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Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:52 pm  |
Well after over 40 years of washing my hair every day I decided that since I'm not an oil slick anymore I would try washing it less often.
I guess I was really hung up and felt sort of gross not washing it everyday, BUT.......I now am going up to 4 days and I have to say my hair looks SO Much better, healthy and swingy. I really really love it, and it's really changed my life, no more everyday with the flat iron and all of that, yipppeeeeeeee
I decided too to grow it long, since I got my FL I think I can pull it off.....
Anyone else hung up on the every day wash? What say you???
Also side note: when I was in college in a physiology class my friend volunteered to have electrodes put on her legs, she REALLY needed a shave.....after being so embarrassed for her, yes I do shave my legs everyday, that's something that won't change. |
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Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:35 pm |
| I shower daily, but only wash my hair every 3-4 days. And when I do "wash" it, I use conditioner instead of shampoo the majority of the time. |
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Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:03 pm |
| YES, always washed my hair daily. When I was a child, I was only allowed to once a week. Then as a teen, my friends washed theirs daily, so I stared to also. I just did not feel clean unless I washed daily. Now, at 50, my hair is so dry. It is called processed vs virgin. I now wash every other day but still feel dirty on my off day, but love not having to style daily... The moroccan oil is a life saver for my dry hair. |
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Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:56 pm |
My hair is quite oily.
I must it once a day, otherwise, it will be terrible.
I try Neutrogena Anti-Residue Shampoo once a week too to help remove my oil. |
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Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:36 am |
| Shampoo companies have brainwashed people into washing everyday and lathering TWICE so they can sell more shampoo. I have combination skin and can go two or three days without shampooing. On the third day, sometimes I just thoroughly rinse my hair but don't shampoo since I live in a city with dirty air. The excess oil, mousse, and hairspray that builds up gives my thin, fine hair more body -- it's called "pageant hair" because that is a beauty pageant "secret." |
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Wed Aug 18, 2010 3:24 pm |
I heard a lot about not washing your hair at all and how, after a while, it will just take care of itself. 
Sounds dodgy, though, doesn't it. |
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:40 am |
I don't wash my hair everyday, but i try to shower. I have very oily roots and sahara desert dry ends. It is a pain to have such complicated hair. I tend to let my hair go every other day without washing, longer on the weekends just so i don't completely strip it of essential oils.
I have heard a lot of people praise the no washing hair but don't know if I have the guts or the hair type to try it.
Do you just condition in the shower or do you literally not wash your hair? |
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:05 am |
| I've gotten my hair to the point where I only wash it once a week by ditching the shampoo and using conditioner to "wash" my hair. My hair looks great days 1-4 and is a tad oily on days 5 and 6 but nothing unbearable. I do shampoo once every 4 or 5 weeks, to remove any build up from the conditioner. |
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:06 am |
| I only wash my hair once a week. I don't know if it's OK or not, but I mom teach me that it's not good to wash it every day. On day 6 my hir feels gross, but I usually put it in a pony tail and the next morning I wash it. |
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:07 am |
| WOW,,I have to wash my hair everyday then it will be disgusting and smelly. It will be itchy..how do you treat the smell?? |
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:18 am |
| I wash my hair probably every second day, sometimes I try to go three days if I am not going out anywhere. But I use shampoo but only shampoo once. I can't imagine not using shampoo, I have coloured hair but if I didn't shampoo it it would be very greasy at the roots. I love just washed hair, soft and shiny! |
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:14 am |
| I wash my hair daily. I have very thick dry wavy long blonde hair. I have recently tried to back off a bit, and not wash it on weekends (if I have no plans to go out and socialize on Sat. and Sun.). |
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 11:23 am |
| I used to wash my hair daily, too, but now it's every other day. I tried to go 3 days w/o but since I do cardio for an hour every day, my hair smells! I sweat a lot even on my head, and sweat drips on to my hair. If I don't shampoo, I still have to wash with water and add a little conditioner at the ends of my hair or it will dry up. |
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Wed Sep 08, 2010 3:46 pm |
I wash every other day and it works pretty well. I'd like to try and switch over to all natural shampoos though and see if I can go longer.
