In which I may squick you out

So I'm off this morning to catch my fight to Florida, and I thought I would leave you with a link about giving up shampoo. No, seriously. It's called No-Poo, which is a baaaaad name, but hear me out. Shampoo is full of chemicals and assorted nastiness. It strips lovely things out of your hair and makes you need conditioner and half a dozen other products in order to make it agreeable again. The solution is to replace shampoo with baking soda and apple cider vinegar. The link gives specific instructions on how to go about using these two items to wash and rinse your hair, and the advantages are huge. For starters, they're cheap. VERY cheap, compared to shampoo and conditioner. They are also natural and simple. I tried it myself for a month, and was hugely impressed.

Here's what I learned: contrary to what you'd expect, your hair will not be greasy, nor will you smell like salad dressing. The scent of the apple cider vinegar dissipates immediately. The combination of the two left my hair CRAZY good--with tons of volume that it doesn't usually have. The only drawback that I found was that it stripped the salon color. (I found out later that baking soda is a home remedy for removing a bad color job, so this makes perfect sense.) And honestly, it makes no sense for me to pay to have color put in only to strip it out myself. But if I didn't have salon color, I would keep this up in a heartbeat. My hair has never been so good otherwise. So, if you don't color your hair and you're looking to try something new, this might be for you.