haircare tips from my experience

[belenen]

I wanted to share haircare tips I learned from having yard-long (therefore 8+ year-old and fragile) hair and more recently having repeatedly-bleached-and-dyed hair. Lots of these are gleaned from tips offered by others and then used by me -- but as a disclaimer, I don't know if they'd all be useful if your hair is very thin or very kinky. Some

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[aerialmelodies]

Using a more natural shampoo works wonders, though I've had to be a little careful. After a year of Dr. Bronner's, I finally had to start blow drying my hair at least once every month to prevent it from dreading. My hair was already prone to it, and while I have nothing against it, it's not what I'm going for! Conditioners help a little, but then I go to the gym to workout and kind of ruin all the "clean the head!" stuff anyway. ;)

Great tips, though! I like the cotton ball one a lot. Will have to try it!

[phydeau]

I don't know if anyone has suggested this, but for the last year or so, I've been washing my hair with baking soda. The difference was apparent immediately. It was instantly more manageable without the detergent. And yes, it got even better when I stopped washing it every single day.

[phoenixdreaming]

My hair's in pretty good condition (long, strong, straight, fairly shiny), but my scalp gets greasy a day after washing. I'm going to try your tip with the cotton balls and colder water for washing and see if I can get it to last longer between washes!