Historical hair myths debunked : How often should you wash your hair- daily shampoo or no shampoo?

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How often should you wash your hair? Capitalism says daily shampoo, but hair history says no! Let's bust some historical hair myths, with help from my new Marlow pillows! Get 25% off 2 Marlow pillows or 40% off 4 pillows with my link here: bit.ly/SnappyDragon_Marlow This video is kindly sponsored by Marlow.
History is full of hair myths, and as a former hairstylist, I love using my old professional skills for busting hair myths in the name of fashion history. Historical hair care involved a lot less washing than today : Medieval hair care relied much more on brushing and braiding, because medieval hair washing soap could be nasty stuff! So how did we get from middle ages haircare to washing hair daily with shampoo? Spoiler alert : It's marketing.
Historical hair techniques evolved quite a bit over the last couple centuries, and so has shampoo history! The word shampoo wasn't part of the English language until 1814. But it wasn't a special product, it was still just soap! The stuff we know as shampoo wasn't invented until the 1930s, when washing weekly was a relatively new practice. Washing hair daily didn't become idealized until the 1960s and 70s, when a growing variety in fashionable hairstyles meant there was no "right" answer to how often you should wash your hair. So, product companies began advertising shampoo you could use every day, and coming up with ways to make you feel like your hair was dirty if you didn't.
Does washing hair daily damage it? With shampoo from the 1970s, probably, although there's no one right answer that works for everyone's hair type. Hair myths and facts are everwhere, including in history, and as a trained hairdresser, I think it's much more important to figure out what works just for you. Maybe that's washing hair daily, maybe that's a middle ages no shampoo routine, or anywhere in between! But don't disregard the lengths advertising will go to if it can sell you more of something, as the historical myths and facts show.
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Chapters :
0:00 Medieval woman thinks you wash too often
0:28 My LEAST favorite hair care myth
1:18 The history of shampoo
2:31 Comfy pillows = good hair days!
3:44 Shampoo used to be just soap
5:41 The 1920s changed EVERYTHING.
6:33 The invention of modern shampoo
7:29 The 1960s changed EVERYTHING again.
10:03 Hair product companies took advantage
11:59 Don't trust beauty product marketing.
13:18 Next time, we're doing insults and Viking hair!
Photo of Gunilla Pontén by Lars Nordin/Nordin Nilson, Nordiska museet, lisenced CC BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Photo of a minidress designed by John Bates for Jean Varon in 1965, taken by Dani Lurle, lisenced CC BY 2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Photo of Jean Shrimpton by Joost Evers / Anefo, lisenced CC BY-SA 3.0 NL, creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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@UnwillingHousewife Год назад

Oh my God, I have been fighting my family’s hair misinformation forever. My whole life I was told the blowouts were the only way to have clean looking hair. I didn’t even realize I have wavy hair until I was 28. Growing up I was taught that my naturally “messy looking” hair was “unprofessional” and “not nice looking” (by family alone, not in public). Although I’m a white woman, i’ll bet anything that notion is rooted in racism (my family has DEEP Southern roots, and I have Black family members who have fried their beautiful curls trying to straighten their hair). I love my hair now, even though it still doesn’t do what I tell it to do. And I have no idea where my hair dryer is.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

It wouldn't surprise me! A lot of what I've read about the development of Eurocentric beauty standards tracks with that.

@khazermashkes2316 Год назад

It is definitely related to anti-Black racism and also antisemitism. Jewish people are more likely to have curly hair than most other ethnicities, and way more than most people considered white by 20th/21st century American standards. There are fashion advice books and articles in the early twentieth century that explicitly advise women to straighten their hair or only wear it in "neat" (read: artificial) curls, not "messy rat's nests" (read: natural curls/coils) to avoid looking too "ethnic" or "unassimilated". Even at least one Yiddish publication gave this advice to women experiencing difficulty finding jobs due to antisemitism. Several Black-run newspapers also advised women to straighten their hair, not to (usually) pass as white, but some gave the explicit reasoning that white people are more comfortable with Black people if they look more "white".

@andreaweber8059 Год назад

@@ellenwistrom1225 This notion does not exist in Germany either. If anything, there is a very very very slight favor for curly hair because it looks more voluminous, which is seen as a good thing (but then, my hair is mostly straight, so I am a bit envious). The idea may be eurocentric, but I am not sure it still widely exists in Europe. If anything, black people's hair is looked at either neutrally or with envy.

