I’m trying to get into nopoo but i fail miserably.

I sh1t like 2 times a day lol (weird that the word is censored)

I don’t have diarrhoea or anything my sh1t is average af lol

• I don't wash with shampoo
• I do apply various hair products like texture powder, sometimes hair spray and sometimes a matte clay.
• Without them my hair would look flat like a pancake- my hair naturally after shampooing loses all volume and is practically 1A.
• I get dry scalp- not dandruff as it isnt flaky, and usually when I run my hands through my hair the snow-looking stuff comes out- they are small and not like a flake.
• I apply a mix of coconut rosemary and castor oil to the scalp but it ends up not being that effective since I only apply 2-3 times a week.
• In the shower I deeply scrub using scalp scrubber and a mix of hot and cold water

How do I get rid of dry scalp without making my hair flat whilst using products.?

Are there any natural versions of products which down strip my hair of moisture?

How do I hydrate my scalp in the best way?

My hair gets extremely greasy, VERY fast, there were times when I would shower in the morning and by the end of the day the grease on my hair would be noticeable. It's been more than a week, it isn't THAT noticeable, especially compared to when I did use shampoo, but I might be fooling myself because I started right after I had a haircut, so my hair is shorter than normal.

If it's going to stabilize, how long will it take? Plus, I've been doing water only till now, is there anything that I can use that will help the process?

Hey everyone. I tried no poo a while back using water only and had to give up eventually after a couple of months.

My hair remained super greasy and I think I had hard water which made it so painful to even comb my curly thick hair because of how sticky and greasy and hard to work with it became.

I’ve tried nopoo (kinda) again using a natural wash my Indian parents used throughout their childhood which is made from reetha, Amla, and shikakai.

After a few weeks the results are definitely impressive. My hair is healthy and super curly (without any products!) and no longer dried out like it gets using traditional shampoos.

HOWEVER the sticky hair situation from hard water (I think) is still a problem. I’m getting breakage and it’s painful to try to detangle and comb my wet hair.

Any suggestions what to do here? Should I try an ACV mix alongside this natural shampoo? Something else? I don’t want to get a water softener as that’s a huge hassle

Hi! I have been on no poo for probably around 4-5 months from the last time i shampooed. My hair the past few days has been very soft and not able to be styled meanwhile like a month ago it was much nicer! Has anyone experienced this and got idea what this could be and how to fix it? Thanks!

Can someone please explain this to me? I like to workout and do jui-jitsu multiple times a week. Not washing your hair after rolling or putting your head on a workout bench that is probably dirty just doesn’t make sense to me.

Hi,

I have been water only for just over a month. However I started before finding this sub, and I didn’t clarify before starting, the products I was using before were silicone free, except probably when I went to the hairdresser 2-3 times a year (last time was 3 weeks before starting).

I’ve been washing every 1-2 days, brushing and combing, and massaging every time before washing, for about 5-10 minutes

At this point I am not happy with how my hair feels and looks. Constant greasy feeling, and often frizzy.

They don’t look particularly greasy, no smell at all, easy to detangle.

I wondering if I should restart with a Clarifying wash? Or just stick with what I am doing even if it doesn’t seem to improve for now? Or am I not doing enough with the mechanical cleaning? Anything else I should do?

I'm a male with very thick hair, I keep the front longer and it curls naturally. I noticed a couple months back that every time I would use shampoo or conditioner my hair would feel greasy and my hair lost its natural curl. At this point, I haven't shampood or condioned in 3-4 weeks and my hair is the healthiest it's ever felt. It's thick, curly, and doesn't have any bad smell or anything to make me think it might be unhealthy. Recently though I told my girlfriend and she seemed somewhat repulsed. Is it unhealthy to not shampoo my hair? Do I need to start again?

For context, I shampoo once or twice almost everyday. I shower once in the morning before school and I shampoo, no conditioner, and sometimes after my workouts afterschool I end up taking a quick shower when I get home shampooing again, but lightly. If i don’t shampoo religiously I always end up with dandruff, the oily scaly type of dandruff but my hair itself is never greasy. Even when I do shampoo everyday, I still end up with dandruff sometimes especially in the colder months and I struggle with itchy hair sometimes. Looking for remedies, and I stumbled upon over shampooing being a reason for my hair health.

  How do I go about this in the best way possible? I would appreciate any advice. 

I need help. I've always had to switch up my shampoo as I would get like idk, an allergic reaction if I used it to long ? I've been brushing and brushing, water rinse but my hair still feels so heavy and greasy and the dandruff keeps coming back?

