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Hi guys, just popping by to share a little story.
Last night I had to walk home from my girlfriends house and rain was absolutley thrashing down. I put my hood up but by the time I was half way home my hair was damp to say the least. Once I got in a let my hair dry as it was, (in a neat pony tail). I noticed once my hair had dried it was the softest I had felt my hair in a long time. Which makes me wonder, does water effect the outcome of washing your hair? Why can't the water from my shower have the same effect as rain water? I'm guessing it must be all the minerals and such that our water board puts in the water, (apparently our area of england has notoriously hard water). I wish I could find a way to get the "rain washed effect".
Cya : )
Neil
I have made the same experience in Tunisia, where they use destillated salt-water = water without minerals
My hair was much more curlier by using this soft water. This effect has gone away immediately after the first shower back at home :o)
What a great picture! Long and shiny and full, flowing manlocks. Ah. Inspiration!
Thanks for posting!
Shawn "Mr. Crow" Crowell
Or it could be that you didn't use soap with the rain water. And it was just damp enough to move your natural oils down the hair shaft, but not so much to wash any away, like in a shower.
I dunno, just my guess.
That "Ball" Guy
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And a VERY GOOD guess at that!
There are a couple of things you can do to get close to rainwater. One is to use a water softener. If you could reduce the hardness to close to zero it would help. The other would be to use a reverse osmosis filter. Typically water (or any filtrate) moves from an area of lower concentration to an area of higher concentration to try to achieve equilibrium. A reverse osmosis filter does just the opposite, moving the water from an area with a higher concentration of minerals/chemicals to an area with a very low concentration.
Ideally both of these should be used, but there is a significant cost factor involved.
Test your water by using a simple pool kit for hardness to see how hard it is. Or take it in and have it tested. Then you can get recommendations based on your test results.
Big George
sigh...i miss the days at my old house when we had rain water
at this house our water contains chlorine and fluride...i should know as its part my dads job
chlorine would almost certaintly affect your hair but each place has different water supplies at different distances and government policy
not to mention that rain water smells and tastes waaay better :P
try a rainwater coffee and then a town water coffee and youll see :P
yes it's absolutely true that water quality affects hair. you are correct in surmising that your water supply is probably hard (well water?) with mineral content etc. I have a water softener and it makes a huge difference--I was amazed when i first got it--for one thing not as much shampoo is needed. when I travel and am in a place with untreated well water (I can tell almost immediately when i get in the shower) I experience a difference in how my hair behaves.
I notice that when I get out of the shower after washing my hair, it feel really... Well, gross. But now that it's been brought up, I guess it feels a lot like it does after I get out of the swimming pool (only not as bad), so I guess it does have an effect.
So I've been thinking about trying a water softener. How much does it cost to get one installed?
Alternatively, since I have a water tank, I could try using plain ol' rain water from the tank. Would this be a better idea (considering that the tank has a bit of mud and gunk at the bottom of it)? I'll probably try it later.