After a health crisis in 2008, I made a decision to switch to natural hair care. I began using products safe enough to consume, ditched the chemical hair coloring, and even turned to a sheep horn comb! Before 2008, my biggest concern about my hair was how often to color it. I started using boxed…
Three Natural Hair Conditioners
The best hair conditioners restore your hair’s pH to its optimal level of approximately 5.6, which is on the acidic side of the scale. Chemical conditioners may accomplish this, but at what cost to your scalp and overall health? Since moving to a shampoo-less regimen using rhassoul clay, I have not needed a conditioner. But…
Rhassoul Clay for Natural Beauty Care
Altering our lifestyle to integrate non-toxic products has been a slow process. It took at least a year to incorporate fragrance-free and chemical-free items into all areas of life, including laundry, kitchen, and personal hygiene. It’s been trial-and-error with grooming products. When our reactivity was at its height, I found baking soda to be quite…
Natural Hair Care
Our hair is made up of fiber, much like wool that comes from sheep or Kashmir goats. With at least 100,000 hair fibers on our head, it makes sense to treat our hair much like we would a cashmere sweater. Most commercial shampoos contain chemicals like sodium lauryl sulfate, which strip much-needed moisture and amino…
