I used to wash my hair every day... then bcos of the "you need natural oils" bull... I was washing it once every 4 to 5 days... It was killing me..I couldnt go longer... I found that it did nothing to help my hair look or feel good.. Now I wash my hair every 2nd day and my hair is thanking me for it... Its in the best condition its ever been. Has anyone else found this?

Yep, my hair goes feral if I leave it unwashed for more than two days. The ends frizz up and the roots go oily. If it wasn't coloured I'd wash it every single day, I love clean hair and absolutely cannot stand dirty hair. Mine is in its best condition when washed frequently too, as long as I don't blow-dry and straighten too much.

Yep, my hair goes feral if I leave it unwashed for more than two days. The ends frizz up and the roots go oily. If it wasn't coloured I'd wash it every single day, I love clean hair and absolutely cannot stand dirty hair. Mine is in its best condition when washed frequently too, as long as I don't blow-dry and straighten too much.

I dont frizz up I just get itchy and it drives me nuts... ughhh.... I think my hair prefers being super clean rather than having natural oils.. :chuckle::chuckle::chuckle:

I wash my hair every second day, I have extremely thick hair and a sensitive scalp so I don't like to over wash but i don't like to go more then two days with out washing otherwise it goes feral.

I wash my hair every second day, I have extremely thick hair and a sensitive scalp so I don't like to over wash but i don't like to go more then two days with out washing otherwise it goes feral.

Hi tahlie, welcome to the forum :waving:

Hi Tahlie - welcome! :waving:

I wash mine every two to three days... just depends on if I've loaded it up with product or not as to how soon I feel I need to wash it. Also tend to wash more frequently as I'm nearing my next trip to the hairdresser - keeps it looking blonder when it's clean (funny that!) :chuckle:

I dont frizz up I just get itchy and it drives me nuts... ughhh.... I think my hair prefers being super clean rather than having natural oils.. :chuckle::chuckle::chuckle:

Yep, mine goes itchy too. And I hate hate HATE that dirty hair smell. Even if it's not a strong smell, it is to me, and I'm positive I can smell it all day. Yuckity yuck yuck.

If my hair is dirty, I feel dirty. Every second day for me. My hair is oily so I couldnt stand leaving it unwashed for longer. Unless Im really lazy and only at home! In summer if its really hot and sticky I will occasionally wash it once a day because of the sweat factor.

If my hair is dirty, I feel dirty. Every second day for me. My hair is oily so I couldnt stand leaving it unwashed for longer. Unless Im really lazy and only at home! In summer if its really hot and sticky I will occasionally wash it once a day because of the sweat factor.

ooh yeah I'm like that in summer too... or If I've had a very good work out at the gym! (which i haven't had to really worry about cause i've been sooooooooo slack lately!)

I was my hair every second day also. When I wash it, I wear it down. When its dirty, I wear it up .... So basically I wear my hair one day out/down and one day tied up ! :confused:

I hate washing my hair as it is so long & thick. Washing it is quite a mission. I wash my hair every 4th day. My scalp doesn't get oily so I can get away with it. If I leave it any longer I get really itchy.

I used to wash my hair every day... then bcos of the "you need natural oils" bull... I was washing it once every 4 to 5 days... It was killing me..I couldnt go longer... I found that it did nothing to help my hair look or feel good.. Now I wash my hair every 2nd day and my hair is thanking me for it... Its in the best condition its ever been. Has anyone else found this?

Yes, yes, yes Blondie. I'm a blondie too and my scalp is oily but my (long) ends very dry and brittle. So if I didn't wash it every day it looked and felt dull and oily by the second day. But my hair kept breaking and one too many people told me not to wash every day. It took a while for me to be convinced because I adore the scent of freshly washed hair, and the silky feeling of it, but now I wash every second or third day. But I can only do this with Klorane dry oat shampoo. Without it my hair still looks lank on the second day - to me anyway!

Yes, yes, yes Blondie. I'm a blondie too and my scalp is oily but my (long) ends very dry and brittle. So if I didn't wash it every day it looked and felt dull and oily by the second day. But my hair kept breaking and one too many people told me not to wash every day. It took a while for me to be convinced because I adore the scent of freshly washed hair, and the silky feeling of it, but now I wash every second or third day. But I can only do this with Klorane dry oat shampoo. Without it my hair still looks lank on the second day - to me anyway!


