chemical free hair

By Amelia Pérez

How to Care for Your Hair Naturally: Healthy Alternatives to Synthetic Shampoos.

How often do you wash your hair? Have you ever wondered about the amount of chemicals in a synthetic shampoo? How do these artificial components affect your health? And the quality of your hair?

Hair washing routines have varied throughout the centuries. And while it is true that two hundred years ago, recommendations suggested that washing your hair every two months was ideal, the frequency today is much higher. Commercial shampoos have adapted to current times and demands, presenting milder and less harmful formulations, but they are by no means free of chemical components.

In our case, this is a subject that concerns us, due to the very essence of how we do things, but also, and above all, due to the number of inquiries we have received from our clients, some with serious problems related to the use of synthetic shampoos. This has led us to develop a routine and some recommendations to improve these conditions and achieve healthier, better-looking hair, regardless of its nature or the issues it may present.

We can remove chemical residues from our hair using sodium bicarbonate and applying coconut oil as a mask.

Cleaning with sodium bicarbonate

Every time we use personal care products, we are introducing some chemical ingredient into our body, which is why it is reasonable to think that the body gradually becomes saturated. These synthetic ingredients adhere to our skin and hair with sometimes negative consequences. And in some cases, the time comes to say enough! Although we want to warn you that the transition from using synthetic ingredients to natural ones is not always easy.

If you want to use solid shampoo for hair cleaning and you are coming from using conventional shampoo, you must first perform a sodium bicarbonate cleanse. But how? We explain it below:

• Fill the sink with warm water and a coffee cup measurement of sodium bicarbonate. Dissolve it well in the water.
• Rinse your hair vigorously until the bicarbonate water thoroughly permeates and rinses your hair everywhere.
• Next, wash your hair with your recommended soap, and rinse very well until no residue remains.

I haven't used shampoos or applied chemical products to my hair or body for years. I wash with my soaps and live by the suggestions I present here.

Some recommendations

For our soaps to work well, you should not use chemical products on the ends, such as non-natural masks or serums. If you use them, they will create a film on the hair that will prevent the natural products from doing their job.

In the case of masks, I recommend you try organic or biological coconut oil as a mask, applying a small amount to your fingers and spreading it little by little over the ends of your hair. Let it sit for a few hours, or overnight if your schedule permits, and once the time is up, wash your hair with the soap recommended for your hair type.

Dyes also contain protective films based on paraffins. If you use masks, dye, color-depositing shampoo, or similar products, it is possible that it will not work well for you; to fix this, you can do the following:

• Rinse with warm water and a full coffee cup of sodium bicarbonate. Dissolve it very well in the water and rinse your hair vigorously until it is well rinsed all over.
• Next, wash your hair with the soap indicated for your hair type and rinse well until the clean hair feels grippy in your hand, and you notice a "crac-crac" sound.
• Once every 15-20 days, you can apply a small amount of organic coconut oil to the ends and leave it until the next day or for at least 5 hours. Afterward, wash your hair and rinse with plenty of water; you will notice it very clean and loose.

In general, the results of washing your hair with natural soap or solid shampoo depend a lot on the quality or type of water. In areas near the mountains, with water without lime, the result—the "crac-crac"—is different from that in areas with harder, more calcareous water.

We are lucky to have a water source of remarkable quality coming from the Sierra de Guadarrama.

A soap for every hair type

Dry hair: Soaps made of beeswax and honey, calendula, olive and aloe vera, and lavender.

Oily hair: Soaps made of rosemary, lavender, olive and aloe vera, and argan.

Dyed hair: Soaps made of beeswax and honey, lavender, olive and aloe vera, and argan.

_________________________________________

Invite your friends

If you want to make your shipping costs cheaper, do it together with your friends: It is a good way to save money and, while you're at it, to share some of your beauty and care secrets with them.