Re: Catnip for split ends?
Houston, we have a problem:p
What did I do wrong? I washed my hair tonight with a poo bar that I've used in the past with fine results, followed with a catnip tea rinse bagged for 50 min. and rinsed well, but the dried results are awful:( My hair at my scalp is super greasy looking ( my hair never looks greasy) and my ends are way crunchy, like cheesy poofs. Was the concentration not acidic enough for the poo bar? The catnip dilution is normal, and the poo bar is one I have used before in my shampoo rotation. ( I love using different smellies so I rotate between shampoos, I use natural poo bars and baby shampoo.) But these results are not typical.
The only things I can think of are that I either need to make the dilution stronger, or that maybe using the more alkaline poos are better suited to wetter weather.
I'm stumped.
I have not needed to follow a poo bar wash with a separate acid rinse before, the catnip was plenty, and I won't use vinegar as it makes me itch.
I really hope that this isn't a result of eating so much pie:p
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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catfish
Houston, we have a problem:p
What did I do wrong? I washed my hair tonight with a poo bar that I've used in the past with fine results, followed with a catnip tea rinse bagged for 50 min. and rinsed well, but the dried results are awful:( My hair at my scalp is super greasy looking ( my hair never looks greasy) and my ends are way crunchy, like cheesy poofs. Was the concentration not acidic enough for the poo bar? The catnip dilution is normal, and the poo bar is one I have used before in my shampoo rotation. ( I love using different smellies so I rotate between shampoos, I use natural poo bars and baby shampoo.) But these results are not typical.
The only things I can think of are that I either need to make the dilution stronger, or that maybe using the more alkaline poos are better suited to wetter weather.
I'm stumped.
I have not needed to follow a poo bar wash with a separate acid rinse before, the catnip was plenty, and I won't use vinegar as it makes me itch.
I really hope that this isn't a result of eating so much pie:p
Pie? not that I know of, lol.
Making the catnip solution stronger will make it more astingent, IMO and you will not get the same conditioning. Catnip does not do well over some conditioners. I think that the problem is 2 fold. 1. Catnip does not have the same properties as vinegar, including its pH. 2. Catnip cannot remove or get through shampoo bar residue, this shampoo bar in any case.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
Perhaps tomorrow I will clarify with baby shampoo, I have been using poo bars for the last 4 washes (one month) so maybe it is build up.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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catfish
Perhaps tomorrow I will clarify with baby shampoo, I have been using poo bars for the last 4 washes (one month) so maybe it is build up.
They can if not followed with a vinegar rinse, I believe. Vinegar rinses can be used well diluted and white vinegar has been reported to be less offensive in odour than acv, while working just as well.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
While the smell of vinegar is less than appealing( as far as hair smells go) thee itchies that I get from vinegar are what keep me from using them. I may try a very diluted lemon juice rinse if I have to. Thanks:D
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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catfish
While the smell of vinegar is less than appealing( as far as hair smells go) thee itchies that I get from vinegar are what keep me from using them. I may try a very diluted lemon juice rinse if I have to. Thanks:D
Ah, I understand. The baby shampoo should help.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
You are wonderful ktani:D
Sense I shampooed today I think I'll let my hair rest for a day or two or three then do a catnip rinse. By then I'll need a rinse and catnip will be gentle cleaning and conditioning, yah catnip:p
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catfish
You are wonderful ktani:D
Sense I shampooed today I think I'll let my hair rest for a day or two or three then do a catnip rinse. By then I'll need a rinse and catnip will be gentle cleaning and conditioning, yah catnip:p
You are so sweet, thank you.
Do you find catnip cleansing? It has no cleansing properties I am aware of.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
Back with questions...
If my catnip infusion has pH 7, and is enough astringent... how to get lower pH into hair and scalp, without getting the whole thing too astringent?
I lowered my catnip infusion's pH last time, by dropping a bit of ACV in it. It became too astringent (I think anyway, hair became dry as from too much or too strong ACV rinse).
Re: Catnip for split ends?
catfish
I have been shut out of the boards from 12:40 am till just now.
Ok, first I want to qualify my last post on catnip not being cleansing. It does not contain saponins.
However, I do wash my face with it and I do find it cleasing on my skin (I just apply it, rub it on and rinse), in the morning (I shower at night with liquid soap).
I have not tried to wash my hair with it. Have you?
How cleansing do you find it for that and how do you use it for that?
iris tried using catnip on her length repeatedly, without washing her length with shampoo during that time (a few days at least) and found (using it rinsed out), that it left her hair oily.
Too much catnip on my length, following shampoo on my length, can leave my hair "piecey".
