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Anais Satin

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Rainwater
Aug 7^th, 2004 at 4:35am

Hey Everybody,

Today I did a final rinse with rainwater! (just tried it today Grin

and I have maybe... 50% more softness) I ended up collecting roof more runoff than actual rainfall (after many hours of its becoming a clean roof.. I swear it's clean if you wait out 8 hours of rain) Collecting takes several hours, but the end result was waaay worth it. The patio must have looked silly with tupperware out back...

Anais

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leia Diamond Offline Posts: 745 Dhaka, Bangladesh Gender:	Re: Rainwater Reply #1 - Aug 7^th, 2004 at 6:15am Isn't rainwater great? I never wash with it intentionally. If I end up being outside in the rain, I take down my hair because the rain feels so great running through my hair and on my scalp. When my hair dries, it comes out thicker and softer.
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Babyfine Emerald Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 492 Gender:	Re: Rainwater Reply #2 - Aug 7^th, 2004 at 2:27pm We collect rainwater in a cistern and then have a pump to pump it out to water our flowers and vegetable garden so we don't use the tap water for outside watering but I don't know avbout using it on my hair because I don't know if its dirty after sitting in the cistern for a while. Maybe better to collect it in a bowl?
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Cairn

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Re: Rainwater
Reply #3 - Aug 8^th, 2004 at 4:01am

I've been wanting to try rinsing with rainwater for a while, but we haven't been getting enough rain, and living so close to a big city I'm not sure I trust its cleanliness.

I was planning on carting home some fresh mountain springwater from Colorado to try rinsing with, but I got too thirsty on the bus ride home and ended up drinking most of it. Roll Eyes

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Re: Rainwater
Reply #4 - Aug 8^th, 2004 at 7:02am

On Bermuda, all the houses' roofs are painted white with lyme. Because they get so little rain, they have to collect rainwater to keep up with the demand. The lyme purifies the rainwater, which is channeled into tanks beneath the houses. They keep goldfish in the water to keep it from getting stagnant. This is the water they drink and shower with! Our cruise ship had to bring them tons and tons of water because they were running low... apparently it's a pretty common practice. Resourceful, huh?

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flaming bunny Emerald Offline Gothic Beauty Posts: 374 magical forest in England Gender:	Re: Rainwater Reply #5 - Aug 8^th, 2004 at 10:33am thats really clever...though i dont know if i like the idea of drinking water that goldfish have swam in!
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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	Re: Rainwater Reply #6 - Aug 9^th, 2004 at 6:46pm Hey Cairn! Welcome home! I'm always gonna love rainwater rinses... I'll be making it a good hobbit, er,... good habit from now on. Anais
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Cairn Ex Member	Re: Rainwater Reply #7 - Aug 11^th, 2004 at 2:39am Hi Anais! I'm still trying to figure out a good way to collect rainwater; it never seems to rain long or hard enough. I left a Tupperware container out when it rained overnight a few weeks ago, but when I came down in the morning it had all evaporated.
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Anais Satin Stardust Offline Tailbone in March 2006, classic in March 2007 Posts: 1265 Bill Gates' backyard, WA Gender:	Re: Rainwater Reply #8 - Aug 11^th, 2004 at 5:53am I understand... the only way I did it was waiting out a thunderstorm. Anais
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bugeyedmonster2 Ruby Offline Posts: 73 Dallas, TX U.S.A. Gender:	Re: Rainwater Reply #9 - Jul 4^th, 2006 at 1:58am I would love to try the rain water as well, now if only we get some rain. It's a running joke around here that in the summertime we get so dry that the trees start whistling for the dogs. Hmm... ()/ BEM going to check out the weather channel now
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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: Rainwater Reply #10 - Jul 5^th, 2006 at 10:46am Hi bugeyedmonster2! Every once in a while we get a nasty down pour and I rinse in the rain. Man it's cold!!!
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Reply #11 - Jul 5^th, 2006 at 2:59pm

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Hi bugeyedmonster2!

Every once in a while we get a nasty down pour and I rinse in the rain. Man it's cold!!!

Oh, isn't it. We actually got a really heavy downpour last night (I did manage to collect some rainwater) and even though it's July with temps in the high 90s, the water was really cold. I was out a bit trying to get my hair wet. Don't stand under trees, as their leaves were a bit dusty, I think. LOL!

But I finally got the chance to get some rainwater.

( Happy

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BEM

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Angel Spun Ex Member	Re: Rainwater Reply #12 - Jul 5^th, 2006 at 4:17pm Many years ago, my best friend did a rainwater rinse & raved to me about how soft it made her hair feel. Later on, I had to try it! It's funny to learn how many others do the same thing. Perhaps I will make it a regular habit...er, when we actually get rain, that is.
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