I agree sapph, if you colour your hair, you have to put stuff in it quite regularly otherwise it looks crap and dry.. Not washing your hair for days on end like some recommend, doesnt help it because you are not treating it and hydrating it.. iykwim? thats what I found anyway.

nattieb, The looks blonder factor once you wash it, is not so strange, when my girls wash their hair, it always looks heaps blonder and my little one is naturally a platinum blonde.

nattieb, The looks blonder factor once you wash it, is not so strange, when my girls wash their hair, it always looks heaps blonder and my little one is naturally a platinum blonde.

My hair does this too. My hair always seems to look blonder/lighter and a 'cleaner' colour whenever I have it washed, cut and styled at the hairdresser. Does anyone else notice this?

Something else I found out about blonde hair... This neighbour of mine will sometimes come across for a chat when I am out mowing the lawn.. Anyway, she came over and asked me whether my girls hair had ever turned "green".. She said, I thought you may know seeing you have blonde hair and so have your girls.. I said, no... not unless you have tried bleaching it yourself? and had a hair disaster... apart from that I dont know why.... Its never happened to us... Anyway, she said, no i dont colour my daughters hair.

So next time I was at the hd, I asked them and they asked me if she had a pool... I said yeah they have.. and the hd said, if her daughter swims in the pool and then doesnt wash her hair... Like for a week or more, it will turn green.... ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww gross!!!

They are pretty grotty when i think about it... but I never told her.. :chuckle: cos I gotta live here. :chuckle::chuckle:

Something else I found out about blonde hair... This neighbour of mine will sometimes come across for a chat when I am out mowing the lawn.. Anyway, she came over and asked me whether my girls hair had ever turned "green".. She said, I thought you may know seeing you have blonde hair and so have your girls.. I said, no... not unless you have tried bleaching it yourself? and had a hair disaster... apart from that I dont know why.... Its never happened to us... Anyway, she said, no i dont colour my daughters hair.

So next time I was at the hd, I asked them and they asked me if she had a pool... I said yeah they have.. and the hd said, if her daughter swims in the pool and then doesnt wash her hair... Like for a week or more, it will turn green.... ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww gross!!!

They are pretty grotty when i think about it... but I never told her.. :chuckle: cos I gotta live here. :chuckle::chuckle:

My sister is blonde naturally but colours her hair several shades lighter and one night she had a spa and her hair turned BRIGHT green! The poor thing...hehehe

I have to say that shot [ur avatar] is just beautiful Elizabeth :waving:


i wash my hair every 2nd day , when it was long i washed it every 3rd day
but i now do use dry shampoo on the day i don't wash my hair , otherwise my fringe would be an oil slick

I have to say that shot [ur avatar] is just beautiful Elizabeth :waving:


I second that!! Every time I look at it I think "Ohhh I want to take a pic like that with my chihuahua!"

My sister is blonde naturally but colours her hair several shades lighter and one night she had a spa and her hair turned BRIGHT green! The poor thing...hehehe

So it went green straight away?

I try every couple of days, but if I know I'm just pottering around home or if I know I'm nothing going to be going out other than to uni etc I try to draw it out a few more days, I use to wash it every day but I hate having to wash it everytime! ... I'm getting lazy on my hair hygiene (not to say that I have neglected body hygiene I haven't! I love my showers way too much!) since I've gone back to uni - as I can just roughly tie it up and be none the wiser for a couple of hours in a lecture before coming back home.

Yep every 2 days... i wear it out with a hairpsray gel in it for my curls one day & then the next day i wear it up, then i wash it. I dont want product getting on my skin or pillow case etc.

Well it depends, if I have just dyed my hair I don't wash my hair for ages!! :chuckle:
I hate the feeling of washing your hair just after you have dyed it and all that color goes down the drain. I HATE IT!!!!! :explode:
I know it will be ok when I get out, but it scares me :redcheeks:

I wash my hair every second day. My hair is really fine and gets massively oily if I leave it any longer (and I am talking about so greasy you could fry eggs in it).

I wash my hair every second day. My hair is really fine and gets massively oily if I leave it any longer (and I am talking about so greasy you could fry eggs in it).

That's me!

I wash my hair every second day. My hair is really fine and gets massively oily if I leave it any longer (and I am talking about so greasy you could fry eggs in it).

And me too!!!

i used to wash it every 3rd day when i had long hair, now i've cut it short it gets oilier than usual, so every day or every 2nd day now.

