My Hairy Secret....

Once when wandering the world wide web, visiting various web sites. Playing the ever fun, follow that link to who knows where, Alan came across something fascinating.
There are lots of fascinating things occupying virtual space on the net but this one really caught the eye of my sweetie pie. Miracle 2 soap.
What a name.... and is it in fact miraculous you might be prompted to ask.
Well.....apparently it is.
Now let me preface this whole thing by saying that I'm not really a religious person, as in a strict this or that or the next thing. I have my own ideas about God and faith and to be honest those ideas are constantly evolving.
I mention this because of the background story on this "Miracle 2 Soap", just wanted to be clear that I'm not saying I believe it, I'm not a religious zealot but neither do I discount the possibility of this story. If nothing else it's dang interesting.
So here goes, long story short, there's this dude named Clayton Tedeton. Who apparently felt he was healed over night from some serious car accident injuries. It happened after asking God to help him out and that if he did he'd do what ever God wanted him to do. So apparently after this miraculous healing he starts hearing a voice in his head (from God) saying that he'd promised to obey him.......naturally freaked the guy out. So he runs around the country for 8 years supposedly *running from the voice of God* Finally settles down and starts paying attention to the voice of God, who tells him he's going to give him something every one needs. And so God flashes a formula...for this soap....on this guy's wall in the middle of the night. And so dude whips up a batch and finds it's dang good stuff. Now like I said it's a long story with even more fantastical details but I think that's enough to get the point across right? You can read more about it here.
So anyways people start popping up with all these stories about how the soap works amazing, that its healing rashes, can kill bugs, aids plant growth, to help with everything from high blood pressure to herpes, hyperactivity to never scrubbing your tub again and curing cancer. You can see how this sounds...well...nutso.
Now I should point out that the manufacturers are VERY certain to make the point that they're making soap and are not making any health and healing claims.
BUT if you do a quick search it's interesting to note that you can find dozens if not hundreds of reviews about healing and health benefits of the Miracle 2 soap and products.
I'm NOT saying it does all that either......But.......perhaps in a future post I'll address this very interesting topic....
Anyways at 12.00 bucks a bottle it was so intriguing.....so so so so many people have claims of all the great things this soap has done for them....and we figured worse case scenario it does nothing but act as a soap, and 12 dollars for 22 ounces of soap....that's not expensive. AND did I mention it's supposed to be diluted, so if you use it as shampoo for your hair, your 22 ounce bottle of soap actually makes about a gallon of soap.....for 12 bucks.
O.k., we'll buy that, and we did.
I'd like to mention also that this soap is supposed to be all natural, with no added fragrances and chemicals. Yet another reason we were interested in trying it.
Besides trying it for all the usual cleaning jobs, where it performed very well, we started using it as a body and hair wash and it worked great there too. One thing to note is that it can be slightly drying so we bought the moisturizing version of the soap also. It's the same price as the regular soap. This worked FANTASTIC on our hair and skin. But I could see perhaps how the original would be better for someone with oily hair or skin.
Now God never spoke to me that I noticed while using this soap...but I gotta admit....that nasty bath tub ring that accumulates...never showed up in all the times I used the soap in the bath.
And my hair...which is the whole point of this blog...wow, this stuff is really amazing. You have to understand that as a gal with naturally curly hair I've had to rely on a lot of *product* in the past to keep everything in curly tip top shape. Except I started hating the idea of all those chemical laden soaps on my scalp. Not to mention on my body, not to mention the mousses etc. I started finding I had to switch fairly often between brands to maintain my personal preferred hair status. I relied heavily on conditioners. So when I say that I switched, 100% completely from pricey brand name shampoo and conditioners to this Miracle 2 moisturizing soap, have been using NOTHING but that on my hair, and that it's shinier, healthier, curlier and softer with out ANY CONDITIONERS AT ALL or mousses since December 15, 2006 thats saying something. I know that's only 3 months...but you do not understand,.....3 months with out using any conditioner, any mousse and my hair (in my own humble opinion) is much nicer then when using any of the *formulated for curly hair* pricey brand name products. (Honesty compels me to mention that I have also on 3 separate occasions during the last 3 months use a dime sized dollop of the Miracle 2 moisturizing hand lotion, which we also bought, on my hair. Specifically on days when I ...gasp....had gone a couple days with out washing my hair and the ends were getting frizzy and needed a little touch up to keep the curls from separating out and giving me major frizz)
Also it seems like there's even less hair that comes out in the shower, I'm a girl, we notice these things, a certain amount of hair comes off yer head when you shower and I've noticed theres way less now for me. And keep in mind that it works out for me that diluted down, this Moisturizing Miracle 2 Soap is .094 an ounce. And I calculated that my old shampoo and conditioner works out to .82 cents an ounce. And keep in mind I had to use both shampoo and conditioner in the past, so double the amount.
I mean lets just figure this out here, Say I used a quarter ounce of shampoo, and a quarter ounce of conditioner each time....that would be .40 total each shower....not much I suppose you'd think.....but consider I'm using ONLY a quarter ounce total of the moisturizing Miracle 2 soap, so that's what .024....holy heck......16.7 times LESS then brand name stuff......and I don't care about the money part really, that's just a bonus. This stuff is doing such a great job on my hair and skin!
And you want to know something else, in almost every way Miracle 2 soap is the only cleaner we've been using for the last 3 and a half months for everything except laundry, though I have tried it there. (It's just that I have a bunch of other soap to use up first before switching to Miracle 2...oh yes and not in the dishwasher) But dishes washed by hand, the floor, the windows, mirrors, tub etc, OUR TEETH , hair, bodies. We use the regular soap for everything but our hair and bodies where the moisturizing soap seems better. So how do ya like that? We like it just fine!
I don't know as I'd call it a miracle. But it's a pretty neat discovery that we bought on a whim and has worked out surprisingly great!
p.s. we have also been trying other Miracle 2 products, the neutralizer, the neutralizer gel and the lotion as previously mentioned. Perhaps I will review those in the future as well as we have had positive experiences with all of them.
p.p.s. The pics of my hair are recent, from a day ago actually. Not bragging but its with no fussing, no brushing, had been slept on and tied up with a hair band for half the day before the pics were taken. I'm very impressed. I should mention that Alan's hair is soft and silky and very nice too since he's been using the Miracle 2 moisturizing soap, just in case you wanted a man's opinion. He has remarked at the silkiness of both our hair. So it's not just effective for female curly hair!
p.p.p.s. We have both noticed the extra soft skin from using the soap. Nice!
p.p.p.p.s. Believe or not this photo of me hasn't been retouched at all!