How to make your hair smell GOOD! (with Easy DIY Recipes)
One benefit that shampoo actually gave us was a hefty amount of fragrance for nice smelling hair. I remember back to the days when I would frequently browse the shampoo aisles of stores (never satisfied with my current one and hoping to find a shampoo that would deliver on its promises). I remember one of my criterion for purchase-worthy shampoos was its scent. I know some of you are like me: I would browse the aisles and discreetly pop open the lid, only half an inch, just to get a whiff of its fragrance. Sometimes that one whiff smelled so wonderful that it would sell me on it right then and there. I know some of you are like me, and I think it goes to show how important the scent of our hair is to us.
A lot of you who use No Poo hair washes (clays, honey, water-only, herbs, etc.) have commented that you miss your hair smelling like flowers, but now it can again! You can customize your own scent, and you don’t have to subject your body to the irritants or toxins that are associated with commercial fragrances… win-win. Here are a few options you can use to make your hair smell delicious, flowery, or damn good again.
So you’re convinced you want to stop using shampoo and reap the benefits of natural hair care– great! But maybe you haven’t started yet because you’re dreading the daunting “initial oily transitional phase,” or maybe you’re already there but struggling through it. Maybe you have a day job or classes to look presentable for each day, and the whole point of over-washing your hair in the first place was to avoid looking oily. And maybe having a greasy-looking head for a month or two is out of the question… ain’t nobody got time for that.
Getting your scalp’s oil production under control is crucial for a successful no-poo routine. The benefits are well worth it: your hair will look cleaner for longer so you won’t have to wash it as often, and as a result you’ll spend less time and money on hair care and you won’t have to damage your hair with heat as often (if you use a hair dryer every time it’s wet). I promise you, anyone can do it, including you, and it doesn’t have to be as difficult as you’d think. I went from needing to wash my hair once per day to only once per week, many others have as well, and you can too!
Below are some tips I highly recommend you follow to get through the oily transitional phase as quickly, seamlessly, and as oil-free as possible– to get you closer to beautiful, truly healthy (and clean!) hair.
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