Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
Suldrun
If you are not getting slip with 275 ml. Try a tad more water and work your way up untill you find the right dilution for you. I too find that if its not diluted enough it is more drying then conditioning.
I have had great luck with leaving it on over night . I think its a very individual thing. I actually started leaving it in overnight out of lazyness lol...The first time I used catnip I soaked it and bagged it and an hour later I was ready for bed and too tired to rinse it out. The next morning I rinsed it out and my hair was awsome!! So it was really by accident that I found my hair loves catnip overnight.
Mostly I use it as a rinse and only leave it in while I am in shower. Once a week or so I do an overnight treatment.
Yes, catnip does respond to slight changes. That is exactly what I found. There is nothing wrong with leaving it on overnight. It is just that it is not neccessary if it is left on for an hour all at once. By using it for less time and then sleeping with it on, you are making up the time difference.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
Beldaran
Honestly we grew some outside last summer and provided you don't have friendly rabbits eating it, it should grow no problems with little attention and regular waterings.
Right now my husband is growing all kinds of other hydroponic plants (we just had the first 2 red cherry tomatoes from there, they were awesome) so he let me plant some catnip for the cats in his system. It's obviously a weed, but the leaves on it are so huge due to the nutrients it's being fed.. it's a little crazy.
Anyway, it grows like a weed and if you have what you would call baby plants instead of seedlings, I'd say you should be good to go from here on out. Make sure you keep the soil moist and it should be just fine.
I assure you, they are seedlings, I just love them enough to call them "baby plants" since I was so excited about them actually germinating. :o
I keep being afraid I'm not watering them enough or too much since they're still so tiny.
btw, Thanks SOO much for the advice! :cheese:
Ktani, why do you have to enable me so? Now I have to try some sort of catnip compress or something on my face!! :justy:
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
Nynaeve
I assure you, they are seedlings, I just love them enough to call them "baby plants" since I was so excited about them actually germinating. :o
I keep being afraid I'm not watering them enough or too much since they're still so tiny.
btw, Thanks SOO much for the advice! :cheese:
Ktani, why do you have to enable me so? Now I have to try some sort of catnip compress or something on my face!! :justy:
You do not need a compress. Just pour some into your hands, run it on your face and rinse it off. That's it. And my pleasure!
Re: Catnip for split ends?
I have also left catnip, at my current dilution, on my hair longer than 1 hour. It did not seem to make a difference to the results. What does make a difference with catnip, from my experience, is bagging it and the 1 hour. Hair can only absorb so much of anything at one time. With catnip, continued use with the method and dilution named, made the difference for me. Catnip results get better over time.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
ktani
You do not need a compress. Just pour some into your hands, run it on your face and rinse it off. That's it. And my pleasure!
Let's just say I'm glad I have lots of catnip dried and waiting for me to attack. :D
I guess I need to be a nice furmomma soon and ACTUALLY make my kitty a catnip toy....
Oh, by the way, I was talking to some friends recently who like catnip tea, and I found it amusing that their infusion had just about the same dilution as your hair recipe! :p
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
Nynaeve
Let's just say I'm glad I have lots of catnip dried and waiting for me to attack. :D
I guess I need to be a nice furmomma soon and ACTUALLY make my kitty a catnip toy....
Oh, by the way, I was talking to some friends recently who like catnip tea, and I found it amusing that their infusion had just about the same dilution as your hair recipe! :p
Cool! It just so happens to be what both my dry ends and sensitive skin prefer. My face loves it and my hair ends are no longer dry!
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
ktani
Cool! It just so happens to be what both my dry ends and sensitive skin prefer. My face loves it and my hair ends are no longer dry!
Catnip is a miracle "weed." Happy Hair, Happy Skin, and supposedly it has a ridiculous amount of health benefits when used a s a tea! It's like the Herbal version of ACV or something. :p
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Nynaeve
Catnip is a miracle "weed." Happy Hair, Happy Skin, and supposedly it has a ridiculous amount of health benefits when used a s a tea! It's like the Herbal version of ACV or something. :p
It is not a miracle, but it is safe, (there is the pregnancy/brestfeeding caution), it works for me and it is as close to perfect as I can imagine. My breakage is mechanical damage. My hair right now is just a few inches short of my waist, which is not a goal length for me. I am taking that as it comes. My hair though has never been healthier, or stronger.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
Kroger/Fred Meyer's catnip in the bulk herb section is excellent.
Re: Catnip for split ends?
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Originally Posted by
ljkforu
Kroger/Fred Meyer's catnip in the bulk herb section is excellent.
It may well be but I have found pet store catnip to be better than any bulk catnip I tried. It is fresher and more potent. It also (it would depend on the brand) contains more buds.
