Yucca Vs. Soapwort Vs. Aritha/Soapnuts?

[mellie]

Sally & Sceleste, how long did you leave your soapnuts out to dry?

[mellie]

OK, my hair is mostly dry and it looks and feels great after my soapnut wash day #2! Since it was kind of dry yesterday, I followed up it up with an herbal rinse made of marshmallow root & lemon.

Here's some pics:

Close up of the pretty shine:


And another one:

[ktani]

mellie

You hair is so thick and beautiful and the layers look great!

[mellie]

Thanks ktani! I am very happy! :-)

Next time, though, I think I will rinse out the herbal rinse....it feels a little "product-y", if you know what I mean! How long do you leave your catnip rinse on?

[ktani]

Thanks ktani! I am very happy! :-)

Next time, though, I think I will rinse out the herbal rinse....it feels a little "product-y", if you know what I mean! How long do you leave your catnip rinse on?

mellie

I leave catnip on for an hour or so.

Marshmallow contains mucilage. That could be what you are feeling as well as pectin from the lemon.

[mellie]

OK, thanks! I will try rinsing it out next time after an hour or so then!

[ktani]

mellie

You may not need an hour with marshmallow root. See how it goes with different times and different herb combinations.

Some will build-up and some will not.

You could try a catnip treatment too - with various timing.

I prefer an hour for my hair.

[mellie]

If I could do the rinse for less time, that would be helpful, since I shower before work in the morning.

Oh, I forgot to mention: I only used 1 oz. of the soapnut liquid this morning! I just used it till I could feel it all over my hair, and I looked at the container, and read 5 oz. - and it said 6 oz. yesterday, so I guess I only used 1 oz! Wow!

I think this recipe may actually really work! Now, how best to preserve it? I'm sure if will only keep for a day or two in the fridge.

Also, I wonder if one of these foaming containers might be a nice way to make it foam up more:

It's not necessary at all, Sceleste's dye bottle idea is absolute genious! But it just might be nice to have the foam. :-)

[Sceleste]

I strained my soapnuts Thursday morning and left them dry to the strainer. I didn't touch them until Saturday evening when I made a new batch. That makes it 2,5 days of drying.

Mellie, if you try that foaming container, let us know how it works. I have one of those but haven't figured out a use for it yet.

[mellie]

Oh, cool, you have one of those containers? Can you try it with your soapnut liquid? :-)