castile soap + hair = ...?

alright now i bought dr bronners magic soap with tea tree oil


as you know its castile soap.. is this ok to use on hair? cause i used it once and it left a bunch of residue.. then i used it again (such a daredevil ) and the same thing happened

 

Why'd you buy it again if it leaves residue?

 

no i didnt buy it again, i bought it once

i used it twice

 

I have never used it in my hair, but friends that have told me that it dried their hair out quite a bit, and did leave some residue. I have a couple of friends (with dreads) that love the stuff for their hair...I don't wear dreads, so I don't know what the benefit is exactly. I love it for my body, but would hesitate to use it as shampoo. I think (not sure, though) that there is some info. on this on the Dr. Bronner website...I don't know the addy offhand, but if you plug in the name "Dr. Bronner" in Google or some other search engine, you should be able to bring it up. Good luck!

 

thanks sus i did go to the drbronner.com site but couldnt find anything.. i guess ill just use my own common sense and stop using it on my hair


it is great for my body though, i agree!

 

I wash my dreads with the peppermint dr bronners and no residue for me. works fine

 

I think it depends on how much you dilute it, but I find that I always get a residue with bronner's in my hair, and I've heard the same from a couple other women I know. Same with the bar soap unfortunatly.

 

have you tried doing a vinegar rinse? that might help cut thru the residue.

vinegar rinse= mix together about a liter of water and a couple of ounces of vinegar. dump it on your hair and leave it. dont rinse it out. when your hair is dry you wont be able to smell the vinegar anymore

 

I've been using this soap on my dreadlocks. The soap is fine for dreadlocks but for normal textured hair I'm not sure. See, it dries out my hair just a tad and I do need to do more than 2 rinses (usually go for 4 since I want my dreads CLEAR) and it smells great. I love the tea tree smell. Yum. Anyway, can't hurt to try again. Maybe, rinse your hair, wring it out till its not dripping wet and then stick your head under the shower nozzel again. You just might need to do a couple rinses.

 

to those of you with residue from using bronner's or other natural soaps: you have hard water, you lucky devils, you! (not) those of you with no residue, breathe a sigh of relief because your water is soft. chances are you don't have to scrub out a bathtub ring, either.

for those with hard water, about all you can do is either switch to a natural clarifying shampoo, preferably free from sodium laureth or laurel suphates, start buying distilled water to wash your hair with, or, even better, use a vinegar rinse. the vinegar rinse works great to clean the junk out of your hair, but it will dry it out. you can condition it with jojoba oil, just a drop or two on a comb or your palm, run thoroughly through the hair.

i have dreadlocks and i am allergic to most commercial shampoos. our water is harder than concrete and so i can't use the natural soaps without getting a head full of goo. i use only raw apple cider vinegar in a mild solution with a little lavender oil, once or twice a week, to clean my hair. the vinegar gets my hair really clean and helps the dreads lock up. they feel great, and the vinegar also helps to prevent the common problem of itchy scalp and dandruff that a lot of people with dreadlocks face.

for more on natural hair care options, see my response to dark star's post about clarifying shampoos & hair growth.

 

what great tips i will start using the vinegar rinse and get some jojoba oil, i didnt know you could use it like that!

 

oooooooooooo! very helpful kitty! Thanks for the dread tips...

 

What kind of water do oyu have... We have really really soft water and everything leaves a residue... when we had hard water everything washed away.. It might just be your water

 

It's hard to find shampoo without the laurel sulphates (a sudsing agent). I have used Main and Tail horse shampoo. It's OK...but has the laurel sulphates. I have developed the habit of placing cotton balls into my ear canals to keep the water out as I shampoo.Who wants shampoo in the ear canals ? I might try some shampoo with coconut oil. I can't think of anything worse than gummy residue hair...it's hell to comb thru..I find that I need x tra shampoo in hard water....and that water containing a lot of iron and lime deposits isn't good for you. When possible, I collect rain water...and I have used the vinegar in water rinse (for safety sake use a plastic container)..and it makes my hair wavy....I find that most commercial shampoos are just too overly scented, and the really cheap shampoos can strip the hair. They say to lather twice...I never do. Aussie makes some decent shampoo...the best shampoos are expensive, but, I go dutch , and split a bottle with a friend...that's one way to try a new product. Needless to say, I don't buy Gillette, or Proctor and Gamble products at all...ever....products not tested on animals...are best. We would think with all the so called know how...the chemists would finally GET IT....and just give us a gentle shampoo without a bunch of promises, and gimmicks...and artificial ingredients...

 

really? my local health food store carries at least half a dozen different brands that are sls free.

ps, watch out for parabens (tumour promoting) in some of the sls-free shampoo's

 

i like doc b's for shampoo, but then again i have very short hair. hell you can even brush your teeth with that stuff. i did that ONCE.

 

what was it like

 

Earthy Mama, how is "Croix" pronounced?

 

has anyone tried burts bees peppermint rosemary shampoo bar? i love it! it leaves no goo, even w/ hard water.