2016 Coffee Tea Acv Avj Ayurvedic Clay Powders Challenge

[Shay72]

I'm so proud of myself. I finally did a tea rinse today. It was burdock root, horsetail, and saw palmetto. I also used Claudie's Hair Tea Spritz as my leave in.

 

[Shay72]

Steeping burdock root, horsetail, and saw palmetto overnight for a tea rinse in the morning.

 

[fifigirl]

Co washed my hair this morning with Hairveda amla cream rinse mixed with Activated charcoal powder! My hair felt amazing!

 

[MileHighDiva]

Co washed my hair this morning with Hairveda amla cream rinse mixed with Activated charcoal powder! My hair felt amazing!

What ratio did you use? Maybe, this is the solution, I need to squash my curiosity about charcoal poo.

 

[KinksAndInk]

Did a black tea prepoo last night and I'm doing a clay (calcium bentonite and acv) wash now. Thinking about using green tea as a final rinse.

 

[fifigirl]

What ratio did you use? Maybe, this is the solution, I need to squash my curiosity about charcoal poo.

I added 1 tsp (american)of charcoal to 8oz of the conditioner

 

[meka72]

Brewed some hibiscus and green teas for my next wash day.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

Used:
Slippery Elm Tea

 

[Shay72]

Did a tea rinse this morning with my burdock root, horsetail, and saw palmetto combo.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

Will Steep a Pot of:
Pure Green Tea

 

[Shay72]

Used Claudie's Hair Tea Spritz as my leave in this morning

 

[IDareT'sHair]

Marshmallow Root Tea

 

[trclemons]

Currently DCing with HydroQuench Honey Pineapple & Botanical Peppermint Coconut DCs mixed with Amla powder for an hour under my heat cap.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

Brewing a Pot of Pure Green Tea

 

[trclemons]

I finished my shampoo session with an ACV rinse.

 

[nothidden]

I bought a pitcher today just for green tea. No more brewing a cup before every wash!

 

[imaginary]

used neem as a pre-treatment for my scalp before washing today.

 

[Ltown]

Used ayurveda from hennasooq great ingredient but i put softening conditioner over so don't know the effects but will try again.
ingredient: organic cassia obovata, organic amla, organic neem, organic aloe vera, organic tulsi, brahmi, bhringraj, shikakai

 

[IDareT'sHair]

That Blend sounds good LT

@Ltown

 

[xu93texas]

Doing an overnight pre-poo with Dabur Vatika oil and AVJ.

I have fenugreek and nettle tea steeping for a tea rinse in the AM

 

[claud-uk]

Used ayurveda from hennasooq great ingredient but i put softening conditioner over so don't know the effects but will try again.
ingredient: organic cassia obovata, organic amla, organic neem, organic aloe vera, organic tulsi, brahmi, bhringraj, shikakai

That does sound delicious IDT! @Ltown does that come in powder form or liquid?

LADIES - I did my first two-step henna/indigo last weekend. I let the henna sit for 6 hours, added wheatgerm oil and avocado oils and applied. It went on SO smoothly, just glid(?) over my hair, it was an amazing experience. Rinsed after 3 hours, my hair was Bright Orange Pink lol!

I then mixed indigo and applied pretty much immediately. That was HORRIFIC! No matter how much water I used the mixture was dry crumbly and really difficult to apply, large lumps dropping everywhere... end result is that the front of my hair is near black and the back is red. I want black hair. I have lots of henna, indigo, cassia, amla. I'm happy to henna again but I can't go through indigo'ing again but I want the effects. Can I henna then dye my hair black with Bigen or something? Can I brew the indigo like tea rather than a paste and saturate my hair overnight under saran? All and any suggestions please!

