I've had my locks growing now 9 months strong and well...I work in food service. I was a waiter for a long time, but within the past few months, our cook quit, so now i stepped up to the plate and became a cook. I cook fri-sunday for 8 hrs a day and...well it makes my whole body, hair included, smell of the grill. Any advice on how i should go about washing my hair? Is there any way to get the smell out? I wear a bandana over my head to make sure no grease or oil gets in by the way. Currently i use dr. bronners each night and try to dry them to the best of my ability before going to bed. Thanks!!!
hot box with insence? seriously, incense will stay in your hair for a long time...and it smells good. but i dunno if it will cover it up good enough. worth a try tho i guess
I find baking soda rather good for smell elimination. Usually in the form of the Deep Cleaning Concoction (see sticky on main page) which has a fair amount of tea tree in it whose smell sticks around for awhile. I sometimes add a few drops of patcholi in as well for scent too - which I'm sure could be done with any essential oil you happen to like. That grease smell does like to cling though, eh? Best of luck in your experiments.
sorry about that last one. im in a bit of a goofy mood tonight! again I apologize for being disgusting.
lol im sure Ganja would work too...but...im sure my establishment wouldnt appriciate it...even though the owner is friggen jamacian thanks for all the reccomendations
do a rinse with diluted apple cider vinegar. My hair gets smelly from the food at work too and vinegar gets the smell out. the "deep cleaning concoction" also works ( I just tried it)
I'm a barista, my dreads smell like coffee. bummer about greasy smell though. The ACV rinse should help take care of a lot of that.
g,day, I used to work in a kitchen and I can sympathise with your problem! Gets into everything doesn't it?! I used to mix a very concentrated salt solution with aloe vera and essential oil and it worked fairly well. Although it didn't get the smell out completely it did help. Almost need something to neutralise the small rather than just masking it hey? stuff washing your hair each night though, that would be a real bummer, especially going to bed with wet hair.
yeah I worked in the kitchen for a while when I had mine. The smell of the line never really comes out of your body! Hey at least you're not a dish dog That smell never came out of those clothes.... anyway, the baking soda might work, also I have a Dr Bronner's thats peppermint it's pretty strong smelling, that might work too. [sarcasm]OH! I know, you could cover them in wax! Then the smell wouldn't be able to penetrate [/sarcasm]
I wish I knew what they were called, but where I used to work there were a LOT of dreadlocked folk... and since it was a sterile environment, many of them used to cover their dreads in what looked like an oversized nylon skull cap. I would think keeping them as wrapped up as possible would help.
