UFO Recession Tip 72 - Save Money, Stop Using Shampoo

Why do Earthlings spend so much on maintaining their hair? Maybe because we aliens do not have hair, we will never understand. Shampoo puts unhealthy chemicals on your head, next to your brain. This seems to us like a Didiot thing to do. The planet Earth offers a way to naturally and cheaply clean your hair. 

Beautiful, shiny hair for pennies. We scoured the planet and found a group of humans with beautiful hair for cheap! They simply use apple cider vinegar and baking soda. You can simply clean you hair and it will look great without any extra styling products. We suggest you go to your pantry and try it as soon as you finish reading this article.

This method will not cause oily hair. We see that is a big no-no with all Earthlings. Shampoos strip away oils so you scalps produce too much oil. Vinegar and baking soda will restore the balance and give you more beautiful, natural hair for less.

We are frightened of all of the chemicals you put on your head and your bodies. Humans, your skin is your largest body organ. Whatever you put on your skin or scalp is absorbed into your body and your skin. We will never understand paying your money to poison your body.

Toxins found in your shampoos:

Alcohol, isopropyl (SD-40) is a drying and irritating solvent. It dries out your skin which ages you. It makes you more prone to bacteria infections, mold and viruses. It is made from propylene, a petroleum derivative, and is in many skin and hair products, fragrances, antibacterial hand washes. It can help other harmful chemicals penetrate your skin. It can promote brown spots, cause  headaches, flushing, dizziness, mental depression, nausea, vomiting, narcosis, anesthesia and coma. A dose of one ounce or less might kill a human.

FD&C color pigments. These synthetic colors are made from coal tar, which contains heavy metal salts which deposit toxins onto your skin. This causes skin sensitivity and irritation. Certain colors, when absorbed in the skin, cause depletion of oxygen in the body and death. It causes cancer in animals.

Mineral oil is a petroleum by-product which clogs your pores, interfering with your skin’s ability to eliminate toxins and promotes acne and other problems.

Propylene glycol (PG) and butylene glycol are petroleum plastics which act as surfactants (wetting agents and solvents). They easily penetrate the skin and can weaken protein and cellular structure. Commonly used to make extracts from herbs, PG is strong enough to remove barnacles from boats!

Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium laureth sulfate (SLES). These are detergents and surfactants which are thought to cause serious health problems. These chemicals are also found in car washes, garage floor cleaners and engine degreasers — plus 90% of foaming personal care products. Animals exposed to SLS showed eye damage, depression, labored breathing, diarrhea, severe skin irritation and death.

Earthling, Dare to Stop Shampooing!

Directions: Dissolve about 1 tablespoon of baking soda in just enough water to create a paste. Put this at the roots of your hair only. Now work it in. Let it set for one minute.

Now move your fingers in a gentle, circular motion to scrub your scalp. This stimulates circulation (which promotes human hair growth), cleans your pores and removes any dirty, oily buildup. Start on top at the front of your head, move to the back of a circle. Then massage the middle of the circle and up to your part. Keep going until you have massage circles all over you head. Enjoy.

Now rinse out the baking soda with warm water. Pour about 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar into a cup and add water. Pour this only over the ends of your hair. Let is stay in your hair for a minute and rinse out. You are finished!

*Helpful hints: bring 2 plastic cups into the shower with your. One with baking soda, one with water. Keeping the box of baking soda in the shower will cause it to be soggy.

It may take a week or two for your scalp to adjust. Here's how to make adjustments for your individual head of hair:

Greasy hair. Go easy on the apple cider vinegar, switch to lemon or lime juice, and do not use honey. Use a come instead of a brush.
Frizzy hair. Use a little less baking soda or leave it on for a little less time. Adding honey can also help.
Itchy Scalp. Try tea tree, lavender or rosemary essential oils. If your hair is too dry, try a tiny bit of oil (especially olive oil) smoothed on the ends of your hair.

Do not be afraid to be a healthy, frugal human and be green like us.

Comments

[Zork]

@new guy: How did this method of hair cleansing work for you? We aliens have evolved beyond having head hair so I have not been able to try it.

[new_guy]

Looks like Lydia put a lot of effort into her comment - maybe she works for a shampoo company? Anyway, I'm gonna continue to ignore her and try the baking soda/cider vinegar technique. Thanks.

[lydia]

The first commenter to this is a didiot.. She doesn't even recycle her shampoo bottles! Besides that, baking soda is a useful household necessity- you can use it to scrub tile, counters, plates, and your teeth- and vinegar is just as useful. Neither are expensive, especially in the amount that you would use them to wash your hair..

[soft_guy]

How is this cheaper/easier than using shampoo? It sounds like in order for this to work, I'd have to several additional steps every time I wanted to wash my hair. I'd have to have vinegar and baking soda in my bathroom. And maybe olive oil or lavender or honey (which sounds like something I would NOT want near my hair at all) or whatever other kookie thing we can think of that sounds natural - maybe flower petals. And that would mean I'd have to put the baking soda in some other container because in the paper box it usually comes in it would get damp in my bathroom due to the steam from the shower. So, now you have me buying a big jug of vinegar, then a box of baking soda which I have to transfer to an air tight container.

As it is, I buy the store brand knock off of head and shoulders. I keep an extra bottle under the sink. When its running low, I throw the old bottle away, replace it with the one from under the sink, and then try to remember to buy a new one before I run out again. And everything is ready made and easy to use while I'm in the shower.

And I've been using it all my life with no ill effects. Imagine that!

[Cory]

This is not what I expected when I clicked the link to this. I was expecting something more like my technique, which I now share with you aliens.

I use bar soap. When I step in the shower, I turn on the water, rinse up, wetten my hair, and then use a bar of soap to work up a lather in my hair. I then place the bar of soap back on the rack and grab the thick lather off the top of my head and use it to wash the rest of my body. Once everything is washed, I rinse the lather off of my head and the rest of my body.

This leaves the need for conditioner, but I don't mind because I use groom and clean hair groom to style my hair. I only use a glob about the size of a nickel in circumference. A tube of groom and clean lasts a long time. I can easily style my pompadour without the brittleness of hair spray or gel. And, since Groom and Clean eliminates the massive poof of frizz my hair would be without it, I can go signifigantly longer in between haircuts.

[Stephanie Dow]

This is a great tip. I've used apple cider and vinegar in my bath, but I've never thought of using apple cider and vinegar on my hair.

Now I wish I hadn't showered yet. There's always tommorow

[chris]

This is a great post, and excellent blog you have here. I've used apple cider vinegar and baking soda for years when my eczema flairs up and my scalp itches. It works better than anything else, and in answer to another poster's question, once the hair is dry you don't smell the vinegar. It leaves your scalp feeling very clean, and your hair shiny. Thanks for posting this.

[marmelade]

where do you get apple cider vinegar? i'm gonna start looking for it.

[Linda]

Great information... i am just wondering if your hair smells like vinegar or does the baking soda take care of it?

Reply from Meera: We have noticed that most humans who use this method of hair washing do NOT smell like vinegar.

However, if you have thick dry hair you may notice a slight vinegar smell the first few times, until your hair is healthier and absorbs less vinegar. You may easily get rid of the vinegar scent with a couple of drops of your favorite essential oil added to the vinegar. We love lavender.