0 Question and Answer: Dry Scalp Solutions

Question: My hair is DRY I have a DRY SCALP THAT FLAKES. My hair is damaged I dont know what to do it doesnt grow at all. Do u suggest the combination of oils with the shea butter or should I specifically use one type of oil or what? I used vitamin e oil and it did wonders to my hair? Could I mix this with the Shea butter? Any suggestions?

DIY Answer: I used to have issues with a dry flaky scalp, co-washing helped. Co-washing is when you wash your hair with just conditioner throughout the week. I would do this every morning and then wet bun my hair. A dry scalp needs moisture and there are many ways to keep it moisturized such as:

• Spritzing your scalp with a water and essential oil mix. Since your scalp is also itchy, try peppermint for growth or tea tree to help with the itching. Both are relatively inexpensive oils that you can get from many health food stores like WholeFoods or The Vitamin Shoppe. Just add water and few drops of oil to a spray bottle and spritz your scalp as needed. 
• Co-washing as mentioned above, just use a cheap conditioner. I have used and like White Rain Tropical Coconut ($1 from Dollar Tree), Giovanni Tea Tree Triple Treat (from Target, Wal-Mart & Whole Foods - $7). 
• You can do water rinses, where you just rinse your hair & scalp with only water each morning. 

These are what helped me with my scalp issues. I also make sure to wash my hair atleast once a week. Be mindful of the shampoo you use as some shampoos can dry out your scalp.

You can mix shea butter with vitamin E oil.

Let me know if any of these tips help! If anyone else has any answers please put them in the comment box!

If anyone else has any questions, feel free to ask and I will answer your question the best way I can!

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0 Bubble Bath as a Shampoo??

As you know I'm in a protective style (kinky twists). After about 2 weeks of having this protective style I needed to shampoo the hair in the front of my head !! When I go too long without washing my scalp it gets crazy itchy and flaky. The front of my head looked like I had some kind of illness. o_O Yes. I had to tell you all that to let you know how DESPERATE I was for some shampoo!

 I was out of my liquid black soap for shampooing and I kept procrastinating on making some more. I couldn't find my other shampoo, so I looked at my daughters bath bubbles. She only even has this because my husband couldn't find any other bubble bath for her in Wal-Mart. *note to self don't send husband looking for bubble bath*

Yes, this is what I used on my hair.

Anyway.....

To shampoo, I took out about 8-10 twists in the front and washed just that area with the bubble bath. It was weird seeing all the suds in my hair, been a long time since I have used sulfates. I was so scared that my hair was going to be hard as a brillo pad...

But, it wasn't! My scalp was so clean and my hair felt wonderful! I didn't use a rinse out conditioner, just the shampoo and my hair felt nice and soft. The build up was gone off of my twist too (you know the part where the knot is that collects lint, flakes, and whoknowswhat).

I promise I'm not crazy ya'll...I promise.

I have used it 2 more times on my whole head since and I get the same beautiful results. My scalp feels and looks so clean! Which leads me to wonder if the black soap is really getting all of the oils off of my scalp.

The black soap contains shea butter, and I think my scalp likes the bubble bath because it doesn't moisturize my scalp. It cleans it and lets it breathe.

Sooooooo.....

I think I will be using the *cough* bubble bath on my scalp and the black soap on my hair when I take these twists out.

I don't expect everyone to go out and buy Johnson's Bubble Bath for your hair but, if you're experiencing an itchy scalp it may help you like it did me. I am realizing that my scalp doesn't like any build up and likes to be 100% clean.



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