Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
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Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
Is there anything that cam be used to clean the white hairs on certain cereus e.g. Oreocereus
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Re: Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
I believe some people do shampoo them, so your title is accurate.
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Re: Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
For sure, Eddie, you must use (for example) a premium L'Oréal product as promoted by Cheryl, but be careful it isn't one with a colour tint Look forward to seeing the end result at the National Show!
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Re: Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
A pink Oreocereus would look rather fetching......
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Re: Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
What a coincidence! I was just looking at my Oreocereus trollii which has dirty hairs in the lower half of it's body and thinking if I could wash the hair with non-toxic washing fluid containing Finnish pine oil. And after a few minutes I saw this post!
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Re: Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
LOL! a wash and blow dry for cacti :-) I like to use Ecover liquid soap with a bit of water and it works a treat :-)
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Re: Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
I used Ecover washing up liquid generously in a spray bottle of water and sprayed my Oreocereus fossulatus until it was well lathered all over. I rinsed well with the hosepipe and used a hair dryer on cool setting to dry it. It looked better afterwards. I even teased out the wool to fluff it up.
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Re: Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
This has been fascinating. I always thought it was a joke to shampoo hair on cacti.
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Re: Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
On further reflection, you should of course use this - Wild Cactus Anti Breakage ShampooTony R wrote:... a premium L'Oréal product as promoted by Cheryl ....
Tony Roberts
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Re: Shampoo long-haired Cereus ?
And this can be used for styling the hair after wash!