I try Washing my Hair with Aritha Powder. (it works)

Today I'm trying out Aretha powder which is an all natural shampoo. I'm so excited. I've never used this before but I've done a lot of research on it. So I'm going to be using it with Shakai Kai powder which I have used before but I really hope it doesn't go out of date because I've had this for about three years. I'm sure it's still okay. I am currently on fourth day hair so it's pretty greasy. Fourth day is usually the day that I would wash. So we are on wash day. There's just two things you need to know before I start. Number one is that I am currently still doing the curly girl method. So I'm going to be doing the curly girl technique in the shower. The only difference is I'll be using this instead of my normal curly girl approved non sulfate shampoo. The second thing you need to know is that my hair is not heat damaged. A lot of people have made assumptions about my hair and it's not heat damaged. It's just very dry. That's my hair type. My hair has been improving over the past month. Now that that's cleared up, please stop telling me my hair is heat damaged and we can all move on with our lives. Okay, I'm now going to go into my bathroom and we're going to make this little concoction. So of course I needed to get a little voiceover in here somewhere. So here I am in my bathroom. Now there are a few different methods and recipes but I'm just going to follow what's on the back of the box which says two teaspoons for short hair and four for long hair. So I did roughly three. Then it says optionally you can add one teaspoon of shikaikai, amla or ayumi powder for conditioning. So I've added shikaikai, shikaikai. Then I just break up the lumps and add a little bit of filtered water to make a smooth runny paste. You can also make this a rinse by using more water and straining out the powder but I feel like the paste is a little more clarifying because it's concentrated and it acts like a scrub. Also, I tried a similar rinse a few years ago and I found my hair was still a little bit greasy after. While I'm mixing, what on earth is this stuff? So aretha or retha powder is most commonly associated with Indian hair care methods. It's made from dried soap nuts which are a type of fruit from the lychee family grown in tropical parts of Asia. They've been used since ancient times to treat various conditions but they're mostly used as a natural cleanser because they contain a large amount of saponin which kind of works like a soap. Some articles say they contain vitamins A, D, E and K but I'm not 100% sure if that's accurate. I tried to find a scientific source to find out the nutrient value but I couldn't find many credible sources. But it looks like they mainly contain saponin and fatty acids. So the hair benefits include cleansing, increasing growth, treating scalp bacteria and infections because of its antibacterial and antifungal properties, reduces dandruff, increases shine, detangles and apparently it helps to kill lice. So it's all around a great healthy option for your hair and it can also be used on the skin. A few cons, it's quite mild and most sources say it's not strong enough to wash out a hair mask or an oil treatment from your hair, it's a bit messy and I have heard it can be a little drying if used too much so that's something to keep in mind. So before I apply the shampoo I wet and massage my scalp to help lift any dirt. And then I literally I'm just massaging it all over my scalp. It was a little bit messy and a little hard to use but it was actually it felt quite nice like kind of like a scrub. I did find after a while it started to feel kind of gross and dry like it just felt like a big old clump of hay on my head but I guess it was working. And then I just rinsed it out really thoroughly had to be quite thorough I really had to scrub to get all the little grains out and then I just conditioned with my natural conditioner using the curly girl scrunching technique. And as you can see on my hands there was still little bits of powder in my hair even from conditioning but I think I managed to get it all out when I rinsed. I'm out the shower it did take a little while to get all the powder out but I feel like it's kind of out I know there's a little bit left in there but I feel like when it dries it will just come out. I'm now going to use my gel which I've been using for the past month and I'm going to scrunch my hair as normal. Usually I would section my hair to do this but I'm just going to put it all in and now we're just continuing to scrunch dry with my microfiber towel. Help get the water out because I'm now going to let it air dry but because it's kind of cold at the moment it's going to take a long time to air dry. So I may have to help it along with a diffuser on a low heat at some point because this could literally take all day to dry and I don't got time for that. I'm just going to clip up my roots which I've been doing lately I really like the look it gives. My hair doesn't have a lot of volume it lies very flat to my head so this helps a lot. I have Amazon affiliate links which means if you buy anything through one of my links I'll get around 4% commission I think it's 4% I remember calculating it one time so it's like minuscule but it really helps. If you want to buy anything on Amazon use my link and you'll be helping me out a lot I honestly really appreciate it. It looks clean and it feels clean so that's a good sign but I guess we'll see when it's dried. Okay my hair is dry holy crap I'm having a good hair day. In case you're wondering I roll my bangs in one of these little rollers that's how I get them to be so swoopy it's just a style that I enjoy. My hair is clean where has it gone? This has cleaned my hair. My hair is clean. I try so many different things my hair is different every day but this what I know for sure it has cleaned my hair. My hair is not greasy it's clean. I'm so happy. I can continue to use this I'm definitely going to because this worked. Ah okay but I will say though for the past month I've been using a non foaming cleanser so I haven't been using sulfates so this may have worked better on my hair than on someone's hair that has been using sulfates regularly because my hair is getting used to not having sulfates in it for the past month so that may be the reason that this has worked so well so it might work differently for you depending on what your hair is used to. I'm just impressed you know. This was like £2.50 for a whole big thing of powder can't go wrong. Okay so that's my verdict on Aretha powder I hope you enjoyed the video it's so great to find new things so if you want to see more from me I have a ton of hair videos go check them out they'll be on the screen now you can follow me everywhere I have all the social medias and I'll see you in the next one bye swish swish bish hair is good today look