Day one of no shampoo experiment

I was combing the www for recipes for good homemade shampoo because I was tired of spending a lot on it, and cheap crap is just that - crap. I had just assumed I needed some kind of shampoo, it never occurred to me that it wasn't necessary. What kept popping up for me were blogs of people who were either going completely without any cleansing agents (water only), and many more doing some form of baking soda/apple cider vinegar washes (with and without enhancements). When baking soda/acv was mentioned in my facebook request for recipes, I laughed it off - but the more I read the less ridiculous it seemed.

I have all of the ingredients on hand to "make" herbal shampoo if this doesn't work out, I am a stay at home mom living in a remote town so I don't see many people during the week - what the hell, I figured I'd give the baking soda a shot.

So today was my first day - I've read it takes a week or two for your hair to adjust, but if it gets better from here then this is going to be gravy. Seriously, first wash with only baking soda (didn't do the acv rinse, water here is softish) and my hair is full, fluffy, no static like it gets when I don't condition after shampoo, and clean. I am feel both elated and cheated. Could it really be this simple? It couldn't, could it? All of the money I've wasted, all of the stupid plastic bottles I've had to toss when empty...

I'm going to keep going, I'll try to give it at least a month and see if I do end up needing to rinse with vinegar or add honey or any of the other countless adjustments I've read... If this works, I'll move on to the next hygiene product I am running out of to see how to replace it as well. Excited by the prospects of the experiment - to have luscious hair without paying luscious prices, and almost no waste - positively dreamy!

Economy sized box o'baking soda, here I come... I already use it to help my cloth diapers and cloth diaper pail, I need to start using it as an abrasive cleaner instead of the chemicals, I could use it as a toothpaste, now a shampoo, plus cooking with it... hell, maybe I'll put it in a fancy container and charge $30 a jar for "organic hair cleansing". If you steal my idea, I want royalties.