Hello Everyone, this is Rachelle and today I want to talk to you guys about the water
only washing process I have come upon my 1 year anniversary of washing my hair with nothing
but water and I'm still loving it and I still recommend it.
A lot of you said you've tried it and that it's really working well for you and I'm so
happy about that I know how it is and I just feel so great when I can share and idea to
do something and it actually works for people and not just me.
But there are some of you who are having issues ok and I took the liberty of making this big
old list of all your questions and since I've been doing this I feel seasoned I've been
doing this for about a year or so I feel like I can help you um conquer these issues.
Alright so stay tuned we're going to go over everything we can, if you have no idea what
we're talking about guys, I'm going to link the video either here yeah I'll link it here
or either at the bottom in the descriptions area so you can check it out and um try to
get you started so you have an idea of where to begin first question does your hair stink,
absolutely not.
My hair does not stink now ofcourse if you go weeks and weeks and weeks without washing
your hair of course your hair's gonna stink the bacteria's gonna get there and it's gonna
start stinking but no the sebum thats coating your hair is odorless you have it on your
body already.
As long as you have a hygiene system you know where you are washing your hair on a you know
a repetitive basis you should be just fine for those of you who are interested I still
wash my hair every 3 to 4 days.
When can I start doin this?
Well you can start at any time.
The best time to start though is when your estrogen and testosterone levels are at their
highest.
Um yeah because that produces more sebum you know when you're about to come on you know
you get oily and you get the zits and everything that's why its because that sebum is coming
up.
Before you start though you do have to clarify you hair and what I mean by that is you've
gotta get either one of those clarifying shampoos or you can just rinse your hair with vinegar
and water which is what I did to try and get the crap off your hair so you can start fresh.
It's gonna feel kinda squeaky clean a little bit I hate that feeling but you've gotta kinda
start like that to get the hair coated and make sure everything stays on.
Another tip I can give you about starting this process is to use protective styling
for the first couple of months the best you can like a bun like protect everything just
massage, you know and just wrap it seal your ends and then put it in a bun and tuck your
ends in.
Cause in the beginning in my opinion it can get kinda dry its a little scary, especially
if your hair is fine you know and fragile like my hair is so I did that for the first
couple months just to make sure everything was alright.
If you're wondering how long it's gonna take to coat your strands with the sebum it totally
depends um yeah it just depends on what your body is normally producing and how much you
are pulling it down buy massaging it cause like I said it's already there just massage
it up get it warm you know so it can move, then you want to preen it down, you want to
take your hair like this is obviously my hair, and just kind of preen it on down like that
I don't recommend doing this when your hair is dry, I know a lot of people do do it that
way but when your hair is fragile and even still a little dry you know what I mean especially
coming from that clarification, I don't recommend that I'd say try to do it in the shower if
you can that way you know it's easier to get the oil down on to your strands.
But for me it took about 3-4 weeks um before my hair was fully coated so it may be different
for you.
Do I still use my little conditioner mix I showed you guys on the original video?
Yes I do but I don't use it all the time.
Sometimes it's just too much and I don't feel like it and my hair is still, it's just fine.
Can I use a leave in?
You can use a leave in, you can use whatever products you want to use as long as it's naturally
based so you really want to be dilligent when looking at the labels and stuff um if you
wanna use this stuff because I know sometimes you want to use a styling product to make
your curls pop and occasionally I will use them but you don't have to it's not necessary.
But I get it sometimes you want it to look a certain way it's gonna be trial and error
for you one of the products I know works is the shea moisture is it smoothie?
I don't know I'll link it below and I tried this one out the camille rose curl maker I
really really like this one um but I felt like when I rinsed it out I still had a little
bit of the residue on there but I love it so much, I really do.
Like sometimes when my hair like if you look at this there's nothing on my hair this is
all water nothing else but like let me see like certain ones are really shiny I guess
I did too much here but I just, it wasn't looking right so I added a little bit of this
just to make it pop I think I overdid it but you see what I'm saying?
but like over here nothing is over here this is all just my hair so I just wanted you to
kinda see the difference so read the ingredients on them and pay attention to how your hair
is feeling after you wash it if you feel like it's still there and you can't get it out
then you might want to go ahead and clarify again now in regards to hard water what can
you do?
Well there's a couple of things you can do, the first thing you can do the most expensive
thing you can do is go buy a water softening system kind of expensive like I said but if
you can do it then do it and it's not what I do I know there are people who use water
filters on their shower head a showerhead filter, so that's an easy way an easy um fix
for that I think they run like what 30 40 bucks?
I think you can find them at home depot stuff like that or when you're rinsing your hair
the third thing you can do is just simply get some distilled water in the plastic bins
right just get you some distilled water and after you're done washing your hair rinse
you hair with that and it should be just fine.
Can you do this if you're hair's relaxed?
Id on't see why you couldn't um like I'd say I'd probably do the same thing- clarify first
and then yeah go ahead and wash your hair with water, seal the ends just to be on the
safe side I mean I don't see why it would be a problem because basically the relaxer
is just breaking down the protein in the hair right?
So if anything it's just more fragile um yeah so you might want to just supplement with
some oil but I don't see why you couldn't do that.
As long as you're using naturally based products..
Um yeah so if any of you are natural not natural are relaxed um please- I'm just asking for
all kind of help I'm supposed to be making this video but if you know I mean clearly
I'm not relazed so I don't know.
Listen to your hair don't be so rigid in the steps.
Um if you feel like your hair is like too dry and something's not right, add a little
oil to it I mean everyone is different.
Especially with your sebum production, how the do their hair, the manipulation, what's
going on with it, I mean you know so pay attention to your hair but is it worth it in my opinion
yes like I said I've been doing it for a year and I love it still.
I feel like this is my preferred method the only thing that I wish or that I'm working
on is that sometimes you want a little smell or something to your hair and there's no smell
at all um so yeah I have like this what is it grapefruit essential oil?
I don't know is that what it is?
Essential oils them little bottles you get from wholefoods well I have like different
scents and stuff that I like and you can do a little water spray just to get a scent and
stuff going like and I'll add it to my oils here and there but that's it I do recommend
it.
Hopefully these tips will help you um I don't think I've missed anything I've done above
and beyond this book so if there's anything I've missed let me know um add it below.
Don't forget to like the video if this was helpful to you, questions comments and concerns
leave it below I will see you guys Thursday I'm doing good right?
I'm doing good this is the second or third no second Thursday ok you see what I'm saying?
Yall like the Thursday videos?
I hope you do let me know um anyway thank you so much for the support guys and I will
see you very soon on the next one next Thursday and i'll talk to you then, Bye!
:) xoxo