Every day!

I hate the feeling of dirty hair, I have to wash it every day. I know it's not recommended - and yes my colours don't last long but I can't not wash it.

I would loooove to wash every day if it weren't for the colour and the amount of time it takes to style it. As it is I wash it every second day and I tryyyy to stretch it out to every third day (it has to be up though).

I hate the feeling of dirty hair, I have to wash it every day. I know it's not recommended - and yes my colours don't last long but I can't not wash it.

Welcome Kellstar! :waving:

I'm the same. I don't feel really clean otherwise.

Welcome Kellstar! :waving:

I'm the same. I don't feel really clean otherwise.

me too. I have to wash every second day, and even that is pushing a fine line.

Welcome Kellstar! :waving:

I'm the same. I don't feel really clean otherwise.

Same!

Hi Kellstar :waving:

About every 4 days. depends on what Im doing , but i can normally get away with it for 4 days.
cant imagine washing it everyday.... each to their own

Geez, I am so jealous TT! I wash mine every day, because it needs it every day. Sometimes of a weekend if I am just slobbing around the house (so basically never) I can go 2, cause it doesn't matter if it is grotty. Those are generally the weekends when I give it a good deep treatment.

I only washed my hair every second day but lately I have been washing it every single day. My scalp gets sooo oily especially in summer. I just love the feeling of fresh clean hair.

I washed my hair everyday. I don't feel clean if I didn't wash it. :glee:

I washed my hair everyday. I don't feel clean if I didn't wash it. :glee:

Ditto to that!

every second day. it goes greasy if i wash it every day.

Gee every 3 or 4 days.. it only starts looking greasy around the day 5 mark.

Having to stick with washing it every day at the moment. It just gets too greasy! Yuck!!

I recently started washing my hair once a week and I found it has made SUCH a big difference to the streght and moisture in my hair. I am lucky to have to wear my hair up and back everyday so the natural oils act as product to keep my fine hair in place. I also found that since stooping using hairspray regularly as helped alot too!!

I've started washing my hair every second day recently after being an everyday washer for about 10 years, and I've found it's made such a difference. My hair is softer, shinier, more manageable and is loving the natural oils. Although, I would hate to go any longer, 3 days is just pushing it!

I've started washing my hair every second day recently after being an everyday washer for about 10 years, and I've found it's made such a difference. My hair is softer, shinier, more manageable and is loving the natural oils. Although, I would hate to go any longer, 3 days is just pushing it!

Really??? I was never an everyday washer and more recently I'm like TBA. Once a week seems to be good for my hair too.

I'd only wash my hair about twice a week.

I really depends on your hair and it's different for everyone. I have to wash my hair twice a week. I have to. Otherwise it looks disgusting. I do have hair that gets dirtier faster (someone commented on this when I was young! I nearly died) so washing once a week is definitely not an option for me.

Yeah I'd be the same Toastie. I cna only do 2/3 only because I wear my hair back alot so I can get away with it, but I don't like going too many days as it feels dirty, even if it still looks passable in a ponytail.

Really??? I was never an everyday washer and more recently I'm like TBA. Once a week seems to be good for my hair too.

Unfortunately my hair is very fine and flat and needs a lot of volume. My parents are exactly the same, actually I blame them for my oily skin and oily hair darnit! But I've been trying very hard to work out how to style it on the second day so that I don't wash it and overstrip the oils. Must get some of that dry shampoo. And a personal stylist...

Unfortunately my hair is very fine and flat and needs a lot of volume. My parents are exactly the same, actually I blame them for my oily skin and oily hair darnit! But I've been trying very hard to work out how to style it on the second day so that I don't wash it and overstrip the oils. Must get some of that dry shampoo. And a personal stylist...

I'm in the same boat Milo. My hair is fairly fine and limp and quite oily. I'd love to be able to go longer but at the moment I'm every 2-3 days (the third day is usually pretty mank).

I have to wash it every 2 days, which is a pest as my hair is halfway down my back... at a pinch I push it out to 3 days, but hafta resort to Klorane dry shampoo to save the day...
usually my fringe is what drags me down... it gets dirty the quickest...

Unfortunately my hair is very fine and flat and needs a lot of volume. My parents are exactly the same, actually I blame them for my oily skin and oily hair darnit! But I've been trying very hard to work out how to style it on the second day so that I don't wash it and overstrip the oils. Must get some of that dry shampoo. And a personal stylist...

