Distilled or Deionised?

[Bublin]

Which is better for our hair?

I'm having a hard time finding distilled so is it OK to use Deionised water in my spray bottle?

 

[halee_J]

For hair purposes, its about the same. Both are purified water, without minerals. Deionized water is water with the dissolved minerals removed by special filters, as opposed to being distilled (boiled into steam and then condensed back into liquid leaving the minerals behind).

 

[lovelexi]

Which is better for our hair?

I'm having a hard time finding distilled so is it OK to use Deionised water in my spray bottle?

really? it is sold in bottles at almost all grocery stores. do you have a whole foods near by? thats where we get our distilled water from. (the store brand)

 

[Bublin]

^^^ Yes really, i'm in the UK and Deionised is everywhere but no distilled. Maybe someone in London can help out but Halee j just said both were fine.

 

[temfash]

^^^ Yes really, i'm in the UK and Deionised is everywhere but no distilled. Maybe someone in London can help out but Halee j just said both were fine.

I have'nt seen any distilled water anywhere and trust I've looked, I just stick with deionised water.......

 

[sithembile]

Where are you finding deionised water in the UK? Also, I thought someone had said in the Ladies in Europe thread that we could find distilled water at petrol stations, I haven't looked though.

 

[Bublin]

Where are you finding deionised water in the UK? Also, I thought someone had said in the Ladies in Europe thread that we could find distilled water at petrol stations, I haven't looked though.

That was my mistake (and someone else said that too i think). I thought what i was buying was distilled - not looking at the label. All petrol stations and BSS's in the uk sell deionised. I remember back in the day all bottled water used to be labelled distilled.

 

[bimtheduck]

Okay I've been wonderign the same thing. I can only find distilled. Glad to know they're pretty much the same.