Hello!
A couple of months ago a friend gave me one of her shampoo bars and I've been hooked! But after reading some horror stories on this forum I kind of want to get un-hooked.. I don't want to go back to regular shampoo, because my hair only looks good for one day and then it's not yet dirty or oily but just bleh.. nothing can be done with it to make it look nice. I felt with lye soap my hair had more 'texture', but having waist-lenght hair I don't want to risk having to cut it all. Basically, I have 3 questions (should I have split this in 3 threads? I wasn't sure)
1. Before lye based soap I used clays for a while, but they made my hair gunky. I'm wondering if I could play around with clays to find a better way to use them. For now, I've only used french green and pink clays, because I had them on hand. Maybe I should try another type of clay like Rhassoul. Does anyone have any experience with this?
2. Are there any syndet-shampoo makers here that can give some tips on how to look for a good syndet based shampoo? I'm not going to start to make any myself for now, but it would be nice to have some more insight in what different ingredients bring to the table and what to look for or avoid. Right now, all the syndet ingredients look like wizarding spells to me.
3. In the transition period away from lye soap I might still use it once in a while.. does anyone have any idea or an educated guess on how often I could still use lye soap without too big a risk? I now wash my hair about once a week, would it be possible to use lye soap once every month or so?
A couple of months ago a friend gave me one of her shampoo bars and I've been hooked! But after reading some horror stories on this forum I kind of want to get un-hooked.. I don't want to go back to regular shampoo, because my hair only looks good for one day and then it's not yet dirty or oily but just bleh.. nothing can be done with it to make it look nice. I felt with lye soap my hair had more 'texture', but having waist-lenght hair I don't want to risk having to cut it all. Basically, I have 3 questions (should I have split this in 3 threads? I wasn't sure)
1. Before lye based soap I used clays for a while, but they made my hair gunky. I'm wondering if I could play around with clays to find a better way to use them. For now, I've only used french green and pink clays, because I had them on hand. Maybe I should try another type of clay like Rhassoul. Does anyone have any experience with this?
2. Are there any syndet-shampoo makers here that can give some tips on how to look for a good syndet based shampoo? I'm not going to start to make any myself for now, but it would be nice to have some more insight in what different ingredients bring to the table and what to look for or avoid. Right now, all the syndet ingredients look like wizarding spells to me.
3. In the transition period away from lye soap I might still use it once in a while.. does anyone have any idea or an educated guess on how often I could still use lye soap without too big a risk? I now wash my hair about once a week, would it be possible to use lye soap once every month or so?