frizzy gray hair despite no-poo

[love2read]

I've no-pood for a few years and loved the way my gray hair was silky and smooth, but now it's frizzy and I really haven't changed my washing methods.

Anyone have suggestions for dealing with frizzy hair?

[Firefly]

Are you doing water only or conditioner only? If it's water only, it be mineral build up from hard water. If conditioner only it could be product build up. Either way, I would use a clarifying shampoo just to get rid of the build up, and then go back to what you were doing. Apple cider vinegar rinses are supposed to be mildly clarifying too, if you don't want to try the shampoo.

[cin]

Ah, you mean no SHAMpoo! Sorry, but I was a bit confused as to what a BM had to do with your hair. :001_huh:

[Riverland]

Ah, you mean no SHAMpoo! Sorry, but I was a bit confused as to what a BM had to do with your hair. :001_huh:

 

Me too. lol

[love2read]

I'll trying increasing the vinegar first, good idea.

[LoriK]

Every so often, I do a baking soda paste on my hair. I mix a TBSP or so of baking soda with a just enough water to make a paste. Then I scrub it into my scalp. I usually finish with a vinegar rinse.

[SwallowTail]

If it is frizzy, it is possibly due to humidty and also possibly due to your hair being dry. Do not increase vinegar usage, and definitely don't use baking soda on your hair, as they both will dry it out further. Do you do anything to replenish moisture? (condiitioner, oils..?) If not, increasing those sorts of things may also help.

[KungFuPanda]

Hair gel? I co-wash too. What conditioner do you use. I have the best luck with Deva curl and Trader Joe's Tea Tree conditioner. TJs costs a LOT less.

[Firefly]

^^Using diluted ACV one time will not dry the hair out. A tablespoon or two in a pint of (preferably distilled) water helps restore a natural PH balance.

 

A agree about the BS though; it can be very harsh and drying-- even with a single use, and I wouldn't recommend it.

[Lolly]

Or, it could just be your new hair. My hair was sleek, straight and shiny. My gray is curly/frizzy. just a different texture. When it first came in, it wasn't this way. Time has not been friendly.

[AmyontheFarm]

My gray hair is coming is curly and I've never had curly hair in my life. I'm sort of looking forward to being all gray! As long as it all comes in curly and stays curly!

[love2read]

I did a diluted avc rinse and most of the frizz is gone. I almost never use conditioner and mostly wash every other day with very warm water and every 10 days with a small amount of bking soda paste. I'm more gray than not and while it was kinky when I was using shampoo, it's been silky since going no poo a few years ago. I'll admit to giving it a good shampoo every 4 or 5 months, mostly because I believe it must be dirty even though I know it's not, but I always-always regret it and am left with dry, kinky hair that resists conditioners.