YW, and mine NEEDS the catnip too btw....DW alone is not enough. DW and catnip? Perfection.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Demetrue
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YW, and mine NEEDS the catnip too btw....DW alone is not enough. DW and catnip? Perfection.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Demetrue
I did A dry braid with catnip soaked into it, then henna mixed with catnip tea on the roots of my hair left it all on for three hours. Rinsed it all out with diluted shampoo then rinsed it twice with clear water and finished with two rinses of catnip tea.
My hair has never been this soft, de-tangled and shiny.
I may give up conditioner.
I think the trick for me was to put it on DRY hair and let it soak in then wash my roots with shampoo and with my entire head twice with the tea letting it soak while I shaved, scrubbed and exfoliated.
SOFT.
Honestly its the ends of the hair that need the help the most so thats where I concentrate the catnip soak but it definitely adds shine where I splash it otherwise.
This stuff works great for me!
KJ
I keep playing with my routine too. I just jused more shampoo than last time but just the normal amount I used to use, did a 2nd catnip shampoo as well, then colour/conditioned and my hair is heavenly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keenkitty
They are so many ways to play with it in a haircare routine. I love the variety. And still, no downside.
Forgive me if this has been asked - I have read many of the posts in this thread, but not all- it would take a bit more time than I have, at the moment!
Has anyone had success using catnip soakings after washing with a shampoo bar? Or, would that leave too much of a coating on the hair? I've been using Chagrin Valley shampoo bars, and they do seem to leave something like a waxiness on my hair sometimes, though not always. I understand from Ktani's posts that any coating on the hair may interfere with the catnip's effects. Anyone?
Use a vinegar rinse after the shampoo bar and see how your hair feels. It may be enough for you not to have a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by hennared
It works almost too well on mine. Conditions like whoa, and I only leave it on perhaps ten minutes. However, I'm using CV's regular soap now, not shampoo bars, which seem to leave a different residue. Just use your vinegar rinse, then the tea; shower cap it until you want to rinse, then rinse with cool water. I put some BPAL in mine, which then leaves my hair smelling nice. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by hennared
One of the main differences between the CV shampoo bars and the CV soap is the amount of castor oil used, http://www.chagrinvalleysoapandcraft...oapvsshamp.htm. Castor oil is heavy and can leave a more or a coating on the hair, as well as darken hair colour, http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...postcount=1311.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sokudo Ningyou
I tried a catnip soak of about 40 minutes before washing, figuring that since i don't really wash my length, it might work well. It was easier, too, this way, since I was not going to really soak my whole head with catnip; I concentrated the catnip tea on the ends. (I brewed it just like Ktani's instructions). I then washed with the CV mud and clay bar, and followed with a light vinegar rinse (1 tbsp ACV to 32 oz of water). There was no waxiness, and, I do think the catnip conditioned nicely; I did not condition my ends as I usually do, after a wash. Next time I will try the catnip after the wash.
I may try straight catnip shampoo to see what it can do. I keep putting that off but it has worked for others. It does depend IMO, on how oily the hair gets as to how well it may work.
I know that it can remove my skin oil well, as my face can get oilier sometimes more than others and catnip has not failed me yet, there.
I just trimmed close to an inch off my hair length (I measured it after I cut it off). It was overdue. Not too much growth taper since my last trim, (over 4 months) and no breakage taper, which is consistant with how my hair has been growing for over the last 1.5 years, since I increased the catnip timing.
I am growing at least .5 inch per month, maybe slightly more. I used to grow .75 inch per month but I do not measure it.
The .75 I know, because a stylist I went to, measured it, after I told him that was what I thought it was. That may have been a growth spurt, lol and was a looong time ago but I was not a teenager.
I do know that my hair is growing well and fast but how much of that growth rate is from catnip alone, I cannot say. Catnip has from what I see, kept the hair I do grow, from breaking off the way it used to and my having ratty ends between trims. When that stylist measured my growth, my hair was kept shorter and layered and was trimmed more often.