How to use coconut oil as a shampoo and conditioner?

[bevylvaj]

Hello,
I read somewhere u can use coconut oil as a shampoo and conditioner. I was wondering if anyone here has ever done or used it like that.
I bought some coconut oil and used it on my hair and left it on over night and then rinsed it out really good (or thought I did) and let my hair dry naturally and its still oily. Is there another way to go about this?
Maybe I should just put oil in my hair and then shampoo and condition it out instead?
I was just mostly trying to find a natural way to wash and condition my hair. I heard also u can use baking soda and vinegar as a shampoo too, is that true and if so how. Thanks so much. I wasn't sure how to post this or where to post it and couldn't find a thread about it really anywhere. Thanks :)

[nilrecurring]

Hi, I'm also currently working on a homemade shampoo, although I am using castille soap as a base. Apparently vinegar is good to rinse with if you use an oil based shampoo. I'm about to try a batch as soon as all of my ingredients come in (I'm adding vinegar and lecithin to my base).

[rainforests1]

I ordered a book recently about this subject, and should receive it by Tuesday. I think it gives recipes too.

[Libellula]

you can use baking soda and vinegar, but not necessarily together. if you google you might find some really good information :)

[DMZdogs]

Except for a brief stint when I was staying at a friend's house (and she had loads of shampoo that she NEEDED to have used up) I haven't used it in years. When I first started, I had long hair (halfways down my back) and now I have short hair. I use baking soda and vinegar. Sometimes I just rinse it really well and then rinse with vinegar. The difference between that and shampoo?

1. Cost: baking soda and vinegar is MUCH cheaper

2. Environmental: I feel better about using natural, food-grade products and because you can buy both baking soda and vinegar in huge bulk containers, you cut down on a lot of the packaging that you'd be using otherwise. Plus, it lasts longer and you can go longer between washes. (and it still looks good)

3. Appearance: My hair is shinier, softer, and far, far, far less frizzy now then when I used all kinds of shampoos and conditioners "guaranteed" to get rid of the frizz.

4. The smell: At first, you might miss having your hair smell like shampoo. Shampoos do come in a lot of scents. But, I always remind myself that a lot of that is created by manmade products, by chemicals, by things tested on animals, etc. etc. Eventually you'll recognize your very own scent and if you eat healthy and exercise and all that, you WILL have a good, natural scent.

5. Sodium laurel and such is in some of the strongest household cleaners AND in the vast majority of shampoos, soaps, and lotions. Would you use a household cleaner on your head or your skin?

No 'poo is the way to go! :) :) :)

EDIT: I'm not sure how coconut oil can "clean" your hair. I know that some people put it on their hair after washing to make it smell good, look shiny, be more manageable, softer, etc. I tried that, but it didn't work for me. I looked like someone had rubbed a stick of margarine all over my head on a hot July day. Olive oil works MUCH better for me and I use it sometimes when my hair seems a bit dry. Different oils work differently on different people, I imagine. I wish coconut oil would work for me as I like that scent a lot better than olive oil.