@svetlananana9609 Год назад

@@andreaweber8059 I agree to that:) Always wanted curly hair and know a lot of Germans that envy curly hair

@inaanjakossowska6990 Год назад

Mayby it's not racism? It may be, but I am from the Central Europe and have naturally thick, "puffy" hair - and guess what, everybody (not my closest family, but further, i.e. "dear" aunties yes) always tried to tame them deciding that slick is the way. The thing is, to have a slick, "tamed" hair you have to use (and buy) the most products, "as seen on tv" etc🤷🏼‍♀️... So we are teached what is looking "good" but not neccessarilly for obvious reasons. Also, for most people slick & tamed = proper & polite, we can't have wild ones and different in our classroom/workplace, right?!

@saraquill Год назад

One advertisement based myth I dislike is “oily hair is the devil.” My hair is much easier to manage when is has adequate greasing, like with the LOC method. I only discovered the joy of hair oil when I was about 13, after about 11 years of daily screaming. My mom, with short baby fine blond hair, insisted she was the parent who knew how to manage mixed Black hair. She was also adamant I was lying about the pain of her ripping tangles out of my head. When I started my own hair care, which included oil, no pain and few tangles. Another notable instance is when my now ex offered to brush my hair. Three strokes in, he complains my hair is oily. When I said that was on purpose, he tried another tactic and straight up insulted my hair. I was having none of it.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

It sounds like a very good thing that is ex is indeed an ex!

@kikidevine694 Год назад

What Ms Snappy Dragon said. I wouldn't be as polite! Just wow

@khazermashkes2316 Год назад

I am mad at both of them and very glad that he is an ex!

@alton791 Год назад

Yeah, I don’t know what makes black peoples hair different. All the black people I’ve discussed this with wash their hair anywhere from once a week to once a month.

@annamaria9073 Год назад

@@alton791 a. Kinky hair has a rougher texture, which leads to moisture leaving the hair quicker (I think because the horn layers are more open) b. Any curly texture will lead to the natural sebum being less able to cover the hair strand. Which means black hair is usually (without adequate care) drier and less oily.

@emilysullivan4031 Год назад

This reminds me of a story my mom told - she went to get a makeover at at upscale salon, and the mua complimented her clear skin. When asked what her routine was, mom mentioned she just washed her face every night with water to remove her makeup. "Water?! You wash your face with WATER?!" The dismay was almost tangible!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

As long as the makeup comes all the way off! I actually got that exact advice from a makeup counter artist who saw me during a sensitive skin flareup-- "use nothing but water until it calms down".

@mialemon6186 Год назад

The idea of someone losing their mind over washing with water killed me. 😂😂 Absolute madness.

@kittimcconnell2633 Год назад

I do water only washes on my face twice a day, using a terry wash cloth. SO much simpler and easier on my skin! I get compliments on my skin care, too. :) I do use aloe vera gel after washing during cold/dry weather.

@aprildriesslein5034 Год назад

I dye my hair bright purple and one day a coworker asked how I kept it so bright. I mentioned that I only washed it once a week and he was absolutely appalled. 😄 I have however turned a lot of people into wooden comb users by singing their praises.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

That's one of the two secrets to how I keep the blue streaks in my hair bright for so long! (The other is to let semipermanent dye sit in it overnight.)

@JenInOz Год назад

I also have purple hair (Pravana violet works for me) and have my hair washed & set once a week. I go to a hairdessing school and the apprentices get to practise on me. The only time I wash my own hair is during school holidays and I have NO idea how to set it myself so I tend to wear it up or just ignore it other than a weekly wash at those times. I do have it cut by a qualified hairdresser but often only do that once or twice a year.

@merelymayhem Год назад

now not to generalize about men but... I would not be surprised if he used a 4 in 1 shampoo awfulness potion xD

@Ecapsora Год назад

I dyed my hair purple for the first time ever this summer and decided to try a wooden comb to a) preserve the color and b) see how well it works for myself. Since my hair is so short I can only go a week before it's starts getting too oily, I just run out of hair to absorb the oil, but if my hair was full length I suspect I could go weeks, even a month without needing to wash it.

@erinnmcnew9080 Год назад

@@SnappyDragon omg! My friends and I do this, and you are the first person I've heard say the same! We constantly have people asking how we keep it so bright and we are like....leave the dye in. A long long time.

