You Can Wash Your Hair with Rainwater

People have been washing their hair with rainwater for years. Some claim it has mystical benefits, that your hair will be shinier, more manageable or that the water is cleaner because it comes from the sky. There is a grain of truth to all this.

Rainwater is soft water. Hard water doesn't wash as well as soft water. You can't lather as well and it leaves more soap scum behind. If you are accustomed to a hard-water hair wash, then rainwater will do wonders for your hair. Those people who most benefit from a rainwater hair wash probably live in a hard water area.

Rainwater still has chemicals in it, but it won't contain some the heavier chemicals found in hard water. Rainwater is not safe to drink without filtering it first. If you live in an acid rain area or any place where a layer of smog casts a pallor over the town, I'd avoid using rainwater for hair. Luckily, most of the hard water areas are in the middle of the United States. Lot's of good clean rainwater there.

For those of you just looking to save water, washing your hair with rainwater is one of many ways in which you can preserve the potable water in your faucets.