Mayo Hair wrap and Face regimen update!

So has anyone ever heard of this whole Mayo hair wrap?  Basically since forever it has been used as a deep conditioning treatment which totally make sense considering eggs are used for the same thing.  My mom also said it works which led me to try it.

I took mayo covered my hair in it then covered my hair in plastic wrap since I didn't have a shower cap.  I used the blow dryer to heat it up for about 15 minutes then rinsed.  If I was going to rate the process and the results I give it a one!

YUCK!  First of all that much mayo in one place really smells quite awful.  I have gotten used to the ACV smell just fine for the most part, but the mayo is ten times worse.  It also feels nasty and thick and greasy when I put it in my hair.  Of course heating it up only made it smell worse.  Just thinking about it makes me gag. :(  Rinsing it out was hard and took a long time.  After I got out of the shower my hair felt heavy and gross.  I thought it might not be a huge deal and it would feel fine once it dried.


Well, waking up the next morning was less than exciting.  I looked like a greasy Tbird missing his pink lady for days! even after using BSoda and ACV to get it to rinse out.  Basically, you could not pay me enough to do this again.

WHY??
I started thinking about why this backfired on me so intensely and I came up with a theory.  Now that I have been no poo for about a month now my hair is overall much healthier and happier with almost nothing added to it.  A mayo pack is intended for people with dry brittle hair which I DEF used to have.  However, now that my hair has gone through this transformation it does not really need that much moisture in one hit.  I will say even if I needed it, with other alternatives like other oils etc... I would not go back to this anyway.

Has anyone else every tried this?  If you have how did it workout?






Face UPDATE!!!
This is a much happier update.  So for a while I was not sure if my skin was purging if you will or if I was just breaking out.  I figured since my skin sucks anyway it was not a big deal so I pushed through.  Well "that time of the month" is usually the be all end of my face looking decent for about two weeks.  First off I never pay attention to that like some women do.  I'm a busy girl!  Anyway it totally caught up to me because my face didn't break out.  I mean at all.  I am sitting here writing to cyber space with two weeks after skin instead of first day of skin.  I am AMAZED!  This is by far the happiest result I could have asked for.  One thing I changed is dropping out the tea tree oil all over my face.  I found it irritating and more useful as a spot treatment only because it is rather drying.

I also watered down my ACV and kept it that way and I think it is working just fine that way.  Nothing wrong with saving a few bucks right!


** Please remember these are just my recipes and experiences with them.  I in no way have any medical knowledge of these products nor do I know how they will work for you.**

Experiment #2 Organic ACV in hair

Last night I made a new version of an AVC rinse for my hair.  I used organic ACV from Whole Foods water and honey. 
Recipe...
~One part organic ACV
~Three parts hot water
~One teaspoon of raw organic honey.
~Mix all together until honey completely melts
~Dump on hair focusing on scalp
~Massage in scalp for one minute or so
~Rinse well

Effects...
Well the vinegar smell is extremely intense especially with this organic stuff.  However I def noticed that my hair curled really nicely this morning all by itself.  Once again the vinegar smell disappears when your hair dries.  My hair looks fine, not incredibly shiny but stayed together really well and did not friz at all.  I would like a little more shine and volume in my curl.  Although I have heard a lot of good things about this method, and will try it again.  My hair is still getting better by the day in it's transition period if you will.

Experiment #1

The first thing I did when I was experimenting with natural products was whip out the ACV.  I initially started looking into this as an acne treatment because I also suffer from severe disgruntlement of those products as well.  Anyway, I used it as a toner for my skin and just wiped it across my clean skin.  THIS BURNS LIKE A MOTHER F*@%ER.  However, I did notice a difference in my skin even the next day.  That night I also made an ACV rinse for my hair.

Recipes:

Hair Rinse...
~ about 1/8 cup of ACV
~ mixed with about 2 cups warm water from shower
~ tilt head forward and pour vinegar over hair
~ massage for about a minute then rinse with warm water
~ follow up with cool water if you can stand it (for shine)

Effects...
I tried to use this as an anti dandruff treatment, and a clarifying treatment since I have really hard water at home.  The next day I must say I did not notice any itch at all, and my hair looked AMAZING!  However, I did smell like an Easter Egg until my hair dried.  *NOTE*  If you are active or workout whatever, when my hair got wet again and I started to sweat I did smell a hint of vinegar, but nothing terrible.

Skin Toner...
~ I used a dab of this on a piece of toilet paper or a tissue
~ I used it on my face full strength.  If you have sensitive skin you can dilute with water.
~ Do not rinse off, let dry.
~ If skin feels dry moisturize with anything that won't clog pours
~ I added nothing the first night just to see what the effects would be

Effects...
~ Acne looked better, not completely gone
~ Complexion looked a lot better
~ Smelled of vinegar a tad when sweating.


After I did these experiments I found out that Organic ACV is really what I was supposed to be using.  It contains the "mother" which is basically a bunch of cloudy gunk.  So although I got the results I wanted for my hair, I am looking forward to the hopefully enhanced results with my skin.

will check back later!

Going All Natural "No Poo"

I am among the majority of women out there who are far from impressed with the expensive shampoo they use and their performance.  I was googling around initially for a shampoo that would moisturize my curly dry hair, relieve an itchy scalp without ruining my red color.  I found one option.  A 35$ shampoo and then a 35$ conditioner.  UHHH no thanks! :(

  As I was googling I stumbled across the "no poo" method.  The basic way is baking soda and ACV (apple cider vinegar).  As I read further, the baking soda could be very drying.  Then I found out about the curly girl method.  This focused on washing your hair with only conditioner.  Of course then there is the always famous olive oil deep conditioning.  Then I found a website with organic shampoo bars.  So basically there are about a gazillion "no poo" techniques on the world wide web.  Thus leaving be one STILL very unsatisfied curly haired little girl.  In my lack of planning type of way the first thing I did was went shopping!

I bought...

Baking soda
Apple cider vinegar
Coconut oil
Grape seed oil