Let's Craft Something!

You may recall me talking about trying this on Monday, but I finally decided to give the natural shampoo a chance.  I ran out of shampoo and whipped up a batch, but before I did, I had to find a recipe.  Boy was that overwhelming...

There seem to be as many different recipes for it as there are in the store!  People were sharing what worked best for them, which is great because everyone has different hair types.  I did notice two common ingredients:  baking soda and apple cider vinegar.  Baking soda is generally used in the wash, and ACV in the rinse.  Baking soda is a base, just like detergents, but because it's one of the weakest, it takes a lot of it to damage your hair.  ACV is an acid (which is why vinegar and baking soda react when in contact with one another).  It helps detangle, balance the pH levels in your hair, and seals the cuticles.
Of course, there are different herbs that you can add to give different properties to your wash; you can also add honey, citrus juice, teas, and pretty much anything you can think of.  I bet there's someone who's tried it all.  If you want to smell all nice and clean, you can always add a few drops of essential oils to perk of the scent.


I'm still tweaking my recipe to see what I like best, so for now, I will share some of my resources with you.  Don't worry, I'll post my experiences soon enough.

Babyslime has definitely done her homework on the poo-free way.  In her lengthy post, she explains why to go poo-free, what's wrong with shampoo, how to go poo-free, what the ingredients do, what herbs to use (if you want to), and a few extra recipes.  She also has what to do if your hair is "too long", if it has gone frizzy, if it feels greasy, if it feels dry, if you have buildup, if you get itchy, if you have dandruff, if you have limp or weak hair, and if you have hard water.  She's also 16 years poo-free.  (Nine at the time of writing this entry.)


Kitchen Stewardship is another useful site I had pulled up.  She goes through her year-long experience of going poo-free.  It is where I learned the most about the detoxing period you hair may go through.  She includes her recipe, which has the same two components, and some drawbacks she has found in her experience.


Simple Mom is actually the first website I found, and it linked me to Babyslime's overwhelmingly informative post.  She shares her experience in the three months she's been poo-free, some tips she's collected, and finally the recipe she uses.

This is another image I found on Pinterest while searching for recipes on going poo-free.  (Don't worry, you can click on it to make it larger.)


It's all largely the same; it's just personal preference and hair type that makes it different.  You can tweak it anyway you like and even to where it's what you have on hand.  Take a look at all the different recipes and try a few out.  Tweak it for next time if you don't like it.


Have you gone poo-free?  Or would you go poo-free?

Phew, guys.  We made it.  June is over with.  Isn't it a relief?  I finished Junk-Free June.  You have no idea how accomplished I feel about it.  My room seems to be so much better.  I still have a few miscellaneous items I need to find homes for, but that's okay.  It seems like I'm finding one every day, so it keeps getting smaller.

Just because my month of dedicated organization is over with doesn't mean I'm just going to stop organizing.  I feel like I've made myself become a more organized person through this, even if it is just a little bit more.

I don't know if I'm going to do a theme for July just yet or just do whatever crafts come to mind.  I know that I'm going to finish that stupid plarn bag, though.  Ugh. I just got so tired of two stitches per every one bag link.


I'm considering a sewing project.  While I'm still hoping to lose weight before our annual anime convention, it'd be a lot easier to alter it closer to time than stay up all night sewing (like I've done almost every year...).  Zach and I went to JoAnn's and they were having a sale on patterns where they were $1.  I stacked up on anything that seemed remotely Victorian.  I have about six patterns that I could use, but the one pictured above is by far my favorite.

I'm working on compiling a page for tips and tricks.  I don't always necessarily like calling them "life hacks" now since someone pointed out that they're normally just crafts.  So that's coming up.  I also have been considering trying some of those home-made products lately.  I mixed up some shampoo and conditioner on Saturday to try it out.  I don't wash my hair every day, anyway, so I don't think the "detox" some people had complained about will be as much of a problem, but we'll see.  I'll keep you guys posted on that, too.

Thursday marked mine and Zach's seven year anniversary.  Seven years and I still don't know why he puts up with my crap.  Regardless, I love him and I love him more every day.  Did you know year seven was the year of the horse?  That's right.  Without any collaboration, I got him a horse head mask, and he got me the unicorn mask.  Everyone just kind of looked at us like, "Really?  Why did you buy that?"


Zach also got me a beautiful necklace.  I believe it was our first anniversary when he got me the necklace I have been wearing almost daily.  My new necklace is made from a page of Lord of the Rings.  It's a piece of elvish from the picture of the Mines of Moria.    We've decided that the page was from a library copy of LOTR where the binding was all falling apart and some pages had already been lost.  I mean, that's the only reason someone would destroy a copy, right?

We also had some awesome sushi at our usual place, walked around the outdoor mall for a bit, and saw World War Z.  (Which was pretty good, in my opinion, though apparently completely different from the book.)  Don't let my breezing through the description mislead you -- I had a great time!  I just don't want to bore you all with the details.  (Besides, you probably had your fill of mushy stuff in these past few paragraphs.)