I have straight red hairs. I've been shampoo free for months now. The thing is, shampoo as we think of it has only been around since the 1930s. Before that, people used oils and herbs and massage and cloth brushing... in some areas of the world they still do. If you look at old pictures, you'll see lots of images of fussy white people who didn't use shampoo!
Your hair is looking greasy because every day you are stripping all of the oil out of it, and then your scalp freaks out and overproduces oil to try to replace it all. Basically, you're caught in a vicious cycle.
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Date: 2009-07-14 11:12 am (UTC)Your hair is looking greasy because every day you are stripping all of the oil out of it, and then your scalp freaks out and overproduces oil to try to replace it all. Basically, you're caught in a vicious cycle.