie Clark discovered that the Moses sole, Pardachirus marmoratus, secretes an astringent, frothy, soap-like poison called pardaxin that repels sharks. The toxin proved difficult to package and store, so researchers went back to the drawing board. Soon Israeli zoologist Eliahu Zlotkin had a light bulb moment: If the sole toxin was similar to soap, could plain old soap do the trick?

Sure enough, studies suggest sharks despise a face, or mouthful, of soap. Components like sodium and lithium lauryl sulfate irritate a shark's delicate gill filaments. Sodium ions rush in from the water and basically freak out sharks. Liquid ivory soap seems to work particularly well. The problem is that users have to squirt the stuff right in the shark's face. Also, all of that soap can pollute the environment.

More recently, investigators have turned to electricity to drive off the toothsome fish. Shark expert George Burgess, who is coordinator of museum operations at the Florida Museum of Natural History, put it bluntly: “Electrical currents and sharks don't agree with each other.” Sharks possess electro-receptors in their snouts that are designed to pick up even the faintest electrical impulses. The kind of amplified electricity that humans artificially generate can lead to muscle spasms and excruciating pain in sharks.

According to Burgess, though, application of this technique has led to either ineffective, or deadly, glitches. Electrical wires buried near South African shark hot spots washed up and were tossed ashore. A “personal electrical field” for divers failed when a man wearing it was attacked. Workers - shocked repeatedly themselves - could not save him.

Research on shark repellents continues, but now conservationists put the emphasis on keeping sharks away and safe from humans. Since the Indianapolis disaster and the popular thriller movie Jaws, millions upon millions of sharks have been needlessly slaughtered. The fact is that only four to five people each year lose their lives due to shark attacks. More people, 150, die each year from being knocked in the head by a falling coconut. Does that mean we should chop down all the coconut trees?

Burgess instead advises to stay in groups while engaging in open-water activities. “There is safety in numbers,” he explains. Do not wander far from shore, and avoid going in the ocean in darkness and twilight hours. Surfers seem to suffer a disproportionate number of shark hits, but Burgess said that is likely due to them splashing their hands and feet near the water's surface. It is mostly a myth that sharks go after surfboards. Only great whites, from below, seem to confuse board shapes with those of more desired prey.

Repellents can only go so far. As Burgess puts it, “The best repellent is humans using their head.”

[NC Susan]

https://morroccomethod.com/education...to-your-health

Your Shampoo May Be Hazardous To Your Health






How toxic is your shampoo? More than you might think! That bottle which promises you thick, luxurious lather and beautiful bubbles may not only be damaging your hair, but its ingredients could also lead to diseases, hair thinning and loss, and even scalp damage.

The culprits behind the dangers in most shampoos are surfactants called Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLS) and related compounds. SLS is possibly the most dangerous ingredient a consumer can find in most shampoos. So potent is SLS, studies have linked it to serious skin and scalp irritation and disease, hair loss and damage and the ability of the chemical to create nitrate compounds which have been linked to cancer and cell damage.

SLS is often disguised by a variety of chemical names such as diethanolime) (DEA, triethanolamine (TEA) and monoethanolamine (MEA). All are common in almost all shampoos. These ingredients, plus other equally dangerous cousins to SLS, such as Sodium Laurel Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosucinate are made by separating Lauric acid from coconut oil and treating with sulfuric acid, or by making lauric acid synthetically, or Lauamide MEA, Cocamide DEA, Cocamide MEA, made from Lauric acid and ammonia. Even hair care products that label themselves as "natural" may contain these potentially fatal ingredients.

Sodium Laurel Sulfate. Three words that every consumer of hair care products should be aware of and know what they mean. Read your shampoo's label and you'll probably find it contains Sodium Laurel Sulfate (SLS), or one of its derivatives, such as Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES). DEA, TEA or MEA. It is a chemically toxic surfactant, which means it is a wetting and foaming agent. The purpose of SLS is to lower the surface tension in the water, allowing the shampoo to spread out more easily and to penetrate when it is applied to the hair. Additionally, since manufacturers believe that consumers equate lots of suds with cleaning strength, SLS gives a high level of foaming power to the product. It is a chemical ingredient very similar to liquid dishwashing soap. In fact, traditionally, it was used in industrial factories as a compound to degrease engines. And consumers should be aware that compounds found in SLS are hazardous. In "Dangerous Beauty" by Mark Fearer, it is revealed that "... in tests, animals that were exposed to SLS experienced eye damage, along with depression, labored breathing, diarrhea, severe skin irritation, corrosion and death."

The American College of Toxicology states that SLS and its cousin Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) can cause malformation in children's eyes. Other research indicates SLS may harm the immune system, especially within the skin. Cosmetic Science reports that the detergent action of SLS may damage the derma's cellular ability to maintain moisture. This is why there are many reports of dryness, roughness and redness and brittle skin by users of shampoos that contain this harmful ingredient. So potent a chemical is SLS, scientists in Japan have used SLS as a laboratory agent to deliberately cause mutations in test tube bacteria, changing the genetic information found in the bacteria's DNA.

