I did the cold water thing and it made my hair seem to become coarse, I did it three times an realized it wasn't for me. The acv rinse isn't for me either, it's not breaking my hair or anything it's just not giving me the softness people rave about. Even with using distilled water i don't get softness, I just feel the clean feeling which to me makes my deep conditioning seem like a waste but i guess the good thing is my hair has a balanced oh