So on July 4th I went to a pool party and completely forgot everything my awesome hairdresser Julie at Hermosa Salon told me--"wet your hair first and put a leave-in conditioner in your hair before swimming. That should keep it from drying out." Without thinking, I jumped in the pool and spent most of the day swimming and when I woke up the next morning, my hair was the most unflattering shade of green! So I looked online for home remedies and one of the sites I read suggested mixing a paste of baking soda and shampoo and washing with that first...did not work! The second one I tried worked, thankfully. Before I washed my hair, I saturated it with lemon juice, combed it through and waited at least five minutes. Then I washed and conditioned as usual. It worked!
My second emergency home remedy just happened. I woke up this morning and went to make my coffee as I always do, only to find no coffee filters and no paper towels, which is what I would usually use when I run out of filters. There is no way I'm driving to Starbucks to get coffee, even though there is a Starbucks within walking distance to my place. So I Googled "out of coffee filters what can I use" and the most common answer after paper towels was cheesecloth. I don't keep cheesecloth on hand, so the next answer was my solution--t-shirt. It worked just fine! And I'm sure there are chemicals and garbage in my clothing detergent that I woiuldrather not injest, but whatever....it 's just this one time.
