Awesome. I'm definitely going to try that. Thanks, Hanne!
Day 2 after hairwash I start to spray my scalp with my nettle and green tea mixture. I make small parts in my hair and spray the scalp and gently massage the spray around. I don't rinse it out. I don't used so much that my scalp is wet, just slightly damp. This has made it possible to stretch my hairwashes to every 10 days without having my scalp trashed. I spray my scalp every morning. After spraying I gently comb my hair and smack it up and forget about it. Green tea is slightly antiseptic and slightly acidic. I think that my growth rate has doubled because my scalp is kept clean and the length isn't getting washed as often. On hairwash day I'll use a lot of tea, my scalp is wet. I can then get away with using a much milder poo. Without tea I need to use industrial strength cleansers to cut through my sebum which is hard, dry and waxy.
I've read on the net that green tea will increase the tensile strength of hair. I use a little nettle tea because nettle is good for hair growth and scalp health.
Awesome. I'm definitely going to try that. Thanks, Hanne!
I never tried using it as a rinse, but I did notice an increase in growth back in highschool when I had a strange tea obsession
Giving this a try in my desperation for my long hair to be back. I have green tea with a hint of jasmine in it... so my hair will have a soft floral jasmine scent too! Yahoo!
Patiently growing a bob out from chopping from classic...
Chin ~ neck ~ shoulder ~ collar bone ~ APL ~ BSL ~ waist ~ MBL ~ TB ~ classic
Out of sheer desperation........ im giving this a go. I just steeped 2 tea bags (theyre organic green tea with hints of jasmine... win!) In 8 ounces of water. I sprayed it all over my scalp (probably only used an ounce) and just for fun I did my "length" or what sad little length I have.... I took a picture of length and I will be back in a month with another length pic. phorobucket right?
Ill use this as my pros ane cons of green tea in your hair thread lol
Patiently growing a bob out from chopping from classic...
Chin ~ neck ~ shoulder ~ collar bone ~ APL ~ BSL ~ waist ~ MBL ~ TB ~ classic
I have to try this (mainly just for fun). My cupboard is full of green tea!
Seaweed isn't recommended during pregnancy over here in Finland because there's a chance you get too much iodine. Some dried seaweed snacks have tested positive for high levels of arsenic.
Very interesting article, thank you for sharing I used to drink a lot of green tea - never realised the boiling water made it so bitter and have never applied it topically!
This sounds really interesting! My scalp is ridiculously oily and my skin too. My T zone will be completely covered in oil by the end of the day and my scalp will be visibly oily a day after washing it. I've tried stretching washes to just once a week but it never made a difference. Right now I am washing every second day for the work week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) would love to stretch it further but my hair would be thick with grease by the day after not washing.
I would really like to try this spray and see if it helps thanks for posting
There is some blabla as to why green tea reduces sebum production.I'm not a scientist so I can't put it on top of my head,but a little googling should reveal some relevant info.
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I'm thinking of making a blogspot of this experiment.I am a curly so my length measurements might not be 100%,but I have a demarcation line I can work with.
Anyway guess what? My growth rate sucks most of the year.I only get my growth spurts in spring.And I apparently had a shed according to the amount of hair I shed now vs.the amount of hair I shed before. So I can observe the effects of the green tea quite well,even though I probably won't even get near the recommended dose.
I saw a supplement with green tea in dm drogerie if anyone is interested,but it was all in Chinese and cost 8 euro so way more than I am willing to pay monthly on something hair related.
Just something to mention : Use fresh green tea.Fresh fresh.It cools down to cool enough to put in your mister or is cool enough to stick your fingers it,use it.
I always use fresh tea. I also drink a lot of green tea because I like it. Hubby says that I have so many teas that I could open my own store.
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