Walmart brand is what I use, it was a buck or two, works fine!
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Walmart brand is what I use, it was a buck or two, works fine!
Great thank you. I thought SmartyKat looked good. It is not a Walmart brand as in their own brand. It is a brand that they carry, just to be clear.Quote:
Originally Posted by kdaniels8811
I read all the way thru this thread last winter. I think I forgot half of what I read now! My biggest question: is there a way to use this and NOT get coloring in my silver???? Some areas of my top (also the silver area) are fuzzy/dry looking. Careful search in sunlight, I'm not sure if I'm seeing the dreaded white dots or if it's just the way the light is hitting the strands that are popped up. I hae some 'nip now - forgot the color part ...
Thanks for any help ...:)
This should help with what you may have forgotten, the catnip Article.Quote:
Originally Posted by Linda K
I am afraid that if you want the most conditioning, split end, white dot protection, that you will probably get some colour too. I do not see a way around that. You can apply catnip over conditioner and get no colour but you will sacrifice optimal conditioning at the same time, from my experience.
Ok - Thanks much Ktani. Guess I'll have to think about it a bit more.
Oh, Does the color stay permanently?
You are most welcome!Quote:
Originally Posted by Linda K
No, the colour is not permanent. It is all in the Article.
Yesterday I was in a hurry so I used shampoo and conditioner...my hair felt awful and I still had oil in my hair. Yuck!
So last night Indian herbs on the crown, catnip on tail and bagged it and my hair is better conditioned with the catnip than conditioner.
:cheese:Ktani,:cheese: can't thank you enough for this thread!
You are most welcome and the thanks should go to MadPirateBippy too because she started this thread. I just got invited in and never left, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by wahmof9
I have read that you can "cold" brew herbs overnight. You just use room temperature water. I tried that with chamomile, ages ago. I did not care for the results. And I tried hot, hot but not boiled water too. Nope, I prefer boiled water. I got better results. This was in comparison to letting the chamomile brew for 30 minutes, my old recommended time. 20 minutes is the recommended time for brewing a plant for medicinal use.
I find 8 hours for catnip just fine and I am not going to experiment with the cold method. I feel safer with boiled water somehow. My catnip tea has never gone off or bad.
Chamomile tea did go off or bad (cloudy) in less than a week, kept refridgerated, no matter what the water temperature used, when I made batches in advance. I now use boiled water to "sterilize" my mug, saucer, 2 cup measuring cup and strainer, before I use them, each time, even though they are all washed with liquid soap, at the end of the making of catnip tea. It is just a habit I like. I do not know if it makes a difference but I feel better doing it.
Update. I did an 8 hour catnip brewing in advance Saturday night, overnight, and by the time I got around to straining the tea for refidgeration (I washed my hair today), it had brewed 9 hours.
Obsevation: even better grey/white coverage. It appears that more of the yellow tannin is released into the water, the longer catnip is brewed. The conditioning is excellent too. Interesting. I do not know what the maximum brewing time will work out to be.