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I’ve got straight hair that’s very thin and I wash it every 3 days. If I wash more frequently it dries out way too much
daily. I’ve tried not doing it daily and it’s never worked. I’m sick of people telling me “oh don’t do it every day, it’ll get better after a while” IT DOESN’T. I have to use dry shampoo the same day too or else it will look horrible. It sucks
Twice a week. Longer hair helps, plus combing it morning and night to distribute oils throughout the length and not letting it build up at the roots.
That’s a really good tip! How long do you comb it for?
Not long, just a minute or two. Feels good in the AM to scratch my scalp a bit too.
Ahhh my scalp flakes a lot so I couldn’t risk that
I have curls. I hate washing my hair, but if I don’t wash it, it just gets harder and harder to wash when I do. Ideally, it would be 2 to 3 times a week. In practice it’s about once a week (sometimes less than that)
Same for me. I’ve got soft (Irish?) curls/waves. My hair keeps a lot more of its texture if I stick to about once a week for a full wash. I’ll sometimes do a mid week water rinse and follow it with some leave in conditioner, but any more often and I get very frizzy.
saaaaaame
In the last year I’ve got it down to every 2 days and my hair is a lot less greasy for it! Really pleased.
That’s great! Washing & drying hair can be such a boring chore, it’s nice to not have to do it as often :)
once or twice a week, usually once a week 😅 I have curly hair.
How do you do that? My curls last like 2-3 days before becoming an unrecogniseable mess
do you use Curly Girl Method?
in my experience usually it’s sleeping that disturbs my curls, so I pineapple my hair and wear a silk bonnet to sleep and that helps significantly- it’s also just good for your hair, avoiding damage and so on
if I need to reset my curls but it’s not time for a wash, sometimes I can get away with wetting my hair with cold water and then letting it dry and usually my curls are back
Ohh, that just nicht be it
I can get by with every other day but the second day is not as good as the first day, so I may not always be able to skip a day depending on what I have going on.
I regularly get compliments on my hair after I neglect it for a while. So I reckon whatever I’m doing is wrong.
Currently every other day. In the winter I can get away with every 2 days. I wish I could go longer, but I’ve never found a way. Dry shampoo doesn’t work for me, and I don’t like the weird texture it gives my roots.
Luckily my hair is reasonably fine, so it only takes me about 10 minutes to dry. Drying it is the most boring part!
Every other day and every two days are the same thing. If you mean there is a two day gap where you don’t wash, that is every third day.
D’oh, I always make that mistake!
I have fine, thin hair I cut short. If I get sweaty I’ll wash with water, but if it’s greasy or oily I use rye flour mixed with water in my hair about every 5 days. It works impressively well as a “shampoo”, and for being all the fancy things (sulfate free, paraben free, ph neutral, all natural etc etc) it’s dirt cheap per wash. I would not recommend it for anyone with really textured hair because the grains can be a damn pain to rinse out (unless your water pressure is incredible), but it’s awesome if you have fine, thin hair and you’re looking for a new routine. It’s probably one of the weirder self care things I’ve discovered but it really works for me. I love my hair now.
I got long smooth blond hair. I wash it shit every 2-3 days or if I get s lot of dust in it
I’ve got wavy hair so it’s quite forgiving - I wash it once or twice a week with just hot water and lots of combing with my hands - then wash my hands off the oil and repeat 2-3 times.
I only use shampoo when I get something really small and deeply absorbed in it - like if I’ve been near an open fire and my hair smells really smoky - otherwise I avoid shampoo as it dries out my scalp and gives me dandruff
it’s weird how your hair is really oily at first but then it just kind of adjusts and stays at a baseline - random people still comment that my hair looks nice so I don’t think it’s noticeable
My wavy hair doesn’t like too many washes, and leave-in conditioner keeps me from frizzing out in between. I’m on an A/B system with my routines because it’s too hard to neatly divide seven days, so I’ll wash my hair twice on an A week and three times on a B week.
Daily. One or two days with just water, but interspersed with soap days for when things get gross.
More frequent soap days over the summer or if I’m doing a lot of exercise or such. Less frequent soap days on lazy periods or winters.
