Detox your hair and remove built up silicone derivatives from using commercial hair care products with a few baths of the following:
- 1 cup of sea salt
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 cups bicarb soda (hop in the bath and swish your hair around in it)...read on to find out more...
About six years ago I also took the challenge and did this very same hair detox and it definitely wasn't pretty. I had been doing a lot of research and was amazed, shocked and quite disgusted at all the toxic chemicals used in personal care products so I decided to start using Miessence (and now sell the Miessence range on my website www.organicfocus.net) that the EWG rates in its top 5 safest brands. I purchased the Desert Flower Shampoo and Shine Herbal Hair Conditioner and after a week my hair felt absolutely awful! It literally stuck to my head! I had no movement and body. It was at this point I turned to the shampoo "unclog" Narelle Chenery talked Sarah Wilson into doing. Don't stop reading now as my story does have a happy ending...
The following is Narelle Chenery's explanation of why people MAY experience this when turning to 'natural' products for the first time (not all people experience what I went through) and the hair detox process:
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Hair Detox
You may experience a hair detox for the first few weeks if you have been using hair care with silicone derivatives. Commercial hair care products often leave your hair coated with plastic from the silicone derivatives (dimethicone, cylcomethicone, any chemical with ‘cone’ in it) they contain.
Miessence shampoos will not foam and the hair care will not work effectively until you have removed this coating by detoxing your hair. This can be done a number of ways:
• Over time - using our products until it happens (slowly – the clarifying hair rinse will assist)
• Detoxing your hair with a few baths of 1 cup sea salt, 1 cup apple cider vinegar 2 cups bicarb soda (hop in the bath and swish your hair around in it)
• Making a paste of bicarb soda and our shampoo and washing your hair with it a few times
• Making a paste of clay (one of our masks - or just clay from the health food store) with our shampoo and washing your hair with that a few times.
While your hair is detoxing, it may feel dry and knotty. This is normal, as the hair is eliminating the silicone from your hair. Once they have been dissolved, you will find our shampoo foams and your hair is silky and soft. Protect Hair Repair will help with knotty hair during the detox process.
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After about one month of walking around with a hat on hiding limp, lifeless hair, the natural oils found there way back through my blocked follicles. I can honesty say I would never go back to using commercial hair products. My hair is now soft and silky and I'm not exposing myself or my family (we all use the Miessence hair care) to a cocktail of toxic chemicals. I even dislike the feeling of my hair after getting a wash and cut at a hair salon. Sarah also experienced greasy, limp hair through the detox but emerged at the other side shampooing "half as often" and styling with "sea-salt spray".
Take a look at Sarah Wilson's blog for a "list of top non-toxic beauty tips and products from Sarah and experts". She also has many wonderful things to say about the Miessence product range. Just go to www.sarahwilson.com.au.
If you are interested to view and possibly purchase the Miessence hair care range just go to this page on my website http://organicfocus.mionegroup.com/en/category/2
Have you gone 'natural' with your hair care? What products would you recommend?
“Susan is a mum with a young family who has always had a passion for the natural world and living a healthy, chemical free life. She has spent the last 6 years in a quest to find the best certified organic products and produce for her family and the planet. She has several business interests now including a successful organic home business, www.organicfocus.net.”
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