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Originally Posted by wahmof9
To Those of you who grow their catnip:
I've just recently (a couple weeks) planted some catnip seeds, and they are starting to sprout up! I was wondering if you had any particulars for your care and maintenance of your catnip plants. I wanted to start them off right. :)
I know that the plant itself can easily grow big and take things over, so I doubt it will be hard to care for, but I wondered if anyone had any care rituals specifically for the catnip plants.
I forgot to update on the results of my latest directed application (pouring out small amounts of catnip into my hand and applying it to sections of hair), where I used less catnip than usual. No problems, at all. I was out in the wind yesterday with my hair loose and when I came back home, 0 tangles. I just smoothed my hair out with my hands, gently separated my waves and that was it. Less really is more with catnip, for both the dilition and the application for me, in terms of conditioning!
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Ktani thank you so much for replying - I'm very new to forums so I didn't know how to make sure you saw my post NOW B4 you got off line. 1. I boiled it w/ chamomile & lavender; even if the catnip is useless, can I use the tea for anything else (lightening from chamomile), or did I kill all useful properties of the flowers? Just want to know if I should throw it out, or use it for a lightening rinse, etc. 2. Also, what oils after coconut are best for hair (I was impressed by the info you posted w/ links to scientific articles backing up your info.), and do they come close to coco, or are they all way inferior? 3. I just bought some ayurvedic oils which use sesame as a base (maybe almond too - can't remember - not mineral oil though). One use overnight and washed out next day w/ shikakai, neem, lotus, amla...my thigh length curly hair was so shiny the next day that my roomate commented on it. Takes alot to get curly hair so shiny! Sorry for what I hope is not "hijaking" but am afraid might be...I am pressed 4 time and rarely have time to go online like this. Thanks sooo much 4 your time and energy and thorough research!
You are most welcome.
First, Welcome to LHC!
1. It is useless for lightening. I would pitch it unless you just want to drink it as a beverage.
2. It depends on what you want the oil to do, condition? Both coconut and argan oils can do that and be absorbed but argan oil can make the skin sun sensitive so try coconut oil first. Camellia oil is a nice conditioning oil but it is not absorbed like coconut oil is into hair. No other oil absorbs as well as it does, as far as I know. Argan oil is pretty close. You can overnight oil with it and wash it out in the morning.
3. Different arurvedic oils do different things and there may be individual cautions for each. Sesame oil can cause allergic reactions, so watch for that over time.
just wondering if anyone has ever tried grinding the catnip finer and making a hair pack?
Someone did use catnip powder in a dilution ages ago (I have never seen it in that form) but catnip becomes more astringent the more concentrated it is from my experience, so I would not recommend that, offhand.Quote:
Originally Posted by ratgirldjh
Ok, catnip only shampooers, my turn for questions, lol.
Now, catnip cleansing qualities are somewhat limited. It cannot remove vegetable oils or other coatings well, based on reports.
How does catnip only shampooing leave the hair feeling?
1. Is it easier to manage?
2. Is the hair smoother?
3. Is the hair shinier?
I find using it as a second shampoo is easier on my scalp because I need to use less shampoo (even though I have no problems with my shampoo but I need to use more of it when my hair is oilier, with my own oils). I have not tried catnip only as a shampoo.
I am not going to condition with it at the same time if I have already left on it for an hour, the time before I try this (used following shampoo). I am going to try this anyway but I would love some feedback, please. I intend to try it as a shampoo, rinsed straight out, with no timing whatsoever and nothing else used, to follow it. My logic is this. Catnip removes skin oils and my silicone based sunblock. It has removed excess hair oil, when use as a second shampoo, with no dryness. Even nail polish removes dried nail polish, if applied and then wiped off immediately. So this should work. The conditioning benefits of having left it on previously for an hour, should be unaffected by this.
ETA: By using my direct application method (using catnip in small amouts repeatedly on sections of hair), I get the same colour coverage and conditiong with half the catnip I used to use and my length does not get as oily as it used to, by the time I need to wash my hair again, if I let my hair go longer, between shampooing.
This thread is big! wow!:thud:
I am a catnip newbie :D
I am very sorry if these questions have already been asked :flower:
* How does catnip work? How does it help the splits?
* Where can I buy it in the UK?
* Would it work as a vinegar rinse? So I can use it with shampoo bars?
* Can you grow it in the garden? Or would it kill all my pretty flowers?
* Are there any health dangers using it? such as rosemary being bad for high blood pressure etc
Thank you everyone :flowers:
No apologies necessary. I wrote a catnip article, that should give most of the information, including the only cautions I know of except not to drink too much of it. It can make one a bit drowsy (it has sedative properties for humans but is non toxic). I always post cautions on herbs/plants. In this case, because I recommend catnip, I have posted my research about it from the beginning (I am not sure it I did that at the beginning of this thread but from the beginning of when I first posted about it, and several times, in this thread).Quote:
Originally Posted by janeytilllie
As to where to purchase it where you are? A pet store.
It may not work as well following shampoo bars as a vinegar rinse. It is not as acidic. You can use a vinegar rinse first, then catnip.
Yes it loves gardens but from what I have been told it can take them over, lol.
Thank you for the information article and link :flower: I will have to try catnip :D Thanks again :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ktani