It is not even that itchy and scalp is not red, its just so dry no matter what.

is there any specific remedies I can do? If I have to use a product, what product should I use?

I have straight thing hair and it is sensitive meaning hair goes flat when I use any shampoo.

Guys, I use head and shoulders and I think my scalp has gotten addicted. I don't want to use it because it fucks up my hair and makes it rlly frizzy and dry (I have loose curly hair). But when I stop using head and shoulders everyday then around 4 days later my scalp gets rlly itchy and like snowy white type of dandruff appears. I'm not sure if this is dry scalp or dandruff.

Is there any conditioner that I can use to stop my hair from being destroyed or anything natural I can use to help my scalp because it is very sensitive.

Also I use a micro finer towel to dry my hair and I sleep on a silk pillow case.

Thanks.

Hellooooo! I’m about 1 month in to mostly water only + mechanical cleaning. My main tools are a BBB and a somewhat fine-toothed sandalwood comb. I’ve now switched to using the comb most of the time. I clean it a few times while going through my nightly routine (scalp massage, preening less frequently than when I first started, combing/BBB). To clean the comb, I use a very thin piece of stretchy fabric (it’s one of those “no-show” thongs lollllll I have a million of them that I never wear, but now I’ve found a use for them) and run it between the teeth of the comb and down the divots between each of the teeth/around the inner sides. Pretty much how I floss my actual teeth……. Aaaaanyway it works but it’s super time consuming. Does anyone have suggestions for how to clean a wooden comb more efficiently?

Ugh I was also a dingus the other day and cleaned my comb with clarifying shampoo 😭 I clean my hair claws/other hair accessories in it because it smells nice and I have a big bottle of it from doing my initial clarifying treatment on my hair. Without really thinking about it, I just threw my comb in there too (a plastic container filled with warm water and a bit of clarifying shampoo) and when I took it out 10 minutes later… it looked all dry and weirdly bleached. I assume the phthalates stripped away the outer natural sandalwood oil. Ugh. Silly question maybe, but should I “treat” the comb again with some kind of oil (argan/olive///etc) or just leave it be? I’m a bit concerned that it’s now all dried out and may scratch/damage my newly luscious locks but I’m probably overthinking it

Anyway would love any tips y’all have for cleaning your tools! I already spend SO MUCH time actually cleaning/caring for my hair that I’m eager to cut down on my obsessive tool cleaning 😅

A family member uses this brand and their hairstylist says it’s very much NoPoo. No silicone, sulfates or para een. I never heard of it and wanted to see if people here have something to say about it. Seems also not to be a cheap product either.

Here’s just a quick few pieces of information on my hair, how I clean it and other stuff.

I clean everyday through pruning my hair with my fingers, I have a boar bristle brush as well which I use semi frequently although I find it dosent help.

Since taking this photo I’ve done my own research and started utilised colder water when I shower, mitigating the frizz which can be seen in the front of my hair.

Even though I use cold water my hair is still quite greasy which really damaged my self confidence and I’m tired of it. I expected it to clear up with time although it really hasn’t improved in the weeks I’ve waited.

Previously I jumped into no poo completely blind, just stopping using shampoo and conditioner completely. I kept waiting for the situation to get better and after 6-10 months i realised that this idea had failed miserably and my hair was in a worse but simmilar situation it is in now. After researching on my own I decided to do a clarifying wash which then improved my previous situation greatly.

Other information which is relevant to my situation

Water where is live is moderately soft My hair has low porosity I use products which contain sulphates on my face and body I have used hairbrushes which my siblings use and they use shampoo.

Should I do another clarifying wash? If not then how should I try to fix this situation?

Also if I haven’t included any important information please let me know and I’ll update the post.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, any help would be absolutely amazing, thanks.

my barber washed my hair without asking and i’ve been on no shampoo for 4 months, how long would it take for my texture to come back

I’ve recently had kind of a breakthrough with my hair. Up until a few weeks ago I had been relying heavily on cornstarch as a dry shampoo. I live very rurally and haven’t used traditional shampoo since February of this year and have always been greasy the next day while washing regularly. But I lost access to the ability and kind of had to jump head first into this experiment. So I was surviving via spray dry shampoo but that was very expensive and irritating to my scalp. I changed to cornstarch out of desperation and it worked well enough for a few month. Not much better than the spray as far as irritation and there was not scent to cover my scalp’s odor. The smell settled down after a while of using and I never had much dandruff as I did scalp massages daily and tried to brush multiple times a day. But my hair texture had a turn where it became almost impossible to brush it. I would be as patient and methodical as I could bare but it would just immediately tangle again. And I had TONS OF AWFUL BREAKAGE!!! So I immediately gave up on the dry shampoo and tried doing an Acv rinse. First one was far to high in the acid and my hair clung to my head like it was slick with oil. I thought it just was in fact oily considering the situation but since it was so much easier to brush I stuck with it. I’ve tweaked the ratio significantly. There’s barely any Acv in the rinse but it’s looking and feeling better every use so I’m gonna keep with it till it stops serving me. Anyway this vid is just me showing how easy it is to brush now (in comparison to the total gridlock of the cornstarch). It’s very broken but that will all grow back in time. I’m just feeling my way in the dark here so I think I’m doing good. Also the smell is PLEASANT! Almost reminiscent of those spring rain candles but very light. And my scalp feels very happy 👍

