The web site I've been waiting my whole life for

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The Beauty Brains: cosmetic scientists explain what the fuck is actually in that shampoo/foundation/whatever you've got in your paw at the drugstore, and what it does. Example: The Four Basic Types Of Shampoo.

Hallelujah.

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Yup, I couldn't live without my big plastic bottle of 'sour water' as my daughter calls it. It is an old Arizona Iced Tea gallon jug...one cup of white vinegar to a gallon of water. It's always fun in the middle of winter to pour a quart of cold water over my head!

I started doing vinegar and water rinses when I was doing conditioner only; it kind of cuts the build up of sebum along the scalp and it tends to keep my frizzies a little more tame. It's supposed to lock the scales back down on the hair and restore the pH to a lower level.

I don't use apple cider though, just white, because for some reason the smell of apple cider vinegar just reminds me too much of the smell of fast-food garbage cans.