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12. Senior lady here, and when I was a little girl - early 1940's- shampoos were not

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Thu Apr 3, 2014, 02:19 AM

Apr 2014

in common use, at least not in my home, my mother being a product of the roaring 20's and the Great Depression. (Thye really knew how to be frugal.)

Anyway, she washed my longish hair in the sink with a mild soap - no detergent soaps then.
She rinsed it with vinegar - apple cider type I guess, which was to be used for brunettes.
The purpose of the vinegar rinse was to remove the soap residue and leave the hair shiny, which it did.
However, I remember having tangles and hating the combing. Hair conditioners were not in our parlance then.

My sister, who was blond, was to rinse with lemon juice.

Everything old is new again.

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Does anybody here "no poo" (no shampoo)? [View all] pinstikfartherin Dec 2011 OP

A good friend of mine does Melissa G Dec 2011 #1

Maybe I just haven't found the right mix of the two. pinstikfartherin Dec 2011 #5

I have tried the cider vinegar only method with so-so results. beac Dec 2011 #2

Vinegar is separate. pinstikfartherin Dec 2011 #4

OK, well that explains why the vinegar alone was leaving my hair beac Dec 2011 #6

Either way. pinstikfartherin Dec 2011 #8

I still use it once every 3 weeks or so. Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2011 #3

My Mom used emilyg Dec 2011 #7

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If you can, get to a dermatatologist when you have a bad outbreak from a shampoo. Lars39 Feb 2014 #11

My scalp has always been sensitive to shampoos, so I tried this. It works Nay Jan 2014 #10

Senior lady here, and when I was a little girl - early 1940's- shampoos were not No Vested Interest Apr 2014 #12