@IDareT'sHair

 

[claud-uk]

Yesterday I cleansed with Teressentials Hair Wash in Cool Mint. I'm just about out of this, so it's back to DIY clay masks. After the clay I sprayed my scalp with a mix of green tea, spirulina, and chlorella. Spirulina in my smoothies caused a growth spurt over the Fall, so I'm wondering if applying nutrients directly to my scalp will help my follicles. Among other things, Spirulina and Chlorella contain biotin.

Afterwards I finished w/KCKT and KCCC.

@nothidden - can you tell me more about your diy clay masks? What you use, what for, how often, also are you hi/lo po? TVM! And nice idea about a pot purely for tea, I bought one myself today.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

@claud-uk

Sounds like your Indigo is old = (dry & crumbly). Once you have the Henna stain, you can put Indigo right on top of it w/o Henna'ing again.

No need to re-apply Henna once you have the stain.

I'd stick to Indigo (instead of trying Bigen etc....) as you know Henna must be grown out or chopped out.

 

[Ltown]

That does sound delicious IDT! @Ltown does that come in powder form or liquid?

LADIES - I did my first two-step henna/indigo last weekend. I let the henna sit for 6 hours, added wheatgerm oil and avocado oils and applied. It went on SO smoothly, just glid(?) over my hair, it was an amazing experience. Rinsed after 3 hours, my hair was Bright Orange Pink lol!

I then mixed indigo and applied pretty much immediately. That was HORRIFIC! No matter how much water I used the mixture was dry crumbly and really difficult to apply, large lumps dropping everywhere... end result is that the front of my hair is near black and the back is red. I want black hair. I have lots of henna, indigo, cassia, amla. I'm happy to henna again but I can't go through indigo'ing again but I want the effects. Can I henna then dye my hair black with Bigen or something? Can I brew the indigo like tea rather than a paste and saturate my hair overnight under saran? All and any suggestions please!

@IDareT'sHair

it came in powder form from hennasooq.

 

[Nix08]

Did an acv rinse today......my hair is feeling a little meh but I hope it will be good once it dries.

 

[Shay72]

Did a tea rinse with burdock root, horsetail, and saw palmetto. Washed with Bobeam's Cocoa & Rhassoul bar. Used Claudie's Tea Spritz as a leave in.

 

[nothidden]

@nothidden - can you tell me more about your diy clay masks? What you use, what for, how often, also are you hi/lo po? TVM! And nice idea about a pot purely for tea, I bought one myself today.

Thanks. If you're not already using green tea, be ready for a dramatic decrease in shedding. I cannot believe doing something so simple has made such a big difference.

Anyway, I believe my hair falls between low and normal porosity, though I haven't done any 'testing' or had a hair analysis. I think my crown and areas in the back are still low (takes a long time to become saturated), but I believe everywhere else has improved to normal porosity.

I have a 5 lb bag of sodium bentonite clay from bulkapothecary.com (killer cheap!). I add enough to coconut water so that it's really creamy. Sometimes I add raw honey, but most of the time I don't. Also, I sometimes warm it before application. I use it for cleansing and curl definition. Sodium is much more conditioning than the calcium version, but I never had a problem w/the calcium version. I 'clay' usually on Sundays.

 

[claud-uk]

Thank you @nothidden - I'm going to "clay" myself this coming wash day!!! One last question, sorry, do you use Coconut Water alone (like that comes in the carton), or Coconut Cream (in the tin, that has creamy stuff at the top and the water at the bottom until you shake it up)? I won't do anything until I hear back!

 

[nothidden]

Thank you @nothidden - I'm going to "clay" myself this coming wash day!!! One last question, sorry, do you use Coconut Water alone (like that comes in the carton), or Coconut Cream (in the tin, that has creamy stuff at the top and the water at the bottom until you shake it up)? I won't do anything until I hear back!

No problem. I use the water that comes in a carton. Also, if there is any leftover, I put it in the fridge. It will spoil if you leave it out.

 

[nothidden]

@claud-uk - and make sure you get pulp free or you'll probably have bits to pick out of your hair.