How I Do My Hair.
Before showering, I brush my hair. First down with the way it naturally falls, then flipping it over my head, then flipping it back again.
I usually shampoo at least twice. Sometimes up to four times, depending on how long I go between showers. Today, I showered 48 after I previous shower (must be some sort of record), so I was content to shampoo just twice. What shampoo you use doesn’t matter. I’ve used Herbal Essence, because it smells nice. That stuff costs a little. Right now, I’m going through some Suave. That stuff is cheap, but I’ve never noticed any difference, shampoo to shampoo. Also. Suave has all these fruity fragrances. Mmm, Strawberry. Raspberry. Apple! Lavender isn’t that strong, but it’s decent.
My hair is always down my back when I get in the shower. Stand for a minute or two, just working the water in. My hair seems partially water-proof, so it takes a while. First shampoo. It almost never gets in all my hair. Rinse. Flip hair over. Second shampoo. If it isn’t worked into all of my hair, I add more shampoo. Scrub scalp. If it STILL doesn’t feel like it’s worked in enough, I’ll rinse it and shampoo again until I’m content.
I’ll usually do the soap thing while my last shampoo stays in my hair. Rinse. I’m liberal with my conditioner. Better too much than not enough. Excess will wash out, anyway. I shouldn’t need to state to make sure it gets in all your hair. Emphasis on the bulk of the hair and the ends, don’t worry about the roots. Do my shaving routine at this point, while the conditioner sits. Not sure what a different letting it stay in the hair has, but it gives me psychological satisfaction.
Rinse. If I have any dirty secret, it’s that I don’t wash out all of the conditioner. I don’t. If you’re going to rinse it out, what’s the point of putting it in, in the first place? As least with shampoo, we can justify that we’re getting out all the dirt in our hair. Conditioner, unless it stays in the hair, is like pouring money down drain. Or so I’ve suddenly declared. I rinse so that most of it is out. If my hair starts feeling “squeaky”, then I’ve rinsed too much. I can usually deal with a little squeakiness. I’ll just stop at that point.
Throw hair over head. Twist it once each way, getting excess water out. Give my hair a once-over with the towel, not really trying to dry the hair, so much as get it in traveling condition. If that makes any sense. Put hair in towel.
Those that pay attention know I put my hair in pigtails after I shower. I remember how I discovered this. See, as my hair dries, it FRIZZES LIKE CRAZY. It’s not pretty. I used to just tie it back behind my head, but I disliked how it would form “waves.” Plus, the hair on my head would still frizz. How my hair would be in the morning depending entirely on whether I spent five minutes or so laying on my hair prior to sleep. If it was already dry, it was typically ineffective in changing anything. If it was too wet, then it would frizz anyway. …I’m betting I just put my hair in pigtails once out of the shower, without really considering it a permenant solution.
Also, before this, I used to blowdry. Oh geez, NEVER BLOW. I stopped blowdrying immediately after graduation. I thought I should get used to air-drying, because there was NO WAY I was going to blow-dry my hair with a male roommate. That’s kind of embarassing. I know, weird things get to me.
So, I pigtail my hair after every shower. I try to towel-dry my hair only as a function of smoothing the hair out, if that makes any sense. I try to keep the hair damp, but not wet, and certainly not actually drying. If I get lazy and sit around for two hours before pigtailing, I’ll spritz some leave-in conditioner for some wetness.
I typically take out the pigtails right before going to bed. Yes, it looks typically wavy when I take them out. But by morning, most of the waves look, well, natural. Or, as was the case yesterday, my hair was completely straight. (I admit, my hair was a little damp when I went to bed Sunday night. But only slightly.) Sleeping on my hair helps. Soo. *shrugs*
I’ve also heard that braiding your hair is good for your hair. I have no idea how or why.
I do not brush my hair. Brushing causes more problems than it solves. If I comb my hair, it’s with my fingers.
*thinks*
Beyond avoiding rain, I can’t think of anything else I do. I’m due for a haircut, I last got one last October. I’m sure I have split ends here and there, but they aren’t noticeable. Nothing an inch trim can’t solve.
Any questions?
An inch trim eh…what if you trimmed your penis an inch? I don’t know where that came come.
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did you get that ‘Location: I am Jack’s fear of rejection.’ from fight club?? that movie is awesome!!!!s a r a h
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Now that I’ve got my snarkiness out of the way… Guys with long hair almost always have the heathliest hair around. Primarily because they don’t put any product in it other than shampoo/conditioner. I should so take a tip from you and quit blowdrying. It be very bad. Be well,
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Interesting. All sounds pretty basic, but the part that gets me is you not combing your hair – why is that? HOW is that? I can’t imagine how you keep your hair nap-free without a brush… enlighten me:
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Now you know why women love shaving their legs. 😉
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oh no. you yelled at me.
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mmmmmmmm strawberry hair I likey!
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must be hard to be a Timmy…all that work.
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“The Vagina”?? You’re killing me…lol.. And then this entry? and the pictures? And you’re seriously asking me why I think you’re queer? Too, too funny, dude. Don’t worry, your secrets safe with me,
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What do you mean ignorance? It’s a joke. Jokes are jokes. Do you really expect all jokes to be based on fact? Seriously if all jokes were true, every blonde in the world would be a stupid whore. I thought it was funny. I really have no intention of telling my daughters anything of the sort. And these jokes have to come from somewhere even if you aren’t like the men the joke talks about.
