Yucca Vs. Soapwort Vs. Aritha/Soapnuts?

**naturechild** · July 22nd, 2008, 01:10 PM

Oh my goodness I have to try this too!! Have you tried the laundry soap yet? did you look for soap nuts on ebay? I will start looking tomorrow or at my natural food store.
thank you

**mellie** · July 22nd, 2008, 01:23 PM

I bought the soapnuts on Amazon.com. I haven't tried them as a laundry soap yet but I should! :-)

**naturechild** · July 23rd, 2008, 10:32 AM

I am on amazon and I found them. I don't know which one to try. Who did you go with? How much did you get and should you have bought more /less?

**Shell** · July 23rd, 2008, 10:32 AM

I buy my aritha powdered at my local Indian store. My local health food store has aritha laundry soap, but I haven't tried that yet; hmmm maybe I will.

I'm so glad that the aritha wash went well!

**naturechild** · July 23rd, 2008, 10:50 AM

shell soapnut is the same as aritha? right?

**mellie** · July 23rd, 2008, 11:21 AM

Well day two was not as good, unfortunately. By mid-day my roots were very greasy, so much so that I used some dry shampoo. Maybe I didn't use enough soapnut shampoo? Since it's just a liquid which doesn't lather, it's hard to know how much to use.

Re: which ones I ordered from Amazon; I ordered the 1 Lb. of Lullwater Soap Nuts (shipping was going to be almost $10 no matter what size I got, so I figured I might as well order a lot!) :-)

**Shell** · July 23rd, 2008, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by naturechild

shell soapnut is the same as aritha? right?

Yes, they are the same--also Reetha is another name for Aritha.

Mellie, maybe you need to adjust to less cleansing, or maybe it's more cleansing than you usually use. What routine are you switching from?

**mellie** · July 24th, 2008, 04:40 AM

Originally Posted by Shell

Mellie, What routine are you switching from?

Previously, I was alternating between soapwort and a commercial non-SLS shampoo. After a few days with soapwort, I would have greasy roots and have to use the regular shampoo.

I didn't use very much of the soapnut liquid. I filled a little pump bottle with it (I'm guessing it's a 4 oz bottle), and I only used less than half of it to wash my shoulder-length, very thick hair. Maybe it just wasn't enough?

**freznow** · July 24th, 2008, 08:59 AM

Oooh looks like I need to try aritha! I'm currently using soapwort and have some yucca to try. Thanks for this thread!

**Shell** · July 24th, 2008, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by mellie

Previously, I was alternating between soapwort and a commercial non-SLS shampoo. After a few days with soapwort, I would have greasy roots and have to use the regular shampoo.

I didn't use very much of the soapnut liquid. I filled a little pump bottle with it (I'm guessing it's a 4 oz bottle), and I only used less than half of it to wash my shoulder-length, very thick hair. Maybe it just wasn't enough?

I might wash twice with the herb mixture, and give up on the SLS shampoo. I suspect that the shampoo is over cleaning, and that the herbs will perform better used on their own. You could try several washes in a row with herbs, increasing frequency at first, to see how it worked. Then once things stabilize, you could stretch out your washes again.

Also, when using herbs, I apply the mixture, let sit for 10 minutes or so (while shaving etc), massage, then rinse. Did you do it this way?