Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
enfys
To me it just looked like a bag of herbs; my kitty never liked catnip for me to get to know it or te constituents. It has leaves? Buds? What?!
Well last night I brushed my hair damp with Tangle Teaser. I never brush wet hair, I wait until it's bone dry but I was too excited to wait until the morning! It brushed very easily, the same as with "real" conditioner.
This morning it felt lovely and soft too. This may be partly that my hair is used to herb washing and so I was starting off with a different finish on my hair. But to me it felt like no different to a normal conditioning agent. Amla/shikakai washes give me a similar feel. It feels like...hair. It's a feeling I haven't had for a long time. And it felt good to do. It was a lot more satisfying than bottled goop.
If it's effect builds up I can't wait!
I am glad that you are so pleased.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
ktani
Next time, try just the shampoo bar and a vinegar rinse, then the catnip, and leave the catnip on longer, bagged. Shampoo bars leave a residue that catnip alone may not be able to remove, or get through.
Will do, ktani. :flowers: Thank you for the suggestion.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
For anyone who's intested in the costs of catnip, I just measured all mine out into dubious looking baggies. Yeah I now have a stash of hebs in little re-seal bags. I hope the cops don't have sniffer kitties!
Anyway, here's what I found:
1 bag of this http://www.petsathome.com/find/keywo...oduct-is-18985 was £1.49, and contained 18 teaspoons worth of catnip. That's 8p a go!
This. at 2 washes a week equates to 5.7 bags (we'll say 6!)
Annual investment: about £8.60!
Unless the price of catnip sky-rockets, I'd say it's a bargain.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
I've read that if you want to use a herb for its volatile oils then the best way it to extract them by making a tincture. Do you think it might be a good idea for catnip?
Re: Catnip for split ends?
Isn't alcohol generally avoided on hair? I can't remember why, but I've read it here!
I think that the covering it and tappling condenation back in is what preserves the volatile oils.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
enfys
Isn't alcohol generally avoided on hair? I can't remember why, but I've read it here!
I think that the covering it and tappling condenation back in is what preserves the volatile oils.
Well, most organic and commercial products add herb extracts. They are very potent, and meant to be diluted in something else for use. I'm not sure, that's why I ask.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
enfys
Annual investment: about £8.60!
Unless the price of catnip sky-rockets, I'd say it's a bargain.
Not yo mention the fact that you can buy Nepeta Cataria seeds for likely less than £1.00, and it will be a ton of seeds, and it's like a weed, it supposedly doesn't need much, if any, babying once it has grown to plant size, and that would reduce your costs greatly if the price were to sky-rocket.
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I did consider getting seeds. Maybe next year; garden space has all been allocated this summer haha.
Does the live plant attract cats at all? My father really does hate cats coming to our garden to do toilet things.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
Today, I shampooed twice with a SCH bar. I followed that with a mild vinegar rinse.
After that, I squeezed the excess water out of my hair and followed the prescribed process with my catnip rinse.
After five or 10 minutes, I rinsed it out.
Again, my hair feels oddly soft and dry and the same time. It reminds me a little of the "doll hair" that we sometimes talk about on the shampoo bar thread.
I doubt that I will continue this experiment, since I don't have many splits. Maybe I'll do it from time to time.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
enfys
I did consider getting seeds. Maybe next year; garden space has all been allocated this summer haha.
Does the live plant attract cats at all? My father really does hate cats coming to our garden to do toilet things.
It should not attract any cats unless the leaves(?) of the plant is damaged or bruised. That can cause the volatile oils to release the smell, as I understand it.
