Catnip for split ends?

Thanks Fethenwen and KarpatiiSiv
I will try out an acv and catnip rinse:D Can't do any harm:)

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Originally Posted by haibane

I don't know about the other herbs, but in my experience steeping catnip too short a time makes it more tangle inducing. ktani recommends 4 and a half hours, and that's what I've been getting the best results with too.

If the tea comes out too strong from too much catnip I dilute it with some warm water, and it works just as well. I've learned to sort of eyeball the right color, when it's a nice deep yellow but not too brown.

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Alright, thanks! I will try to not make it too brown next time :)

This seems like a good idea, judging by all the positive responses. I have catnip growing in my garden, and once it grows a little more, this could be a good idea to try. Now that I'm past waist, I have been trying to keep split ends at bay. You say it leaves a yellow colour though. Does it last long, and would it make much of a difference to the appearance of hennaed hair?

I've been using catnip as a wash method (off and on) for a while now. I make the tea per Ktani's recipe (steeping until cool which is at least 2 or 3 hours for me) and rinse my hair with water and then squeeze most out and pour it through my hair and scalp and catch the run off and re-pour scrubbing my scalp during until i run out of catnip tea.

Then I rinse, rinse, rinse with warm water (I usually see a little foam during the rinse!) and finally use a very dilute ACV rinse (32 ounces water/1 teaspoon ACV) and then rinse again well and then finally finish with a cold rinse.

I've found this makes my hair very shiny and leaves it feeling great! I have had to use no oils on my hair when I do this regularly. My hair takes at least 5 days to start to feel dirty after using this method!!! And it doesn't dry out my ends at all.

If I decide my hair needs deeper cleansing I will use a poo bar or do a bentonite clay pack (Syballa's SSS) and then follow the clay with the catnip wash and then the ACV rinse.

This may not work for oilier scalp people but for me it works great!!! For anyone with hair that tends toward dryness and who is looking for an extremely gentle wash method this would be great!!!

This has been working very well for me and my shedding is pretty much down to NONE and I have baby hairs coming in everywhere!

Yay for catnip :)

I've done two treatments now, much to the delight of my cat, and am delighted with the results. My hair is noticeably softer and has mirror like shine, plus it feels HEAVENLY on my scalp. My skin loves it, and I have ridiculously sensitive skin.

The first application I let sit for an hour (bagged) and was delighted. The second one I did late at night so after it was bagged an hour, I unbagged it and let it airdry whilst I slept. It was a little tacky feeling in the morning, and the scalp felt slightly greasy despite looking fine, so I satisfied my curiousity about it as a leave in and then rinsed it out with the expected great results. I'm hoping to see an increase in strength/decrease in splits and white dots with continued use. For those of you who have been using it longer, how long did it take before you noticed a definite reduction in splits?

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Originally Posted by Qamar

I've done two treatments now, much to the delight of my cat, and am delighted with the results. My hair is noticeably softer and has mirror like shine, plus it feels HEAVENLY on my scalp. My skin loves it, and I have ridiculously sensitive skin.

The first application I let sit for an hour (bagged) and was delighted. The second one I did late at night so after it was bagged an hour, I unbagged it and let it airdry whilst I slept. It was a little tacky feeling in the morning, and the scalp felt slightly greasy despite looking fine, so I satisfied my curiousity about it as a leave in and then rinsed it out with the expected great results. I'm hoping to see an increase in strength/decrease in splits and white dots with continued use. For those of you who have been using it longer, how long did it take before you noticed a definite reduction in splits?

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It just occurred to me... does this leave the scent of catnip on your hair? Or does the scent wash out easily? Because I had enough trouble convincing our furball that my hair is not his plaything when he was a baby, I don't want to encourage that again!

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Originally Posted by ouseljay

It just occurred to me... does this leave the scent of catnip on your hair? Or does the scent wash out easily? Because I had enough trouble convincing our furball that my hair is not his plaything when he was a baby, I don't want to encourage that again!

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While I have to be careful when setting up the steep (and lock it in the bathroom until it is done) after that point my cats ignore it. I get no more interest in my hair than before. And several of my cats are nip fiends...:taz:

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Originally Posted by islandboo

While I have to be careful when setting up the steep (and lock it in the bathroom until it is done) after that point my cats ignore it. I get no more interest in my hair than before. And several of my cats are nip fiends...:taz:

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Good to know, thank you. This is definitely on my list of things to try, then.

Three treatments in and my hair is FAR less tangly when combing it out after a wash. Its also kitten soft and uber shiny. I do still use some argan oil on the ends, but I'm not needing as much as normal. I've been doing my usual S&D, and its hard to tell, but I think I'm getting ahead of them. Hopefully I'll see fewer and fewer of them as I get the ones I started with nipped off.

Oh, I don't notice ANY catnip scent on my hair after a soak, and even when its in, it's minimal. Vermin, my cat, doesn't seem to notice it at all. As an aside, I had my honey put catnip tisane on my badly sunburnt back tonight and it INSTANTLY soothed it and made it feel moisturized and supple. Nice bonus.