Has anyone tried the "no shampoo" technique for curly hair?

What are some of your tried and true techniques/products/recipes for curly hair?

Has anyone tried the "no shampoo" technique for curly hair?

- Read the book and visit the sites below about curly hair. I did and my once horrible curly hair is now virtually frizz-free ringlets. I haven't shampooed in almost a year. Now I get compliments on my hair all the time! Straighten your hair- be happy for a day, learn to manage your curly hair- be happy for life!

- To style your hair using the curly-girl method you will need gel, a leave in cream, and conditioner at the minimum. Some less useful, but still nice stuff would be a blowdryer, a diffuser (reduces frizz in curly/wavy hair when used with dryer), and a microfiber hair turban (to dry wet hair while sleeping or in the morning).

-The main philosophy of the curly-girl method is to not use shampoo. This may sound unhygenic but it has actually made my hair less oily and dandruffy. Most shampoos contain some of the same chemicals found in laundry detergent (aka sodium laureth sulfate or anything close to that). They dry out curly hair. Also you shouldn't brush your curly hair dry because it damages the hair and makes it poof.

- Massaging of the scalp with conditioner to remove dirt is all that is needed. It will clean everything but super clingy silicones (cyclopentasiloxane and dimethicone are examples). Then rinse and spread conditioner on the outside layer of hair and the hair at the nape of your neck. Gently comb tangles out with your fingers or a wide toothed comb and rinse with cold/cool water.

- Do not brush/comb your hair after this point because it wil disturb the curl pattern (make sure you already have a part). It is also important to use gel on sopping wet hair and scrunch the hair with your fingers. Make sure gel is evenly distributed everywhere in your hair. If you use too much you can always scrunch out the crunchy texture later.

- Use paper towels or an old t-shirt to gently scrunch some of the water out (generic towels can make hair frizz). You can either let your hair air dry or wait ten minutes and then use a blowdryer with a diffuser. Dry until your hair is almost dry, and then let air dry the last bit. Do not touch the hair while it is air drying or it will frizz!

- Use a moisturizing conditioner, such as Desert Essence Organics Italian Red Grape Conditioner (found at health food/organic stores). The combo of products that I use daily is L'Oreal Out of Bed Weightless Texturizer (comes in a black-colored tub) and then Herbal Essences Totally Twisted Gel but there are more conditioners, gels, etc. on the websites.

- Your hair may seem worse at first, but it is just adjusting. This may take 2 to 4 weeks to begin working. Before you decide to quit shampoo, do a final cleanse with shampoo and stop the use of any products with silicone in them. Hope this helps!

curly forum, shopping, and info.-

http://www.naturallycurly.com/curltalk/v...

based on the book-

http://www.ylcf.org/gotcurl/

book-

Curly girl by Loirane Massey

Has anyone tried the "no shampoo" technique for curly hair?

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Has anyone tried the "no shampoo" technique for curly hair?

Hi, I have done the no poo before. I made it for 1 1/2 months before I broke down and shampooed.

I know it works for lots of people to not use shampoo , just conditoner according to some forums I visit.

I prefer a mostly natural shampoo/conditioner from

jessicurl. But there are some other brands on the net too.

I cannot get any poos without some laurel sulfate in them locally. I try to avoid sodium laurel sulfate in my poo and cones in my conditioner.

I condtion daily and poo every 3-4 days. this gives me great curls and waves providing I use the gentlest. most natural poos and conditioner/hair products.

Has anyone tried the "no shampoo" technique for curly hair?

My daughter has really curly hair. We wash only every other day. I also buy a cream from sunsilk called defrizz. We put this on her hair wet and on the days we don't wash dry. We also use a shampoo and conditioner just for curly hair. I use two different kinds depending on what is on sale. Sunsilk or fruitise (spelling wrong) are the two I switch with.

Has anyone tried the "no shampoo" technique for curly hair?

i have read about that but decided not to try it. For me, my curls look best when i shower right before bed, put some curl mouse and smooth sirum in it, and then go right to bed. When I wake up the curls look perfect. I don't know why this works but for some reason it does. It works even better when i stick my head upside down in the sink and get it wet and then put the product in. It gives it more volume. try it a couple times and see if it works for you!