Beauty

[lolakimono]

I went to Five Below and picked up two bottles like these:

(Mine don't have a core in the center) but they do have the squeeze top lids like these.  They were $2 a piece.

I filled one about halfway full with baking soda, and the rest of the way with purified water.  I shook it up really well to mix up the baking soda.  

I filled the other one about 1/5 of the way with apple cider vinegar and the rest with purified water.

I am going to test drive the baking soda/water for cleansing and the ACV for conditioning.  I did both last night, and today I have my high intenstity exercise class.  Some people have reported that with exercise (or rain) the vinegar smell returns, so I'm interested to see if that happens with me.  

For the past several years I have been using cleansing conditioners, with washing every other day (no real styling products to speak of) and a cut every six weeks.  On day one, my hair definitely looks lighter (I am about 10 days away from getting my highlights done).  

Fingers crossed!

[I am still oxox]

Baking soda has so many uses, I used it all Summer in the wash to get rid of the chlorine smell from our bathing suits.  

[lolakimono]

This 12 pound bag is less than $8 at WalMart.  I think we got ours at Costco.

[I am still oxox]

Lazy girl here I ordered mine from Amazon

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@lolakimono wrote:

This 12 pound bag is less than $8 at WalMart.  I think we got ours at Costco.

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[brandiwine]

Dont forget all the cleaning uses for Baking Soda. I also like it in my bath.  Makes my skin so soft.  I get mine at Costco

[151949]

When I was a kid my Mom rinsed our hair with vinegar because we had well water and it was very hard water. I always felt like I could smell the vinegar, and I hated it.

[JeanLouiseFinch]

I realize baking soda can be good for many things but wouldn't it be too harsh on the scalp and deplete the hair of natural oils?  That sounds like breakage waiting to happen.  And with a dried out scalp, I can see eventual overproduction of oil to compensate.  Am I missing something?

[Iwantcoffee]

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@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:

I realize baking soda can be good for many things but wouldn't it be too harsh on the scalp and deplete the hair of natural oils?  That sounds like breakage waiting to happen.  And with a dried out scalp, I can see eventual overproduction of oil to compensate.  Am I missing something?

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According to FutureDerm, you are correct.

https://www.futurederm.com/3-reasons-why-baking-soda-and-apple-cider-vinegar-destroy-your-hair-and-w...

1.   Baking soda is a known irritant that will cause your hair to dry out and break over time.

With a pH of 9 — 100 times more basic than water — baking soda is a known alkaline irritant (Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 1989). According to renowned dermatologist Dr. Audrey Kunin, M.D., “The first principle of shampooing:  make sure your shampoo says it is pH-balanced and avoid those that are alkaline. Alkaline shampoos strip the hair’s natural oils and disrupt the acid mantle, causing dehydration and leading to porous, fragile hair” (The DermaDoctor SkinStruction Manual, 2005).

Yes, it’s true that baking soda helps regulate pH — keeping a substance neither too acidic nor too alkaline. When baking soda comes in contact with either an acidic or an alkaline substance, its effect is to neutralize that pH. However, as any cosmetic chemist can tell you, this effect occurs when baking soda is in solution with other chemicals. When baking soda is in water alone, guess what the pH of the solution is? You guessed it: A very basic 9, much more alkaline than plain ol’ water.

Above info from FutureDerm

[NApickle]

Vinegar makes your hair very shiny.  It cuts the shampoo.  A small amount say 2 tbsp to a half gallon of water, cold water.

[CatsyCline]

i use a vinegar rinse for a dry itchy scalp but only on an occasion. i don't care much to smell like a salad but it does wear off. i use a tint&toner bottle with pointed nozzle just to direct it on the scalp.

i find if i get it on the length of my hair vinegar can strip haircolor but i use either demi-permanent or a temporary - so that color is mainly just sitting on top of the cuticle.