shampoo?... could it be natural? II

In my previous post I told you about egg yolks use as the natural shampoos. In this post I will tell you about another shampoo like this.

It is rye-bred. It contains different B group vitamins, which are necessary for our skin, hair, nails. You can read more about this here and here.

I am not a chemist. I don't know a theory why this works and how it cleans the hair, but I know a practice. I used to wash my hair with rye-bread, so I can tell you a result.

At first how you have to use it? Put near a half of rye-bread into the cup (it has to be rather big one - 0.5 liters and NOT metal!) , mash it and pour with hot water. Then cover the cup and leave it for 30 minutes or even better one - pour it in the evening and leave in the cup till morning. When this mass cools enough, put it on the hair, rubbing and massaging the scalp. Then cover your head with polyethylene cap and muffle with a towel. Hold this for 15-20 minutes. Then wash out bread from your hair (I have to say you'll need a lot of water to wash out it properly. But even if you live some crumbs in your hair, don't worry! - You'll comb it out easily after drying the hair.)
After this rinse your hair with some of herb decoctions of infusions.

That's all. There is nothing complicated here! You need only a little bit of patience and desire.

What my impressions after washing with rye bread? The hair became really soft and bright! But when I used it two times one after the other washing I felt that It dries my hair a little bit. So If you have dry hair - try to use it with natural oils, when normal - use it in 2-3 washings, when greasy one - you can try to use it more frequently.

It would be very useful and interesting when you'll share with your own experience of using rye-bread.

shampoo?... could it be natural?

It took me a long time to write this post. But Now it would be not only theory, but my own near half a year practice!

So in February I decided to stop using common shampoos, which are now very advertised. I simply believe that we became very dependent on all that "cosmetic chemistry". It looks like we cannot survive without it.

But! Our grandmas could manage somehow without it!

So I tried to care my hair only with methods our grandmas used.

First one is egg yolk. It is a major source of vitamins (A, D, E, K), fatty acids, protein for your hair and skin. It is better to use home-eggs. (They usually have more vitamins than eggs from hennery, have more positive energy, and are more natural. It's logical! Simply think by yourself, imagine, compare and make your own conclusion - which eggs can a hen lay , the one that lives in hennery like in prison, never sees sun or the one that walks on the grass, sees sun each day, feels herself free. You can even see this difference - yolk from hennery is pale, and domestic yolk is saturated orange)

Now I have halfback long hair (It grows near 1 sm a month), but it is not very thick yet. So I use usually 3 egg yolks. Some times I can take 4 egg yolks. It depends on thickness and length of your hair and on the level of it's dirtiness. After 1-2 washings you will know the exact amount of egg yolks you need.

There are two methods of washing hair with egg yolk.

The first one. You take a basin, pour warm water in it (WARM, not HOT! You remember, that hot water only stir up secretion of sebaceous glands!), put egg yolks and mix them with your hand. You’ll see that foam appears in the basin. Then you put your hair in the basin and wash your hair by massaging and rubbing this foam into the scalp. (It is convenient to put a basin on the chair.) Then rinse your hair. (The recipes of rinses see in next posts.)

The second one. You put egg yolks into a cup, mix it with the fork. Then put all this mass on your hair (after 1-2 washings you’ll decide by yourself whether it is better for you to put yolks on dry hair or on wet hair. I put on wet one.) Hold this for 15-20 minutes like mask under polyethylene cap and cover it with towel. Then rinse your hair.

You can choose either 1-st or 2-nd method, but actually they don't differ a lot. You choose the one that is convenient for you. I use 2-nd one.

A lot of people refuse to wash their hair with egg yolk because of it specific smell. I'll tell you latter which rinse to use to remove this smell.

So, summing up, egg yolk provides natural foam that can easily clean your hair. It's like a basic component of your natural shampoo. In the next post I'll tell you what other ingredients you can put to your Natural shampoo to achieve better results.