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And now onto how to wash your hair with baking soda and vinegar

A friend had told me quite a while ago that you could wash your hair with baking soda and vinegar. I had seen 'no poo' people around the internet and just thought that they were not using anything to clean their hair. Didn't sound like anything I wanted to try.

I was still pretty skeptical about the vinegar and baking soda, I was convinced it would leave my hair dull, dry, and vinegary. But after seeing how well vinegar softens up wool when I used it on my son's longies, I thought I'd give it a try as a conditioner. I had some baking soda leftover that I had been using for my teeth (switched to tooth soap, which works way better).

Once again, I was surprised at how well natural alternatives work. I had been using Herbal Essences (which I know are quite not natural) after a failed attempt with Burt's Bee's natural shampoo and conditioner. The baking soda cleaned super well, it was a little harder to work into my hair than regular shampoo, but it easily rinsed clear. The vinegar was amazing and left my hair easier to brush out than the chemical or natural conditioner ever did.

I've been using just the vinegar on my toddler's hair too, her hair is really dry so I don't need the baking soda. I just rinse her hair out with water (she showers with me) and then put some vinegar in and rinse it.

When I first tried this I used about a tablespoon of baking soda and 1/4 cup of vinegar. I thought that wasn't very frugal, I'd be going through a box of baking soda and a bottle of vinegar every month or so. Then I read how Stephanie at Keeper of the Home does it, she diluted the vinegar and baking soda down so it lasts way longer. I've been doing that since she posted, and it works just as well but uses way less.

Right now we're just using an old plastic Burt's Bee's shampoo bottle for the baking soda/water and I filled my mostly empty vinegar bottle (plastic) up the rest of the way with filtred water and that's what we use for that. I did put a couple drops of orange essential oil in each because I like to have some sort of scent in my hair and that's what I had around.