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01
May 23rd, 2016, 07:56 AM
Ok... Am I doing something wrong? Or egg washes just are like that? A long while ago, during my experiments I tried egg wash. Surprisingly it even removed heavy oiling and my hair looked clean BUT it kind of left residue of its own! I had completely frayed damaged looking hair. Very hard to comb through. It stopped when I shampooed it out. So it left build up that made my hair sickly looking. I used cold water to rinse. Whole eggs, whites and yolks. I tried it multiple times, at first 3 eggs, then 5. Maybe I did something wrong? Should I use only whites or only yolks? Or it will be this way with eggs no matter what I do? I used cold water so I didn't boiled eggs on my head, lol. So I don't know what's wrong.
Nique1202
May 23rd, 2016, 08:01 AM
Could it be that your hair just doesn't like that much protein? Since that's what egg washes are supposed to give it.
LadyCelestina
May 23rd, 2016, 11:06 AM
Egg protein is too large to penetrate hair. If you can shampoo, why waste eggs? :D
sarahthegemini
May 23rd, 2016, 11:11 AM
Could it be that your hair just doesn't like that much protein? Since that's what egg washes are supposed to give it.
Eggs are not a protein treatment.
Op, maybe your hair just doesn't respond well to eggs :shrug: It doesn't necessarily mean you're doing anything wrong.
Nique1202
May 23rd, 2016, 11:20 AM
Egg protein is too large to penetrate hair. If you can shampoo, why waste eggs? :D
Eggs are not a protein treatment.
Op, maybe your hair just doesn't respond well to eggs :shrug: It doesn't necessarily mean you're doing anything wrong.
Most of the resources I see about eggs as "shampoo" also tout the high protein content. My mistake if that's not the main purpose, but eggs are high in protein content (or they wouldn't be so gloopy) and certainly leave my hands feeling coated when I bake with them. I couldn't imagine doing that to my hair (or washing in cold enough water to keep from cooking it in).
Either way, it comes down to the same: if you don't like the result, don't bother with it.
LadyCelestina
May 23rd, 2016, 11:27 AM
http://www.thenaturalhavenbloom.com/2009/06/size-matters-protein-conditioning-part.html here is a good explanation
Anje
May 23rd, 2016, 01:39 PM
They're not much for a protein treatment, but I doubt that means that you don't get some egg residue adhered to your hair for a few washes. I'd just assume that they don't have the staying power of a proper protein treatment.
OP, I'm no expert on egg washing, partly because I'm not keen on using up eggs for that. But my usual philosophy is that some things work for some people, but rarely work for everyone. It's entirely possible that egg washes just aren't a good fit for you. Maybe it's your hair, maybe it's your water -- who knows. Clarify, deep-condition if your hair feels dried out, and move on to the next experiment. :)
lapushka
May 23rd, 2016, 03:03 PM
I'd give it one more shot with just the yolks. If that doesn't work, I would just shampoo and not bother with egg washes. Sometimes things just don't work and you need to go with what does.
yahirwaO.o
May 23rd, 2016, 08:46 PM
Egg washes worked great for me at first and then it was a total mess. My 2 problems were, chalaza bits even when I was just putting the yolks and well the obvious bad smell.
....still that was the time my hair looked the best and shedding was so so low that my hair did got somewhat thicker!
LadyCelestina
May 23rd, 2016, 10:59 PM
I just noticed you are probably WO, 01 :) Have you thought about using indian herbs or soapnuts (i don't know if soapnuts fall under indian herbs)? They used to be popular on the forum a few years back, but were quite hard to get. Now they have them both online and in regular health food shops where I live, so I think you would be able to get them where you live as well.
Another alternative if you are already succesfuly WO washing but just need an occasional kick, you can try cassia as it's nearly colourless but removes a lot of the oils from hair. Rinses from some herbs (rosemary,nettle, herbs containing saponin...) can make the hair feel fresher too.
If you are absolutely set on the egg washes, maybe you can try this recipe which is very popular on czech/slovak longhair forums (I will just look it up and edit this post)
1 whole egg
1 yolk
1tsp honey
1 lemon
+ they also recommend an acv rinse
(optional, but some members add alcohol to improve texture of the mix and de-grease)
They also say it's taken from german longhair forums :DDD It doesn't sound very hairfriendly, but this was before people realised lemons are not to be used on humans :D So you could remove the lemon if you want to.