@loftyradish6972 Год назад

This just made me remember a nightmare hair dressing experience I had a few years ago. To set the story, I need to wash my hair about twice a week because it gets really oily. The week prior to going to my hair dressing appointment, I got severe burns on my hands, fingers and leg from spilling boiling sugar on them, both hands because I automatically grabbed the hand I had poured the boiling sugar on, otherwise it would have just been one hand. So I rock up to my hair dressing appointment with my fingers individually wrapped in bandages and unable to use them, and disgusting hair from not being able to wash if for a week. The burn on my leg was so severe, it took just under 4 months to heal, even though it was the size of a large coin. But I hated how my hair looked and felt and I was really looking forwards to the hair dressing appointment so that I could have my hair washed and feel nice again, but the hairdresser (one I didn't normally see) was such a bitch about it. No "oh my god, are you okay, your hands are covered in bandages" and "oh my gosh, that sounds so painful, no worries about not being able to wash your hair, I got you." No, instead she just looked at me like I was snot and proceeded to wash my hair, ignoring my apologies for having gross hair and explaining I couldn't wash it since my hands were covered in burns and I live alone. Just very loud silence. When came the hair cutting portion, I was in pain, I had had a week of pain, I was stressed because she kept getting close to the burn on my leg, I was embarrassed about my hair and then when she started using her hair thinning sheers, she pulled my hair painfully and I started to cry. I was sitting in hair hair dressers chair, silently weeping and I know she noticed because we met eyes, and she just completely ignored it. I paid over $100 for that wash and hair cut. Never returned to that salon, and I wish I had actually complained about her because she was awful. I don't care how bad her day might have been, it wasn't cool for her to treat me like that.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I am so sorry you had that experience! That hairdresser sounds like an utter disgrace to the profession. I've definitely had clients come to me because they had health issues preventing them from washing their hair, and you're right that there's no level of bad day I could be having that would justify treating them with anything less than respect.

@HumanCatfoodDispenser Год назад

This is horrible. When my mom broke her wrist (and lived alone, so no one to help her) and couldn't wash her hair because the shower logistics were too hard, her hairdresser was happy to do just a wash for her every two weeks until the cast came off.

@di3486 Год назад

Oh I have to wash it every day period.

@skh770 Год назад

She should not have been that way! That @##$& witch

@faycoleman9023 Год назад

I'm so sorry, that woman was actively being a bad person. I'm not even gonna sugar coat it. People have bad days but when someone clearly can't do anything about it and is in rough shape... It takes a special kind of person to pile on and hurt them more.

@nidomhnail2849 Год назад

Long, fine hair here. I could have been the model for the greasy hair look (the before look in those ads). As a child, my mother subjected me and my sisters to Toni's home perms. I rebelled and grew my hair straight and long. I did allow the ads from the 70s and 80s to convince me that I could add volume to my hair if I only used XXX. Following the historical costume community and the pandemic (working from home) helped me switch from daily shampooing to twice a week. Big difference. Happier hair.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Yay happier hair!

@etdicila8894 Год назад

I'm the opposite, extremely thick hairs. Even when my hairs are dripping sebum, they still have more volume than the picture on the right and they look clean

@Albinojackrussel Год назад

Same. It took me years to realise the daily washing was making my hair greasy and that an incredibly light weight conditioner is the trick to let it fluff up a bit.

@laurahubbard6906 Год назад

I can still smell the Tonette neutralizer just because you mentioned it, and that was over 60 years ago.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Yuuuuup high-silicone conditioners are also definitely a culprit.

@myhandsaslanguage Год назад

This video hit the nail right on the head for me and my feelings about hair washing. My “least favorite “ advertisement” related to hair was the over abundance of super straight hair ads in the early 2000s. Thankfully, my family and some friends often complimented and appreciated my curly hair, even though some of them would often ask me if I’d ever straightened it, which always bugged me. When I entered my professional career, I looked online for professional hairstyles. I found none aimed at curly hair, and saw the culture say that “smooth and sleek” was professional, while “frizzy and poofy” was undesirable. For the first couple years, I never wore my hair down, even though my peers with straight hair often did. It took time and learning more about curly hair for me to finally realize that I’d been taught wrong. I can’t watch the Princess Diaries makeover scene without rolling my eyes now. So damaging to anyone with curls or any texture other than straight.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I was a kid during that era and I know exactly what you're talking about! I didn't stop trying to straighten my hair until I was 17 or so.

