Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I use a non permanent hair color and would love to go no 'poo . Anyone here have any experience with this ? tnx, Shirley

flag	asked Mar 7 2010 at 19:36 Shirley Sommers 21●3

	Every time there is a mention of No Poo somewhere, there are tons of questions and comments from experience. So, I thought it might be a good idea to set up a question and answer site to help beginners, and kind of let everyone discuss the No Shampoo/Soap lifestyle, and all the different experiences and experiments we are doing... beyondshampoo.com – VelaCreations Jan 5 2011 at 23:42
	At first I thought your post had something to do with constipation and #2! LOL... – Lady_Arwen Dec 9 2011 at 4:04

henny · Answer 1 · 2010-03-07 21:19:20Z UTC

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My thought is that no 'poo would be less 'corrosive' on the semi-permanent colour than exposing it to shampoo chemicals. Give it a try!

answered Mar 7 2010 at 21:19

henny

GB · Answer 2 · 2010-03-07 21:30:23Z UTC

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I have not seen this, in any no poo advice, but you can quite successfully wash your hair and body with honey. It's actually quite pleasant. All the no pooers blogs I've seen have a sort of baking soda, vinegar mix.

answered Mar 7 2010 at 21:30

GB
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puddlefoot · Answer 3 · 2010-03-08 00:01:21Z UTC

I've been doing straight-edge no-pooing (no honey, no baking soda, no vinegar, just rinsing with water) for a month now. I color my hair with henna which was quite a challenge since I'm not shampooing. The last time I colored was 2 weeks after I stopped shampooing. I found it very drying. My hair lost all of the oily build up that it had acquired and got all fly-away. The color took just fine though and so far (it's been two weeks) seems to be holding just fine.

Laura · Answer 4 · 2010-03-10 15:30:41Z UTC

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I've decided to skip the shampoo and conditioner--so far on day 5. I just braid it and stick a hat on so I'm not tempted to mess with my hair and feel how gross and oily it is.

I'm not real big on intermediate steps, honey, baking soda, etc, so I'm just going to see how it goes scrubbing with water.

answered Mar 10 2010 at 15:30

Laura
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I use dry shampoo sometimes if things start looking too greasy. If you have blonde or very light hair, white starches like tapioca/potao starch works. If you have brown or reddish brown hair you can use cocoa powder mixed with tapioca. Black or very red hair is harder but there are mineral based dry shampoos out there. – wood Mar 29 2011 at 7:07

Yoannah_offca · Answer 5 · 2011-03-29 14:45:58Z UTC

I still use shampoo, but I got down to use it about once in 5 days (I want to get used to a week of no washing). I use semi-permanent dyes, and it's been ok. The color lasts for longer if you don't wash that often too. I am thinking of switching off completely, even though the shampoo I'm using now is very delicate and natural. I might try the baking soda method...

No-'poo vs. hair coloring

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