I just had to testify! (Tea Rinsing)

[Faith]

I tried the coffee rinse and didn't like it much. I'll stick with the tea rinses.

 

[Faith]

I forgot to ask. How many bags of tea:water?

 

[~*~ShopAholic~*~]

I think it's been like 2 wks since I tried the tea rinse and my shedding hasn't picked back up, I was suppose to do my hair yesterday, but tonight it shall be. I have my tea all ready in water bottle, LOL, I am gonna do them every 2wks to see if it keeps the shedding away.

How often are you doing them?

yep! before or after

update, I havent done another tea rinse since and my shedding turned back to normal, back to tea rinses for me

and coffee

 

[jerseygurl]

Tried it didn't work. I think it made it worse, oh well...

 

[thaidreams]

I think it's been like 2 wks since I tried the tea rinse and my shedding hasn't picked back up, I was suppose to do my hair yesterday, but tonight it shall be. I have my tea all ready in water bottle, LOL, I am gonna do them every 2wks to see if it keeps the shedding away.

How often are you doing them?

I'd like to know the above as well. I just ran out of garlic pills, so I'm going to try the tea rinse to see if it helps to combat my shedding.

 

[Irresistible]

I'd like to know the above as well. I just ran out of garlic pills, so I'm going to try the tea rinse to see if it helps to combat my shedding.

I'm gonna just include them into my weekly routine

 

[Irresistible]

I think it's been like 2 wks since I tried the tea rinse and my shedding hasn't picked back up, I was suppose to do my hair yesterday, but tonight it shall be. I have my tea all ready in water bottle, LOL, I am gonna do them every 2wks to see if it keeps the shedding away.

How often are you doing them?

its been several weeks for me , since this thread, so thats probably why it picked back up, plus I pressed

but I'm getting right back to it

 

[Irresistible]

I tried the coffee rinse and didn't like it much. I'll stick with the tea rinses.

I'm still gonna try the coffee, but methinks I'm gonna like the tea best too

 

[Irresistible]

I forgot to ask. How many bags of tea:water?

I did one tea bag for every 8oz or so, and just added a couple more on top of that

it worked just fine

I might play around with and try a little stronger brew, but I wouldnt go too strong-still concerned with the caffeine absorption in high amounts

 

[Irresistible]

I wonder if this will work better for shedding than garlic oil...

it worked great

never tried garlic oil, but I know the tea rinses must smell better

 

[chiliz345]

I love tea rinses as well! The coffee for hair growth thread got me hooked on it. Did you guys also read the thread about catnip being good for split ends? What do you think about brewing the tea and catnip together? The way I see it, it's like killing 2 birds with 1 stone but I don't know if I'm trying to do too much at once.

 

[Whimsy]

Damn! I leave the forums for a while and come back to a new rinsing technique!! ::running to kitchen for some liptons::

 

[Irresistible]

Damn! I leave the forums for a while and come back to a new rinsing technique!! ::running to kitchen for some liptons::

 

[Luxurious12]

So wait, you just brew some tee, wash your hair rinse it out put some conditioner in it and rinse it out with tea? Right?

 

[Irresistible]

So wait, you just brew some tee, wash your hair rinse it out put some conditioner in it and rinse it out with tea? Right?

you can do it in any order you want

I did it before conditioning , but would also do it as a final rinse as well

 

[Luxurious12]

Thanks! I'm going to try it today!

 

[Irresistible]

Thanks! I'm going to try it today!

let us know how you like it and how it goes

 

[Irresistible]

I love tea rinses as well! The coffee for hair growth thread got me hooked on it. Did you guys also read the thread about catnip being good for split ends? What do you think about brewing the tea and catnip together? The way I see it, it's like killing 2 birds with 1 stone but I don't know if I'm trying to do too much at once.

never heard of the catnip thing

 

[Faith]

I do mine as the final rinse. I do it then towel dry.

 

[It~Can~Grow]

Read whole thread and decided to give the tea rinse, for shedding, a try and while I cannot report (yet) that my shedding was completely gone after one rinse, I CAN say that it was reduced by 60%.

This is exciting for me because during the winter I always have tons in the shower strainer and during detangling tons more and during roller set I always have to clean the comb twice no matter how gentle.

This time I only cleaned the comb (fine tooth) at the end of the entire rolling process and was minimal.

Now for the comments/question.
Comment: I went to the dollar tree to see if they had any teas and found Black Tea, Green Tea and the Orange Pekoe ($1 each ). Went across the street to the grocers and found Chamomile.

Question: However no luck finding Nettle, Sage or Hibiscus...where can I find these remaining teas?

Thanks, Ladies for your help and ear

 

[GV-NA-GI-TLV-GE-I]

Read whole thread and decided to give the tea rinse, for shedding, a try and while I cannot report (yet) that my shedding was completely gone after one rinse, I CAN say that it was reduced by 60%.

