Sunday, November 18, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 30


Is this the sight you want to wake up to? (Photo by alykat)

Surreal as it may seem, I've finally reached the grand finale. A month without using any hair products. I have succesfully managed using only water (well, there was that small experiment with vinegar, but that doesn't really count). To read how it began, click here.

To tell you the truth, when I first thought of this experiment I expected to see at least some results after a couple of weeks (OK, there were results, but not the kind I was looking for). And I was quite certain that after a month it'd be smooth sailing. I'd never have to wash my hair again. The success stories that I read convinced me that it could be done. They stories came, after all, from the eternal wellspring of wisdom that is the internet.

Of course, it obviously can be done, since I just did it. My hair does not completely clean itself, however. If I go more than a few days without so much as rinsing it, it looks and feels oily. In that sense this experiment has been a bit of a letdown.

On the other hand, I don't think I need to use shampoo or conditioner anymore. Washing with water every day or every other day seems to be enough, and I like the natural feel of the hair.

A month was probably too short a time period to show any remarkable results. Three months might've been more realistic. Then again, there were the horror stories of people who had dirty hair for five months, which doesn't exactly inspire me to try the same. Nevertheless, I've come too far to start using shampoo now.

I won't be posting about this experiment daily anymore, though I might update it every now and then. It's time for me to think of another inhuman experiment.

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Saturday, November 17, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 29

I went to sauna yesterday and took a shower today so it's no wonder everything is looking alright. No tangles even.

And only one more day left. Woo-hoo!

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Friday, November 16, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 28

Time to try the sauna method again. I think there's something about sweating in a sauna that actually cleanses the scalp somewhat and makes the hair less dirty. There's really no need for shampoo anymore after a sauna. That may be a slight improvement, though I might've gotten the same results had I tried the same thing before this experiment.

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 27

Two days without washing the hair seems to be the limit. I've had dirtier looking hair, but this is about as far as I'm willing to go right now. Time for another rinse.

I must say I'm becoming rather worried, since there's only a few days left and I was kind of hoping a month would be more than enough to start seeing results. Currently, I'm not sure there's much improvement. It may be that I should've gone cold turkey from the beginning and just stopping washing with water as well. It's just that it gets pretty unbearable after a week, and there's no guarantee of any results.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 26

No wash yesterday, and things are looking alright today, so I think it's time to up the ante and go one more day without washing just to see what happens.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 25

I'm thinking that I might need to stop rinsing the hair with water as well to get the results I so desperately need. So today I skipped the rinsing part, partly to punish the hair for not cleaning itself like it's supposed to. I hope my scalp learned a valuable lesson today.

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Monday, November 12, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 24

Thus begins the final week of the great experiment, the origin of which you can read here. Although, if all goes well, I don't plan on starting to use shampoo and conditioner again. On the contrary, after this experiment is over, my hair is supposed to have a built-in cleaning system that will get rid of all that nasty oiliness that is once again beginning to bother me.

What I need is a freakin' miracle. But anything can happen in a week, right?

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Sunday, November 11, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 23

Went to sauna again yesterday and learned a very important lesson: always dry the hair properly before going out into the freezing cold. I was foolish enough to think that the cold air would make everything alright and that I didn't have to brush or anything.

That proved to be quite a mistake. The tangle boys are back in town.

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Saturday, November 10, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 22

I spent some time today reading about other people's experiences with stopping washing their hair. I was surprised to read that so many had stopped rinsing with water as well. After two weeks of not washing with anything a lot of people said their hair began to clean itself, but there were others who were frustrated after three months.

If I were to stop rinsing with water, I'd either have to have much shorter hair or two weeks with no interaction with anyone. I can't even begin to imagine the amount of oil I'd be producing. I bet they could close entire oil fields and we still wouldn't have to worry about peak oil any time soon.

There were some people who kept rinsing with water, and after a month or so their hair didn't look greasy anymore. But there were also a lot of people who tried it for much longer and still weren't happy, which has got me thinking that this whole experiment might actually prove to be a huge mistake.

I shudder at the thought of having to go on much further than the month I had planned.

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Friday, November 9, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 21

Surprisingly, the hair is looking almost clean today. Perhaps the magic is beginning to work at last? I've learned not to get my hopes up, so it's probably too early to say whether this is just temporary or not.

But it's nice to not have that oily feel to the hair for once, at least.

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Thursday, November 8, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 20

Only ten more days to go! Today everything is decent at least, though it took me ages to get rid of that enormous tangle yesterday. I think the strands (that I have decided to call The Suspects) may be planning another attack tonight.

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 19

Oh man. I have just encountered the mother of all tangles. Last night one of my hair strands apparently held a speech and encouraged other strands to join it in a cause that could only be described as the Ultimate Tangle.

Never have I had a tangle this bad. It's huge. It's all-consuming. It is a problem that cannot be solved and will puzzle generations to come. It's taken me half an hour already and I'm not seeing much improvement.

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 18

Hair is feeling a little dirty again. Christ, I must've typed that same thing ten times during this experiment. Sometimes I feel like it's going nowhere: I wash it, it's alright for a while, then it's dirty again, I wash it, and so on. Every day is a repetition of yesterday. It's like Groundhog Day, only even less fun.

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Monday, November 5, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 17

Not washing with shampoo seems to make the hair more susceptible to tangles. If I don't dry and brush the hair properly right after a shower, it's sure to end up in one big tangled mess that is a pain to clear through.

Other than that, today has been pretty good.

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Sunday, November 4, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 16

Some good news for a change.

Even though I'm often annoyed by the fact that washing my hair with nothing but water doesn't really make it clean as shampooing it does, I have to say that during the past few days I've noticed that my hair dries quicker than it used to. It used to take ages and now it takes, well, a few hours. I'm pretty sure this has something to do with the whole process of hair beginning to get used to absence of shampoo.

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Saturday, November 3, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 15

It's day fifteen, which means I'm halfway through to finishing this experiment. To read how it all began, go here .

The last couple of days have been pretty bad, and while my hair is still not cleaning itself like it should be, I'm beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel. I think my hair is a little less dirty than it was before, which is an improvement. Perhaps in the coming days it will get even less dirty, all by itself.

I definitely feel as if this day is an important turning point.

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Friday, November 2, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 14

It might be a bad sign that I now consider Fridays to be one of the best days of the week since I don't have to go to work and meet people. I'm actually enjoying the fact that I can just stay away from civilization and suckle on these oily strands of unwashed hair.

Apparently it has become necessary to destroy any social life I may have had in order to complete this God-forsaken experiment. But so it goes. Sacrifices must be made before great things happen.

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Thursday, November 1, 2007

The great hair experiment - day 13

The 13th day of the experiment. Should I be wary of bad luck? What could possibly happen when I have all this oil on my head protecting me from harm? Any problems I might encounter will just slide off my scalp, ha ha.

I'm so tired.

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