Chad says I'm his LUSH though.  Thanks for all your votes!  I am so grateful for all your support.  And trully the best part of entering the contest was really beginning to see and understand how much we do DO as a family to be greener and conscious of our decisious effecting the environment and the world (/people too) around us.

Besides if you do go to the lush site to see the grand prize winner . . . she looks like she'd fit the role of Elle from "Legally Blonde" and I guess that's the most polite way to put it!  At least the winnings go to a good cause.  Anyway thank you all again for taking time to vote online.

Now for my newest endeavor  . . . going No 'Poo.  What?  Yes, I said Poo.  As in no ShamPOO.  Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy my LUSH shampoo bars.  But Chad was looking into some stuff on line about Vinegar Hair Care.  Pretty much the idea is that we build up a whole lot of bad junk into and onto our hair causing it to be dull, and simply not soft and beautiful with our chemically shampoos.  Then we try to cover that all up with conditioners to make it shiney and soft.  Then we have to (at least us ladies in the house) use all kinds of styling products to make our hair do what we'd like it to.

Now my idea is not new of course.  Crunchy granola hippies are dirty-ing themselves all over the world by not washin their hair and putting it into dread locks and corn rolls.  That's not what I'm going to do!  Yikes!  I'm just talking about experimenting with not using shampoos for a while and rinsing with vinegar and we'll see what ocurrs.

I'll blog/journal as often as I can to keep you informed and make this as scientifically documented as possible.

Today is Day One:

I showered and rinse my scalp and whole head of hair with white vinegar (about 3 table spoons)

Then I brushed and combed all the tangles out (which was the easiest it has ever been for my natural curly hair!)

Rinsed and proceed with other regular bathing rituals

I opted to NOT put any styling products in my hair today.  Instead I combed it again with a large toothed comb while it was wet, pulled it into a pony tail parted my bangs and put them behind my ears. (all of which I usually do anyway).

OBSERVATIONS/RESULTS of Day One:

I noticed my bangs were very shiny.  I did have fly aways but nothing out of the norm.  My hair was not as frizzy as I would have expected for not using any styling products and it was very soft and touchable.  All very nice results.

I will keep you posted on the No 'Poo Protest as much as possible!  Enjoy!