Coffee,Tea,ACV,AVJ & Ayurvedic Challenge 2013

ordered an indigo kit from mehandi.com. Man, that mess was pricey with shipping! hopefully, next time i can find some BAQ indigo in the Indian market area in town. it's just difficult because most the shop owners act like they dont know what you're talking about as some of the packages are not in english when you ask for a translation. ugh!
 
DarkJoy said:
ordered an indigo kit from mehandi.com. Man, that mess was pricey with shipping! hopefully, next time i can find some BAQ indigo in the Indian market area in town. it's just difficult because most the shop owners act like they dont know what you're talking about as some of the packages are not in english when you ask for a translation. ugh!
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What is the Indian word for indigo?

Maybe you could print out a page written in Sanskrit and give it to them when you go to the Indian market?

I can't see any mentions on my IPhone. PM me if it is a must see. Allons y
 
Good idea HanaKuroi! I will do this.

Cuz henna locally is about 2.99 and I'm sure Indigo is about the same. Paying $30 for the Mehandi kit (with shipping) just about killed me!
 
Finally tried a coffee rinse. It was completely by accident. I brewed some Starbucks Kenya in my French Press for iced coffee but never went back to drink it, so I dumped it in my hair a day later. I'm trying to remember if I had sugar in it, because I am the type to put sugar in my French Press so I don't have to do it later. It was brown sugar -> molasses -> humectant? My hair did feel a little heavy.

Regardless, I liked it better than tea rinsing, but it irritated my crown which is my most tender and resilient area. Just made it a tad itchier.

I'll try it again, but next time with a cheaper coffee (I love coffee, but I can't be using $15 bags of coffee on my hair) and keep it at the same roast (medium) to avoid possible darkening with darker roast and caffeine overload with lighter roast.

Please excuse my iPhone; it's trying to get it together
 
Well, I have been following IDareT'sHair regarding tea rinsing for awhile. I clicked thanks a lot. I finally mixed a brew of horsetail, nettle, catnip, hibiscus and red rooibos because that is what I had on hand. I put the steeped brew in two spray bottles and 1 nozzle bottle. I applied the nozzle bottle portion to my hair and scalp prior to a DC with NG burdock root with walnut oil and hemp oil and steamed for a hour. I applied the leave in of cocoaloe, MD coconut detangler and sealed with shescentit carrot and pumpkin topped off with HH monoi cloud. Two days later my hair felt like silk. I kept feeling it to see if it was wet. It was dry. I had to do it again last night.It is still a little damp but so far not dried out like straw. I am an official tea practitioner!:lick:
 
felic1 said:
Well, I have been following IDareT'sHair regarding tea rinsing for awhile. I clicked thanks a lot. I finally mixed a brew of horsetail, nettle, catnip, hibiscus and red rooibos because that is what I had on hand. I put the steeped brew in two spray bottles and 1 nozzle bottle. I applied the nozzle bottle portion to my hair and scalp prior to a DC with NG burdock root with walnut oil and hemp oil and steamed for a hour. I applied the leave in of cocoaloe, MD coconut detangler and sealed with shescentit carrot and pumpkin topped off with HH monoi cloud. Two days later my hair felt like silk. I kept feeling it to see if it was wet. It was dry. I had to do it again last night.It is still a little damp but so far not dried out like straw. I am an official tea practitioner!:lick:
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That regi sounds delish! :lick: nice to hear the results were too!

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@felic1 Sounds like a nice Brew!:lick:

Yeah, you have to play around with the Combinations to see what works good for you and I'm tellin' You Chile.....

Once you find that Winning Combination Ms. Baby it's on........:lol:

Glad you got good results! :yep:

I am still experimenting & tweaking especially when adding new items to my Blend.

I just bought some Sage Tea and I am really liking it. It makes a great addition to Burdock Root, Horsetail, Nettle.

It's like it's a good fill-in.
 
felic1 said:
Well, I have been following IDareT'sHair regarding tea rinsing for awhile. I clicked thanks a lot. I finally mixed a brew of horsetail, nettle, catnip, hibiscus and red rooibos because that is what I had on hand. I put the steeped brew in two spray bottles and 1 nozzle bottle. I applied the nozzle bottle portion to my hair and scalp prior to a DC with NG burdock root with walnut oil and hemp oil and steamed for a hour. I applied the leave in of cocoaloe, MD coconut detangler and sealed with shescentit carrot and pumpkin topped off with HH monoi cloud. Two days later my hair felt like silk. I kept feeling it to see if it was wet. It was dry. I had to do it again last night.It is still a little damp but so far not dried out like straw. I am an official tea practitioner!:lick:
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That tea brew sounds yummy!!
 
