So this Salt... in the hair thing

aja1121 said:
I agree and I think that is kind of the point of it. It is an alternative to clarifying. Vinegar and Baking Soda can be drying as well, but deep cleanising is essential at least once a month depending on how much build up you have. I think the ladies have had much success with this method for the same reason we see ladies having much success with ACV rinses, chelating poos, and clarifying poos........Because the hair needs this every so often.
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I think your on to something with that :yep:

Also, acids can be used to soften/straighten hair (as with the natural relaxer curlaway)

And bases (like baking soda and higher ph's) can be used to soften/relax hair

In one of these posts think JustKiya was informed that mixing a baking soda a base, and citric acid an acid that it formed Salt.....

Seems like if you use it quickly like in the form of a shampoo or something it will clarify

But for a long period of time maybe soften/straighten temporarily a bit as well as clarify?
 
I'm in love with this method!!! First, I used a organic clarifying shampoo to wash my hair (oh yeah, I prepooed for about 45 minutes with a combo of leftover conditioners while exercising). This left my hair very clean but heavy and tangled. I got out of the shower, applied the salt/condish mix (1.5 tsps mixed with VO5 Strawberry Moisture Milk).

I left it in for about 10 minutes and rinsed. My hair was incredibly easy to detangle. In fact, it took about 2-3 minutes compared to the usual 20 minutes. The curls are really soft and defined and my hair feels a whole lot lighter.

Since I've gained length as a natural, I've always had to wash my hair in sections in order to make detangling easier. However, after reading about this mixture earlier today, I decided to not section it so I could really put it to the test. It passed with flying colors.

I will definitely do this again -- maybe once a month!
 
I co-washed this evening with HE HH and a tablespoon of salt. When rinsing, my hair felt just as wonderful as it does with one of my expensive moisturizers. My hair is still damp right now and very soft. I'll make my final conclusion in the moring after my hair dries.

OK, It is the next day and my hair is still soft and shiny. I like it.
 
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It does not really clarify according to my reading. It will define curls but not work as a natural relaxer. Without the conditioner salt is basically somewhat drying.
 
Tried this yesterday after reading through this thread. I didn't want to use table salt so tried it using my Lush Ocean Salt that contains sea salt. I added about a teaspoon to my conditioner. It did think out the consistency, went under the dryer for a deep conditioning and my say it worked wonders. I love this and will do it 1-2 times a month. Ocean Salt works great on my skin and even thought about using it in my hair before I even read this thread.
 
Bump. I LOVE THIS! Tried it tonight. I read that it helps clarify with shampoo so I poo'd with Giovanni Moisture Balance shampoo mixed with 1/2 tsp sea salt... rinsed that then mixed 1/2 teaspoon sea salt with water and L'Oreal Vive Pro HydraGloss conditioner. Then added more conditioner on top of that. Left it only for a few minutes. From now on I wont add water to the mixture and I may try to leave it on longer since many of you do that, with a cap. But with just those few minutes I LOVE how my hair is feelin.

My question is (and I will read backward in this thread), HOW OFTEN? I would love to do this weekly. Y'all still doin it!? I know there's another thread here about it too..
 
AllieCat - I've done it as often as once a week, and as infrequently as once a month. I think there might be a couple of ladies who have done it more often than once a week, but I'm not sure.
 
Hello everyone. I just joined today and I'm so happy that I found LHCF. This site is amazing. Anyway I did the Kiya Fizzle last night and man my hair is soo soft right now it doesn't make any sense. This is going to be a fun journey. I have the notebook ready. lol
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I love putting sea salt in my squirt water bottle!!! It comes out so soft, moisturized, and defines my curls.
 
flowinlocks said:
Kiya,you ever mix Salt in you Ayurvedic concotions?:look:
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Urm. I think I've put it in my henna, once. It's supposed to help the color pop more, but I didn't notice any exceptional results.
I don't usually put it in my cleansing concoction, as I often leave that one overnight. I do put it in my conditioning concoction - which isn't really ayurvedic, so I guess that doesn't count. :lol:
 
I've been on vacation and I've been experimenting my butt off. Havin a ball. Like a mad scientist in the kitchen.:spinning::drunk::spinning:. I'm due for a treatment tomorrow. I think I'll mix Kiya Fizzle, & Ayurveda & see what happens.
 
Okay I was skeptical but figured I'd give it a try.

Holy. Crap.

I mixed up my usual DC and added some un-iodized table salt. I DC'd for about an hour and wow. I went out for a walk with no product in my hair just had it back in a lil bun. I just got home and wow my hair feels like butter.

Even my lots of NG is feeling pretty silky. Thank you Kiya for sharing this.
 
I tried this last year when first seeing JustKiya's thread then recently, about a month ago when I remembered it. I originally didn't want to do this frequently as I've been doing Henna treatments, but from what I've read then there should be no problem with doing them both (not in the same day though). Anyhow, wonderful results both times (I posted in the original thread). I used 1 tsp w/Pantene Relaxed and Natural Hair Mask and my hair felt so smooth and silky...like conditioner was still in it. I hope I remember to do this next wash day.
 
Anyone still doing this?? I am experiencing velcro ends and I'm wondering if this will help?

If not...what helps you with those velcro ends??
 
I remember reading JustKiya's original thread on this "A bit of Moisturizing Mojo," and thinking this was great! To have a natural ingredient to add to my condish to aid moisturization & manageability of my hair is like heaven for me! I'd forgotten about it until now, but I will def. be doing this next CW!
 
All i can say is that im joing the club. I believe it works. I made the move to Miami. Since ive been here, for whatever reason my hair has just been so dry. Dry to the point where it the majority of my head felt like fresh hay. I tried almost everything to get some kind of moisture and NOTHING worked. So i went to the health food store to see if there was anything i could try. I picked up castor oil and vegetable glycerin. Then I came across Burts Bee’s More Moisture Rasberry & Brazil Nut conditioner. No cones, no sulfates..among many other things. The bottle said it was 97.5% natural. So I thought cool, ill give it a try. Initially I mixed it with some castor oil, put it on dry hair and sat under heat for about 25 min. My hair felt rough and I took that as a bad sign. So I rinsed not really anticipating it doing much since my hair already felt dry. But, AS SOON as I rinsed it out it was silky, soft and just amazing. I still wasn’t convinced..the true test was to see if it dried that way and stayed that way. SO I waited and it stayed that way until I did my next co wash. I still didn’t want to believe that it was the conditioner so the next time I used it without any other product. Same thing happened..made my hair feel dry and when I rinsed it felt amazing and stayed that way. Among all of the great ingredients in the conditioner, sodium chloride is one of them.
 
Sodium comprises of a small percentage of the formula. Any many would say that adding salt to a conditioner is a very cheap, and over time, counterproductive way to enhance the formula.
 
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