Re: Catnip for split ends?
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HotRag
Thank you ktani. I was a bit confused over what damage meant in general.
I also have minimized my damage, but I haven't been into "babying hair" for as long that I can notice differences in damage due to routine.
I think that oil is what my hair loves the most.
It seems my hair is VERY sensitive to astringent and acidic stuff. Especially if they will sit a while (like amla or hibiscus in IHW, letting catnip tea be for an hour, or not rinse out vinegar).
I used my left over catnip today (made face "water" yesterday), as I would use a vinegar rinse. Just poored it over, let sit for 2 minutes and rinsed with cold water.
Feels rather nice.
Maybe that's the way that suits me with catnip, use it as the final rinse before cold water :)
I will try more times to find out.
I have made some sort of clarifying with egg today, so not many herbs grains or mucilage in the hair.
Catnip is not strongly acidic. It is just right IMO. Even at lower dilutions, when it is more astringent, it is not particularly drying, from my experience, just not again, optimal for my needs as I like to use it on my skin too. So I leave some behind from washing my hair, rather than make 2 batches and it works out well.
I never leave in on my skin timed, as a face wash. I just apply it, rub it all over (rub is the wrong word) spread it all over is actually more accurate, and rinse. I then sometimes reapply it to certain areas, (around my eyes for example) and leave it on. The result is no dryness or tightness, just soothing and extra moisture.
I defined damage and build-up to me in that last post because both mean different things to people and rightly so.
There are different kinds of hair damage from different causes.
Chemical damage is something else altogether.
I think that split ends (or hair) is a dryness issue. Breakage for me, is directly correlated to hair stress or mechanical damage. I can get impatient with how I treat my hair but it is not so much babying it, as not abusing it.
However for me, if the conditioning is balanced, my hair can withstand much more everyday handling.
My old routine needed tweaking. I was not applying catnip to my top canopy layer in my routine. I started doing that before the catnip washes and the breakage there has been reduced too. There was never a lot there but the breakage is much less now.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
Balance with catnip is the key for me. When I have used too much shampoo before catnip use, my hair was slightly drier, too little shampoo, followed by catnip washes and my hair was "heavier" (more drag) and I had other problems.
I need to use shampoo with catnip but it is just common sense for me, in how much of both are used. I do not use anything else on my hair or need to, no added oils or leave-ins or conditioner or additions to the catnip itself.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
Oh, my damage is almost always due to dryness I think. I don't colour or perm. I have hennaed, and the only bad thing that could be due to that, was - dry hair.
Mechanical stress to my hair, most often means that the whole hair gets off from the root. They just don't get off in the middle if there aren't a white dot or something.
I have measured the pH of the catnip tea, so I know it isn't very acidic. I have not gotten as much of the doll hair feeling from it, as from amla and so on.
I thought it maybe is a bit too astringent anyway, but I'm not quite sure (yet). As I have written many times, I will keep trying with my catnip :D
Together with slight pre oiling and egg wash (todays wash) it seam to be great, so I will retry the same in a couple of weeks.
Just to be sure: Is "lower dilution" the same as "higher concentration"? Sorry if I seam totally stupid that can't get the exact hang of this word :D I know what "dilution" is, but it get confused when it's used together with "lower/higher/stronger/weaker". I am not exactly sure of if it is the catnip or the water that is highered or lowered...
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
HotRag
Oh, my damage is almost always due to dryness I think. I don't colour or perm. I have hennaed, and the only bad thing that could be due to that, was - dry hair.
Mechanical stress to my hair, most often means that the whole hair gets off from the root. They just don't get off in the middle if there aren't a white dot or something.
I have measured the pH of the catnip tea, so I know it isn't very acidic. I have not gotten as much of the doll hair feeling from it, as from amla and so on.
I thought it maybe is a bit too astringent anyway, but I'm not quite sure (yet). As I have written many times, I will keep trying with my catnip :D
Together with slight pre oiling and egg wash (todays wash) it seam to be great, so I will retry the same in a couple of weeks.
Just to be sure: Is "lower dilution" the same as "higher concentration"? Sorry if I seam totally stupid that can't get the exact hang of this word :D I know what "dilution" is, but it get confused when it's used together with "lower/higher/stronger/weaker". I am not exactly sure of if it is the catnip or the water that is highered or lowered...
No question to me is stupid! It is my terminology that has you confused, lol, it is not you.
A lower dilution to me, is a higher concentration of the product used (less water used with the same amount of catnip). A higher concentration can also mean more catnip used (not a level tsp of catnip but a full one) with the same amount of water, which works out to be the same thing.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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ktani
No question to me is stupid! It is my terminology that has you confused, lol, it is not you.
A lower dilution to me, is a higher concentration of the product used (less water used with the same amount of catnip). A higher concentration can also mean more catnip used (not a level tsp of catnip but a full one) with the same amount of water.
Ah, thank you. I think I have been asking about this same word earlier also - can't learn...
"Lower dilution" 'sounds' at first to me as it is a lower or weaker concentration, and I get confused (over and over again). :rolleyes: But then it sounded strange to get more astringent from that :D
I will try to remember now. :)
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
HotRag
Ah, thank you. I think I have been asking about this same word earlier also - can't learn...
"Lower dilution" 'sounds' at first to me as it is a lower or weaker concentration, and I get confused (over and over again). :rolleyes: But then it sounded strange to get more astringent from that :D
I will try to remember now. :)
Try thinking of it this way. Anything that is less diluted (lower dilution) is also more concentrated, whether it is catnip or vinegar.
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I will just say less diluted from now on. It is just simpler for those for whom English is a second language and the terminology I have been using is confusing. I appreciate the feedbck because my intent is to be as clear as possible. I can only do that with feedack and questions. I know what I mean but others may not. So if there is anything else I have been posting about that is not clear, please ask me!
I just edited the Catnip article to reflect this.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
HotRag
Ah, thank you. I think I have been asking about this same word earlier also - can't learn...
"Lower dilution" 'sounds' at first to me as it is a lower or weaker concentration, and I get confused (over and over again). :rolleyes: But then it sounded strange to get more astringent from that :D
I will try to remember now. :)
This is a great resource fo me for writing.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
For those who have cats in their households, have your cats taken notice of your hair? I haven't used just catnip for the rinse so I'm curious about those who have.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
ktani
Try thinking of it this way. Anything that is less diluted (lower dilution) is also more concentrated, whether it is catnip or vinegar.
I'll try to remember. I must have some translationproblem in my brain with the word "dilute"...
But in my own language, I never talk about dilution this way, just that something "is diluted" or "dilute as follows: XXX", and in some cases "more/less diluted" (not higher/lower). More often we/I talk about concentrations.