@esm1817 Год назад

Oh heavens, yes! "Love your hair...how is it straight?" 😵

@sarahr8311 Год назад

@@nicolecondor5337 I love my braid for work. It keeps everything back and out of my face, and is much less likely to be grabbed by the small children I work with. If you have longer hair, try googling Elling woman hairstyle for a braid that can turn into a bunch without pins.

@alejandramoreno6625 Год назад

In Mexico the traditional way of washing hair and body was with amoles, which is a plant that has saponins. They are still used in some places. Washing is very important in Mesoamerica and people wash their hair and body often, sometimes daily.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

It's my understanding that most plant-derived saponins are gentler than soap, so I feel like if one was going to wash daily they would be a good product to use!

@Luceroluna_3 Год назад

Many of us have thick straight hair, so we do tend to wash it daily. I've tried washing less in the past 10 years and started using dry shampoo but greasy hair gets us acne on the edges (I do change my pillowcases almost daily and I don't really get acne). Daily washing is very normal in Mexico is my point lol. But some kids with texture hair struggle.

@alejandramoreno6625 Год назад

@@SnappyDragon Not all of them, depends on the plant. Some can cause really bad rashes and blistering, but those are used to make alcoholic drinks, not soap.

@di3486 Год назад

Sometimes daily? In South America sometimes twice daily. Daily is mandatory.

@alejandramoreno6625 Год назад

@@di3486 true, people side-eye you if you don't shower daily. Body odour is a sin and will get you expelled from polite society, and if one lives in warmer climates, one showers or washes as many times as necessary.

@lindabloom6666 Год назад

OK, here is an "I remember:" In the 60s, we set our hair on orange juice cans to get that straight, but slightly curved look. We also ironed our hair. Yes, with a regular iron. Head on the ironing board while your friend tried to get as close to the scalp as possible - no steam.

@yuuri9064 Год назад

Oh my god was your hair okay??? Not sure the difference in temperature between hair irons and the clothing ones, though...

@MirrimBlackfox Год назад

@@yuuri9064 Ironing hair is about the same as ironing wool, so using the "wool" setting on an adjustable iron probably is about the same as hair irons or maybe a little cooler.

@shieldmaidenforchrist1310 Год назад

The same myth is pretty pervasive with body care as well, and it completely backfires. I had a room mate for years who was unhappy that I didn't use enough soap, and therefore must have been filthy. I therefore had to scrub every inch of my body every single day with liberal amounts of soap so she wouldn't tell me I was dirty and unprofessional. When I did that I also had to lotion up most of my body, in my 20s, because I was always visibly dry on my legs and sometimes arms if I didn't. But here's the thing that really gets me. Eventually it started to seem like the more I cleaned myself, the quicker I started smelling bad once I started working, and not my arm pits, which had deodorant, like my lower back which gets damp quickly, or my whole waist area if the house I was cleaning was hot and I got fairly sweaty. I finally figured out that all that soap completely disrupted my natural skin microbiome, so it now favors only the things that cause odor once they get a little moisture. I've since gone back to my previous habit of soaping only the pits, privates, and feet when I've been barefoot and wiping down with a rag soaked in rice water instead of soaping up. I've noticed a decrease in body odor in a few days. I probably don't smell quite as "fresh" straight out of the shower now, but I'd rather just rinse myself off well and not really stink at 10:00 AM.

@lolasaysyes Год назад

Agree with you on this… I stopped using body wash over 2 years ago due to contact dermatitis and switched to diluted Castile soap. However, I have eczema on my shins and they can get super dry. I switched to using only my natural loofah all over the body, and using soap only on areas as-needed. I never soap my arms or legs, and I no longer struggle with dry skin and needing to use lotion. Also, I think that a lot of body products have fragrances that combine really poorly with body odor of any kind, making the combination truly disgusting, like rancid old perfume.

@shieldmaidenforchrist1310 Год назад

@@lolasaysyes definitely, and they don't help your skin maintain its natural and healthy ph.

