WHEN Orim decided to stop washing her hair, people didn’t think she’d be able to keep it up for very long, let alone eight months.
But the 22-year-old has proved everyone wrong and even shared the pickled concoction she runs through her tresses in places of shampoo.
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The influencer shot to fame on social media for sharing insights into conversational and organic lifestyle – and her latest homemade “herbal hair rinse” is no different.
“This is what your hair and scalp actually crave,” she claimed.
“This is nature’s magic.”
To stop herself from washing her locks, she creates the potion in a jar, leaves it to pickle for six weeks and then pours it over her hair.
According to the Canadian lifestyle influencer, the organic solution provides all the benefits of shampoo, and some.
It contains rosemary “to purify and rejuvenate the scalp”, dried calendula flowers to “hydrate the scalp and hair”, thyme to banish dandruff and fresh mint to “reduce oiliness and promote hair growth”.
Orim mixes these plants with apple cider vinegar, which she says “leaves the hair very smooth, strong and shiny”.
The concoction is left to pickle for six weeks and once she’s ready to clean her locks, the influencer mixes one part of the herbal liquid with three parts of water.
“It cleans my hair so well without drying it out,” she said.
“Shampoo, on the other hand, used to really dry my hair out.
“Bring it in the shower, pour it on your head and close your eyes as tight as you can, because if you get this apple cider vinegar in your eye, it’s game over.
“It’s like getting a UTI in your eyeball.
“Massage it into your scalp nicely and then I like to wait for a couple of minutes with it in my hair.
I never get dandruff… this cleans my hair so well without drying it out
Orim
“And then rinse it out, really well.
“I’ll do that about twice a month, sometimes three times.”
Orim claims she never has dandruff thanks to the potion, despite not washing her hair for a whopping eight months.
She says that “hair gurus on TikTok” often try to debunk her videos about organic haircare as it goes against what they’re trying to “sell”.