Terminalcoffee discussion

I keep reading that it's only necessary to shampoo once, but I was raised to shampoo twice. I no longer wash my hair everyday, but when I do I always repeat. The experts say only beauty queens and news anchors -- people who pile on the mousse and gels and sprays -- need to shampoo twice, or however many times it takes to get the gook out.

Do you repeat?

The 'repeat' was a stroke of marketing genius. I do not believe you need to shampoo twice.

Generally I don't. If I get a good lather with the dob of shampoo, I don't bother with a second. If my hair is really grubby (like after a weekend of camping), I'll repeat.

This is no-repeat Wednesday.

Frankly any marketing ploy that lends a hand to the great cause of getting people to stay naked and soapy a little longer is okay by me.

I rarely, rarely, rarely use product in my hair anymore, but if I do, I'll get in the shower and get my hair damp, then put conditioner in and comb it through. That way, I don't have to keep shampooing to get everything out and I'm not having to drag my hands through my hair to get it untangled.

I don't repeat. I've always thought it would just gunk up your hair more to do so. Like a washing machine, if you use too much soap it clogs up things.

No repeating, not never, not no how.

Nah, don't repeat unless your hair is really gunky to start with.
In fact, sometimes I wash my hair only every other day, because it can get too dry. Especially if the humidity is low.

I dont even shampoo once.

Ever?

I WISH I could get away without having to shampoo everyday. If I go more than a day between, I have a ridiculously uncomfortable scalp flare-up and I end up miserable for a long time. It's not worth it for me to even attempt it.

I never bought into the repeat line. Somehow even as a child I knew it was excessive. I wouldn't have had time to do it, anyway, as a child or an adult. Always in a hurry to get out the door.

I pretty much only use shampoo every other day. It dries out my hair too much. I have to use conditioner just to get a comb through my hair. My salon lady told me not to rise out all the conditioner, to leave some in so your hair stays moister. Even with that, I still add a little leave-in conditioner. I don't use any mousse or hairspray so there's really no gunk in my hair to get out.

Do you have curly hair or straight hair, LG? Or maybe even, say, a mullet?

Bite your tongue, Heidi.

My hair is straight but has a fair amount of body. Thickish.

Lobstergirl wrote: "Bite your tongue, Heidi.

My hair is straight but has a fair amount of body. Thickish."

So, no mullet?

Maybe your cut your hair like Amelie? I love that do. I think it'd look great with your babushka.

I can only quote from E.M Forster's Howards End:

"As for her hair, or rather hairs, they are too complicated to describe, but one system went down her back, lying in a thick pad there, while another, created for a lighter destiny, rippled around her forehead."

Lobstergirl wrote: "I can only quote from E.M Forster's Howards End:

"As for her hair, or rather hairs, they are too complicated to describe, but one system went down her back, lying in a thick pad there, while anoth..."

OMG! You have fluffy 90s bangs!!! :D

Heidi wrote: "OMG! You have fluffy 90s bangs!!! :D ."

1890s?

God, i love that book.

I have never heard of this 'repeat' nonsense. I try not to use shampoo every day, but I can't live without shampoo for more than 48 hours. I usually start feeling miserable around the 36 hour mark.

Tick tock, J.

My hair person does the rinse-repeat thing. But I never do at home. I needs must use shampoo daily, thank you.

i use rain-x regularly so water just sorta beads up anyway

Larry wrote: "Tick tock, J.

My hair person does the rinse-repeat thing. But I never do at home. I needs must use shampoo daily, thank you."

Just 12 hours in now.