bentonite clay, apple cider, and avocado oil does not clean the hair!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX1caIXKhEQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

First off I never heard of avocado oil cleaning the hair...... and I don't agree with what she says even though she is a professional. What are your thoughts?

I usually agree with everything she says but this threw me off! She is such a sweet person though

I can't watch it but I definitely don't agree with her on bentonite clay or apple cider vinegar. I'm like you. I don't kknow anything about using avocado oil for cleansing. I do know some people do oil cleansing but I don't know enough about it.

In the video does she say she actually tried it?

I have never heard of oil cleansing for hair. I do it for my face, but I never heard it done for hair.

Anyone tried it? What has been your experience?

Ogoma said:

I have never heard of oil cleansing for hair. I do it for my face, but I never heard it done for hair.

Anyone tried it? What has been your experience?

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Here is an old thread
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=60818

I think those with drier hair tend to like it more. I guess I am sort of doing this when I do a hot and then a water rinse behind it. But i need to read the thread.

Ogoma said:

I have never heard of oil cleansing for hair. I do it for my face, but I never heard it done for hair.

Anyone tried it? What has been your experience?

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Ouidad has a cleansing oil for hair.

It makes sense when I think about it. People use cleansing oils or the OCM method on their face and it gets clean. If I had to use one, I'd use a cleansing oil on my hair since it's made to rinse out easily. I like cleansing oils as makeup remover.

I have used bentonite and acv very successfully in the past to gently cleanse my hair.

Avocado oil is very thick and IMO would make your hair feel weighted down and not clean if added to the mix.

I have done DIY cleansing oils but you need an emulsifier like polysorbate 80 to rinse it out with water.

What is supposed to emulsify the very heavy avocado oil?

faithVA said:

I can't watch it but I definitely don't agree with her on bentonite clay or apple cider vinegar. I'm like you. I don't kknow anything about using avocado oil for cleansing. I do know some people do oil cleansing but I don't know enough about it.

In the video does she say she actually tried it?

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No, I think she only goes off science and what she thinks makes sense

What I think many people lose sight of in these debates is the nature of your hair versus the nature of your scalp. Your scalp is like your skin (it is your skin, as a matter of fact), and since each of these items has been used with varying degrees of success on other areas of skin on your body, people can, theoretically, use them to successfully cleanse the scalp. Our hair, on the other hand, acts more like a fiber, as in like the fibers used to make our clothing. None of these items can be used effectively to cleanse our clothes and leave them soft and in good condition. Therefore, it stands to reason that neither clay, ACV or oil would be a completely effective cleanser for our hair strands. As she said in the video, each might impart certain benefits to the hair as part of a more complete regimen, but using them as a primary cleaning agent would probably do more harm than good over time.

I watched the video. At least she has some credentials. She may be right but I think people who have good experiences with the mentioned will not give them up based on a theory. Experience overrides theory most of the time.

I do agree that both mud and acv can be drying to hair that is already dry if used too often. As she said it needs to be balanced out. I think most people that use it though know to do that.

I think she could have had a good channel but her presentation was driving me crazy.

I won't be switching back to shampoo anytime soon. It does me no good to have clean, dried out hair which shampoo gives me. I will stick to non traditional cleansing methods for a while.