Mint is chelating!

It is supposedly both chelate iron deposits as well as an anti-radioactive and anti-cancer herb. Soooooo.. :rolleyes::look: I was on wiki reading about herbs in general and came across this page, which led to more reasearch and this conclusion.

My hair AND finicky scalp loved the fresh mint infusion before (as well as my tummy). IDK why I stopped...:ohwell:

Sooooo ohhhhhh hellll yesss! It's on now. :lachen:

If I have time to take down these crochets, Imma do the Indigo (it should arrive by Friday). Will follow that with an under-DC--AO Blue Camomile--infusion of:

-fresh burdock root (fresh works soooooooo much better--available in your local Whole Foods fresh herbs cold case!)
-fresh mint
-oolong
-nettle
-Rooibos, since ya'll keep bringing it up. I have the Trader Joe's Red Chai (which is another name for roobois I just learned).

My hair needs pampering after 6 weeks in these crochets... it's time! And ya'll are both bad (for the inner herb junkie) and great influences! :lol:
 
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DarkJoy

Good Research. Thanks for sharing. :grin:

I was using Peppermint for Stimulation for a while until I started Drinking it & ran out.:look:....:nono:

I had spotted some: Pomegrante, Acai & Blueberry Tea but when I went back to get it, it was gone.:rolleyes:
 
felic1 said:
@DarkJoy...Ohhhhh, they have the fresh herbs at whole foods??? I have to go that way!!
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Oh yes felic1. Sometimes you get lucky. I got this fresh burdock root during the spring in like..april or may and its STILL good!

I highly suggest experimenting with fresh herbs on occassion. Any grocery store carries fresh rosemary, lavendar, mint, sage...

ooooo! :lick: Speaking of.... my hair likes rosemary too....:look: hmmm:rolleyes:
 
@DarkJoy

Well...I found my Acai, Pomegrante, Blueberry and will make a nice Blend with this real soon.:grin:

@Saludable84

Not sure about Fresh Mint but Peppermint Tea (Tea Bags) are incredible. Tingly, Stimulating & Refreshing.:lick:
 
IDareT'sHair said:
@DarkJoy

Well...I found my Acai, Pomegrante, Blueberry and will make a nice Blend with this real soon.:grin:

@Saludable84

Not sure about Fresh Mint but Peppermint Tea (Tea Bags) are incredible. Tingly, Stimulating & Refreshing.:lick:
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DarkJoy said:
Really good. Nice and clean and fresh. I dont think there's enough menthol in fresh leaves to give that minty feeling, which is more from concentrated or artifical oils I think. Saluable84
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I need supercooling effects! Nah, Im gonna try the mint tea though. Peppermint or spearmint. Im heavy with adding EO's :blush: Next thing you know Ill have a burning bush of a head :lol:
 
DarkJoy... I had no gas in my car heading to Whole Foods. A real PJ move. I got a cart. A small one. I had a little money and a food stamp card. Yes, I was chasing herbs with a snap card. My first stop was the burdock root. I picked it up. It is over a foot long. I put it in the cart. There were no other fresh herbs present that were on my list. On to the dry area. I copped(Like it was MJ) some slippery elm, marshmallow root. hibiscus, and rose petals. It was a no go for the bamboo silica tea. It is elusive. I do not have dry nettle, only tea. I guess it will do. I will be doing some concocting and steeping to top off this henna treatment.
I used napur last time instead of jamila. I guess that is why it did not turn out jet black like I wanted it to. This weekend is really looking exciting. I have a plan to grate up the burdock root. You know the grater that you use for cheese or coleslaw? I will use that. I will take another look at my coffee grinder. Ok. This was enough. I feel like a witch with that big piece of burdock root. all I need is a cauldron:flyingwit
 
DarkJoy... I had no gas in my car heading to Whole Foods. A real PJ move. I got a cart. A small one. I had a little money and a food stamp card. Yes, I was chasing herbs with a snap card. My first stop was the burdock root. I picked it up. It is over a foot long. I put it in the cart. There were no other fresh herbs present that were on my list. On to the dry area. I copped(Like it was MJ) some slippery elm, marshmallow root. hibiscus, and rose petals. It was a no go for the bamboo silica tea. It is elusive. I do not have dry nettle, only tea. I guess it will do. I will be doing some concocting and steeping to top off this henna treatment.
I used napur last time instead of jamila. I guess that is why it did not turn out jet black like I wanted it to. This weekend is really looking exciting. I have a plan to grate up the burdock root. You know the grater that you use for cheese or coleslaw? I will use that. I will take another look at my coffee grinder. Ok. This was enough. I feel like a witch with that big piece of burdock root. all I need is a cauldron:flyingwit
 
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