Writing is like being able to put life into a snow globe. It takes the things that are too big and scary and reduces them into a form that I can put away when I want and look at from a distance. It also takes all that’s good in life and captures it into something I can take out when I want and look at close up and keep forever. It makes the bad things into something I can hold…and the good things into something I can hold onto. Both help so much that I need that little souvenir of life.

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Improper Poll: Dis-Tressed



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?

17 comments:

  1. One in the shower, one on the side of the big triangle bathtub with jets. I was never a repeater.

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    1. I think if I had a big triangle tub with jets, I might just keep repeating as an excuse to stay in there....

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  2. I 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.

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    1. I've now converted to a non-repeater. But I do sort of look around for those shampoo police.

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  3. I'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.
    I 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

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    1. 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.

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  4. Only 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.

    Pat
    Critter Alley

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  5. I 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.

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    1. I'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.

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  6. As I get older I find myself repeating because I occasionally forget if I've already shampooed, and just to be on the safe side . . .

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    1. Donna, 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.

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  7. First 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.

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    1. I 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....

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  8. Have 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.

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  9. I know you've been that busy, Linda, so I'm even more thankful that you stopped by!

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  10. Ha! 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.

    I didn't know about the pearls and cashmere either. Thanks for making me smile, Tammy.

    Kathy M.

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