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| Hair! November 2011 |
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| No Hair! April 2007 |
Hello everyone,
I finally managed to trawl through the hundreds (yes hundreds!) of emails from the Lockitup Group on Yahoo, that I managed to amass over the last few months.
One topic of interest was a recipe for deep cleaning locks, involving ACV and Baking Soda. Ingredients below.
Baking Soda Deep Clean ingredients:
(note: these ingredients have been tweaked to balance the ph levels when combining ACV and Baking Soda)
Large bowl of warm water
1/4 cup of baking soda
2tsp of lemon juice
1tsp of sea salt
3/4 cup of acv
Stir until all is well dissolved
(note: these ingredients have been tweaked to balance the ph levels when combining ACV and Baking Soda)
Large bowl of warm water
1/4 cup of baking soda
2tsp of lemon juice
1tsp of sea salt
3/4 cup of acv
Stir until all is well dissolved
The 'how to' video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/chescalocs#p/u/15/ns3VXi-VsmE
I tried it last Friday, however it was a bad plan as I had a very busy weekend ahead ... I soaked my head a bit too briefly I think, I should have left it on longer, then shampoo'd out. From what I remember the result was ok, I just was not that focused on the task.
However, last night, I noticed a bit of build up on the locks at the very nape of my neck, I got me some ACV (or Cider Vinegar here in the UK) and soaked the offenders neat in the ACV, no dilution. Later on I saw that some still remained, so made up my mind to try again the next morning.
And so I did, this time spraying the ACV directly on the locks and letting soak for about 45 minutes.
Last night I also took out my Antiphilitron by LUSH, a lemon based clarifier that is said to remove Silicone, oils etc, when I think about it now, going straight for this bottle would have been a better, less fussy, option. It IS very very good!
The result of the ACV rinse is good, very good, shiny clean loc's, yes shiny, there is a fullness too.
I washed my locks out with BIG, the best shampoo choice in this instance. Altogether, great results, completed with Moisture Maniac. There is still a small element of build up still left there, my guess is that as those locks were not long enough for me to see before, but I will definately simply soak (spray) them in Cider Vinegar and then wash it out with BIG, then double moisturise.
The pics above came about because I was trailing through images and that 2007 pic got my attention, in 4.5 years What a change! When I say I l LOVE my locks, I do so with humility, I am humbly and quietly grateful for the technique that has been developed and has proven to be perfect for me. You can see for yourself how bad my straightened hair was. And now ... This ...
3 comments:
Lovely jubbly.
I had mixed results with acv : I was never certain it had actually worked. I wish you had done before and after shots of the locs you soaked :)
Hello Lovely!
TBH I had/have flu, and found it hard to see clearly much less angle the camera, they are at the back of my head closer to scalp. Plus these jokers around here fed up of me and my pic taking ... LOL!
See u soon???? ;)
I think it's very wise to do a deep cleanse regularly esp if you use moisturising shampoos& condish.
@bajan, acv really works. my daughter had a client whose locs were started with some nasty black gel. After a few acv soakings all the build-up was gone, the locs looked fresh and sheeny.
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