Several friends of mine have inspired me to go no poo.  Basically, you ditch shampoo, and either use nothing, or you use a baking soda wash and vinegar rinse you make yourself. I've done lots of googling and while there are lots of blogs on the subject and on people's experiences, I only found one 'photo diary.' There is a transition period where your hair will look stringy/greasy/awful, but it seems no one (except one person) is willing to document their awkward hair days to let newbies know what to realistically expect.  This transition period can last a couple weeks to a couple months.  My plan (feeling brave at the moment) is to document my no poo experiment, including the bad hair days that are sure to come, hopefully followed by the good hair days to come. I last washed my hair with traditional store bought shampoo on Sunday February 16th. This morning I did not wash my hair, and this is what it looks like...

Where did these come from?

Still no sky blue morning glories. Now instead of dark purple, I'm getting white with purple accents. I'm so confused.

First Morning Glory of the year. - surprisingly dark in color.


First Nasturtium of the year - also surprisingly dark in color - pleasant surprises.

Marigolds and Zinnias already bloomed....but I've been waiting and waiting for the first MG and first Nasti.

Showing Promise

..and not quite in flower, but showing promise...

Spring plus 1

Meant to get out to take a few pics on the first day of Spring..oops.
Here's March 21st...or Spring plus 1.

Leftover pics from summer '09

Found these few still hiding in the depths of the digital camera:

at the house...

Apartment Balcony