Gudbay, shampoo! Forever!

Arrival of modern shampoos, of course, pleased the Soviet woman. They were such fragrant, foam. Just charm, especially in comparison with ours, you remember, such in glass small bottles? Those did not foam at all. When I studied at school, sometimes noticed that by Friday hair already were not such clean, but all the same mother did not allow to wash hair as often as there is a wish. I do not know why, but so at us it was accepted.

And here mister Vidal Sassun opened for us the whole world. "Wash hair as often as you want it" - he said, and suggested women to buy new shampoos and conditioners. Perhaps, in it there was a marketing mix, but not care of our beauty. Thanks to new installation, women and men began to wash the head more often, nearly an every day, so, - and to buy shampoos more often. Here precisely – "gold mine"! It is simple to consider that sales by a move grew at 7-10 times! Hair began to wash in 1-2 weeks, and 7 times a week more than once.

In total nothing, but the main consequence of more frequent washing of hair is not only and even not so much empty purses. Though it is unpleasant to realize it that someone on our desire to be beautiful well profited. The main lack of modern approach to washing of hair is a considerable deterioration in their state. Stories about grandmothers from the Russian villages which till an old age had braids thickness about a fist it is not myths. Ask the family, look at old family photos.

Finally convinced me to try "life without shampoos" of a photo of the 30th 40th years of the last century. Beauties of those years show magnificent hair, at the same time it should be taken into account that shampoos in modern understanding of this product then were not at all! Especially in Russia. In general, till 1930th years of the woman did not use shampoo. It was accepted to wash hair with soap of times in two weeks, and even earlier, at the beginning of the century washed hair of times at all a month. But photos of those years do not demonstrate in any way that hair of women of that time somehow needed more frequent washing. So why to us to wash hair daily now if hair of those women look dense and brilliant without any additional staylingovy resources?



Daily washing deprives hair of natural oils which provide the gloss and protection, aggressive chemicals which are a part of shampoos thin a hair and dry head skin. Such problem as dandruff partly also a consequence of frequent use of shampoos, ask besides the grandmothers – about dandruff last century and did not hear. The more often we wash hair with shampoo, the more we lose natural skin fat, and we are forced to make it with a new force, making up for losses. For this reason hair of modern women become fat within 24 hours after washing. The circle becomes isolated: it is more than fat – washing is more often, and washing – more fat is more often.

Besides, with age production of fat slows down a little, and women for 40 receive a grandiose problem of dryness which is aggravated with daily washing of the head.

What decision?
Yes, there is a question – what decision? Not to wash the head it seems it is not hygienic. Pollution of the environment is stronger now, than earlier and to refuse detergents especially it will not turn out. I tried here that – refusal of the purchased foaming shampoos, use of natural recipes and as seldom as possible. And now I will report on what at me turned out.

What house recipes will replace purchased shampoos
So, if to refuse shampoos, then it is necessary to replace them with something. I used only one recipe, but them is much bigger. Therefore in brief I will offer you at choice several available recipes:

1. Soda
It is possible to take so much soda how many finds room on a palm, to add water and to wash with this gruel roots of hair. It is possible to prepare mix of long action. For this purpose in a bottle fill a half-glass of baking soda and add 4 cups of warm water. Well shake up and you keep in the bathroom. One of popular recipes of washing of hair soda following: the structure described above mass head skin, wash away warm water, and caress natural vinegar. It is a so-called Gipsy method. Vinegar it is necessary – a quarter of a glass if you have short hair, and a half-glass if you have long hair. Hair get used to such washing not at once, but approximately in about three-four weeks hair adapt, and you will wash the head not more often than once a week.

2. Soap
Buy liquid soap in shop of organic cosmetics, in drugstore or from those who do home-made soap. Mix in equal parts this soap with water, but it is better to use various herbal teas instead of water, they will give an excellent smell. Add two teaspoons of oil of a tea tree, it helps to get rid of dandruff and even of louses. The structure is ready.

