Shampoos

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I've been trying the old-fashioned baking soda and vinegar method for the past two weeks, and I actually really like it. I'm allergic to a lot of products so it's great to find something natural that doesn't irritate my skin or make me break out

I only use shampoo, because I have thick, sponge-like hair that'll absorb all the moisture of conditioner the minute it comes into contact with my hair.

I'm happy with any kind, but especially Bed Head (the kind that smells like tangerines).

I have a couple of spots of psoriasis on my scalp, which come and go. I used to use T-Gel, until they started adding parabens. Now, I use Polytar, which is good for itchy scalps. It doesn't smell so good (neither does T-Gel), but it works well.

I use baking soda every so often as a build up remover. I just use a mild shampoo and mix in a teaspoon of baking soda. It's brilliant and great for getting chlorine out of swimmers' hair. I'm allergic to loads of products too. It's actually only derivatives of benzoic acid, which includes parabens, but they're in nearly everything. I find the natural products are best anyway, so it's no great hardship.

I prefer to buy good shampoos for my hair from a hair salon store but I only do that when I have lots of money.

I love the Tresseme bottles with the pump as those things last since you only get what you need. I can never use John Freida products since they rapidly build up in my hair. One thing I have done is gotten in the habit of washing my hair every other day at the most, as I found that when I washed it every day, it became dry as the natural oils were stripped. Sometimes I do rinse it with apple cider vinegar, but the vinegar gets rinsed out so there's no lingering smell of vinegar. One great grandma used to use apple cider vinegar as a conditioner, but she didn't really rinse it out, so my mom still has memories of the vinegar smell.

I have never had a brand that didn't cause my hair to be really yucky, all they do is strip it of all moisture and it ends up frizzy, dry and unmanageable, as well as giving me horrible dandruff and making me scratch constantly.
If, for whatever reason I run out of my own mixture, or I am traveling, I use Tigi.

But the large majority of the time, I make my own at home. I created a mix that is a shampoo and conditioner - essentially it cleans my hair, without stripping it of all the moisture, and conditions it at the same time.

On top of that, once a week I deep condition with coconut oil by leaving it in overnight.

I also have a hair mask mixture, that I use for special events.

This works out to be cheaper than buying any of the over the counter brands on the market, and is also much better than anything I have found previously. My friends have also started buying my mixtures off of me, as they love it too, which makes it even cheaper to buy and make.

For years I used expensive salon brands like creme de coco and alterna until I decided it was too wasteful. After trying several store brands I found Suave Professionals Almond and Shea Butter. It costs only two dollars and is BETTER than many of the salon brands I had been using. I use both the shampoo and conditioner. Every few days I use Suave Daily Clarifying to get my hair squeaky clean (I have oily hair).

I should love to know your 'recipe' if you wouldn't mind sharing it, as I've never really found anything that's ideal for my hair. As long as it doesn't contain vinegar – which I won't even have in the house because of the nauseating smell – I'd love to try it. (Although even if it did contain vinegar, there might be another astringent I could try using in its place...I need to do something with my hair, it's driving me crazy at the moment!)

I like to buy Organix. Probably the best conditioner I've used is the Awapuhi ginger kind. I'd buy completely organic/natural if I could, but what would be the point when the water that I'm washing my hair with is probably worse than the actual shampoo itself? I need a hot spring or something to bathe in, LOL.

My hair is quite short, but gets pretty greasy after only a day of not washing. I've started using dry shampoo every other day so I look presentable, but don't strip my hair of all the oils. As for when I do shampoo, I adore using one of Lush's solid shampoo bars. It's called Seanik, and it has all sorts of lovely things in it like sea salt, seaweed, and lemon. The smell isn't overpowering, but I always have romantic partners comment that my hair smells great. I also use Lush's Veganese conditioner, which is great as well.

At the risk of sounding like a walking, babbling advert for Lush, my hair has never looked as good as it does when I use their products.

This shampoo sounds nice. Is the main smell lemon? I'd like to use a natural product and I do quite like lemon-scented things. I couldn't go into a Lush store myself – I can't even walk past the doors, I have to cross the road and I curse them blind for leaving the shop doors open because the smell is absolutely nauseating – but I guess I could ask someone to get it for me if I knew in advance that the smell would be OK. If it's a fairly straightforward lemon scent and it's not overpoweringly strong or sweet, then I'd probably quite like that one.

It's definitely more of a natural lemony smell - I know there are other florals in there as well like jasmine, but I think the lemon is the main one. It's subtle and definitely not overpoweringly sweet. It doesn't smell like seaweed or sea salt at all, which are actually the main ingredients. I'd give it a try. I think they cost around $11 USD, and if you have short hair like I do you can easily get two months worth of washes out of that one little bar. In any case, they last much longer than liquid shampoo even if you have long hair.

Thanks very much for that – I'll ask my friend to get some for me next time she goes into town. I really need to change my shampoo, and this one does sound like a nice option.

I use cheap stuff (suave or herbal essences or whatever I feel like, but I have to skin-test it because I have chemical allergies, and salons don't like you doing that)

I find that as long as I use a spray-in leave-in conditioner, my hair is silky and very manageable, despite being down to my bum and dyed once a month or so