10 Hair Products I No Longer Use
When I
was younger I used to have the softest hair. Shiny, thick and healthy. Then as
I went into the teenage years I started using all of these products on my hair
and it was not happy. Slowly my scalp started to get more oily and my ends
started to get dry, split and the opposite of soft. And because of that I started using hair
products that were meant to make my hair happy but it just.. did nothing.. So I
slowly started to minimize my use of hair products and my hair started to smile
again.
Today,
the only thing I use is a shampoo bar or some rhassoul clay. That's it.
Nothing else and my hair is so strong, so healthy and even though I have not
been to a hairdresser in over six months maybe even a year there are no split
ends and it is still soft as ever.
Absolutely
no doubts that a vegan wholefoods diet with lots of fruit and veggies has
helped a ton but stopping the use of these, may I add useless, products
definitely did it's thing too. So, here are the products I have stopped using:
1. Hairspray: Oh, the good old hairspray days. I
have never really liked the feeling it gave my hair (does anyone?) and they
always had the most disgusting smell - at least to someone who is allergic to
perfume and other artificial fragrances. I am sure the formula has gotten
better over the years but definitely not toxins I see myself using, no matter
what the hairsprays are made of these days.
2. Hair tools with heat: I used to wake up earlier
to straighten my hair and even earlier to curl it and all I can think of now is
why? Today I do not even use a hair dryer and I am not really sad about it and
the same with my hair. Deciding to ditch the heat is definitely one of the best
decisions for my hair. Heat is definitely a no go if you want healthy hair.
3. Heating spray: Along with the heat comes a
spray to 'protect' the hair from the heat. Which is essentially just a bunch of
chemicals and toxins we spray onto our hair. I do not know if it actually
works, if it actually protects the hair from some of the heat but I do know
that even with a heating spray the heat will still damage the hair - at least
that is my experience.
4. Hair oil: These are one of the products to use
when your hair quality is going south. The ever so famous hair oil that
transforms the hair from sad to actually not bad. Sure, they are great to give
the hair the happy look but it's just a quick fix. I stopped using the hair
products that made my hair loose its shine and softness and then I no longer
needed the hair oil.
5. Volume powder: or any kind of products which
purpose is to give volume. I am not a scientist and I don't even know what half
of the ingredients are in these products but I do know that once I stopped
using all of these chemically filled products, my hair started to find its way
back to thick and soft hair with tons of volume. If you want to see
volume, ditch these products and use rhassoul clay. When your hair is
used to the clay after a few months you will have volume for days! I have
gotten so many comments about my hair and the volume of it.
6. (Chemically filled) hair masks: Again a
product, more like chemicals, that is supposed to repair the damages from all
the other products, or more like chemicals. They have never done anything for
my hair and as I have stripped away the chemicals, these products, I have come
to find that I don't even need masks. And if you want to repair your hair there
are tons of absolutely amazing hair mask recipes out there to try with natural ingredients.
7. Shining spray: Again, one of the products that
is supposed to give back what the hair naturally has. A shining spray is
definitely not needed when you embrace the natural hair, let it find back to
its original form because it will be there without you even having to do
something.
8. Salt water spray: So incredibly drying to the
hair - it is after all salt which is not the best pal to spray onto your hair.
And just like the hairsprays, I was not friends with their smell. Absolutely
horrible to be honest, but again, that's just because I am so incredibly
sensitive. Again I ask the question; why? And I found that I didn't really want to use it.
9. (Chemically and perfume filled) dry shampoo: As
mentioned, all these hair products used to make my scalp more oily and my ends
more dry. I used to take a shower and then the next day it would be oily again. So,
of course I buy a dry shampoo. Again, the worst smell and it makes the hair
feel like it is covered in hairspray. That has probably changed over the years
and they are a lot better now but my hair is less oily and when I need it I
have my own natural dry shampoo.
10. The regular shampoo and conditioner: I no
longer use the chemically filled shampoo and conditioner - some of them also
had a very very bad smell. Instead I use a shampoo bar with only three
ingredients and I absolutely love it! It is vegan, zero waste and 1 bar equals
three 250 ml shampoo bottles. With the bar I do not need conditioner but if I
feel like it I also use a natural conditioner: 1 part apple cider vinegar mixed
with 2 part water.
Over the
years by not buying these products I have saved a ton of money. I no longer pay
for products to damage my hair and I no longer pay for products to fix that
damaged hair - or more like damage it even more. Thank you so much for reading! Hope to see you again.
Soluuna ♡
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