hair – Thinking Moon

My friends welcome back to Tuesday blogs. Before I start please let me know in the comments if you like my ‘fun’ Tuesdays. Also, ‘spooky’ Tuesdays are coming in October! 😊

Anyways last Tuesday my hair history series began with cute, albeit embarrassing childhood photos. This week I’m giving a quick update on my ‘no poo’ journey. (I don’t know why people call it that, it immediately makes you think of bowel movements.)

So let me set the scene. Part of my sustainability goals for 2018 includes finding alternatives to beauty and cleaning products. I’ve stopped buying shampoos, conditioners, and shower gels in plastic bottles. It may seem like a tough journey but have no fear! It’s not as scary as it sounds.

We’ll begin with the bad and finish with the good.

Things that didn’t go so well:

I’ve had some help with my zero waste goals (linked below). One of the items I got was a shampoo bar. Unfortunately, it didn’t suit my hair which is naturally dry. It just stripped the oils out of it, and it felt worse than before.
Before I got the oil under control, it did cause an odd pimple around my hairline which is not a place I normally get them. However, this has cleared up now my hair has adjusted.
Your hair gets very oily before it recovers, but if you can get over this your hair oils will regulate.

Things that went very well:

So after the failure with the shampoo bar I went back online. I researched the simple washing with water method and so far this has been the best for me. You can rinse with apple cider vinegar if your hair gets too oily but I haven’t had that problem.
My hair feels thicker, softer, and my dandruff has all but cleared up.
I got a bamboo hair brush, and it’s excellent at soaking up excess oil. Brushing your hair is the best way to distribute the oil all the way down your hairs.

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My birthday zero waste package:

https://thinkingmoon.com/2018/06/01/sustainability-half-year-update/

Here is my previous My Hair, A History:

https://thinkingmoon.com/2018/09/18/my-hair-a-history/

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Hashtag on Instagram if you’re interested:

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nopoo/

Please check out this playlist from Madeleine Olivia if you are interested in transitioning to self-cleaning hair:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKp2OscuIgs&list=PL8QDbHDg_9YaiNAuAs77QpmCK7lLeVR_6

Well, friends, I’m embarking on a hair journey this September. I’m nervous, but happy I’ve finally gathered up the courage to do the “no poo” challenge.

This September I’ve given up using shampoo and conditioner as part of my sustainability goals. I hopefully won’t have to buy shampoo or conditioner anymore and I’ll be avoiding the plastic bottles they come in. I’ll be talking about this more in October when I’ve hit the month mark, but until then I thought it would be fun to revisit my hair journey from birth.

So I went digging through old photos to find hair goals in Drogheda from 1990 to 2000. (Spoiler my friends, it’s mostly boring). I’ll be doing a hair journey from 2001 – 2010 at some stage when I had free reign over my hair. However, there is some adorableness mixed with cringe here so please, prepare thy self.

Soooooo…

1990:

My Hair, A History

“Can you see my tiny mohawk?”

1991:

“Eh Mam, I’m not happy with this dress.”

1992:

My Hair, A History

“The year of the tiny pigtails!”

1993:

“The 80’s hair is hanging in there!”

1994:

“An adventure in velour.”

1995:

“I had the Natalie Imbruglia pout 2 years before she released ‘Torn’!”

1996:

My Hair, A History

“Mam let me wear red lipstick at Christmas!”

1997:

“Look it’s a brunette Stevie Nicks.”

1998:

“All I can do is stare at the shoes. Mine are dreadful, Chris is wearing socks and sandals. Thank goodness our hair is on point!”

1999:

My Hair, A History

“Apparently posing with things in my hands was very important.”

2000:

“This was for my tenth birthday and I thought I was the coolest cat in school. Mam spent all morning braiding my hair, then carefully placing plastic butterfly clips…”

Did you enjoy this Tuesday post? Why not have a look at the last one?

https://thinkingmoon.com/2018/09/11/instagram/

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My Hair, A History II

My Hair, A History