Despite the lather, products containing SLS does not mean one is cleaning the hair in a healthy fashion. The cleaning power is overwhelming, stripping the hair. This is why people often use a conditioner after shampooing with SLS, in order to put "manageability" back. And, usually, the conditioner contains more chemicals, creating a viscous cycle guaranteed to result in dry, brittle, lifeless hair and damage to the skin, scalp and hair.

SLS does more than strip the hair of its natural oils. It removes beneficial bacteria that are essential to maintaining a healthy scalp and head of hair. Once the "good" bacteria have been vanquished, harmful germs have an open playing field, resulting in rashes, hair loss and allergic reactions.

A typical shampoo contains about 50% sodium laurel sulfate, some sodium sterate and about 40% water. In addition to this brew, manufactures may add a baffling array of ingredients that read like a chemistry book. Check the label on many shampoos and any one of the following may be listed: Sodium Laureth Sulfate, MEA, DEA, TEA Laurel Sulfate, Cocomide or coconut oil. All of these compounds are commonly used surfactants related to SLS and have the same potential health dangers.

DEA and MEA are often "neutralized" in the manufacturing process. Consumers can tell if they are being exposed to these harmful compounds when names like Cocamide DEA or MEA or Lauramide DEA are listed on the label. These chemicals are capable of disrupting human hormones and may form cancer-causing nitrates. Dr. Samuel Epstien, Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Illinois has said, "repeated skin applications of DEA based detergents resulted in a major increase in the incidence of two cancers-liver and kidney cancers."

The health evidence against SLS and related compounds grows every day. Reports in the mainstream press and scientific journals increasingly sound alarms about the damages to which these chemicals are linked. A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients by Ruth Winters states that "shampoos are among the most frequently cited complaints to the FDA. Reports include eye irritation, scalp irritation, tangled hair, swelling of hands, face and arms, and split and frizzy hair."

In a November, 1998 report in the Wall Street Journal, a study linked SLS to cataracts and nitrate absorption. During the manufacturing process, SLS comes into contact with other chemical compounds, most notably triethanolamine (TEA) and N-nitrosodiethanolamine (NDELA). This interaction creates nitrate compounds, which can enter the body.

Chemical absorption by the skin is particularly acute with shampoos. Our skin is not a uniform barrier. Hair follicles, sweat and sebaceous glands are minute holes in the derma layer. Investigations by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee found that structural factors of the skin, such as hairiness, influence what chemicals may be absorbed into our bodies. SLS was found to increase the rate of absorption as it reacts with the chemicals, preservatives and dyes found in many hair care products. They are easily absorbed through the scalp and skin and can accumulate over time in tissue and organs, such as the brain, causing chronic toxic effects and can stay in the body for up to seven days.

Unquestionably , SLS is the most damaging ingredient found in most shampoos. It is the standard compound used in scientific testing labs as a skin irritant. Industrially, SLS is used to strip machinery of grease and is the cleaning agent found in car wash detergents. When added to hair care products, SLS and its destructive twin, SLES, have the potential to cause chronic skin irritation and strip the hair of beneficial oils and bacteria. This damage can lead to thinning hair and noticeable hair loss.

Shampoo makers are beholden to SLS because they believe the consumer wants sudsing action and, more importantly, because it is a very cheap ingredient. With almost half of a shampoo's weight comprised of SLS, manufacturers are reaping huge profits at the consumer's expense in the pocketbook as well as risking the long-term health of the user. It behooves anyone purchasing hair care products to be an educated buyer. Always check the label. Read the ingredients. Be aware. Ingredients such as SLS not only can cause damage to hair, but to one's long term health as well.

[NC Susan]

Dont you see it all the time in restaurants!
customer eats half or most of a dinner, and then demands to not pay for any of it for reasons such as......it isnt good, i dont like it, its not hot.........

they are usually of the entitlements class......

[Kathy in WV]

http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

heres a link to thousands of products with a 1-10 rating for the toxicity of ingredients. Most shampoos are fairly toxic. Check it out...

[ainitfunny]

A long long time ago, when prell mada a green shampoo and palmolive made a green dish soap CONSUMER REPORTS did a consumer research study putting the green dish soap in the shampoo bottle and asking people to try the new shampoo.
Most people reported they liked it much better than whatever shampoo they were currently using and better than the prell shampoo. They concluded that it was a WASTE OF MONEY to spend extra money for shampoo because they were overwhelming identical in almost all ingredients and the dish soap could be purchased for half what the shampoo cost then.

Personally, I have most always used bath soap. ZEST does the best job, but everything else works as good or better than shampoo. I personally went out of my way to stock up on a soap no longer widely marketed, my favorite, Palm-Olive soap. Found a bunch of it, here and there. I love the smell and the smell of the old, orange LIFEBUOY. Grandpa's pine tar soap is also a favorite but it has become too expensive to use much.

[FREEBIRD]

I have used Kirk's Castile in the past, but I had to use a vinegar rinse to get all the soap out (hard water issue); same with Ivory soap.

