So this past weekend was the big one: After 7 weeks of co-washing only, I used Apple Cider Vinegar in the place of shampoo to cleanse my hair.

Apple Cider Vinegar is supposed to be gentler than a shampoo and since my stylist suggested that I try it, I did. It was pretty easy to do, but of course as expected, it was smeeellllyyyyyyyy. But luckily my hair did not retain the smell whatsoever, and the smell in my shower quickly dissipated.

So here's what I did below:

I combined 1 cup ACV with 3 cups water. I wasn't initially going to look up a specific recipe, but at the last minute I decided to. I followed CurlyChronicles' suggestion since it was clean and simple. Here go the technicalities:

I dipped my head over my tub (since my sink is small and my head is big) and saturated my hair with water until it was dripping wet. I didn't want to do this while taking a shower because I didn't want to get vinegar all over myself (ACV smelling body, not cool).
Once my hair was saturated with water, I poured the AVC rinse over it. I then started to massage my scalp with the rinse. Since I didn't want to sit on my knees the whole time while the vinegar mix dripped down into the tub, I decided to put a plastic cap on.
I let the rinse sit on my hair for 4 minutes (suggested by my stylist).
I rinsed out with lukewarm water for 2 minutes (again suggested by my stylist lol).
Conditioned as normal.
Lastly, I deep conditioned for 30 minutes with one of the conditioners I had on hand (which happened to be Blended Beauty's Herbal Reconditioner).

The results were impressive and most of all my hair feels nice and clean! Some others who have used ACV noticed a glossy shine afterwards... no doubt about it. As usual, I moisturized and styled with Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie and Karen's Body Beautiful Hair Butter. No surprises there :-)

Here's to round 2! So... March???

Ciao for now!

-Sophia