@MaryAnnNytowl Год назад

Agreed on the body microbiome, for sure! The only time I scrub anywhere is on an as-needed basis. The, er, important parts are all that get shaped up regularly, and that's just with gentle homemade (by a friend) soap, or when I occasionally need to shampoo and not just rinse, I use solid bar shampoo and bar conditioner. Yes, conditioner also comes in bar form, too. It really helps my split ends, I can say. Still, no plastic bottles that it's impossible to recycle out here 7 miles from nowhere, and no paying for extra liquid that way, either, LOL! I switched to laundry soap sheets for the same reason. 😉

@MajikkaniHand Год назад

Yesssssssss. Getting people to admit it is hard, but I think more of us do this than admit it. The looks I get when I say I don't wash my face so much as let it get wet during a shower and towel off the excess oil or admit to not using soap on my arms/legs unless I actually got something on them that needs soap to fix, like machine grease--right after I got a compliment on my skin and they asked what my routine was! From eager curiosity to horror, lol. Oh well.

@wartgin Год назад

One of the historical costuming/recreation bloggers tested what people used to do (daily clean linen undergarments, using basin and washcloth for dirty areas daily, and bathing (in washtub/hip bath) weekly with no more odor than the modern daily shower.

@lolasaysyes Год назад

V, have you heard the story about how deodorant became a staple product bc advertisers preyed on peoples’ fears that they MIGHT smell, even if they don’t? I had a coworker once who would carry around a stick of deodorant in her purse to reapply just bc she was terrified of being smelly. I never noticed any odor from her, or any fragrance…

@rachelboersma-plug9482 Год назад

That reminds me of a horrible WWII era ad for laundry soap in an Australian women's magazine. It featured a pretty but unfortunately smelly girl called Winnie, crying at someone's wedding because she didn't have a boyfriend. The reason why she was smelly was because she didn't wash her underthings every day, and to make it even worse, her underthings needed replacing more often because they weren't washed regularly, so she was using her clothing ration coupons faster than she should have been. The real kicker? The soap ad was apologising for interrupted supply owing to the war; one of those placeholder ads designed to remind the public that Product X was a thing, so once the war was over, theyd want to buy it again. So poor Winnie couldn't have gotten enough soap to wash her undies frequently anyway. "Wedding bells, but not for Win/Guilty of the double sin/Perspiry undies steal her charm/Steal her coupons too."

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I have! And early "womens" razor ads did similar things. I've got all sorts of video ideas to do with destructive beauty industry marketing.

@nitzeart Год назад

I think in my country Mexico, part of the culture of, not just washing your hair every day, but taking a shower everyday comes from native mesoamerican culture (specifically from the Aztec-Mexica) where hey used to bathe everyday. The king bathed up to four times a day! It’s actually strange because people will jokingly exclaim that you’re dirty if you say you haven’t taking a shower that day and it’ll intensify the more days you say you haven’t taken a shower haha Interestingly though, bathtubs aren’t that ubiquitous here as they are in other western countries I think. Some old houses do have them, and fancy hotels usually do too. Maybe that’s also why it’s more normal to wash often, because taking a bath everyday sound like a lot, a lot of wasted water, but taking a shower can be done in five minute and can use as little as two buckets of water. Bathing and washing hair every day isn’t good for most people’s skin and hair, but it also depends a lot on lifestyle, where you live and the climate, skin conditions, hair type, products you use and just personal preference. Try living in my country with the type of heat we get and usually no air conditioning (too fancy for most houses) and you’ll understand why taking a cold or lukewarm shower can be so amazing. And forget about not getting your hair wet here, because that won’t cut it to cool you off, it’ll just make you feel more hot an muggy.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

It makes total sense to me that bathing practices would change in different environments! Much easier to wash daily if it's warm enough that you didn't have to go through all the work of heating the water, which the medieval Europeans did.

@di3486 Год назад

This is the case in South America as well. Sometimes showering twice daily.

@matheusalmeida8067 Год назад

I am Brazilian, from a family with a strong Indigenous heritage, and it's pretty much the same around here, it was very common in Native cultures to take a shower and wash your hair everyday. Actually, the first time I heard my friends with no native heritage saying that they don't wah their hair everyday, I was completely shocked. Plus I don't think washing your hair everyday is bad, as long as you use products that won't dehydrate or damage your scalp, I think it's all fine

@nitzeart Год назад

@@matheusalmeida8067 That's super interesting. I would think it's similar because most native people in America had amazing water management systems. An insane level of infrastructure and science going on. The Mayans alone will blow your mind. I'm not sure about cultures that were more nomadic. Perhaps changes a bit, but I it could be similar in many ways and in the sentiment of washing yourself very often, depending on location and how much water was/is available I suppose. It was so weird to me too when I heard people from the US wash their hair once a week. Like what??? Doesn't it get so heavy with dust or city grime?? I suppose it depends of type of hair and products and such.

