Officially shampoo & conditioner-free

That's right! Ok, my sister's first reaction was "Ehw, that's disgusting!". But I didn't say that I wasn't washing my hair anymore, just that I had stopped using shampoo and conditioner.
The revolution to change the world does have to start from our own households and so....I started to think....I have to take these life-style choices a step further. It's good to start eating in a conscientious way, trying to use the car the least possible...but what about all the chemicals that
a) we put onto our skins: our skin is the largest organ of our body and it DOES absorb everything you put on it! So look at the ingredients of soaps, shampoos, toothpastes in your bathroom, and just think of what your poor body, blood and organs have to deal with.
b) wash down into the drains, into rivers and oceans, into crops, the air we breathe...it's all a vicious cycle.

It really hit me when my mother walked into the bathroom and said: "Dr Mercola says: 'If you can't eat it, then don't put it on your skin.'"

Simple. If I can't eat it, I'm not putting it onto my skin. So let's get to it, it's as simple as this:

"SHAMPOO":

- baking soda
- water

You can either leave the consistency quite "pastey", or you can actually liquify and pour it onto your head (if so, use hot water to dilute the bicarb). There will be no bubbles, no allluring perfumes of tropical plants....but it cleans your hair! I have long hair, so I preferred to keep the consistency like a paste. You don't need to apply it onto the whole length of your hair, because that really isn't the part of the hair that needs washing.

I have found other recipes using chick-pea flour, buckweat flour....you can really start experimenting. I tried the chick-pea flour this morning and found it to be a bit too drying for my hair (but might work for you if you have very oily hair).

So that's the shampoo done for you, healthier for you, for the environment, and for your wallets.

"CONDITIONER":

- apple-cider vinegar
- water

Mix the two together: I emptied out an old transparent bath-gel container and used that. Put in about half a cup of vinegar, and the rest water. You "rinse" your hair with this after you've washed the bicarbonate soda out of your hair. The vinegar removes any residue from your hair and....it stinks. Yes, and it really burns if it gets into your eyes BUT fear not! Once the hair dries the smell evaporates, and it leaves it nice and soft. Then use water to rinse this out.

So that's how to wash your hair with 3 ingredients that you can easily buy in your supermarket spending very little money and being eco and self-friendly.

P.S. Brush your hair BEFORE washing it, helps with the tangles. You could also try putting some oils into your hair if you want to give it a bit of nutritious love.