November 14, 2005
There are a lot of people in the world with naturally curly hair, but I've only discovered a small number of strategies for taming it: straitening, excessive product use, letting it all frizz out, and forgoing shampoo. Until about a month ago, I'd tried the first three strategies, but giving up shampoo just seemed gross.
Then my hair stylist told me I should try it -- she said she doesn't use shampoo -- and the folks at naturallycurly.com chimed in to agree. So in October, I began my experiment.
Every morning in the shower, I'd give myself a throrough scalp massge and rinse and comb my hair, but I didn't put any products in it. I was kind of amazed at the results. My hair didn't smell bad and it wasn't greasy -- my biggest fears. And even though it was limp, the frizz seemed to be under control.
I'd been trying this experiment for a month, and only told a few people about it, when I decided to confess to my new friend from work. It was Saturday night, we were hanging out being girly and playing with makeup, and I told her.
"Ew, hippie!" she screamed. "You'd better go wash your hair! No, seriously, I really want you to wash your hair."
She was nice about it, just kind of shocked, and it got me thinking. There's no other part of my body that goes without any soap for more than a day at a time, so why my hair?
I went nuts in the hair product aisle on Sunday -- grabbing all kinds of curl boosting shampoos, conditioners, deep conditioners, serums and mousses.
Today there's all kinds of goo piled high and smoothed through my hair. I have to say it: I look fah-bu-lous.
Added at the request of Lana:
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at November 14, 2005 08:46 AM
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Hi Courtney,
I'm a friend of your mom's and I have crazy, curly, frizzy hair too. She forwarded me this entry and it had me cracking up. My latest thing is to forego shampoo for a few days but I put a light conditioner in, just so it smells nice and makes me think I'm doing something. Then every 4-5 days I'll shampoo it. Hair is a funny thing!
Cheers,
Barb
Posted by: Barb at November 14, 2005 04:11 PM
pics?
Posted by: lana at November 14, 2005 08:09 PM
Maybe I'll try the every few days trick. Once a month is obviously not enough for me.
Posted by: Courtney at November 14, 2005 10:33 PM