My hair is usually soft and silky, but chlorine has been building up from swimming, making my hair stiff and brittle. TJs citrus shampoo has usually worked fine once a week, but shampooing even daily after swimming a few weeks has been lathering much less than previously, probably due to the buildup of chlorine.
Rinsing with baking soda has apparently removed the chlorine, brought the shampoo back to full lather and removed the stiffness. Thus my plan is to continue with shampooing daily, and use the baking soda rinse twice a week. However, is shampooing this much necessary, and what do you think of the baking soda rinse?
I'm interested to see your comments, and how you remove chlorine from your hair.
When you say you do a baking soda rinse, what are the proportions? Do you shake up a bottle of it mixed with water and flush it through your hair? How does that work?
I rinse my hair in the shower, rub in a teaspoon of baking soda with a little more water, keep doing this for a minute or so, run a brush slowly through to make sure the powder is evenly distributed, rinse the soda out, shampoo and rinse. Baking soda is only a dollar a pound, compared to citrus powder at 15 times as much. I've put the baking soda in a herb container so it's easy to use.
You can mix the baking soda with water before pouring it on your hair.
Soaking the hair in advance of swimming is a good idea.
I don't use any harmful chemicals or conditioners so those options are out.
A swim cap might help, but the hair will still get wet, and a cap can damage the hair so I tend to not use one.
When you say you do a baking soda rinse, what are the proportions? Do you shake up a bottle of it mixed with water and flush it through your hair? How does that work?
I rinse my hair in the shower, rub in a teaspoon of baking soda with a little more water, keep doing this for a minute or so, run a brush slowly through to make sure the powder is evenly distributed, rinse the soda out, shampoo and rinse. Baking soda is only a dollar a pound, compared to citrus powder at 15 times as much. I've put the baking soda in a herb container so it's easy to use.
You can mix the baking soda with water before pouring it on your hair.
Soaking the hair in advance of swimming is a good idea.
I don't use any harmful chemicals or conditioners so those options are out.
A swim cap might help, but the hair will still get wet, and a cap can damage the hair so I tend to not use one.
