Haircut!

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I got a new haircut today.

A few people have asked me lately about the whole shampoo-free thing. So, just so you know, yes, I am still doing it, and I have used commercial shampoo exactly twice in the past almost-year: once when I got some icky goo in my hair, and another time when I wanted to put henna in it and needed to shampoo it first.

Instead, I’ve been washing my hair with honey once a week, or a mixture of honey and vinegar if it’s really dirty) conditioning it every day with silicone-free conditioner (Trader Joe’s has really cheap silicone-free conditioner, btw), combing a little oil into it (castor oil, jojoba oil and vegetable glycerine).

I have literally not had a bad hair day since I’ve started doing this, with the exception of October in Louisiana, when it didn’t matter how much conditioner or oil I put in my hair, because my hair wanted to look like this and there was just no convincing it otherwise.

Anyway, today I got the first haircut I’ve had since November, 2008.

Before!

After!

I don’t know if people can tell that it’s any different! It looked much, much more different in the salon but the weather on the way home was so blustery that by the time I got in, it looked more like this again. So I put a little shea butter and oil in it and there you go.

Comments

[liret.livejournal.com]

It looks pretty!

I got a haircut last week, because we are in full-summer here and that means even my hair cannot deal with being more than a few inches long.

[missbadexample.livejournal.com]

Yeah, hair tends to do that in Louisiana. Even in northeastern Louisiana, where I live, it's hotter than hell and more humid than . . . well, I don't know, but my barely-wavy hair looks fuzzy here; I can't imagine what yours would do!

Anyway, your haircut looks good! :D

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

The cut really lifts you. I like.

My husband doesn't wash his hair with shampoo either. He only uses conditioner and on the rare occasion he does wash it, he regrets it the moment it's dry. I know quite a few kiwis who don't wash their hair in fact, particularly those whose hair is naturally curly to some extent.

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

I like the cut! And again, you are so cute!

I've been cutting back on my shampoo days. I did no-poo a long, long time ago, but there was a point where my hair wasn't thriving with it and I got fed up. Of course, I also have very straight, very dry hair that I kill with dye.

[lorryl.livejournal.com]

The only thing I would have loved more about this post would have been if you managed to sneak in another link or two to your...alternative hair picture. Made me laugh.

I like the cut, and admire your shampoo free routine. Is it more time consuming that the shampoo/condition routine?

[hug-machine.livejournal.com]

I your spirally hair! So pretty!

[lunylucy.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to tell you that you look great in those pictures :)

[sunnyrea.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[whirled.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I'm such a guy. If you walked back into the office after that haircut, it might have taken me DAYS before I said 'hey, have you done something differen to your hair or something?' and then backpedalled by saying you actually look awesome in *both* pictures. :)

I love the fact you do so little to your hair and it looks great. Then again, I feel smug whenever I see some poor sucker shelling out $300+ for hair straighteners, or chemical straightening. I shudder to think of the collective money spent each year on hair products and treatments, where usually the destructive 'upkeep' is the only thing that necessitates the purchase of 'aftercare' items.

And you've now reminded me how I wanted to start a blog that rejoices in bed hair. Sometimes I am amazed at what happens to my hair overnight (the elves are messing with me, I'm sure of it), and feel compelled to share.

[connie]

You (and your hair) look super, and you make me want to try this shampoo-free routine.

[finchburg.livejournal.com]

That looks really nice! I can tell that your cut has a better shape to it and is trying to work with the curl. Then again if you haven't gotten your hair cut in almost 2 years pretty much any shape you might have had before has gone kaput.

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

I'm so jealous!! I have curly hair, but it's very fine, so I have found very few things I can use to style it without it turning into one giant unsexy matted clump.

How much honey do you use to wash your hair? Does it take long to rinse? I've never heard of someone doing that!

ETA: And of course, it looks awesome!

[daydreamweaver.livejournal.com]

I can tell--it's definitely got a bit more shape to it. I was wondering about the no-shampoo thing the other day, actually. Good to see you're still happy with the effects!

[themis.livejournal.com]

Your hair looks lovely.

[nadav.livejournal.com]

Money well spent, looks good, tea! I think the "after" look is pretty good, too.

Do you ever wear your hair in a French braid? It's a cool style, and you might like how your hair looks after you unbraid it. Especially if you braid it after applying moisturiser to your hair.

[boxbrown.livejournal.com]

Cute!

[ldragoon.livejournal.com]

You have really beautiful hair!

[arielchan.livejournal.com]

Your hairs look great. Do you think the shampoo-free thing works for non-curly hair as well? My mom's on a big hippie kick and is thinking of trying it, but her hair only has a little wave to it.

ALSO I HAVE A QUESTION. Feel free to say no obv because I don't know how busy you are, but I have decided it is FINALLY time for me to start working seriously towards publication of some short stories. I have a couple that I wrote for a class a couple years ago and I know they need some editing... but my idea of editing tends to be "I will just scrap this and rewrite them from a totally different POV!"

It would be nice to have someone else's eye on these before I start trying to push them on unwitting short story journals, and I immediately thought of you because I know you are capable of a solid critique and will be honest with me, unlike a good chunk of my fandom friends, god love 'em.

But anyway, feel free to say no if you can't or just don't want to! I can probably find someone else whose opinion I trust... almost as much.

[f4l.livejournal.com]

Looks awesome :] Does it feel better? I like that part of haircuts best!

[crissykitty.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh! Sproingy! Very nice, very nice.