@stephaniecruvant9130 Год назад

So true in south Texas too!

@ReadingRia Год назад

One upside for having depression as a teen is I only washed my hair once a week and realised no one could tell and it wasn’t getting greasy as fast as when I could wash it every day. I still only wash it once a week! Honestly the best thing I’ve ever figured out, my hair is so smooth and soft and my curl/ringlet/wave mix came back from when I was small! My hair only starts to get greasy on the last day and I can push it to 10 days if need to!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

A silver lining for sure!

@tymondabrowski12 Год назад

I do that, for years now, except it doesn't work and it's pretty noticeable, and look awful on third day or later. And it's annoying and difficult to manage too. I guess I have a different scalp or hair.

@MsLaetitia26 Год назад

@@tymondabrowski12 Maybe. But also maybe you should try a mild shampoo like baby shampoo. I realised that drugstore shampoo were too harsh for my hair and scalp and mostly use baby shampoo at first.

@louisjackson2798 Год назад

I'm very thankful for the fashion history community for teaching me about protective styles for straight hair, since now I have been able to get away with only washing my hair about twice a week

@SnappyDragon Год назад

They are really kind of a lost art in Western fashion. I'm glad to see that at least in our little history nerd corner of things, people are starting to remember them!

@bethanychomiak1399 Год назад

Please teach me your ways; I am feeling pressured from my bosses to wash my hair daily becuase my fine hair looks "greasy" and "unprofessional" if I don't. I have resorted to putting my hair up on my "off days" and I try to not wash my hair over the weekend but I am still washing everyother day.

@ragnkja Год назад

@@bethanychomiak1399 It takes time. My hair eventually went from looking greasy by the end of day two to being fine with being washed just once a week (although I will admit that you could tell the difference between day one and day seven if I wore it down), but it took years. Getting it used to being washed less often than every other day at all was the part that took the longest; I spent years washing my hair every three or four days (not sure alternating between those was the best idea, but I tried to wash later in the day when it had been three days than when it had been four, to even out the intervals), whereas extending the period to five and then six days was done in a matter of months, and less than one and a half years after I’d decided to extend the period, I could wash just once a week.

@jul.m.2692 Год назад

@@bethanychomiak1399 wearing it up, in braids or buns, and my personal secret : shikakai and peppermint tea, although it is a process.

@artheaded1 Год назад

Convincing women to shave can be added to the list of things marketing as pushed on us

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I have FEELINGS about early "womens" razor ads.

@oaktree__ Год назад

Really appreciate this! I have very fine hair (individual strands are barely visible on their own), though I have a normal density of it. I always thought it was essentially straight, and that there were just a few areas that stubbornly wouldn't be "straight like the rest of my hair". A friend of mine with curly hair told me to try the CGM and I eventually did - ut turns out that my hair is pretty wavy, and there are even actual ringlets around my hairline. But I had to stop washing it so frequently, and learn how to properly dry and style it, to discover this. I was a habitual daily hair washer until just a couple years ago, and I had no idea how unnecessary this was! This was a great video and I'm so happy to see that myth debunked - in retrospect, of course manufacturers just want us to need and buy more product. Looking forward to the Norse hair video!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Your friend has a really good eye!

@MerryMoss Год назад

Hi Oaktree, what you're describing sounds a bit like my hair - mostly straight(ish) except for a few small locks around the face that often curl / stand up so that it looks like a little horn. I always felt very embarrassed about this, but could never get them to lay down with the rest. What did you do to dry and style it? Maybe I can use those methods too :) Edit: I just looked up what CGM means, I had never heard of it😅 I'm gonna do a bit of research!

@catherinerw1 Год назад

Another long-haired person here, with maybe twice-weekly washing. (Only get a blow-out when I get my hair cut, about every 9 months). And yes, I usually put it up (even though as a very rough bun in a scrunchie).

@SnappyDragon Год назад

One of the reasons I like having long hair is specifically so I can put it up! I had a layered bob for years and loved it, but there were no other options than "loose and in my face".

@scouttyra Год назад

Quite similar here (although I do not get my hair proffecionally cut, usually my mom does it and i've done it once or twice myself). And my most usual way to wear my hair is in a braid (sometimes two), since it's whats most practical with a bike helmet. Also, I prefer to sleep in a braid and it's usually good the day after.