This is exciting for me because during the winter I always have tons in the shower strainer and during detangling tons more and during roller set I always have to clean the comb twice no matter how gentle.

This time I only cleaned the comb (fine tooth) at the end of the entire rolling process and was minimal.

Now for the comments/question.
Comment: I went to the dollar tree to see if they had any teas and found Black Tea, Green Tea and the Orange Pekoe ($1 each ). Went across the street to the grocers and found Chamomile.

Question: However no luck finding Nettle, Sage or Hibiscus...where can I find these remaining teas?

Thanks, Ladies for your help and ear

Try your healthfood store.

 

[AtlantaJJ]

That reminds me, I can make a green tea spritz tonight!!

I'm glad this thread popped up!!

 

[AtlantaJJ]

I haven't kept up with the pages, are you ladies combining your teas ? I have horsetail ... I think I'll do that and green tea together tonight....

 

[GV-NA-GI-TLV-GE-I]

I tried it last night. First, I finally used my paste of tulsi (holy basil), amla (Indian goosebery) and neem powders with water, applied to scalp and left on for an hour, rinsed with water, then tea rinsed. Then I pplied bhringraj oil to scalp and castor to the ends to seal. I am now oil pre-poo, oil rinsing and washing out with shikakai 3-n-1 bar (shikakai, bhringraj and amla?) for a purely ayurvedic treatment. Trying to push the strands to waistlength...push for a full bsl..gotta long way for the top to go, dang.

Well, my new growth is throwing up gang signs lolol! It's stronger and thicker, which I had expected from the amla. I need to condition now with a heating cap with coconut.

 

[AtlantaJJ]

I tried it last night. First, I finally used my paste of tulsi (holy basil), amla (Indian goosebery) and neem powders with water, applied to scalp and left on for an hour, rinsed with water, then tea rinsed. Then I pplied bhringraj oil to scalp and castor to the ends to seal. I am now oil pre-poo, oil rinsing and washing out with shikakai 3-n-1 bar (shikakai, bhringraj and amla?) for a purely ayurvedic treatment. Trying to push the strands to waistlength...push for a full bsl..gotta long way for the top to go, dang.

Well, my new growth is throwing up gang signs lolol! It's stronger and thicker, which I had expected from the amla. I need to condition now with a heating cap with coconut.

Throwing up gang signs!! You got some crips and bloods up in there?

 

[AtlantaJJ]

I just used some plain ole ... kinda old in the back of the cupboard green tea to spritz my scalp while braiding....


Dang if only lost one hair when I normally have little circles all over the place

I can do this daily!! Oh my!!

 

[AtlantaJJ]

I'm loving this tea rinse! I just washed and sprayed my scalp with green tea before putting on my conditioner. I'm going to follow with another tea rinse before I put on my leave-in.

Question, does anyone keep tea in their spray bottle for any number of days? I always end up with some left but I haven't tried to keep it after my wash. That seems like a waste.

 

[Faith]

I'm going to keep my tea spray for a week...I'll let you know how it goes.

 

[Hot40]

Wow just found this thread. Can I use Lipton or Green Tea I have in the pantry?

I want to know if this is a conditioner???

 

[MagnoliaBelle]

I'm glad I inspired you, Iris. The coffee rinse was A-Maz-Ing. It stopped shedding dramatically. Instantaneously. I will always do this. Coffee and tea both contain caffeine, and I was inspired by the Coffee for Hair Growth Thread, the OP made some excellent points and i thought, I've gotta try this. It is the Caffeine in those teas that does the job. Coffee also dies the hair, and their were posts on that as well.

Here is a copy of my Report.

Report. Hair has been worn in a weekly co-wash-n-go bun for one month. At day's end, when removing satin scrunchie, for the last month, shed hair was always in scrunchie - alot of shed hair in scrunchie. Gripe. Reflect that shedding may be do to seasonal changes. Gripe.

Report. I sprayed Maxwell House XXXStrong Brew (my measurements)yesterday, along hairline and nape and in the middle where i had breakage.

Report. This morning, upon styling hair, 3 hairs in scrunchie. Sprayed Coffee Tonic along hairline and nape before re-applying bun. Report. Tonight, after removing scrunchie, 1 teeny, tiny hair found in scrunchie. Report. Sprayed scalp vigorously with Coffee Tonic again tonight. Will co-wash tomorrow. Will use Maxwell House XXXStrong Coffee as DC and as Leave-In. Will use Coffee Tonic twice daily. Will have waistlength hair in one year.

End of Report.

Yaaaa!

Thanks and Blessings to you, OP!

I have now made a coffee oil laced with Maka powder, and it is doing a fabulous job. I am not spritzing my hair anymore because I'm wearing it straight. So I made this oil for this purpose...The oil is also awesome!

I wear my hair staightened with the flatironed. How can I make the coffee/tea oil?
I can't wait to try.
Thanks!