3. Eggs
The egg yolk solves many problems. He not only washes hair, but does them thicker. If you have oily hair, then mix a yolk of one egg with juice of one lemon. Only it is worth leaving on hair such mix longer, than plain shampoo. If hair dry, then egg shampoo is such: shake up egg, 2 tablespoons of olive oil and juice of one cucumber. Leave on hair for 15 minutes. If the smell remains on hair – rinse the diluted apple cider vinegar.

4. Aloe Vera
Very simply – delicately to a vmassiruyta aloe juice belief in head skin. This way is good also the fact that it saves from dandruff, prevents a hair loss, increases blood inflow, normalizes level rn.



5. Calendula
In bank put dried flowers of a calendula (it is possible to prepare, and it is possible to buy in drugstore), fill in with olive oil that it covered flowers. Densely close and you store in the dark place 2 weeks, every day stirring up. After that filter oil, add vitamin E (natural preservative) and use as usual shampoo. About advantage of olive oil know many, and here the calendula adds anti-inflammatory, antifungal and antiseptic properties to it.

6. Coconut oil
The excellent smell and leaving are provided to your hair. Mix coconut oil with herbal tea, to a vmassiruyta in head skin and well rinse, hair will be brilliant and silky.

Personal experience
And now I will tell about the life without shampoo. The experiment began so: three times a week I washed hair with mix of soda and water (1 tablespoon on 1 cup of water, it is not desirable to increase concentration of soda). Softly massed mix head skin. Did not touch hair on length. And after all hair from roots to tips washed out the diluted apple cider vinegar (2 tablespoons of vinegar on 1-2 glasses of water).


The first week: "Awfully, but I will keep!"

First, as well as many byyuti-blogersh warn, hair adapted. Also emitted even, apparently, more fat, than usually. That is, about a weeks two hair were really fatter. But the problem was solved by a horse tail and also caps and kerchiefs.


The second week: "Already best of all, but so far still there is a lot of fat content"

Was afraid that there will be an unpleasant smell from hair. But, it seems, it no more than delusion, at least, I any did not catch a smell. And from where it will be, I rinsed hair, washed, combed a clean hairbrush.


The third week: "Class! Hair not such lungs, but already much more thickly also do not demand daily washing"

I will tell honestly, the most difficult – the first days. There was a strong wish to take fragrant and foam shampoo, but I held on, and later it became easier and better, somewhere for the 9th day. Sometimes I washed their time in 3-4 days with soda, sometimes just rinsed water, several times the conditioner with water, sometimes added several drops of oil of a tea tree or olive oil to composition of soda.


The fourth week: "What is necessary! Now there is gloss, a healthy look, to the touch – pure silk!"

I noticed the first changes in three weeks of such abstention from shampoo. Hair became very nice on the touch. Such heavy, equal. Still hair became much thicker. Most likely, it is result of work of natural oils which remain on hair now, but are not washed away when washing. Of course, any dryness and any static electricity and split ends, and it is obvious plus. Before on hair there was a small wave, now they were obviously weighted, and there is no waviness therefore, probably, the method can be recommended to those who want to calm the unruly curly hair.

As soon as I use the hair dryer, hair become much worse therefore now I practice exclusively natural drying at the room temperature. Perhaps, small minus that hair became slightly more dark, is the fact, but all this can also be referred to results of work of natural oils.


Two months without purchased shampoo: "Never would think that will be so great. Head skin breathes and has a rest, hair as at the child – soft and brilliant"

It is necessary to get used to "new" hair. They now slightly others. That is silky, heavy, brilliant, a little zhirnovaty to the touch, at all not those feelings as after use of daily shampoos. But it is pleasant to me, I as skin feel that beauty became natural, live.

Whether I will return to purchased shampoo? I do not know if only seldom or never. I can travel week without washing of hair quietly now. Once, I confess to you, used shampoo, very much there was a wish for a smell of flowers. But right there understood how was mistaken because instantly remembered all unpleasant feelings: dryness of skin, itch small, some dandruff …. No, so far only natural components please me and my hair. I am ready to live without the purchased advertized shampoos and even, perhaps, without conditioners. Also I can advise you to follow my example. If you are afraid of the first "fat" weeks – try life without shampoo on a holiday, at the dacha, it is worth it!