Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Shikakai Experiment - 6

My affair with shikakai is over. The allergy increased with each use (has that happened to anyone?) and finally, last week, I had a rash all over my face and back and was breathless. Had to be avil-ed and inhaler-ed. And the shikakai destroyed. I tried every thing (Soaking overnight, not soaking overnight,various mixes, but it appears to be the shikakai)

On shampoo now, until I feel ready to experiment, this time probably with reetha alone.

3 comments:

Abhiram said...

:(

gayatri said...

If u still want to go the natural way, u can try using 'besan' or chick pea powder.
Only problem with besan is that the if you put oil before a hairwash, the besan will stick to the hair and everyone (irritatingly) will say "u've got drandruff".

sarayu said...

@Gayatri: Yes! That's happened to me before (my mom used chickpea powder on my hair, and, ofcourse, hair was always nicely oiled :-)) and can't risk it again.
Now I've moved to 'natural' shampoos - one of which is a bright green and the other a copper sulphate blue. The colour is certainly natural.Sigh.