As you may or may not have gathered so far; I have a lot of trouble with my hair. It goes frizzy, fluffy, dull and all round annoying!
I just finished my exams and have learnt that you find out quite amazing stuff when you are avoiding study. One of the things I found out was this concept of the co-wash.
It's a way of washing your hair without shampoo. I thought I'd give it a go.
This is the post that got me very interested in this idea.
http://www.venusianglow.com/search/label/conditioner-only%20washing
And yes I know it is halfway through her experiment.
The idea of the co-wash is to allow your hair to embrace its natural curl without harsh chemicals causing damage. I'm still researching the best ways to do it but what I've been doing so far is:
The first two days I did a huge rehydration, my hair was very dry and gross, especially because it is winter.
After these days I did plain water washes with no product which I would never have done before, if my hair got wet it got washed.
I started alternating between water washes and conditioning washes and found they were great. My hair was smooth, it had nice waves in it too.
About a week or week and a half into this my hair got grossly oily and I couldn't help but use a little shampoo on my roots. It helped a lot. I had a bit of a read and found that the first month or so is the hard part because your hair needs to adjust.
I sadly didn't take a before photo :(
But I had my hair trimmed and layered today so hopefully with my neater hairstyle I'll be able to see more fantastic outcomes of this co-wash experiment.
If you guys are interested in giving it a go or finding out more, this girls blog does a far better way of explaining co-washing than I can.
http://www.venusianglow.com/2010/12/how-does-conditioner-only-washing-work.html
I hope you enjoyed,
If I stick with this, which I hope I will, I shall keep you all posted.
Until next time,
Stay Beautiful!
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