Re: Catnip for split ends?
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I am currently sitting with the first part of the treatment (underside and length) in my hair. I had put my catnip in an empty 600mL coke bottle (all I could find) and used the method of pouring it into my hand then putting it on my hair. I forgot to let it warm up to room temp first. I found it very hard to put on my hair. It dripped a lot, I probably got more on the floor than my hair :( it's still dripping underneath the shower cap a bit. I think for the second part I will use a bowl to catch it then dunk my head in the bowl. Off to find a bowl.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
Dunk-my-head-in-a-bowl seems to have worked much better for me, and distributed the catnip throughout my hair. It's still dripping out from underneath the shower cap, but at least I am certain it got over all my hair. Now I am waiting...
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The catnip had kind of dried out in my hair by the time I got to rinsing. I had left it in for an hour all up. When I was rinsing in shower my hair felt very dry and crunchy. I'm not sure whether this was because of the catnip or just the fact that my hair hates the nasty, drying, sulfatey clarifying shampoo (the only shampoo I have). I had to condition quite a bit to rinse it, and afterwards with a liberal amount of coconut oil my hair seems to be ok. I will try this again, but first I need to find a much gentler shampoo, as since doing CO I have found that my hair and scalp really hates shampoos in general.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Revontuletar
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The catnip had kind of dried out in my hair by the time I got to rinsing. I had left it in for an hour all up. When I was rinsing in shower my hair felt very dry and crunchy. I'm not sure whether this was because of the catnip or just the fact that my hair hates the nasty, drying, sulfatey clarifying shampoo (the only shampoo I have). I had to condition quite a bit to rinse it, and afterwards with a liberal amount of coconut oil my hair seems to be ok. I will try this again, but first I need to find a much gentler shampoo, as since doing CO I have found that my hair and scalp really hates shampoos in general.
A gentler shampoo should help. Try bagging the catnip with saran or a bag that fits tighter than the shower cap so that the catnip does not dry out during the treatment time. Mine never does that. I use a freezer bag and the stretch the opening to that I can twist it tight when on my head.
ETA: If you gently squeeze out extra water from your hair after shampooing and apply the catnip a bit at a time with your hands you can avoid drips while the treatment is on - I only get drips during application.
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ktani
A gentler shampoo should help. Try bagging the catnip with saran or a bag that fits tighter than the shower cap so that the catnip does not dry out during the treatment time. Mine never does that. I use a freezer bag and the stretch the opening to that I can twist it tight when on my head.
Great thanks, I will get myself some freezer bags and a better shampoo :D
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Revontuletar
Great thanks, I will get myself some freezer bags and a better shampoo :D
If you go back to COing it will be a clarify - catnip - conditioner cycle. Clarifying often can be very drying to the hair.
Catnip and shampoo is a very different system to COing. The two are not compatible for what you may want from catnip - no splits and colour - from my experience.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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ktani
If you go back to COing it will be a clarify - catnip - conditioner cycle. Clarifying often can be very drying to the hair.
Catnip and shampoo is a very different system to COing. The two are not compatible for what you may want from catnip - no splits and colour - from my experience.
Yeah, I figured that. I plan to get a better shampoo and really give the catnip routine a proper go. If it works for me and I like it better than the CO then I will switch for good. I would need to stretch time between washes though, since currently I wash every day and doing the catnip wash every day is not practical time wise.
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Revontuletar
Yeah, I figured that. I plan to get a better shampoo and really give the catnip routine a proper go. If it works for me and I like it better than the CO then I will switch for good. I would need to stretch time between washes though, since currently I wash every day and doing the catnip wash every day is not practical time wise.
You do not need to use a clarifying shampoo when and if you do this - just one that does not build-up.
I never tried COing but whenever I used even a small amount of conditioner to follow catnip - it stayed in my hair and it took several shampoos to remove it and catnip did not colour or condition as well over it while it lingered.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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ktani
You do not need to use a clarifying shampoo when and if you do this - just one that does not build-up.
How would I know if the shampoo I buy builds up or not?
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Revontuletar
How would I know if the shampoo I buy builds up or not?
You can tell by hair your hair feels and behaves and how catnip reacts to it. Catnip does not do well over coatings that build-up.