Rhassoul clay yields the best results in my opinion – it leaves hair with the best texture and is less drying than other clays. It is not usually available in health food stores, but you can easily find it online. Unfortunately, co-washing isn’t the perfect solution that many 4c naturals, myself included, wish it was. Do you want to give gorgeous, handcrafted gifts for family and friends, without spending a bunch of time on them? I found this blog by Mommy Pottamous really helpful when researching how to do this: “How to wash your hair with clay”. Making that apple cider vinegar conditioner Our panel of 450 testers — with hair textures ranging from straight to afro — tried 33 brands of shampoo and their matching conditioners for two weeks.

cup apple cider vinegar or distilled white vinegar and enough filtered water to bring vinegar mixture to 1 cup.* I imagine some of you are wondering if this wash is safe to use on color-treated hair. According to one manufacturer who makes a similar clay wash it will strip commercial dyes but not henna-based dyes. I have not tested this. Less drying– It won’t dry your skin like normal shampoos can. I don’t get the dry flakes and tightness I usually get after washing so my scalp is much less angry and itchy too.Over-washing your hair is often the culprit. It may be hard to resist but if you scrub your hair every day it will strip the scalp of its natural oils, causing it to stimulate the production of even more oil. Worse case scenario, washing too often can cause dandruff and even excess hair breakage.

Here are my good and bad bits from using rhassoul clay as a shampoo. The Pros of washing hair with rhassoul clay Co-washing only made me want to wash my hair more. Literally – I would count down to the weekend when I could finally use shampoo again and relieve my scalp. It was counter-productive as a way to give my hair a break from shampooing since it only made me miss it more! Discover our evaluation methodology and all that we are implementing to reduce our impacts together. LEARN MORECo-washing also did nothing for my extremely dry and sensitive scalp that would just start itching again the next day.