Dry Shampoo Recipe

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brushing through hair I have recently decided that I'm 'over' using shampoo, and washing my hair in general. I have decided to go 'no poo' because my hair just does not seem to do anything worthwhile with shampoo.

Of course you have to clean your hair somehow and this is a good home made recipe for dry shampoo. Even if you have no issue washing your hair this is a good recipe to use because at times due to sickness or being out of home or camping or bizarre oily hair emergency you need a way to cut down the grease in your hair.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Source: https://www.nopoomethod.com/

Ingredients:

1/2 cup corn starch
1/2 cup cocoa (if you're brunette) or cinnamon if you're redhead, none if you're blonde
10 drops essential oil (I like lavender)

Steps:

Mix cornstarch. Add cocoa or cinnamon if wanted.

Add essential oil drops.

Mix well with a fork. Make sure that the oil distributes well throughout the product. It still needs to remain powdery and dry. The oil just adds a layer of cleansing and fragrance.

put in your hair and scrub into your scalp the way you would regular shampoo; make sure you get the powder to every inch of your scalp
take a clean bristle brush and brush it out to the roots, removing a lot of the powder - the powder will get on your brush and everything else, so beware
shake your hair out

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Sandi/Poor But Proud
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September 2, 20180 found this helpful

I hope that first brush is from a generic photo place. If not, that is broken hair that has built up on the brush and needs to be tossed or vigorously cleaned.

Keep in mind that hair is just dead skin so keeping up with the "hair care" is mainly just giving into the commercial hype.

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Hello
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September 3, 20180 found this helpful

sorry to say that was mine :D I know it's terrible but it looks worse than it is because the gunk on there is actually mainly the cacao mix that gets stuck in the bristles

I clean it whenever i think about it (not often enough) but honestly I don't know a good way to do it to get all the stuff off.. thoughts?

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leeanne collins

August 31, 20200 found this helpful

To clean the gunk from hair brushes, I use hot water, Dawn dish detergent and oxyclean, either powdered or liquid.
I put the cleaning ingredients in a quart jar, fill almost to the top with hot water from the sink, add the brushes and combs and let soak until I get around to digging out the remainder of the hair.

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oceanlock

February 27, 20220 found this helpful

Try sudsing ammonia. I fill my sink with hot water, add enough ammonia to suds but not take your breath away. After I get the majority of hair out of my brush, I add it and all my combs. Swish them around and let them sit for a while. I usually wait till next time I'm in the bathroom..no big hurry.

Drain the sink and rinse. You'll probably be shocked at how clean your brush is. I've been doing this at least once a month for over 60 years and I'm the third generation to do so.

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