Oh see I'm the opposite. My hair is quite thick. My bf hates me because he says the same thing. He has to wash he's hair every second say otherwise it looks crap but mine just looks normal.
But to me I can't tell that he's hair looks crap. He's just really paranoid that it's going to fall out. He uses better hair products than I do :chuckle:

Hey Trash,
When you have dreads as you do, is there anything special you have to do when washing your hair? or do you just treat it normally?

My sister got dreads a few months ago and found that she's been getting really bad dandruff recently! I went to the chemist and got her shampoo but it made her hair STINK! Which I thought was stupid. What is the point of making a shampoo that will get rid of one social problem (dandruff) but just cause another one (stinky hair!)???

Hey Trash,
When you have dreads as you do, is there anything special you have to do when washing your hair? or do you just treat it normally?

Yeah I do. I use this all natural shampoo (the wax provides conditioners so you don't need any) but because my hair is half dreads and half my hair, I use shampoo and conditioner on the non dreaded hair as well.

wow, how do most of you bother washing it everyday if you have to straighten in for an hour (like I have to) afterwards. :shakehead: This is hell for me and I only wash and straighten it like 2-3 times a week !!! :explode:
Grrrrr :explode: to the naturally straight haired ones out there!! :whipcrack:

Gracious I'm naturally straight haired and I STILL have to straighten if I want to wear my hair out. It sucks!

but do you industirally blow dry it, then triple starighten , blowdry and straighten IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!! kiiding!!! but you should even see the HAIRDRESSER TRY its hilarious

Haha maybe it's time to think about embracing your curls!

If I embraced my natural curls I would like a total SHAZZA from the hood!:chuckle::chuckle::chuckle:

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Gracious i wash, condition, blow dry and straighten my hair every morning!

wow emmy!! your an inspiration , i look up to you to push me to straughten my hair more!
I really love Carrie in Sex and the City's hair. It is the most sexiest confident curly hair i have ever seen! Is it permed??
how can i get it like thatt, oh yeh, and please dont tell me i need around 10 000 dollars a day to get it that hot, it would really CRUSH my dreams!!

Gracious i wash, condition, blow dry and straighten my hair every morning!

My mum does this too - shampoo/condition and blow wave. to me its so exhausting. Im so lazy when it comes to hair care. Emmy I admire you, taking time to make an effort everyday! :worship: I wash and condition, comb then let it dry throughout the morning, sometimes I might wash my hair at night, I'll comb it and plait my hair.

I wash mine about very 3 or 4 days. Usually it only gets oily after a week. Though when I had oily hair (and im sure it'll return) i washed every 2 days. If I had to wash my hair everyday or every second day i dont know if I could be bothered straightining or blowdrying it! Actually I know I wouldnt so you must have some great motivation :typing:

I try to wash it every second day, otherwise it gets soooo flat, does anyone else have this prob??

If im wearing it down i have to blow dry and straighten, i dont know how people can wea rtheir hair down without having to do this??? I wish i could.

I usually tie it up on the days i dont wash it cos it just doesnt look as good.

Yes p_s, my hair goes crazy flat if I don't wash it every other day. I hate it. I wish I had hair with amazing body!!

Me to i love love love big volumie flowie hair! Im obsessed with volumising sprays/mousses, sometimes i go a little nuts with my john freida brillent brunette mousse and makes my hair a little stiff :whistle:

My hair is stiff from hairspray in my GHD curls today :whistle:

My hair is stiff from hairspray in my GHD curls today :whistle:

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I have been trying to go 2 days between washes this week, but it doesn't work. My roots go greasy, and my ends dry when I do that. So daily it is.

I have been trying to go 2 days between washes this week, but it doesn't work. My roots go greasy, and my ends dry when I do that. So daily it is.

My roots seem to have got greasier than ever lately. Hope it settles in the cooler months.

my hair would be too flat , & too greasy to style by day 3 , i could do it when i had long hair [up style though by day 3] but it is a stretch as it is for 2 days thank god for dry shampoo :worship:

I wash every 2 days. I've tried to wait longer but my hair gets oily and gross so i have to wash it every 2 days.

I could wash it everyday, but i'm too lazy.

I REALLY want to leave as many days as possible between washing, but i really can't go past 2 days :(