Wash your hair w/baking soda & vinegar

Equipment & Ingredients:

• cup/water bottle w/a hole drilled through the cap
• small bowl
• 1 cup measuring device (measuring cup or bowl)
• tablespoon
  
• 1 T baking soda
• apple cider vinegar OR white vinegar w/5% max acidity
  
• water (distilled if you can, but tap works just as well)

Make the Mixtures:

1. Put 1 T baking soda into the small bowl, then drip water slowly into the bowl & mix (form a paste).
   * You do NOT need a lot of water to make the paste.
   * If this mixture dries out your hair/scalp, use less baking soda.
   
2. Measure 1 T vinegar + 1 cup water, then dump them into the cup

Wash your Hair:

1. Bring both the cup and the small bowl w/you into the shower.
2. Scrub/massage your scalp w/the baking soda paste.
   *Try not to get it on the whole length of your hair; the runoff when you eventually wash it out will be enough to cleanse the length of the hair.  However, if you do accidentally get some on your hair, don't worry, it'll be fine- the point is to get as much as you can on the scalp.
3. Let the baking soda sit for ~1 min.  Do another part of your cleaning routine & come back.
4. Wash out the baking soda paste.

Condition your Hair:

1. Take the cup of diluted vinegar & pour it over your hair.
   *Try to coat evenly if possible.

Why the heck you'd want to consider doing this:

• Shampoo costs a buttload of money over time, so does conditioner.  A 12lb bag of baking soda costs about the same amount as a bottle of shampoo.  A 16oz bottle of apple cider vinegar costs approximately $1.50.  A 1gal jug of white vinegar costs ~$3.
  
• You (may be able to) go longer between hair washings.  I went from everyday to once every 2-3 days & my hair didn't look dirty or oily at all.
• You ran out of shampoo/conditioner.
• You're allergic to something in shampoo/conditioner or you think they may be having adverse effects on your health.
• You're looking for a more natural way of cleaning your hair and/or reducing waste in the form of plastic bottles
• You want shinier hair (the vinegar rinse is excellent for this).
• You've got a ridiculous amount of (product, oil, dirt, shampoo/conditioner residue) buildup in your hair.  (Baking soda is some of the best stuff on the market for cleaning/clarifying)

Organic vs. Non
Okay, so lots of baking soda/vinegar hair cleaning recipes call for ORGANIC apple cider vinegar and distilled water, etc.  In my experience, non-organic apple cider vinegar works just fine.  The only reason you may want to consider spending more for distilled water is if you have hard water & this method isn't working for you.  Supposedly the minerals in the hard water may make this method less effective, although I don't live in a place with hard water, so I can't really comment.