Quote Originally Posted by badger View Post
I dug this thread up because in another forum that I go to, there was a thread on washing without soap. Yes, without soap.
Honestly, knowing what goes into commercial 'soap' (or rather, that they take out all of the good stuff in it - like glycerin) this doesn't surprise me at all.. I have been making my own soap for 3 years now because I'm allergic to so much stuff, and I can't imagine using anything else at this point... but I do tend to only lather up areas that need it - but more to spare my soap, not my skin

I superfat my soap and I rarely use any kind of lotion.. because I just don't need it.

I've tried the no shampoo thing in the past, due to my severe allergy to SLS's, and it just doesn't work for my hair at all, not to mention my skin was taking one heck of a beating from the vinegar rinse, as much as I tried to keep it off me. I went through trying a lot of different brands of SLS-free shampoos, and finally settled on Jason Pure and Natural as my preferred one... no SLS and no perfumes (many other SLS free shampoos, like Burt's bees and such, are heavily scented, and I also react badly to a lot of EO's, so that's an automatic "no way" for me).

I don't use conditioner though... I hate the way it weighs down my hair.