It hasn't been its usual shiny and lustrous self lately, but I chalked it up to motherhood, heat, humidity, and old age.
Still, I didn't think much of my enormous lampshade head until the other morning when the V-meister enthusiastically noted, "Mama! Your hair looks like a giant mushroom."
She meant it as a complement, I think, for who doesn't love a giant mushroom?
Still, I took it pretty hard.
Suzy Stylist confirmed that things were amiss when she took one look at my poofball coiffure and declared that I was tragically overwashing my hair and stripping (STRIPPING!) it of it's natural oils (Ew).
I do appreciate honesty in a hairdresser, but getting "the talk" is almost as bad as being reprimanded by the dental hygienist for not flossing.
Turns out that Suzy and her minions at the chi-chi salon where you have to wear all black just to step foot inside and lookout! if you happen to be wearing a banana clip (just sayin') only wash their hair every three days. AT MOST.
"For realz?" I asked, dumbfounded. "How do you avoid Squiggyhead and the second day kinks?"
That's when Suzy let me in on the second part of the dirty little stylist secret: baby powder.You rub it through your hair at the roots on the days you don't wash it and voila! Instant Pantene commercial.
Also, since you are not spending the extra twenty minutes washing and blowing your hair out, why, you can use the bonus time to smooth out your unruly locks with your handy dandy ceramic flat iron, which you'd never have time to employ otherwise.
Who knew?
I suppose the French did.
(They wear the same outfit for four days in a row, you know. On day five, they wash their hair and change outfits. Honest to Pete. I was there and I saw.)
Anyway, even though I noticed she had a bit of a femme 'stache and you should always take whatever someone with a mustache says with a grain of salt, I took Suzy's advice to heart and went three days without washing my hair. (I did shower! GOSH! Get off my property!)
And you know what?
The world didn't end, my hair was all sleek-like, and it smelled like a baby's butt.
Rimarama recommends: dirty hair.
I'm curious, though. Am I the only person in the blogosphere who didn't know this bit of wisdom?
I mean, for serious. How often do you lather up, reader?
