Recently I was having a deep
discussion with a friend, and she revealed—get this—she doesn’t shampoo, rinse,
and repeat. She only shampoos and rinses! I’m pretty sure that “shampoo, rinse
and repeat” was originally found etched into Middle Eastern papyrus scrolls
thousands of years ago, so I was stunned that my friend was flouting the sacred
rules. Since then I discovered that the shampoo rules have changed. Changed! I
didn’t know this because I can no longer hope to read shampoo instructions,
plus I figure that since I’ve probably washed my hair some 17,000+ times (I did
valuable research on this one by consulting my calculator), I possibly had it
down by now. Not so.
In fact, thanks to other valuable
research, this time implementing my trusty Old-People-Magnifier-Plus-Light-Apparatus-Sold-in-Drugstores-to-Keep-People-Like-Me-From-Overdosing,
I discovered fully half of my shampoos do not require the repeat. The madness!
I also discovered another
interesting fact: some of my shampoos have clothing in them. One, for example,
claims it has silk in it, and the other has pearls. One is wearing cashmere. I
find it depressing that my shampoo dresses way better than I do. Where is the
shampoo wearing jeans and a t-shirt with a taco sauce stain, or maybe with fleece
and scuffed Reeboks in it?
I also discovered I have a lot of
shampoos. There’s the one that makes my hair smell like my grandma’s house, if
my grandma had lived in a spa in the South of France. Never mind that it makes
my hair look like Grandmamma Addams and is insanely expensive—it gives a whole
new component to the idea of personal fragrance, so I am willing to make the
trade-off at times. Then there’s the one I got using a coupon. I don’t like it
very much, but I’m so proud that I managed to remember the coupon—an actual
unexpired one—that I just can’t throw it out. Then there’s the one I bought
because it was supposed to do something wonderful for me, but since I can’t
remember what that was, I hang onto it in case it comes to me. And then of
course there’s the one I really use.
How many shampoos are in your
shower? And The Most Important Valuable Research Question of all: do you still
repeat?
One in the shower, one on the side of the big triangle bathtub with jets. I was never a repeater.
ReplyDeleteI think if I had a big triangle tub with jets, I might just keep repeating as an excuse to stay in there....
DeleteI usually repeat, but once in a while I walk on the wild side and don't repeat...And luckily, the shampoo police have never snagged me.
ReplyDeleteI've now converted to a non-repeater. But I do sort of look around for those shampoo police.
DeleteI've been using baby shampoo for quite a while, ever since I got my CPAP machine and it says to wash the parts of it with baby shampoo because it actually rinses off. I am quite impressed with the fact that it actually rinses off, so sometimes I will wash, rinse, and repeat, just for fun. Then, to hold my hair flat when it wants to stand up on end, I spray it with perfume, so I will (a) have flat hair and (b) not smell like baby shampoo.
ReplyDeleteI still have an empty conditioner bottle I bought in 2007 when my mother was in a care facility. She needed shampoo, and there was a 2-for-1 deal happening, so I gave her the shampoo, and kept the conditioner for myself. I thought of Mom every time I used it and it made me happy. Then she died, and every time I used it, I cried.
Life is like that sometimes, you know. Hair today and gone tomorrow.
K
Oh, Kay - you made me laugh and cry at the same time! I have a bottle of rosewater that was the last gift I gave my mother, and she died before she could use it. I still use the bottle as a vase.
DeleteOnly if I've gotten my hair so incredibly filthy that I'm not sure one shampoo will do the trick, do I repeat. And since I'm not into mud wrestling, that seldom happens.
ReplyDeletePat
Critter Alley
Good point, Pat!
DeleteI mostly do not repeat. I buy a more expensive brand in bulk because it's cheaper and it doesn't dry my hair out as much.
ReplyDeleteI'm always looking for one that doesn't dry your hair out. I think that's why I have so many. You'll have to tell me which one this miracle brand is.
DeleteAs I get older I find myself repeating because I occasionally forget if I've already shampooed, and just to be on the safe side . . .
ReplyDeleteDonna, this really made me laugh because I do the same thing. In fact, the reason I was having this conversation with my friend was because she told me she sometimes forgets to wash the conditioner out. I told her I only forget how many times I've repeated.
DeleteFirst laugh of the day. Thank you! I use shampoos that do not contain laurel sulfate because it's supposed to be better for color-treated hair. And I stopped shampooing twice a long time ago because I needed those extra minutes in the morning for other things, so I guess I was ahead of the trend. It figures. The first time I'm ahead of a trend and I didn't even do it on purpose. Pfft.
ReplyDeleteI too was thrilled at the time savings when I gave up the "repeat" step! Pretty sad, huh? Now I'll have to get out my little magnifier and check for laurel sulfate....
DeleteHave I been THAT busy? How did I miss your fun and funny post? I can so relate, and uhm...I have three shampoos in the shower, and I do not rinse and repeat either.
ReplyDeleteI know you've been that busy, Linda, so I'm even more thankful that you stopped by!
ReplyDeleteHa! I only wash/rinse once and use conditioner. I have one that I use and it is for color treated hair, but I buy my hubby the cheaper stuff and he has several bottles hanging around his shower.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about the pearls and cashmere either. Thanks for making me smile, Tammy.
Kathy M.