The Archives: The Merged NW/SO/WO Thread

**SparrowWings** · January 24th, 2018, 06:10 PM

Figured I'd help anyone who wasn't specifically looking, but still wanted to follow along: here is the new NW/SO thread. I haven't seen one for WO yet, though I could have overlooked it?

**melikai** · January 24th, 2018, 06:32 PM

I'm too shy to start the WO one....

Chromis what have you done to us?!

**Chromis** · January 24th, 2018, 07:58 PM

I have cursed you all!

Actually, I think the new NW/SO thread looks fantastic! I love the article in the beginning, so informative. I nominate Bedhead to start all our megathreads

**Bedhead** · January 24th, 2018, 08:56 PM

Ha Ha! Very funny! but very kind, thank you. Hopefully no one (I'm not naming names here) will go around merging all the megathreads together

, and that won't be necessary.

**Melika** · February 25th, 2018, 03:22 PM

Came to check on the WO thread and couldn't find it at first. Then I saw it was merged with NW and was

until I read back a few pages and saw what happened LOL!

Do we have a new WO thread yet? I was looking but could not find... or I am blind. Either is possible.

As a side note about water quality and WO: NW didn't work for me because I worked outside and sometimes in attics and needed to be able to rinse grunge and fibreglass from my hair. I was NW for 4-6 months until I had a series of HVAC jobs. I switched to WO in combination with Terressentials when needed. After several years I just forgot to order more Terressentials and have been strictly WO for over a year now. I, too, have difficult water but the Miracle Water recipe that I dug up here in archives saved me and now my hair is just past knee length... but I would not have been able to do WO without the Miracle Water mix.

Miracle Water
1 gallon hard tap water
1/4 teaspoon citric acid
1/32 teaspoon (yes, that is 32) ascorbic acid

I start my water warm/hot and fill a gallon jug to which I have added the powdered acids. Then I let it sit until the end of my shower and I use it as a final rinse before stepping out. My sister has short hair and uses only a half gallon with adjusted acid amounts. I used to live in an area with extremely hard water so I used two gallons back then. You will find that you may need to adjust the amounts of acid needed slightly too depending on your water and results. Too much acid=greasy hair or stiff ends (in my experience).

The one constant no matter what hair routine you choose? You will have to adapt it to your hair and figure out what works for you!

**Chromis** · February 25th, 2018, 04:31 PM

I don't *think* one has been started, but please feel free to do so! The new NW thread makes an excellent template/example

**Hairkay** · February 25th, 2018, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by Melika

Came to check on the WO thread and couldn't find it at first. Then I saw it was merged with NW and was

until I read back a few pages and saw what happened LOL!

Do we have a new WO thread yet? I was looking but could not find... or I am blind. Either is possible.

As a side note about water quality and WO: NW didn't work for me because I worked outside and sometimes in attics and needed to be able to rinse grunge and fibreglass from my hair. I was NW for 4-6 months until I had a series of HVAC jobs. I switched to WO in combination with Terressentials when needed. After several years I just forgot to order more Terressentials and have been strictly WO for over a year now. I, too, have difficult water but the Miracle Water recipe that I dug up here in archives saved me and now my hair is just past knee length... but I would not have been able to do WO without the Miracle Water mix.

Miracle Water
1 gallon hard tap water
1/4 teaspoon citric acid
1/32 teaspoon (yes, that is 32) ascorbic acid

I start my water warm/hot and fill a gallon jug to which I have added the powdered acids. Then I let it sit until the end of my shower and I use it as a final rinse before stepping out. My sister has short hair and uses only a half gallon with adjusted acid amounts. I used to live in an area with extremely hard water so I used two gallons back then. You will find that you may need to adjust the amounts of acid needed slightly too depending on your water and results. Too much acid=greasy hair or stiff ends (in my experience).

The one constant no matter what hair routine you choose? You will have to adapt it to your hair and figure out what works for you!

Originally Posted by Chromis

I don't *think* one has been started, but please feel free to do so! The new NW thread makes an excellent template/example

Here it is.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...d.php?t=145310