@mae 's post about what to so with your hair when you don't shower got me thinking - how do some of you ladies manage to get by with washing your hair every few days?? I would loooove to do that but my hair gets so oily and yucky after just one day. Is there something I don't know about that I should be doing?
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I use dry shampoo, clip the ones that frame my face back, then I go into a pony tail, and worst case is pony tail + headband.
My hair is super oily too but I try to wash it every 2-3 days.
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My hair was really oily when I first stopped washing it daily but not washing it daily seems to have slowed down my scalps oil production. Basically you just have to wait it out and eventually it won't get so oily.
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My hair got used to it after a while and I use dry shampoo. Plus this pregnancy has dried out my hair. Last time it got oilier.
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My hair doesn't get oily until day three.
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My hair doesn't get oily until like day 4. It actually looks the best on days 2 and 3.
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I wash my hair every 4-5 days. It did take a few weeks for it to stop getting really oily after just a couple days. Your hair and scalp have to have time to adjust how much oil is produced when you start cutting out washes.
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My hair also doesn't get oily unless I go like a week without washing. I usually wash every 3 days, but could probably go 4 or 5. The blessing and curse of naturally curly hair!
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I never really could (or at least not without it looking gross) before I got pregnant. Pregnancy has just made me less oily and my hair somehow magically looks good on days 2-3 now.
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I condition most days. I just only shampoo 2x a week. But I have curly hair so it's different
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Add moisture. It's counterintuitive, but adding moisture signals your oil glands to reduce production. Cleansing conditioner is a good place to start.
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Meh, I wash daily. I have fine thin hair and its healthy, no reason why I shouldn't wash it daily.
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My hair probably looks pretty terrible most of the time but I only wash it a 2-3 times a week and sometimes only once. It's mostly because I'm lazy. It doesn't really get too oily - I think it has just gotten used to my infrequent washing.
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I wash once a week, but have very thick, dry, coarse hair. I use moroccan oil in my hair, concentrating on the ends since they are driest. My hair looks good down for 2-3 days, then in a pony tail for 2ish days and then in a bun for the last day or so. haha.
Honestly, your hair adjusts after a few weeks. Washing strips the natural oils from your hair, which signals your scalp to produce MORE oil. Washing less actually slows oil production.
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I used to have to wash my hair daily but when I became a SAHM I tried going longer between washes. It definitely took awhile but now I can go 2-3 days between washing which I love. I prefer the way my hair looks on days 2-3 as well...looks shinier and has some volume. I also use dry shampoo as needed and that helped with the transition. I like going longer between washes in part bc I'm lazy (I don't like styling my hair everyday) and also I want to minimize damage to my hair from heat styling (I blow it out and then curl it). When I washed it daily I would blow it out and always end up tying it back bc it would get flat and boring after awhile. Now I wash at night, blow it out, curl in the morning and actually have some volume/style to my hair
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I agree that you can "train" your hair to go less often, but I also think certain hair types work better for washing less. My hair is VERY thick and that's what helps me go so long between washes.
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It took a few months, but now my hair is used to it and doesn't get oily until day 3 (4 sometimes). Dry shampoo was my BFF during the trainsition, too.
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Those that don't wash your hair every day - what does not DH think?
My DH gets grossed out if my hair isn't squeaky clean.
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@MrsMcD: he doesn't notice or mind. It looked flat and lifeless during the transition but I used dry shampoo as needed. Also I still shower
and I'm not a sweaty/stinky person...like most Asians I don't sweat or get BO...my hair doesn't smell or feel gross
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@MrsMcD: he doesn't care. It's not greasy or oily in between washes and I still shower my body.
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@JoyfulKiwi: I have tried for years to train my hair. It is a little better but it still is greasy/just feels gross on day 2. Dry shampoo helps but I have to wear it back in a pony.
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i can go 4-5 days without it looking oily, but by day 3 it looks flat and weird. so those are pony tail days.
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@JoyfulKiwi: hmm, maybe my problem is that my hair is super straight and fine.
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@pinkcupcake: My hair is really straight and fine, too. I can sometimes get by with 36-48 hours without washing, but on the second day my hair is pinned back/put up. I can't do down after the first wash day!
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It takes awhile to basically train your hair to get used to only being washed every few days. I wash mine more in the summer but use a lot of dry shampoo, french braids, and creative updos and twists to buy me some time! I even work out 5x/week so my hair definirely gets dirty. I just work with it well, I think. I don't wear it down past the first day
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My hair is straight but really thick, and I can go 5 days between shampooing it, although I still rinse it out in the shower every day and usually one day in the middle I'll shampoo my bangs a little bit so they look a bit better. On the 4th or 5th day I'll usually condition the ends because they start to get easily tangled by then. It took me months to work down from showering every day, and I'm not sure if I can do it not because of pregnancy and it will get oilier after. Right now I never put my hair up, and it always looks pretty good.
and I'm not a sweaty/stinky person...like most Asians I don't sweat or get BO...my hair doesn't smell or feel gross
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