Would it work to use normal catnip that you get in little tubs for putting on cat toys?
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Would it work to use normal catnip that you get in little tubs for putting on cat toys?
Absolutely!
If it is dried leaves and flowers.
Sorry if this has been discussed, but I did a search and could not come up with anything ... here's a question for you ladies (and gents?) who use catnip - have any of you tried catnip essential oil in your hair? If so, results?
The essential oil - like all essential oils - can be an irritant.
I do not recommend using it uncut or undiluted in a carrier oil.
No, I have never used it.
I recently decided to try the catnip tea rinse again, and wow, it really does make my hair nice and soft. I can't see that it is coloring my greys at all, and I don't know yet if it's helping the split ends, but I love how soft and shiny my hair is.
Would some kind of gelled catnip tea work for both color and conditioning, I wonder? Can it be gelled with pectin or flax seed, to make it thick enough to leave on longer without it all dripping out of the shower cap and all over me? (My skin likes it, so it's fine, but it doesn't stay on my hair very long). I tried putting in a bowl and dunking my head into it, but I didn't have the patience to stay in very long!
Treecrown
I have never tried it gelled.
I adopted a purist attitude toward catnip after adulterating it with glycerin and acv during my experimentation period.
I reapply it a little bit at a time until my hair is saturated and bag it as described earlier in this thread - in 2 parts.
That is it - it works for me - covers my grey/white - conditions - no tangles - no split ends - less breakage than I have ever had - and I shed less hair than before using it.
By all means - experiment - make it your own - I have no desire to change anything about the way I use it.
I'd be willing to try it, but finding pure catnip oil is like a needle in a haystack. Plus once found, it's expensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by MermaidGirl
Ktani raises a good point - most essential oils if used neat are irritating; there are very few that aren't. So obviously diluted in a carrier oil is the way to go. I was thinking for hair oiling purposes to combine it with either camelia or jojoba oil.
Wavelength, true that on both points you raise! It isn't impossible to find, but not easy and is expensive when finally located. After a cursory search I have found a reputable source for organic catnip essential oil that is the least expensive of all I looked at, but it still is not cheap. If interested, feel free to PM me.
There is a potential problem with using catnip oil on your hair - it will stimulate cats - you are likely to have a huge cat problem - the tea does not do that - cats smell catnip in the parts per billion in the air.
Catnip oil is sold by pet suppliers - diluted - to be sprayed on or directly applied to cat toys and materials for that very purpose - to stimulate cats.
When the oil is used in a mosquito repellent - other things are added to it.
Pure essential catnip oil MSDS
".... AVOID CASUAL BREATHING OF VAPORS
.... LIQUID MAY BE IRRITATING TO SKIN AND EYES
WEAR GLOVES TO AVOID SKIN CONTACT
INGESTION-SEE PHYSICIAN"
http://www.essentialoil.com/msdscat.html
I wanted to drop by and say, I've lately fallen off the catnip wagon, for the past few weeks and I can tell a difference in how many splits my hair has.