What's a natural way to get rid of product build up?
dumplings_of_doom
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I'm using products with silicones and mineral oil, and I really don't want to give them up! What's an effective, natural way to get rid of product build up?
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long thick wavy hair, suave naturals coconut girl, looking for curl!
Does any one know if this really works to remove silicone?
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3A hair; coloring with henna/indigo since July 2009; normally follow the CG method. Still searching for my HG products!
Baking soda is also more drying than vinegar, and vinegar will not remove silicones or heavy mineral oil/petrolatum buildup.
Depending on the silicones that you are using, you could use a shampoo that does not have SLS and remove the silicones. Many surfectants are derived from natural ingredients like coconut.
On the Curl411 tab, there are a lot of ingredient articles if you go back to pages 4, 5 and past. There is at least one dedicated to shampoos, and another on silicones.
You might want to consider an Aubrey Organic shampoo, which is certainly natural.
(my dogs aren't snarly, my hair is)
The mild shampoos like Aubrey's will not remove heavy build up from those ingredients.
Dumplings:
I hope you were not using the mineral oil on your scalp, that's unhealthy, it will coat it and act like plastic wrap and won't allow it to breathe so if you use them regularly you're going to have to shampoo. Besides, with so many excellent vegetable oils using mineral oils constantly is really unnecessary. I have a couple of COs that have it and I do like them because they give my hair more shine BUT I do not rub them on my scalp AND I only use them occasionally.
"Converting the 'curlskeptics' one curly head at a time..." HWHC ;-)
Who cares if it's good or bad for you? It builds up on CGers, hence the plasticky feeling HWHC described, and hence the thread about getting rid of build-up.
...It's a siggie. :shock:
Weeklyish shampoo with CO's inbetween to keep down the grease.
With that said, from the strict esthetic point of view, mineral oil (which is way lighter than petrolatum) used on the hair length occasionally is not bad and, of course won't cause build-up; I myself use a DT once in a blue moon that has it because it helps remove a little excess hair color when my hair has over-absorbed and it does leave my hair very shiny (...but a good oil will do that too).
"Converting the 'curlskeptics' one curly head at a time..." HWHC ;-)
"Converting the 'curlskeptics' one curly head at a time..." HWHC ;-)
...as long as your conditioner doesnt have cones, which would just add insult to injury.
but, yeah, this works for me and revives my dry hair.
no more shampoo!
loving my messy, strawberry-blonde ringlets.
...but i need a haircut