I was on an online forum the other day discussing the non-chicken benefits of cider vinegar. I use vinegar (not necessarily the cider variety) for, amongst other things, cleaning my windows and in place of fabric conditioner for towels. Someone mentioned that vinegar could be used as a hair rinse, to add shine and condition.
My hair needs shine, so I was interested in this. I was concerned that it might react with my semi-permanent hair colouring. I checked in my Vinegar bible (VB), and it said that it can be used on hair.. although, to be fair, almost everything I think of seems to be a possible use for Vinegar according to that particular tome.
So, today, I had a go. Now, the VB said to use 4fl oz in 20fl oz of water. That seemed rather a lot to me, so I went for 2fl oz in 10fl oz of water. As I shampooed my hair, I wondered whether I should apply the vinegar before, after or instead of conditioner. I also wondered whether it should be applied as a final rinse, or whether I should rinse it out afterwards.
By now, I'd finished shampooing and rinsing. I decided to use conditioner, and then to apply the vinegar solutiob. I conditioned, waited, rinsed. And then I started pouring a little of the cider vinegar on my head, and rubbing in, and then pouring a little more.
Did I mention that I was washing my hair in the shower?
I hadn't really thought about the risk of vinegar in my eyes. I quickly learned to shut my eyes and to keep them shut.
I hadn't really thought about the fact that the solution would drain off my hair and all over me. My half pint of vinegar solution actually took quite a while to work through my hair.
I smelt my hair. Actually, all I could smell was cider vinegar (thank goodness I hadn't gone for the Sarsons Malt Vinegar), so I couldn't really tell whether my hair stank of vinegar, or whether all of me stank of vinegar, or whether the vinegar in the shower stank of vinegar.
I decided I'd better rinse it.
I wrapped my wet locks in a towel, dried the rest of me, and then towel dried my hair. I peered at it in the mirror. It hadn't gone green.
I always let my hair dry naturally, so it took a while before I could see if it had made any difference.
My hair needs shine, so I was interested in this. I was concerned that it might react with my semi-permanent hair colouring. I checked in my Vinegar bible (VB), and it said that it can be used on hair.. although, to be fair, almost everything I think of seems to be a possible use for Vinegar according to that particular tome.
So, today, I had a go. Now, the VB said to use 4fl oz in 20fl oz of water. That seemed rather a lot to me, so I went for 2fl oz in 10fl oz of water. As I shampooed my hair, I wondered whether I should apply the vinegar before, after or instead of conditioner. I also wondered whether it should be applied as a final rinse, or whether I should rinse it out afterwards.
By now, I'd finished shampooing and rinsing. I decided to use conditioner, and then to apply the vinegar solutiob. I conditioned, waited, rinsed. And then I started pouring a little of the cider vinegar on my head, and rubbing in, and then pouring a little more.
Did I mention that I was washing my hair in the shower?
I hadn't really thought about the risk of vinegar in my eyes. I quickly learned to shut my eyes and to keep them shut.
I hadn't really thought about the fact that the solution would drain off my hair and all over me. My half pint of vinegar solution actually took quite a while to work through my hair.
I smelt my hair. Actually, all I could smell was cider vinegar (thank goodness I hadn't gone for the Sarsons Malt Vinegar), so I couldn't really tell whether my hair stank of vinegar, or whether all of me stank of vinegar, or whether the vinegar in the shower stank of vinegar.
I decided I'd better rinse it.
I wrapped my wet locks in a towel, dried the rest of me, and then towel dried my hair. I peered at it in the mirror. It hadn't gone green.
I always let my hair dry naturally, so it took a while before I could see if it had made any difference.
- it doesn't smell of vinegar
- it didn't go green
- it didn't add any shine to my hair (but I do have very dry hair, so that wasn't really a surprise)
- my hair was very soft
- my scalp feels very clean