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yeah i use shampoo that smells nice too! cos thats all it does is smells nice and gets dirt out! u get ones that claim to “revitalise ur hair” but how can u revitalise sumit thats dead? hairs dead u know… mhmmm and conditioner, it makes all the ions in ur hair positive! so theyr all the same and lie the same way! makin it feel smoother! mhmmm! hehe! learnd that from my tutor! also…
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… also she taught me that bubble bath is bad for u! it imbalances the chemicals on ur body or sumit! specially in “certain areas” hehe! mates for kids is one of the worst bubble baths! it says on the bottle sumit bout it cleans ur child and the bath at d same time! if it cleans ur bath imagine wot it does to ur child! hmm… sorry random rambling! *runs off*
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Son, let’s pretend you actually like “boobies”. You dress like you’re in elementary school, wear your hair like a little girl, and TEAR THE HAIR OFF YOUR BALLS. In your case, liking “boobies” probably has nothing to do with being straight, and everything to do with being one screwed up mofo. A lot of closet queers talk about girl sex to convince people they’re straight, anyhow,
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so saying you like tits doesn’t really count for much. Come on, man. You trade hair tips with high school girls. Have you even gotten laid? What about you ISNT queer? Pretending you’re not is just lame.
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Makeda is an Ethiopian restaurant on George St. in New Brunswick.
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I don’t brush my hair, either…just causes damage. i run my hands through it with conditioner until all knots and resistances are gone.
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I don’t need to hear about your fantasies, kid.
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What’s sad is that I think you’re trying to be funny, but it only comes off as is insincere and way too detailed. It’s alright, dude. See I’ve touched a nerve. I really thought you were fucking around with the whole straight guy routine, but you aren’t, so alright.
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Jesus. Look kid, you’re obviously NOT secure in any way, much less about your sexuality, which is why I backed off. I thought the whole set up was funny, but now it’s just sad.
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Oh, good fuck. “There is none”?? Do you even try to stop yourself from sounding like an ass? The only people fooled by your stars and “laughing” and “smirking” and shit, are those same high school chicks you’re trading beauty tips with. Be like a normal insecure person and quiet down.
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Yeah, I bet I do. ; ) Way to go on the non-predictable response, hombre. You have fun. Later.
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Oh. My. God. Where DO you come up with these things? (re those freaking pictures)
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Damn kiddo! You spend more time thinking about your hair than I do… and I’m a chick! *grin* p.s. the link didn’t work. 🙁
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Your hair would be less frizzy if you shampooed it less. Shampood? Blat.
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RYN: My hair is about as long as yours is, but not quite as frizzy. It’s still thick. Maybe you need a better shampooing technique. For one thing, you’re only really supposed to put shampoo on your scalp (and conditioner on the rest of your hair, and not on your scalp) for maximum cleaning benefit with minimum chemical yuckiness. ^_^
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Question: How many bottles of shampoo do you go through a month? Just wondering. Oh, I had the Frizzy problem, too. My hair is naturally curly but for years I blow-dried it straight. Like you said, HUGE mistake. Now it naturally dries on its own and it’s all cool-like. BUT, I did find that this new Loreal shampoo for frizzy / dry hair (in an orange bottle) does seem to help…
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Although it may very well be my imagination, but I don’t think so. Anyway, give it a shot. Also, Redkin hair care products makes this stuff in a little bottle called “Glass”. I haven’t bought any in ages, but it’s nice for eliminating frizzies and for making your hair purty and shiny! Just a few suggestions… 😉
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Listen up ass-hole – I am Sir Itchycoo’s boyfriend. You mess with him and I’ll HUNT YOU DOWN and CHOP YOUR NON-EXISTENT BALLS OFF!!! IS THAT CLEAR???
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damn you are one high matenince bitch~ LOL ~
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You got that last note to me completly right. The entry says ideal or perfect in there somewhere, only a few things have a must with them. I never expected to find all those qualities in one batch.
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Hmm … I do the same as you do! Well, apart from the waiting so long before showering but I wash my hair every 2 days or so,don’t brush, rarely blowdry. Oh and I don’t use conditioner – I have greasy hair anyway! Although I have had to use some once before since dye-ing my hair – felt horribly dry in comparison to before getting it coloured!! *shrugs* Oh & no pigtails either, not the same! LOL
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i never brush my hair either.
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You’re such a nice girl.
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I love my hair its long and brown. The shampoo does matter for me I have to switch every week or my hair becomes bord and hates me then goes off in a tiff and get fuzzy and staticy
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freaky, i did ALL of that before i cut my hair. blow drying is satan’s work to my hair, it fried it even more. braiding ur hair is good for it tho, not like cornrows or anything like that, just braid ur pigtails n u’ll be ok.
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Well see… now I’m glad my roomie asked that question and that I relayed her inquisition and that you had such a detailed response pre-prepared. I thought you just liked to do it, had no clue there was such a practical idealogy behind it all. Hmmm.
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