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janey831 · Kate Spade

RE: How often do you wash your hair?

kmd · Kate Spade

I have really thick curly hair, so I usually only wash it 3 times a week- sometimes more if I've been sweating a lot from working out or something. I know it sounds gross, but with curly hair I find washing it any more makes it really dry and dull looking!

Cricket · Gucci

Usually every other or every third day. I have thick, dry hair and this works best for me.

dangergirl · Kate Spade

I wash my hair everyday, I don't like how it feels if I leave it for a day

NCshopper · Hermes

Every day. If I don't, I'm greasy and disgusting. Plus, I work out every night and I'm pretty sweaty by the end of my workouts, so it's pretty necessary.

Kitty · Hermes

Every day, but at one point I was doing every other with a vinegar rinse on the days I didn't wash.

Cricket · Gucci

XtinaStyles wrote:

I wash about every other day or every third day even though I have very fine hair. Some people are able to go alot longer, particularly if they have curly hair which tends to need moisture.

I recently read an interesting article about going a while without washing hair to "train it" - lots of women reported they had MORE volume, more waves, didn't need styling products, etc while others say it was the lowest their self-esteem has ever been.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-394226/Could-survive-shampoo.html

-- Edited by XtinaStyles at 20:50, 2009-02-19

That's interesting. At my last appointment, my hairdresser said that my hair is very well trained in the style that I've had since last summer. I wonder if that's because of my not washing it daily. It HAS been much easier to style lately. It's wavy in the front and curly in the back. I've had to put in so much less effort when I've wanted to wear it straight (which is 90% of the time). It flat irons a lot quicker now.

cc · Marc Jacobs

I did the hair experiment back in the Fashion Hag days! Prior to that I always washed every day. It was so difficult to switch but it's made my life so much easier. I can sometimes go 2 days without washing depending on the weather.

Kelly · Hermes

Kitty wrote:

Every day, but at one point I was doing every other with a vinegar rinse on the days I didn't wash.

What made you stop?

wicked · Coach

I wash my hair every 3-4 days.

fairywings · Dooney & Bourke

I wash every few days and it truly looks best on the last day. I have fine, wavy hair that never really gets greasy even though I put a lot of product in it. On the day that I am about to wash, it looks shiny, soft, and bouncy. I wish I had a great dry shampoo to prolong that look, but I have yet to come across one that I like.

Kelly · Hermes

fairywings - if it looks so good on the last day and doesn't get greasy, can I ask why you wash it on that day? Is it because you have products in it, or you just feel like you should wash it after all the time? Or is that the last day it looks good?

small fry · Chanel

My hair is fine and I wash it every other day if I use my flat iron. Iam not sure why maybe bc the heat of the iron??? If I dont flat iron sometimes I put a little baby powder in it and brush through it

Sandy · Kate Spade

AllieGurl wrote:

I do every other day, on weekends I dont usually wash it. I honestly dont feel I need to wash my hair more than a few times a week , it is really thick and styles better on day 2 and 3.

Ditto... except my hair isn't thick. I have a thick head of hair, but the strands are fine. The same thing applies though - my hair looks better on days two and three. I could probably get away with a fourth day if I didn't use any product and air-dried, but I can't get myself to try it.

blink · Coach

leah_leanna wrote:

Wow! I have to wash mine daily...it's straight, long and very fine...so grease shows up clearly by the following morning.

I think this is my issue too. I have yet to try those dry shampoos though. I am kinda jealous of girls who can pull off washing less than once a day.

stardust · Kenneth Cole

Once a day or it just doesn't right and at the end of the second day I feel like it's looking lank and greasy. I have fine straight hair but lots of it. I've always been really jealous of girls whose hair does better washing it every few days.
I do admit in the weekends if i'm not doing much I leave it.

I heard once from a chinese medicine expert that using oils of your hair actually eventually stops it from being either too dry OR greasy but I haven't tried it.

fairywings · Dooney & Bourke

I wash it usually because it starts to look a little limp from all the products. I guess you could consider it to be "weighed down."

kenzie · Chanel

AllieGurl wrote:

I do every other day, on weekends I dont usually wash it. I honestly dont feel I need to wash my hair more than a few times a week , it is really thick and styles better on day 2 and 3.

Me, too. I can usually wash my hair every three to four days. My hair is really thick, too and also behaves so much better on day 2 and 3 for me.