If i make the hibiscus cleanser, recommended in the hard water section of the wiki. (Dried hibiscus flowers steeped in boiling water) Will it change my hair color?

Hi, I have heard from some barbers that washing your hair only with water is good. Right now I have done this for nearly 3 weeks, but have not seen very good results, because sometimes my scalp is itchy and often I get dandruff. Also if washing only with water how often should I wash it? Should I wash my hair every time after sweating? Also, I like to do colder showers is it good for my hair, or should not wash with colder water (17C)

What are your thoughts on new wash pre treat ment for scalp? I’ve been nopoo for a year and a half… I have hard water and I think I get waxy build up on scalp and roots quickly…acv helps but have to use it every other “wash”(just water), I feel like it dries out my hair though… egg also helps for a bit longer but think perhaps my hair doesn’t do so great with so much protein(starts to feel super straw Ike on the ends)… anyway I’m thinking about trying the pre wash just on my scalp but don’t want to undo the balance I’ve reached with my hairs oil production Any other tips are welcome I think I have relatively low porosity hair

So I've once experimented with NoPoo for like a month and it was pretty bad. My hair was all oily and my dandruff worsened. Looking back now, I applied Minoxidil twice a day on my scalp, so I'm wondering if Minoxidil is counterproductive on NoPoo? I still use Minoxidil, because you can't just quit once you started, but I want to give NoPoo another chance.

just came across an ad for this scalp scrubber from manscaped. do y'all think this would work as well as a boars brush?

Hello everyone 🖐️ I started my noPoo challenge about a week ago. For the first few days I used only water but now I use rye flour every 1 to 2 or 3 days. I have a question for you all. Can I use rye flour every 2 days and sometimes every day? Will it cause any harm to my hair ? I'm male and i have fast greasing hair.

Hey curlyheads, how often and when do you comb your hair in the transition phase? Iwashed my hair with water only yesterday for the first time and usually wash my hair about 1-2 times a week

Ive tried flaxseed gel, it had nice hold and gave good shine.
The downsides were that it didnt look good after 3 hours of application, where my hair becomes curly because of it. It also smelled, but that was no issue, as i asked multiple people if they could smell my hair gel from shoulder length, all said no.

Ive heard of beeswax and olive oil, but dont know much about that. Are there any styling products, with good shine and extremely good hold, for men?

Like no water. Just the flour rubbed into your hair, like a bird in a dustbath. Shouldnt this have the same effect?

Started nopoo over 8 years ago. For the first several years, I’d use a natural lightweight shampoo, and I’d use it less and less frequent until I hardly had to anymore.

Amazing results. Hair grows fast, it’s full, curly, dense. For the last 2 years, I’ve essentially stopped using shampoo altogether. Now, I probably shampoo once or twice a year.

These past few days, I’ve noticed my hair has started to dread up at my callus and fall out. My hair is wavy in some areas and curly in others. These dreads are usually 10-20 hairs and they’ve fallen out like once a day for the last several days, which is unusual to me. Aside from this, I probably don’t lose more than 20 hairs a day.

Hello,

I have been using Katherine Sewing's recipe/instructions for the hair oil treatment and rhassoul clay wash. I have naturally fine, straight hair that reaches my mid back. I used to digitally perm my hair, so the hair below my ears is all permed & damaged. I have since then stopped perming my hair and am trying to embrace my natural hair texture.

I have been washing my hair about once/week to once/1.5 weeks with the overnight oil treatment and rhassoul clay wash. I use dry shampoo in between washes and also a bamboo/sisal fiber brush to redistribute the oils. I haven't really had a problem with oiliness using this method, but I have had a lot of dandruff. I try to brush/shake it out but there is a lot of it.

Are there natural remedies you recommend for dandruff? I am trying to grow my hair as long as possible but it has been a struggle due to previous chemical damage from my perms/split ends.. I want to continue to not have to wash my hair often but the dandruff is so annoying.