The Official NW/SO Thread

[Meeri]

I am amazed, NW actually works! I haven’t washed my hair for two weeks, and it looks...ok. In fact, it looks better than it used to couple of days after washing.
Current routine: full SMP in the evenings and quick scritch in the morning. I’m thinking of starting SMP once every other day.

[Emissary2ornj]

Meeri, that's great!

General update: So I purchased both a wooden and a horn comb. Wooden arrived a couple weeks ago, horn is coming from far away, so I'm still waiting on it. The wooden comb is I think green sandalwood. Has a lovely smell once it aired out from being in the plastic packaging. It's a 2-sided comb; wider teeth on one side and finer on the other. I like it for preening most of all. It's a bit rough on my length; I think to get the best, gentlest use of it I should be sure my hair is very well finger- or brush-detangled before using. Work has been busy and extra energy is limited these days so I've been using the comb to detangle and consequently having more breakages and sheds. I still prefer finger-scritching to comb scritching, even with this one. I do get a lot of lint out with the finer teeth; I don't know if my hair is ever completely lint-free even after many minutes of combing. Basically I'm trying to maintain while life is a little more hectic than usual; not hitting any high standards for hair care but it's doing okay and I'm okay with it. It's the warm season, I'm still using lots of Clorox Clean-Up, scalp still doesn't like to be covered in warm weather, I still try to get a decent scritching in at least once a day.

[Lanalavallama]

I have been doing a NW/SO and WO hybrid. An occasional rinse every 3 or so weeks. I have been neglecting SMP and my scalp is not happy. This is a method for the diligent. However, my hair seems to be doing ok.

I agree Emissary2ornj better to detangle with the gentler tool, and then use a comb, or (in my case a bb) brush.
I definitely prefer using my fingers first, then smoothing over the hair with the bb brush.

[Feral_]

Meeri, that's great!

General update: So I purchased both a wooden and a horn comb. Wooden arrived a couple weeks ago, horn is coming from far away, so I'm still waiting on it. The wooden comb is I think green sandalwood. Has a lovely smell once it aired out from being in the plastic packaging. It's a 2-sided comb; wider teeth on one side and finer on the other. I like it for preening most of all. It's a bit rough on my length; I think to get the best, gentlest use of it I should be sure my hair is very well finger- or brush-detangled before using. Work has been busy and extra energy is limited these days so I've been using the comb to detangle and consequently having more breakages and sheds. I still prefer finger-scritching to comb scritching, even with this one. I do get a lot of lint out with the finer teeth; I don't know if my hair is ever completely lint-free even after many minutes of combing. Basically I'm trying to maintain while life is a little more hectic than usual; not hitting any high standards for hair care but it's doing okay and I'm okay with it. It's the warm season, I'm still using lots of Clorox Clean-Up, scalp still doesn't like to be covered in warm weather, I still try to get a decent scritching in at least once a day.

I do WO and used to use a wooden comb. Then I got a horn comb with very wide tines - I can fit my little finger in between them. It is the best comb I have ever bought. Instant detangling, no static and gentle on the waves. The wooden one feels much harsher on my hair. But for you doing NW/SO you probably need the finer wooden one to clean the hair. I’d be interested to know how you find the horn one when you receive it

[0xalis]

I'm not SO at all but I find the method so helpful for stretching washes to the limit! So grateful for this thread. I've lurked here for a while and I figured I might as well pop in and thank y'all

[Emissary2ornj]

Feral, I'm glad to hear of your results! I think EdG and other WO folks used a wide-tooth horn comb with success... package tracking says my comb is finally in the US! Hopefully won't be much longer.

Welcome, 0xalis! Thanks for dropping in. So much info here.

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Has anyone with oily hair tried this?

[Bonsai]

Hi

I try WO from last 2 weeks (that's why I came to this forum). Now I spend all free time with reading everything about it... Unfortunately in my language I can't found anything, so... forgive me my English
I really hope I start look like human soon - in this moment I have incredibly fat hair : .

My daily routine is SMP at morning and evening. At evening is a little longer (I love make it, when I watch some move ). I still try found perfect SMP for my hair.

[Emissary2ornj]

Hi

I try WO from last 2 weeks (that's why I came to this forum). Now I spend all free time with reading everything about it... Unfortunately in my language I can't found anything, so... forgive me my English
I really hope I start look like human soon - in this moment I have incredibly fat hair : .

My daily routine is SMP at morning and evening. At evening is a little longer (I love make it, when I watch some move ). I still try found perfect SMP for my hair.

Welcome, Bonsai! You're not the only one to SMP while watching TV or movies! Hope it keeps working for you. I think we're all experimenting. There is a lot of good info in this forum about different ways to scritch and preen and tools to use. Hang in there with the greasiness - this experiment requires LOTS of patience.

[Emissary2ornj]

Has anyone with oily hair tried this?

When I was a kid, my mom considered my scalp and facial skin to be "oily". I dunno if it really was, or was just reacting to the shampoo and soap cycle. I consider my sebum production to be generous. I have adjusted my definitions of "clean" hair. It used to be that very dry looking hairs, with very little weight to them, were clean. I had to shampoo every 2-3 days to maintain this. Now I accept the weight, darker tones, and different feel of sebum-y hair as "clean", if I have scritched my scalp and brushed or combed as much lint out as I can.