When "not looking decent for six weeks" isn't an option, at least the soaps have less crap chemicals in them. BTW, I wore my hair short most of my adult life and have only grown it out the last couple of years (shoulder-length). In a true SHTF scenario, I would cut it short in a heartbeat (less hassle)---and I always cut my own hair anyway; a pair of mirrors , good scissors, and twenty minutes, and I can go anywhere.

[Border Collie]

I've used Grandpa's Pine Tar soap for several years for a shampoo. It works for me, is cheap (buy at vitacost.com), travels well in all temperatures, works with hard water when camping, and when traveling light it serves a host of cleaning purposes.

[Beth]

Several years ago I tried all the various combos (many of which have been mentioned) as alternatives to commercial shampoos, but they all made a mess of my hair and I didn't stick with them long. I only wash my hair once a month in any case, and I use Pantene Resorative because I like the results. I do use lemon and vinegar rinses (not at the same time, LOL), but my hair is long enough to sit on, and it's blonde, and I find that letting a bottle of concentrated lemon juice dry in my hair while I'm sitting in the sun, oh, every six months or so, lightens my hair a shade or two and it looks terrific! (Or it pleases me, I should say, and my husband likes it, which is all I care about.)

Once in a while I'll mix wheatgerm oil with an egg and a little honey and let it soak in to my scalp and hair, and I've never seen a hot oil treatment come close to achieving the results I get with that little combo.

We're all individuals though, and what works for one won't work for another. Common sense should keep us away from what we know is highly toxic, but the truth is that there isn't much 'out there' that is good for us anymore. Even the lemons we use on our hair on in our tea have been sprayed with pesticides, so it's impossible to be a purist - except, perhaps, in our hearts.

I don't know about the rest of you ladies, but I found that postmenopausally, I just didn't need to wash my hair as often as I needed to during my reproductive years. We have less oils in every part of our bodies, including the hair and skin, so harsh anything isn't necessary once we vault that hurdle - or at least, that's been my experience and observation.

I can only use Ivory dish detergent to wash dishes, not that I do an awful lot in the kitchen nowadays, but I've always been allergic to everything else. Ivory does a decent job on my hair, but then so does the clear, antibacterial soap that we buy in six-liter jugs from Wally World. At my age I tend to stick with what works and not obsess about toxic ingredients. I think, like most people, I've accepted that something 'bad' is going to kill me, but I'm an optimist and choose to hope that it will be later rather than sooner.

[Cardinal]

http://www.livestrong.com/article/15...auryl-sulfate/

Photo Credit Jupiterimages/Pixland/Getty Images
Many consumers are worried about the use of sodium lauryl sulfate in their shampoo, reports haircare expert Paula Begoun. She says this is due to potential risks associated with the sulfate, like a concern regarding potentially higher risks of cancer. Several shampoo products offer powerful cleansing and nourishing effects for your hair without depending on such sulfates.
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After "Real Simple" magazine's editors tested 195 different shampoo products, the magazine chose Aveda's shampoo as the best natural product. This moisture-infused, sodium lauryl sulfate-free shampoo is designed to help reduce frizz and stop flyaways while also coating your hair to protect it from heat damage. Its conditioning power comes from all-natural, organic ingredients like aloe vera and guar bean extract. The shampoo earns points not just for its natural ingredients, but also its environmentally sustainable bottle made of recycled plastic.
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David Babaii's volume-boosting shampoo is made without any type of sulfates, parabens or petroleum. The editors of "InStyle" magazine named it one of the best green haircare lines on the market. As it lifts away oil and dirt to enhance your hair's shine, the shampoo also conditions and soothes with natural ingredients like coconut oil and white ginger flower extract.
Avalon Organics Revitalizing Peppermint Shampoo
"Elle" magazine picked Avalon's organic shampoo as one of the top-performing sodium lauryl sulfate-free shampoos, saying it helps to clarify your hair for less buildup of shine-reducing product residue. It's free of sulfates and parabens, contains no fragrances or dyes and isn't tested on animals. Plant-based detergents clean your hair and scalp with oil-reducing ingredients like peppermint oil. Meanwhile, natural hair-nourishing conditioners like vitamin E and babassu oil help to repair your hair shafts for a naturally glossier look.
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[Mother Love]

I wash my hair twice a week with regular shampoo with tree tea oil in it. But my question is....I have to have a conditioner. If TSHTF what could I use to replace it?

[Beth]

A little warmed wheatgerm oil rubbed on your palms and then spread lightly over your hair, Mother Love. Women have used oils of various kinds to condition their hair for centuries. Rainwater used to be a good conditioner too, but acid rain isn't quite user friendly, I'm afraid. A little lemon juice in your rinse water will effectively detangle your hair though, and leave it with a healthy-looking shine - just don't overdo it!

[Sleeping Cobra]

I am going to try the water / baking soda - water / vinegar.

[Sleeping Cobra]

I even have used Ivory Bar Soap. Not sure if that is safe enough.

[BadMedicine]

I am going to try the water / baking soda - water / vinegar.

me too just went and washed my hair with baking soda, then rinsed with kombucha vinegar. felt great, combed out easy, looks nice. We'll see in 6 weeks