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I tried using this stuff as general purpose shampoo and it destroyed my hair. I was only washing my hair once every two weeks (natural oils, you know) and I thought it'd be good to clear up the scalp of extra oils but instead it sucked me dry.

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How much did you use? I've used it as a shampoo almost every day for months on end with great results, although I only use a dime-sized amount and I add water with it.

Do you mean that you put it in a spray bottle with water?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I think I used it like normal shampoo. To be fair, my hair would be decently oily by that point.

No, just making sure that the hair is wet enough to distribute the smallest possible amount of soap. The trick is to figure out the minimum amount of soap you need to get all of your hair and scalp sudsy. I've used a shampoo-sized dose of Bronner's and had basically the same bad experience you described.

Oh okay, yeah I definitely didn't find the minimum. Maybe I'll give it a try another time-- the stuff is cheap and natural and whatnot.

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