01
May 24th, 2016, 06:09 AM
and certainly leave my hands feeling coated when I bake with them. I couldn't imagine doing that to my hair (or washing in cold enough water to keep from cooking it in).
Haha, actually it was very pleasant... like I put moisturizer on my scalp, I really liked it. Cold water is a bit annoying, but I tolerate it if I'm bending over bathtub and it doesn't run on my back. It seems cold is good for my head, I even don't wear anything on my head in winter and my scalp feels good then. Wash itself wasn't problematic, I just didn't liked the result.
http://www.thenaturalhavenbloom.com/2009/06/size-matters-protein-conditioning-part.html
Thanks, so interesting!
OP, I'm no expert on egg washing, partly because I'm not keen on using up eggs for that.
Oh yeah, eggs are tasty. Yum.
I'd give it one more shot with just the yolks. If that doesn't work, I would just shampoo and not bother with egg washes. Sometimes things just don't work and you need to go with what does.
Good idea. Residue was transparent/whitish so I guess it was from whites. But if yolks won't work then I give up...
Egg washes worked great for me at first and then it was a total mess. My 2 problems were, chalaza bits even when I was just putting the yolks and well the obvious bad smell.
....still that was the time my hair looked the best and shedding was so so low that my hair did got somewhat thicker!
Thicker hair, cool. Damn, you had residue even with yolks... noooo -_______-
Have you thought about using indian herbs or soapnuts
Yup. I have two wooden boxes of herbs that I don't know how to use, heh. I have whole soapnuts and other herbs in powder form... amla, shikakai, henna, cassia, some sort of heenara henna mix, neem, brahmi... moroccan red clay, kaolin... I was considering eggs because they were strongest wash for some reason.
Another alternative if you are already succesfuly WO washing but just need an occasional kick, you can try cassia as it's nearly colourless but removes a lot of the oils from hair. Rinses from some herbs (rosemary,nettle, herbs containing saponin...) can make the hair feel fresher too.
Hah, if I'm successful on WO... well, when I started out I had really puffy formless hair (big frizzy hair and no curl) and they stayed like this on chamomile rinses, only they became a little less big. I tried various herbs, chamomile, nettle, chamomile mixed with other herbs 'lightening tea' from the store and my hair were so dry. I got fed up with dryness and started heavy oiling with grapeseed. It helped with combing, braiding/bunning and I got rid of headaches when my hair were oiled. Also looked quite cool when up, actually. Like over-gelled look. But obviously such huge amounts of oil have to be washed out somehow... So I tried various things hoping something will wash it out. Red clay and soapnuts removed half of it. But only egg removed all... but made my hair look fried. So I have a bit of a dilemma. I can either have WO but dry hair or oil and they're easier to manage but then I have to shampoo it out eventually. So I shampooed everything out twice and started over, this time grapeseed oil free. It was fine until I started to comb with my fine tooth horn comb. Oh my... when I was WO without oil and combed with plastic I had dry hair but the moment I combed with horn it distributed sebum so well that now I look almost like I'm still oiling my hair... argh. I'm considering shampooing and starting over without comb when I'll figure out how to finger detangle. I'm practicing finger detangling and my hair already looks drier and have more volume than while I was combing but I'm sick of it and just want to reset... I'm still trying some shampoo-free methods before I completely start over. From what I know and other people recommended I'm considering soapnuts, ACV (I think that won't be enough, lol... but I can try), eggs and oat water http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=131870&page=4. It would really, really help if I had something that's not shampoo that would work... I still like over-oiled look and it's annoying that even if I'll do ok on WO this time, I won't be able to do these extreme looks unless I'll go back to shampooing. I tried red clay and it cleans the roots but length is dry and oily at the same time.
maybe you can try this recipe which is very popular on czech/slovak longhair forums
Yay. Poland here.
this was before people realised lemons are not to be used on humans
Actually I have weird experience with lemon. I tried lemon because I wanted to lighten, but thankfully when I went out it was rainy (damn weather changes) and I didn't fried my hair. My hair got sticky oily looking, like too much hairspray or something. But when I shampooed it out my hair were happy, not fried at all. Like they ate up all that vit C. I'm still surprised by this because when I used orange essential oil on my hair they got gummy o_O.
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