Vinegar and soap

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Regarding vinegar and soap...

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I second the vinegar approach, as this is what I exclusively use to wash my

hair. I put about one part vinegar to eight parts water in a pitcher & pour

it into my scalp, work it in and let it sit for a few minutes, then rinse it

out. Once your hair adjusts to this, within a couple of weeks, you'll only

need to do it every four days or so~sometimes less. The other baths I

simple rinse water through my hair.

I don't know what you mean about a 'slimy feel' from soap, perhaps because I

use very little soap, infrequently, and only simple, natural soaps like Dr.

Bronner's. It reminds me, however, of something an ethnobotanist friend

explained about bleach. He explained that the bleach is breaking down the

epidermal skin cells, essentially sloughing away your outermost layer of

skin, and the dead cells on the underlying skin is what causes the 'slimy'

feel after putting your skin in bleach or in a chlorinated swimming pool.

With that, I wonder what ingredients are in your soap, and perhaps finding

something milder may be a good idea. Or, perhaps your water is highly

chlorinated? That's a guess, a scary one, to think there could be that much

chlorine in your water, but something to consider perhaps.