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I'm actually in the process of trying to stretch my hair washing out. Everything I've read recently suggests that the longer the hair the longer you should go between washes, because of the fact the natural oils aren't getting to tips and your hair will be unhealthier the more frequent you wash it (weird huh?!).
My problem isn't so much oily hair, but my scalp goes all awful due to scorisis (sp?). But I'm still trying. And TBH my hair is looking a lot healthier for sure.
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Yeah I do it about once a week. I've got really thick dark hair and TBH it looks best about 3 days after a wash. I also straighten it because it goes really frizzy and boofy if I don't, so once a week I do the whole production - wash, dry and straighten.
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I used to wash it every day but since I colour my hair fairly regularly now (just a few grays!!) I try to preserve the colour for as long as I can so I wash it every second day. I have tried every shampoo & cond. under the sun but I keep coming back to the PPS green one for fine and dry hair. I don't feel it's too rich at all as it's for frequent use so can't be too heavy. My hair is quite fine and goes oily on the second day. I chopped it all off afer DS was born as it pretty much fell out heaps, but now it's long enough to put into a pony tail so that's great. Someone told me to steer clear of oily hair products if your hair is oily and stick to 'normal' hair stuff. Apparently the oily products sometimes stip off too much oil and then your scalp produces more oil to replace it, and can become even more oiler.
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*ding ding* you get the gold star. This is actually correct. The more often you wash your hair, the oilier it actually gets. This is because you are stripping your hair and it then produces more... and your hair will be healthier if you don't overwash it. It balances itself and once you get past the painful adjustment period, you'll find that your hair doesn't actually become very oily at all and it is a lot healthier! I used to wash mine a couple of times a week, but stretched it over a period of time and can leave it a couple of weeks no probs. My hair is so much healthier and better looking now (this is with me colouring it too) than it has been in years!! ..... oh and it's definitely easier to stretch out the washing time if you have hair long enough to tie up lol... but seriously, the oils balance and for most people, their hair will be less oily than it was
Sibbie, my hair doesn't smell bad at all. I wet it every day to just restyle it... not wet under the shower, but with the spray bottle.
Lenny, there is a non wash shampoo... Avon had the only one for a while... but I did see one the other day at Woolies... can't think of the brand, but I think it may have been a spray. What it does is absorb some of the oil. I've tried the Avon one and found it good
Last edited by Ozziehoffy; July 14th, 2011 at 11:40 PM.
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Ahhhh Okay, my understanding with the not-washing-evening-out-the-oils thing was that you still needed to 'wash' your hair with water? I guess it makes sense that the oils would still even out between washes with shampoo.
I used to be able to wash my hair every second day when it was long.... I kinda miss that! Easy to have it nice and styled one day then chucked up into a bun the next heh.
(btw just to clarify I was in no way implying that people aren't clean unless they wash their hair, I know you all shower daily :P I just have a 'thing' about it with my own hair)
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lol Rouge and Glamourcide... yup... when my hair is shorter, I can just do the "finger" brush... when it is longer I need to comb it cos it's curly and think and gets knots.
Mylitta, shower daily and same as Glam, wash up the nape of my neck and splash my face. When my hair is longer and if I've straightened it I'll pop on a shower cap or tie it up on top of my head and just do a retouch on the back with the straightening iron.
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