Catnip for split ends?

On the advice of a catnip vendor, I have sent this email, with suggested wording to, http://www.newdirectionsaromatics.co...il-p-1641.html, re their catnip "extract" essential oil.

"Hi, can you please qualify your data that suggests a carcinogenic nature to your oil and provide a list of ingredients, and the reported mechanism that manifests the suggested ailments?

I have never seen the essential oil for catnip, Nepeta cataria, that you list as non-hazardous, have a caution like this, about lung cancer on ingestion.

"7. Toxicological Properties/Information:

Liquid may irritate eyes and skin.
Orally toxic; may cause lung cancer if swallowed.
Avoid if pregnant."
http://www.newdirectionsaromatics.co.../Catnipoil.htm

For example, http://www.libertynatural.com/msd/277.htm"

The example link above states this about their oil
"The identity of the individual components of this mixture is proprietary information and is regarded to be safe and edible in dilute solutions (less than 1% in water). In accordance with 29 CPR. 1200 we have to assume that the mixture presents no health hazard."
http://www.libertynatural.com/msd/277.htm

The same company lists similar cautions to the first link for their alcoholic extract of catnip, the alcohol being the carcinogen, not the catnip.
http://www.libertynatural.com/msd/667.htm

Catnip is not listed as a health hazard here.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodn...ataire-eng.php

or here
http://www.drugs.com/npp/catnip.html

I have seen no other listings for the oil or plant like the above. The first link must be adding something to their oil.

Rach - why don't you use a scrunchi or covered elastic to tie the top of the sandwich bag closed over the hair while doing the catnip tea soak? That way you would not have to hold it. That is my method but I am quite lazy ...

Well, I'm showing up here again, and I'm going to try this thing repeatedly for a while.

I definitely liked spraying it on dry hair as an application method. Then bagged and rinsed after a few hours (when i finished studying).

In any case, I'm doing this with CO, and hopefully that doesn't block the good effects too much. There's no way I'm going back to regular shampooing. Just doing it a few times while experimenting with some silicones got my scalp totally dry and tight.

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Originally Posted by Anje

Well, I'm showing up here again, and I'm going to try this thing repeatedly for a while.

I definitely liked spraying it on dry hair as an application method. Then bagged and rinsed after a few hours (when i finished studying).

In any case, I'm doing this with CO, and hopefully that doesn't block the good effects too much. There's no way I'm going back to regular shampooing. Just doing it a few times while experimenting with some silicones got my scalp totally dry and tight.

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Good luck with it.

I heard back from the company re their catnip essential oil.

"We do thank you for taking the time to show us this error. You’re absolutely right. That is there, and for a non-hazardous product to be a carcinogen is definitely odd. I’m terribly sorry to report that this is a human error. I went immediately to the lab dept and we’ve triple checked current and past data. We remorsefully realized that a template must have been used for this oil and the document wasn’t correctly overseen before posting the MSDS on the site. This is information has been removed. I’m terribly sorry to excite you this way. It is our error and we have made the adjustment.

I assure you 100% that None of our Catnip documents ever read that this is or has been a carcinogen, ever. Although some of our oils are indeed toxic, especially being taken internally; however, Catnip EO is not a carcinogen and is non toxic.

Lastly, I will mention that we recommend that all of our products are for external use only."

Their amended MSDS
"7. Toxicological Properties/Information:
Non-Toxic."
http://www.newdirectionsaromatics.co.../Catnipoil.htm

Well, that sounds promising! Right? How did you guys find the essential oil to work in comparison to the soak?

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Originally Posted by simone_rodrigue

Well, that sounds promising! Right?

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Absolutely!

It is a credit to the company that they responded so quickly and were so honest. I just could not understand why there was no mention of toxicity like this elsewhere in current research and how the company could say that the oil was not hazardous in one section of the MSDS and a carcinogen in another, unless there was an additive not disclosed.

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Originally Posted by kdaniels8811

Rach - why don't you use a scrunchi or covered elastic to tie the top of the sandwich bag closed over the hair while doing the catnip tea soak? That way you would not have to hold it. That is my method but I am quite lazy ...

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tried and seems near enough impossible without spilling the catnip tea everywhere unless i find a bag which it thin and rectangular :confused: enough to fit a fat braid in.

Hmmm. my hair is dripping wet but not enough to spill. I pour the excess out so it does not drip down my back - brrrrr!! Quart size storage bags?

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Originally Posted by kdaniels8811

Hmmm. my hair is dripping wet but not enough to spill. I pour the excess out so it does not drip down my back - brrrrr!! Quart size storage bags?

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if googles right then i already use them. i do have allot of catnip tea in them to be sure all my layers are well covered as there were very damaged once upon a time and i've worked hard to get them to grow downwards (they didn't before because of splits everywhere).
after my catnip soak i poor the rest over my head and what's left in the tea pot.
the conditioning properties are hard to ignore........