My no 'poo

So, last Monday (17th), I began my no 'poo regime. After reading up a little on the subject, I did a Baking Soda (1tbsp) and water (1 cup) rinse. It was one of the weirdest feelings ever. My hair felt almost sticky. It was very tacky, like it was thick with grease and syrup - very, very strange. I had read that sometimes the apple cider vinegar makes your hair smell like vinegar and sometimes can make it greasier, so I didn't try that step yet. I was for sure in de-tox - my hair was a mess! It was like the baking soda had released this reservoir of damned up gunk that had been stored inside my scalp and all of a sudden it was all set free and it came flooding into my hair. YUK!! Need I say more? So over the next day and a half I read a lot more about no 'poo and found the natural family website which had a better step-by-step description of how to do the baking soda wash and I attempted it a second time. This time I used the same baking soda wash, but used warmer water, let the solution sit on my roots for a minute, did the whole scrubbing sequence they suggested on that website and rinsed really well. I also followed by a apple cider vinegar (2 tbsp) and water (1 cup) rinse just on the ends (I let it sit for about a minute) and rinsed that really well too (in cooler water). I did not get the nasty sticky feeling (although I do think a lot of that was the de-tox, especially as my hair had a lot of product in it the day I started no 'poo). I also did not smell like vinegar (although there are worse things to smell like... but thats another topic!) The amazing thing was that over the next few days my hair actually got better as the days went on, rather than worse. The curl got more defined, the hair was silkier and shinier (but not greasy). In fact, Saturday was my best hair day (four days after it was washed). By Sunday it started to get a little bit greasy around the part, so I did the routine again on Sunday night (tonight). Same as before, but I added one drop of lavender essential oil to the vinegar rinse. My hair is less coarse than last time (softer) and almost all the tackiness has gone. So we'll see...