Yes, it is a pretty guarded community and...

I have my journal in the private section... a person needs to be a member for 30 days and have 100 posts to view these journals and the photos. I forget about this at times! So here, I have copied and pasted my main concerns and complaints...

Please keep in mind, I have used this oil since August of '04 and loved it. Then last October, I received my new order... so this first entry is from my "Shed Page" where I keep record of my bad bouts of shedding. These are excerpts only, not the total post. I have a few so called culprits! Keep in mind I also started using this EDM oil on October 9th after a sabbatical of sorts.


"Possible culprits: MSM withdrawals, diet, tender scalp, EveryDay Mehndi herbal oil, and of course stress... What to do: Hold off on the herbal oil from EDM, try it in a week or so, if fall out occurs again after use then it could very well be the culprit... or one of the culprits.

"What I did/what I am doing: October 20 - 28th... This occurrence prompted such a post! Tons!!! A week's worth each and every time I handled my hair!!! Last night I gathered up my evening dosage of supplements and took 2 MSM, 1 added biotin, and vita C, which is the recommended way to take MSM. Today no shedding to speak of. Coincidental? Perhaps. No oils on the tresses... another first in ages.

"November 1st... I have been taking 2 MSM, 1 biotin, and 1 vita C morning and night since October the 28th and shedding is down, way down, since the 29th. Will keep this up and if I go through another "egads" shedding episode while I am taking these, then I will know for sure that it has nothing to do with these supplements. November 3rd... a gentle wash with AO Primrose and Lavendar poo, NGOFB conditioner and a touch of the EDM herbal oil on the length when tresses were still wet. No shedding still... and soft, soft tresses! Okay will give this post a rest, until another dramatic moment. November 29th.... I have run out of MSM and it has been a couple of weeks now that I have not taken this supplement. No major shedding thus far. Ordering Flora Vegetal Silica and keeping up on the Borage and Biotin. ***Using small fingertip amounts of the EDM herbal oil on my scalp on occasion, minimal loss, which is not out of the norm, after each use.***

"April 6... Last night I had an EDM herbal oil soak, a hefty amount on scalp and tresses. I love the aroma of this oil! It is potent and sure makes a statement. I let it stay on overnight, and this morning I used the 50/50 shampoo the first time in ages... why did I do this?! I surely was not thinking because now I don't know if the excess shedding after the washing was from the 50/50 or the oil!! So I inadvertently put a cog in the wheel. I loss a bit of hair. Not alarming, not an egads! moment, but more than I have been losing after a wash. So yes, okay, a little alarming! My tresses felt wonderful, though, all through the wash and even now, just too many strands in the comb this day compared to how it has been as of lately. I have been doing so good! ...and I have been using Aubrey's HSR shampoo and condish rather faithfully, and I have not been taking my supplements of oils (primrose, borage, and flaxseed), the biotin, vegetal silica, or my vitas. I don't care about the vitas, but I want my biotin, and oils, and silica! Just forgetful. ***Take note, It seems when ever I use this oil, I have a bit more shedding than usual. So I have a very suspicious eye on this.***

"Possible culprits: EveryDay Mehndi herbal oil. It hurts to say that, I love this oil!"

And from the last page in my journal:

"My shedding is way down once again, now that the EDM herbal oil is out of my system, literally, just maybe this is true! I don't know. As much as I love this herbal oil, I have many other blends that are more pleasant smelling and I don't have a scary, bad reaction to those. So maybe I should toss it. I still have another full and untouched bottle, how can I trade or give away something that has caused me problems? I will test it one more time... many weeks from now, give it one more chance... because I am not sure of this, though I suspect it greatly.

"Quick review of my posts and... (and this is why I love my journal!) ...I have come up with this thought. I can see when I use the EDM herbal oil briefly before I shampoo, it doesn't cause a problem. When I let it soak in overnight there seems to be a problem.

"I think it is true that with all essential oils, if allowed to stay on the scalp, the healing properties enter the blood stream. Hence with some of these essentials it is wise to read the labels and know whether one can use them with a medical condition or a pregnancy. The same theory applies with this herbal oil. I know when I use the EDM herbal oil, by morning it smells awful. And I know it is in my system. The palms of my hands smell bad too. Let's think about this... the palms of my hands smell bad even a couple of days after I have used the oil over night. It lingers. This has happened twice now. A distinct odor that is offensive. Shedding occurs right along with this. So I meant it quite literally in my post above when I said "...now that the EDM herbal oil is out of my system..." the shedding stops.'

End journal quoting!

I know this makes for a long post, but it gives a better picture of things. Hope this helps. I could be way off base, but I really don't know. And I never had a problem with it before.