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What ChiKat said. Every hairdresser person I've known (and what I learned long, long ago in cosmetology school) states that there is no need to wash your hair every day. Or every other day, really.
Of course, I'm one of those crazy people who only washes her hair once a week.
... waitaminute, isn't this Bitches Conversation #243? I know this topic has come up before ...
#243? OK!
I once didn't wash my hair with shampoo for several months, only warm water. It looked really nice, but it was a pain in the ass to do and I was eventually back on the 'poo pony.
Chi and Jilli, I have so tried this. What am I doing wrong?????
Hair people always tell me this and I can't make it work unless I just don't mind looking skanky and greasy on days I don't shampoo.
Over the last year when I was both funfunfun depressed and not working, I tried it a couple of times. Once without meaning to, but that isn't the point.
I never got to the mythical don't have to wash every day if seen by other humans place. I'd like to get to that place.
I have to wash my hair every day too. Mine is just too thin; it needs the body.
Also, timelies. And collapsies.
Hugsies!
Try wetting it without shampoo.
If I wet my hair without shampoo or conditioner, it turns into a thin, tangled nest.
Hair people always tell me this and I can't make it work unless I just don't mind looking skanky and greasy on days I don't shampoo.
Brush your hair each day with a natural-bristle brush? Other than that, I dunno. Mebby it works best on long hair?
What I do on the days I don't wash the hair (and amn't in a super hurry, on which days I pin the hair up and don't get it wet at all) is get it wet, then use a leave-in conditioner on it.
But (my turn to testify!) I used to shampoo every day or feel nasty, but now I'm at every two or three (or, on a busy week, four) days and (I think) my hair doesn't go greasy.
If I wet my hair without shampoo or conditioner, it turns into a thin, tangled nest.
Make a vinegar rinse for it! 2 or 3 tablespoons of cider vinegar in a bottle of water, plus a couple drops of whatever essential oil you like. After you get your hair wet, soak it thoroughly with the vinegar rinse, and do NOT rinse your hair. (Your hair will not smell like vinegar, I promise.)
It makes your hair soft & shiny. I need to mix up some more for myself.