Bye-Bye Dandruff?
A few days ago, I read this article and decided to try a simplified version of the vinegar rinse recipe. I didn’t have any rosebuds or honey, so it was plain apple cider vinegar and water. I did add some ylang-ylang essential oil that I had knocking around, however, as it’s good for oily skin and would hopefully balance out the yucky vinegar odour. For those interested in trying this, I used 100ml of vinegar to 900ml of water, with 5 drops of ylang-ylang.
Well, I’ve used the recipe 3 times now and I am extremely proud to say that my dandruff appears to have completely vanished! It was actually gone from the very first wash, but I didn’t dare say anything then in case I was just having a good day. I’ve had my husband take a thorough look at my scalp every day and there’s no trace of redness or flaking at all.
I use it as a pre-rinse - basically I pour it all over my scalp, give it a bit of a massage and then leave in for a couple of minutes. Then I rinse it out and apply shampoo as normal. My hair still smells faintly of vinegar after the final rinse, so I’m going to try halving the vinegar content in my next few washes.
I’ve never tried anything like this before and it never even occured to me to do so as I’ve used shampoos containing apple cider vinegar without success. I guess they just didn’t contain enough of it to have an effect.
Fingers crossed that it continues to work!
Skincare Diary | Becky | February 14, 2008
