So I've been not using shampoo when washing my hair for quite a bit of time now, ever since I was informed about the no-shampoo (yes, that's what that is short for) movement by someone at work. I asked on musing
if anyone knew about it but it looks like the few people looking at the question did not know or did not answer.
The idea behind it, according to the Wikipedia article, is that when using shampoo products one of the effects is that your body will compensate for the oils that the shampoo strips out of your hair, leading to very oily hair if you do not wash your hair for even a day. And by only washing with water, the idea is that this will normalize after a few months, and your hair will maintain a natural amount of oiliness.
The amount of money you save by not buying shampoo therefore can be used to buy STEEM instead! (Half joking).
I started doing this around mid-September, so it's been two months. And I feel like it is working. At the beginning, I really could feel that my hair was just very oily after a few days of water only washing. But it started to get better. At the very least, after washing and drying the hair, it doesn't feel so uncomfortable. In the current state, it still feels pretty oily after a day of not washing, but now I at least don't feel a need to go back to shampoo.
I'll let you know if that changes, but I hear from others that have tried it that it continually gets better over time. The feedback I've gotten lately in terms of how my hair looks is that it looks like there's a natural amount of hair product in my hair that is giving it some shape and shine. So kind of a two-for-one, I don't need gel either!
It also helps to get a bit of a hair cut if it is getting uncomfortable (at least I did so in the first week). As the old steem adage goes, Make like an SBD and haircut! (This may not make sense if read in times of prosperity)
Anyway, I felt the need to share my experience in case anyone else was curious about it. Anyone else out there do this?