This summer, I was on a trail work crew and we did hard physical labor for 8 hours a day  No running water so I showered probably once a week! My hair stopped producing oil after a while (only the first week was gross!). So I suppose that less than regular washing is good for your hair. |
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Thu Sep 09, 2010 8:35 am |
| azumma wrote: |
| WOW,,I have to wash my hair everyday then it will be disgusting and smelly. It will be itchy..how do you treat the smell?? |
There's no smell - at least none that I can tell and nor can my partner (and he would definitely let me know if my hair smelled bad!). I think the oils in the conditioner makes it so that my scalp doesn't produce as much oil naturally. ...which makes sense, bc if you're shampooing your hair everyday, you're likely stripping the oils away and your scalp has to produce more oil to compensate, so perhaps that's why it starts to smell? |
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Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:06 am |
REally?? but mine smells bad when I don't do shampoo and conditioning everyday. Even though I do shampoo daily, the next day, I can smell..I don't know,, maybe you are right..I should do experiment on me.  |
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Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:52 am |
The key, at least with my hair, is brushing it every day with a boar's hair brush. This distributes the oil that is being produced. I have always had normal hair, but a sort of "fatty" scalp – it doesn't look oily, but there is a smell. I think it's genetic. I'm predisposed to sebaceous cysts on my scalp – the bane of my existence! So I have to make sure my scalp is rinsed, and I have to brush. I have always gotten compliments on my hair, but even in high school I didn't wash it every day (though I felt like a freak!). My average now is once a week, and I want to start washing with baking soda and an acv rinse, (the "nopoo" method, Penta) but I'm dragging my feet with that. It seems involved and unpredictable. I used to do the acv rinse all the time as a teen – I think that probably is the cure for the greasy smell.
Azumma, have you tried apple cider vinegar rinse? It might really balance your hair.
I'm the opposite; I rarely use conditioner, but I have been using shampoo. My hair is dark, thick, long and wavy. It depends on how I want to style it.
This is a great topic, Secretly. Thanks for starting it! I have often wondered about this myself. I think there is a finally a trend starting towards less frequent hair washing, but I remember a time when everyday washing was the norm for everyone. Of course, I don't always use product in my hair, and I don't have oily hair. But it's the whole chicken and the egg debate, right? |
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Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:04 pm |
| Azumma, what brand of shampoo and conditioner are you using? Some are especially harsh and strip away all natural oils so your scalp will overproduce oil and cause your hair to smell bad really quickly. Maybe use a more natural and gentle shampoo and a more fragrant conditioner instead. |
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Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:53 am |
I use Pentene Pro V, clairol herbal essence, head and shoulders, Garnier..
But last week I tried and tested for not to use shampoo for 4 days and just washed my hair with water while I shower myself and just used a little bit conditioner.
But my hair got messy and it turned out horse hair .disgusting... 
my hair got tangled and hard to brush in the morning. so I gave up and from yesterday I started to use my shampoo again. Now my hair feel good and clean,,but it is not shiny..it is frisky...I want shiny hair. |
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Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:55 am |
Vinegar?? you mean eating Vinegar?? how about Vinegar smell?? how can you get rid of it??
| hyacynthgirl wrote: |
The key, at least with my hair, is brushing it every day with a boar's hair brush. This distributes the oil that is being produced. I have always had normal hair, but a sort of "fatty" scalp – it doesn't look oily, but there is a smell. I think it's genetic. I'm predisposed to sebaceous cysts on my scalp – the bane of my existence! So I have to make sure my scalp is rinsed, and I have to brush. I have always gotten compliments on my hair, but even in high school I didn't wash it every day (though I felt like a freak!). My average now is once a week, and I want to start washing with baking soda and an acv rinse, (the "nopoo" method, Penta) but I'm dragging my feet with that. It seems involved and unpredictable. I used to do the acv rinse all the time as a teen – I think that probably is the cure for the greasy smell.
