Coffee,Tea,ACV,AVJ & Ayurvedic Challenge 2013

Nix08 Hey lady! Can you help me please? I want to make a tea and avj mix to use as a final rinse. I'm using 3 tea bags but I'm not sure how much water and how much avj to use. I don't want it to be weak or too strong and I only want to make it for a single use. What should be my measurements?
 
Babygrowth said:
Nix08 Hey lady! Can you help me please? I want to make a tea and avj mix to use as a final rinse. I'm using 3 tea bags but I'm not sure how much water and how much avj to use. I don't want it to be weak or too strong and I only want to make it for a single use. What should be my measurements?
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Sorry not to have responded sooner Babygrowth...I use equal parts avj to my tea mixture. I'm stingy with my tea:look: so I would use only 1 tea bag and use a cup of water to make the tea. Really I personally would use half a tea bag to a cup of water..I usually don't make my leave in strong...but...I forgot the last brew I made and left it overnight and it has still been good.
When I portion out my leave in blend I use 2.5 ounces of tea and 2.5 ounces of avj and I don't squeeze out the water from my hair before adding the mix.

Hope that helps and I haven't simply confused you:look:
 
Yesterday, I covered my hair and scalp in TeaLightful Shine and let it sit overnight before my wash.

Finished with Afroveda ACV Rinse
 
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Nix08 said:
Sorry not to have responded sooner Babygrowth...I use equal parts avj to my tea mixture. I'm stingy with my tea:look: so I would use only 1 tea bag and use a cup of water to make the tea. Really I personally would use half a tea bag to a cup of water..I usually don't make my leave in strong...but...I forgot the last brew I made and left it overnight and it has still been good.
When I portion out my leave in blend I use 2.5 ounces of tea and 2.5 ounces of avj and I don't squeeze out the water from my hair before adding the mix.

Hope that helps and I haven't simply confused you:look:
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You didn't confuse me! Lol! I ended up doing 3 tea bags in 2 cups of water. This should last me 3 uses then. I should've did 1.5 cups but I'm still figuring some things out. Thanks hon!
 
Nix08 I used cinnamon/black tea, chamomile, and green tea... not the most moisturizing blend. I used 2oz of that plus 2oz of avj and my hair is soft and cuticles are laid! I'm going to use the avj again on Saturday but use it with my Njoi herbal rinse which is much more moistuizing/conditioning and save that mix for under my DC's or prepoos...
 
ArrrBeee said:
Nope. The last brand I tried was Nupur. If you're in the states, I could send you some if you'd like. Just PM me.

Did a leave in of Marshmallow Root Tea.
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Thank you so so much for your response and generosity concerning the Napur. I had a not so nice experience with that brand, plus I'm not in the states at the moment, either.

Since I'm still researching info on the Rajasthani brand, I just used up the rest of the one I had (Zarqa and it works wonders! :grin:....hoping the stores will carry it again) and I tried something new....mixing it with coconut milk instead
of the usual water and all.

Extremely soft and strong hair results.

Next, I'd like to try some of that Marshmallow Root Tea, which sounds yummy!:lick:

Did you mix it with anything to make it a leave in?

HHJ Ladies!:yep:
 
So all this week I've been using my cinnamon, green tea & aloe to rinse or just apply on my scalp. I chose these to help with my shedding & dandruff. My dandruff has decreased a bit compared to how it's been the past few weeks. I'll see how the shedding is on wash day (sunday).
 
nurseN98 said:
So all this week I've been using my cinnamon, green tea & aloe to rinse or just apply on my scalp. I chose these to help with my shedding & dandruff. My dandruff has decreased a bit compared to how it's been the past few weeks. I'll see how the shedding is on wash day (sunday).
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I made this same mix with the addition of chamomile and I'm going to try spritzing daily to see if it does anything. At least until my scalp spritz from SSI comes...
 
Steaming Coffee under Silk Dreams Avocado Pudding.

Will do a Tea Rinse.

My Bear Fruit Hair Ayurvedic Hair Creme came today:lick:
 
Actually I have a question.
I have about 5 new tea's. I heard on another thread that you should only introduce something new once a week just in case anything goes wrong its easy to pin point the problem area.

As of right now I have been using 3 bags of back tea, 1 bag of green tea and 1 bag of chamomile (to 5 cups of water, and I use all 5 cups on my head every tea rinse). And it usually sits for about an hour, hour and a half before I put it in my hair....then it sits in my hair for 45mins to an hour.

How should I go about adding in the new tea's? Should I do it one by one a tea spoon at a time? Haas anyone noticed benefits from letting some tea's steep longer/shorter than others?

Stash: (bold is new)
Green Tea
Black Tea
Oolong
Chamomile
Nettle
Burdock Root
Hibiscus
Marshmallow Root
Rose Hips
 
hnntrr that is the responsible/safe way to go about it....I suffer from great impatience so could never do it :look:
The new teas that you've purchased are more moisturizing and likely won't have an adverse effects on your hair however caution is a good thing when starting out your hair journey. I tend to brew my batches overnight if I'm using it as a rinse. And less time if I'm leaving it in. Also the longer I brew, the less tea that I use...half a teaspoon is how I would go.
 
Made a henna gloss with nupur 9 herb. Lots of ayurvedic goodies in. Made it with green tea. Currently DCing and will do a final ACV rinse.
 
grow said:
Thank you so so much for your response and generosity concerning the Napur. I had a not so nice experience with that brand, plus I'm not in the states at the moment, either.

Since I'm still researching info on the Rajasthani brand, I just used up the rest of the one I had (Zarqa and it works wonders! :grin:....hoping the stores will carry it again) and I tried something new....mixing it with coconut milk instead
of the usual water and all.

Extremely soft and strong hair results.

Next, I'd like to try some of that Marshmallow Root Tea, which sounds yummy!:lick:

Did you mix it with anything to make it a leave in?

HHJ Ladies!:yep:
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You're welcome. No I just made it straight.
 
@hnntrr

I come up with very hair friendly Combos and I steep them overnight.

Like, I'll see what I want to do.

Horsaetail & Nettle +1
Burdock Root & Neem +1

I just create my own Combos depending on the results I want (or think I want)

Or if I read a post and it sounds like a good blend, I'll try it.

I always use Saw Palmetto in all my blends as a DHT Blocker. And maybe Horsetail for growth.

I haven't had any ill effects of the tea combos I've been using. Lemme bump that CC Naturals post I did and maybe you can read up on the Teas/Herbs more.
 
I need to get my Ayurveda stuff out of the freezer and start making teas. :crazy: I've been stuck on the Oolong for now.

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used coffee under my DC this morning for the first time.
me likey :lick:

my hair feels lighter, like if i were relaxed Id get a super bouncy rollerset.
I spritzed my naked hair after cleansing and I could tell from then that my hair liked the coffee
 
SimJam said:
used coffee under my DC this morning for the first time.
me likey :lick:

my hair feels lighter, like if i were relaxed Id get a super bouncy rollerset.
I spritzed my naked hair after cleansing and I could tell from then that my hair liked the coffee
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:grin:I really like doing this too SimJam It's my best 'tweak' of 2013 *so far*
 
SimJam said:
used coffee under my DC this morning for the first time.
me likey :lick:

my hair feels lighter, like if i were relaxed Id get a super bouncy rollerset.
I spritzed my naked hair after cleansing and I could tell from then that my hair liked the coffee
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I love this visual! I'm on this next month. Gotta get a single cup coffee cone and filters and coffee then its on!!!
 
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