RE: Personal Hygiene/Personal Care Products (WAS: Hair) [s]

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maureen smith Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:37 PM To:

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Food] Hair

 

Does your hair look oily at all? How do you get your hair clean? Do you

have to brush it more often. I heard where they do not take baths they used

cornmeal to brush thru head hair to absorb the oils. They massage in and

brush out. I am not sure if this works or not. Just wanna know what you

do. I read an article where a girl did not wash her hair for 10 years or

more and had long hair.

Thanks.

Maureen

 

Valerie Mills Daly <valdaly wrote:

I have not said anything about my own experiment in this area until now, and

here it is for what it is worth. I have had problems with thinning hair,

especially in the crown area, for several years. A few weeks ago I came

across some information both here and on some other groups that suggested

ingredients common to almost all shampoos, including most 'natural'

products, might be a contributing factor to this problem. I stopped using

shampoo about four weeks ago, and I don't use anything at all except water.

While I can't say I have noticed any regrowth, there is a lot less hair in

my sink, and a lot less in my brush than I have seen in a long time. My hair

feels different, lays differently, and appears thicker than when using the

shampoo. It does not seem as fine and 'fly-away' as it did before. I don't

know if this is a result of the natural oils hanging around or what. The

other positive thing is I can rinse my hair as needed during the day (after

periods of exercise/exertion),

and it doesn't appear to dry out my hair at all. So, for now anyway, I am

sticking with this practice.

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There is abundant evidence, unfortunately primarily anecdotal (as Valerie's

story, above) that virtually all hair care products are damaging. Look at it

this way: how much effort, how much water, does it take to rinse the stuff

out of your hair? What you don't succeed in removing sticks to your hair.

Because it is heavier than hair (in general), it weighs down your hair,

" flattening " it, destroying the " body, " etc. So the simple act of stopping

use of these products improves almost everyone's hair, pretty much

overnight.

 

This relates to a larger topic on which I wrote awhile back. We have been

educated to think in terms of doing (treating symptoms, taking something,

etc.) and we have even been trained to believe that our RF lifestyle is

" healing us. " In truth, none of this is any more important than what we STOP

eating when we go raw, or what we stop putting on our skin, in our hair,

into our environment (cleaning and laundry), etc. Stopping as many acts of

self-poisoning as possible can only lead to improved health, even if we add

nothing " healthy " at all!

 

Also, on the topic of oily hair, the body exudes oil through the scalp

primarily for either of both of 2 reasons:

 

1. You are eating too much oil.

2. Your body presently contains excess oil.

 

So appreciate that your body has the good sense to remove foreign matter you

are putting into it, reduce your fat intake to less than 10% of total

calories consumed. Use lemon juice and water, or plain water (NOT vinegar)

to rinse off your hair, and that's it. I do NOT recommend leaving the lemon

juice on for any length of time at all. The acid in the lemon juice will cut

the oil in the hair pretty much on contact, and I have never met anyone with

an acid deficiency. Be patient, give things a couple of days to work fully,

and you'll be fine.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

 

 

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" INFO @ Vibrant Life " <VLinfo wrote:

2. Your body presently contains excess oil.

 

Well this explains my hair.... for sure... now to fix it...

 

......<snip>

 

Use lemon juice and water, or plain water (NOT vinegar)

to rinse off your hair, and that's it. ...<snip>

 

How much lemon per wash.. I wash my hair every day.. should li then only wash

once every other day or so?? Also.. if I were to have lemon juice squeezed into

a bottle of water (like a shampoo bottle) how long would it last before going

bad?

 

Be patient, give things a couple of days to work fully,

and you'll be fine.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

I have let my hair just einse with water before and the end result was awfull..

My hair was like straw.... why was this?? I am known for my hair, eyes, and

teeth. But I do see lately since I have gotten older that the hair is thining.

Never thought to look at the hair products. Since I make my own soap maybe I

should try and use them for my hair also.

 

How does one become a " certified organic " product.?

 

 

 

 

 

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Debbie writes:

 

How much lemon per wash.. I wash my hair every day.. should li then only

wash once every other day or so?? Also.. if I were to have lemon juice

squeezed into a bottle of water (like a shampoo bottle) how long would it

last before going bad?

_____

Hi Debbie,

 

In the interest of fostering self-reliance, let's return your questions back

to you. How do you think you might answer your own questions here? For that

matter, given that none of us has ever seen you or your hair, how do you

imagine we might go about answering your questions?

 

The freshness question does get a response -- use a fresh lemon each

washing, look back at Lori's post(s) for ideas on what else you can do with

that lemon.

 

Elchanan

 

 

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