LoveMyMutt
May 26th, 2010, 08:01 AM
I have a beagle/vizsla mix dog, and his coat always tended to get sort of oily and dirty looking a few days after his bath. Since I found that my oily-roots problem disappeared after I stopped using shampoo and switched to CO only, I wondered if maybe his shampoo was too harsh.
I bought a very gentle herbal dog shampoo called Buddy Wash. It's been great, I bathe him and he smells like rosemary afterward, plus his skin doesn't get flaky and his fur stays nice for weeks. In fact, the only reason I have to bathe him once a month or so is because he enjoys going into the smelly muddy swamp periodically.
So anyway, I tried a new gel the other day and it made my hair feel awful -- coated and heavy and gross. I CO-washed it and it still felt gross, so I figured I might have to do a shampoo (I haven't shampooed in about a year). However, I didn't have any shampoo handy -- (I realized I needed to shampoo after I was already in the shower, and didn't feel like getting out and dripping all over the place to rummage through the closet for shampoo.
I noticed that the dog shampoo bottle said it was safe to use on humans as well, so I washed my hair with that. It was really nice -- it has coconut oil, rosemary, and a bunch of other herbs in it. Doesn't lather much but it took all the cruddy coated feeling off my hair and today my hair looks much shinier and better. A little frizzy because I didn't use any gel, so I just put on some coconut oil and that took care of the frizz.
I bought a very gentle herbal dog shampoo called Buddy Wash. It's been great, I bathe him and he smells like rosemary afterward, plus his skin doesn't get flaky and his fur stays nice for weeks. In fact, the only reason I have to bathe him once a month or so is because he enjoys going into the smelly muddy swamp periodically.
So anyway, I tried a new gel the other day and it made my hair feel awful -- coated and heavy and gross. I CO-washed it and it still felt gross, so I figured I might have to do a shampoo (I haven't shampooed in about a year). However, I didn't have any shampoo handy -- (I realized I needed to shampoo after I was already in the shower, and didn't feel like getting out and dripping all over the place to rummage through the closet for shampoo.
I noticed that the dog shampoo bottle said it was safe to use on humans as well, so I washed my hair with that. It was really nice -- it has coconut oil, rosemary, and a bunch of other herbs in it. Doesn't lather much but it took all the cruddy coated feeling off my hair and today my hair looks much shinier and better. A little frizzy because I didn't use any gel, so I just put on some coconut oil and that took care of the frizz.