Honey as a Shampoo?

[DarkAlice]

I did an SMT and I was surprised to see my hair looked somewhat stripped of oils+moisture, could it be the honey? And if so can I use it as a mild shampoo?

[pepperminttea]

Do you live in quite a dry low-humidity climate? Humectants draw moisture from the air in a humid environment, but if you're somewhere with low humidity they'll have the opposite effect and your hair can end up drier.

[bumblebums]

Honey can cause lightening on hair, too, so be careful. Some people nuke it in the microwave before putting it in an SMT to avoid the bleaching effect.

[ariesfairies]

Sounds like it could do a bit of cleansing :) I don't know about honey, but I know propolis in the hive has some anti-bacterial qualities.

[Wildcat Diva]

I have wondered about this also. I have been in love with doing SMT's lately. I have been making them with heavy on the honey and aloe and 2-3 times the conditioner instead of the recipe 4X. I always nuke the honey, let it sit there hot a few minutes, add aloe juice, then nuke again before I add the conditioner.

I think adding the SMT to dry hair helps it to clean your hair/ scalp of oil better, I read that on here somewhere, maybe the CO thread.

I kind of do the SMT as part of my wash, but I do throw a scalp shampoo with a shampoo bar in there as I am halfway rinsing out the SMT. Saturday night I had Coconut oil in there as a prewash oil, so I did another CO application after the SMT and scalp shampoo and finished with an ACV rinse which was heavy on the ACV.

But can we do this as a wash without the shampoo? I think we can. Let's try it?

[gonzobird]

Honey is crazy drying on my hair. Makes it feel super rough and tangly