ACV Rinse Info.

**Sparklylady82** · December 2nd, 2014, 12:02 AM

Can someone explain what an ACV rinse is for? I am noticing people doing this but I am not sure why? There are probably threads on it but I couldn't find the information! Thank you in advance.

**Nadine <3** · December 2nd, 2014, 12:06 AM

ACV helps close the cuticle so it makes hair really soft and shiny. It also removes some build up from hard water, and that's why I use it. We have really hard water here, and without a vinegar rinse after I wash my hair will eventually get tangly, dry feeling, and dull. Hope this helped!

**Johannah** · December 2nd, 2014, 01:19 AM

What Nadine says, though it doesn't remove build-up like a clarifying shampoo off course. Also, it'll bring back the ph balance after using shampoo.

**Entangled** · December 2nd, 2014, 05:31 AM

Nadine and Johannah got it right. One important thing: it's a diluted rinse, not straight vinegar. Also, ACV can redden or darken light hair with repeated uses, so many lighter-haired folk use white vinegar. I use it because it's cheaper. I love acid rinses, because they make my hair soft and shiny.

**fiðrildi** · December 2nd, 2014, 05:57 AM

ACV rinses can also help with frizz, leaving hair softer and shiny (and less prone to tangles), as others said above

**Baby_doll** · December 2nd, 2014, 09:19 AM

I use them because I'm water only and after a few months my hair gets a bit stringy looking, so I dilute distilled white vinegar in a spray bottle and spray on my roots it the shower, then rinse really good

**Bananfot** · December 2nd, 2014, 09:27 AM

It also can help with seboerreic eczema. I think ACV is good too use because the water in the spring is usually filled with cemicals, fluorid,clorine and so on. And that can mess up the hair ph balance.

**Chromis** · December 2nd, 2014, 09:30 AM

Most of us who do ACV and other acidic rinses like citric acid have hard water. It's easy to get your water tested (pool supply stores, aquarium stores, and places that sell water softeners are good bets!), but most of us with hard water can also see white deposits on on our taps, tea kettles, showerheads etc.

**Sparklylady82** · December 2nd, 2014, 09:53 AM

Very interesting! I have well water where I live, I wonder if that is hard water? (off to look for the white deposits! haha)

So, you use it diluted after shampoo? Do you condition after or before the rinse? Also, sometimes I co-wash. Does it work well then?

**Nadine <3** · December 2nd, 2014, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Sparklylady82

Very interesting! I have well water where I live, I wonder if that is hard water? (off to look for the white deposits! haha)

So, you use it diluted after shampoo? Do you condition after or before the rinse? Also, sometimes I co-wash. Does it work well then?

I always do mine last. I actually use bottled water for mine, not necessary, but I love it. I have a 16 oz empty body wash bottle that I fill with a sploosh (that's my literal measuring system haha) bottled water, and then I add some EO's for some extra scalp benefits. I slowly squeeze this onto my head, making sure it's saturating everything and I leave it on with no rinsing. I think most people just take a cup with a bit of vinegar into the shower with them and then fill the cup up the rest of the way with shower water, but I like my method. The bottle lasts for about 4-5 hair washes so I can just leave it in there and don't have to worry about it.

I did try doing my rinse after shampoo, then conditioning afterwards but I found I didn't like it and it didn't have the same affects. I think you could use it with CO washing, or at least try it...it won't do anything bad.