Tea Rinses: The Good, The Bad, The Useless

**NeonPink** · July 22nd, 2019, 05:05 PM

I've been thinking of trying a chamomile tea rinse for a while but I'm worried it might dry out my hair, since it's so dry on its own.. anyone know if that's a possibility?

**pippylonglocks** · July 23rd, 2019, 07:04 AM

I've always used black tea for a tea rinse, but for some reason it seems to cause buildup on me. I'm now thinking about trying chamomile the next time I wash my hair, so I will let you know how it goes then. ��

**leafygreens18** · July 27th, 2019, 01:49 PM

I'm going to do another herbal tea and one green tea rinse tonight. I'm hopeful! It went really well last time and made my hair feel amazing. So I'm excited for tonight's wash.

**Silica** · August 1st, 2019, 06:32 PM

This thread inspired me to experiment. I've done an infusion of rosemary and horsetail (both fresh, from the garden) along with a little vinegar a couple of times now. It seems to really help my hair shine and refreshes my scalp between shampoos. So far I'm liking it. I want to try green tea and peppermint next!

**CherryFrizz** · August 19th, 2019, 03:59 PM

Catnip teas have worked well for me. I boil water, put a sprig of catnip in, then let it steep until it's cool enough to apply to my hair. I'm experimenting with using it as a spray.

I'm curious about the red color from hibiscus tea - it's not permanent, right?

**FrayedFire** · September 5th, 2019, 12:50 AM

Hey um... any tips on how to avoid just drinking these concoctions before I can pour the brew through my hair?

**Siv** · September 5th, 2019, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by FrayedFire

Hey um... any tips on how to avoid just drinking these concoctions before I can pour the brew through my hair?

Hah! Make two cups: one for your hair and one for your belly!

**sonic_goose** · November 2nd, 2019, 03:10 PM

I’ve done a catnip tea soak twice so far. I quite like it although I haven’t noticed a *dramatic* difference. When I wash it out my hair is always very soft and slick, though. And anything that supposedly reduces split ends I will continue to use, haha.

**SpottedBackson** · November 3rd, 2019, 08:24 PM

I like both chamomile with honey as a pre-poo treatment and chilled rosemary as a final rinse. I'd like to try hibiscus! Sounds divine.

Originally Posted by Zebra Fish

And I'm interested for people that use rosemary for scalp - how do you do it? I have rosemary in my mum's garden all year long (and as ecological as it can be) so I can get some whenever I go there, but dunno what to do with it? Boil it and let cool? How much rosemary in how much water?

I've got rosemary in the garden, I just cut a good handful and strip the leaves off the stalk. I simmer them in about a litre of water for 20-30 minutes and leave it in a bottle in the fridge to cool (because I use it as a final rinse). You don't have to be super specific with your quantities though you might want a stronger concentration for your scalp or even rosemary essential oil diluted in a carrier oil if it's just for a scalp application.

**Miss Thyme** · April 7th, 2020, 12:33 PM

I am curious about tea rinses and have a few questions.

Do you just pour the tea over your scalp/hair at the end of a wash and leave it in? Or do you rinse it out?

If you do both tea and ACV rinses, would you do them in any particular order or just add the ACV to the tea? (provided you aren't going to rinse out the tea)

Does it risk staining? And if it does, how easily do tea stains wash out?