Azumma, have you tried apple cider vinegar rinse? It might really balance your hair.
I'm the opposite; I rarely use conditioner, but I have been using shampoo. My hair is dark, thick, long and wavy. It depends on how I want to style it.
This is a great topic, Secretly. Thanks for starting it! I have often wondered about this myself. I think there is a finally a trend starting towards less frequent hair washing, but I remember a time when everyday washing was the norm for everyone. Of course, I don't always use product in my hair, and I don't have oily hair. But it's the whole chicken and the egg debate, right? |
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Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:00 pm |
I was my hair every second day usually.
But if it is hot out or I am in the rain,or travelling I wash my hair every day.
If I happen to exercise everyday and sweat so much my hair is wet with sweat (I used to have to exercise in 35+ extremely sunny weather for inline skating and wouldbe so gross..my shirt would be soaked with sweat....)
Then I have to wash my hair.
I also find my hair looks flat after 2 or 3 days of not washing.
I have fairly dry hair,doesn't matter what shampoo I use or how long I have gone without washing..it is just how my hair is.
My hair does have the shiny look-I think it is cuz I do not absorb some vitamins well.
I am taking all the right supplements and it helps a bit but not tons.
Also the kind of shampoo makes a bit of difference,not tons.
I have natural and organic shampoos,salon shampoos,pantene,the new clairol-but have not tried that yet (was mailed every kind of shampoo and conditioner they have a little while ago ,the worst shampoo for me is the store brand ones the conditioners never work and the shampoos always leave my hair like straw.
for cheap shampoo and conditioner Suave is really good.
I tried the rosemary mint one in the US and it was pretty good.
In Canada there is only Suave coconut (all coconut smell makes me ill,which is too bad as suave conditoner was good), suave strawberry-good but not as good,and some other one).
I really like the Giovanni brand that is good for me, Aveda too, Nexxus is ok..but smells too much like coconut suave..and suave is just as good as nexxus for my hair. |
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Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:41 am |
Great thread...
I wash my hair every day but just conditioner only and "pony-tail it" most times. If I wash it at night, upon waking it's a mess. My hair is a bit wavy but the sort of waves that don't stick down but up all over the place (very unflattering). Even if I straighten it the night before with a flat iron, I still wake up with messy hair.
I wonder if I can try skipping a day or two and see if it stays bit flatter. |
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Fri Sep 24, 2010 7:55 am |
| azumma wrote: |
| Vinegar?? you mean eating Vinegar?? how about Vinegar smell?? how can you get rid of it?? |
Sorry, just saw this!
You use about 1/3 cup of apple cider vinegar to 1 qt. of water. After you shampoo your hair and rinse out the shampoo, rinse with the vinegar/water. Leave it on a few seconds, then rinse with cold water. The smell goes away after it is rinsed out. I am one of those people that doesn't mind the smell of vinegar, so I don't know how bad it will be for you. (And it is diluted.) Don't use it everyday, see how your hair responds. Vinegar is an acid, so you don't want to totally strip your hair from overuse. But it makes your hair totally shiny and clean! |
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Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:17 am |
I wanted to clarify: I use shampoo once or twice a week. I do stand under the shower and rinse out my hair every day. White Wolf, I think you and I have the same kind of hair, ha ha. Is yours on the short side? If I use the "sleek" type of shampoo/conditioner, that makes my hair pretty smooth.
I do love hair care stuff, Aveda, Nexus, Biolage, yum. But I am trying to wean off it because of my scalp. I think for some reason I absorb more toxins. I haven't found a natural shampoo I love. I don't know if you can really call the Aveda "natural". |
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Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:12 am |
| I have my hair long, well shoulder length so I can do pony-tails when needed. I did skip a day but the next day my hair was greasy. I sweat sometimes at night I think. I do use a clarifying shampoo with ACV in it and just condition only most days. I'm just one of the ones who need to wash it or at least rinse once a day. |
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