@kyndramb7050 Год назад

Literally, same. Once my hair gets long and heavy I get more frequent migraines and chop it all off, but always keep it long enough to get it out of my face. Then the cycle repeats. Rinse and repeat. Ha!

@ragnkja Год назад

@@kyndramb7050 Back-heavy hairstyles tend to be headache triggers for me, as is anything tied tightly around my head. Anything that puts too much pressure or tension on small parts of the scalp, I suppose.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Yup, I also have to be careful about how I put my hair up. Ponytails et c always involve a careful loosening of tension on the hair around my face, which has the added benefit of giving me some nice elegant curly texture in the pulled-back parts.

@sevensongs Год назад

I went a year in high school without washing my hair (Yes, I still took showers, so technically it got wet - and sometimes I would scrub my scalp with my fingers while wet to distribute the oils) just to see what would happen. Spoiler alert: No one noticed.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

There is a lot to be said for the cleaning power of just water and scrubbing! I do know people who've figured out that's the right method for them.

@tymondabrowski12 Год назад

I've had times when I washed my long hair only once due to tiredness/laziness (usually do it twice during one wshing session) and there were sometimes literally spots of oily hair on the head where I missed it or where the shampoo didn't get (only a few times, but still). I don't think no one would notice if I did that.

@TatsuOni Год назад

Another reason that people started listening to commercials about washing hair more often. Was getting water inside their homes. It's easier to wash your hair in a shower, than to carry buckets of water. Also getting warm water from a tap, rather than using cold water or heating it by yourself. //Someone who washes her hair monthly and without any shampoo involved

@fruzsimih7214 Год назад

I've stopped using hairdriers years ago. I wash my hair in the evening (twice a week) and let it dry at night, the brush it in the morning. It's now much wavier than it used to be. It also has more natural volume.

@theedwardianwriter Год назад

It’s really cool to see a specific breakdown of where this myth began! Back in 2015-16 I was having a ton of flaky scalp issues, which my dermatologist claimed was dandruff and that I’d need to wash my hair every single day to ever have a hope of “correcting” Turns out by washing my hair once weekly (or less) with super gentle shampoo, it’s way less irritated and doesn’t produce many flakes at all 😅

@ragnkja Год назад

You wouldn’t treat flaking skin elsewhere on the body by aggressive washing, so why is that the typical recommendation against dandruff?

@kanashiiookami6537 Год назад

Every time I get this problem it seems to be from *too much* washing, not too little. During the start of the pandemic I lived alone for a bit and treated myself to daily baths/showers because I didn't have to worry about anyone needing the washroom. But it destroyed my scalp and made it flaky, itchy, and dry (didn't help my skin either. Still relying on lotion to not feel like my hands are sandpaper). It's been nearly a year since then and even with only washing my hair once or twice a week it's still recovering from what it was.

@lolasaysyes Год назад

I had the flaky scalp issue around that time too, and the dermatologist I went to was of no help… but it turned out that it was contact dermatitis from a surfactant that was found in all my shampoos and body washes. I switched to a very mild natural baby shampoo without the surfactants that I am allergic to, and the issue has been gone for good. It used to be chronically red, itchy, flaky, and would sometimes bleed ☹️

@InimeKai Год назад

@@ragnkja dandruff can be caused by a specific yeast that feeds on oil. It's not just dry flakey skin

@ragnkja Год назад

@@InimeKai But there’s more than one type of dandruff, so why the “one size fits all” solution?

@bethtrumm9784 Год назад

It was wild when I found out in high school that people DID wash their hair daily! I only washed mine weekly unless I got sweaty. I felt weird saying I washed mine less than “normal”, but my hair just doesn’t get greasy even if I leave it for a week, so I never had an issue. I have pretty long hair.

@aKitti234 Год назад

Here's my problem. I believe it's probably healthier to wash your hair less often, but I have had horrible contamination OCD for years. I really do feel grossly unclean if I'm not showered, including washed hair, by the end of every day. Without going into my entire life story, I've made a lot of progress in being able to actually function in the world, and daily showering and washing IS my best coping method to deal with the grossness of the world. I think that OCD like mine something missing from a lot of these hair conversations and I'm not sure what the answer is, but maybe someone else does or can relate.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Healthcare is always going to be more important than haircare, and mental health counts as health! So the trick for you would just be finding products that are gentle enough to wash with every day.

@RobinTheBot Год назад

I for sure relate. For a period of my life I was very much like this. Like she says, hair care is a lower priority, so it's about finding products that don't harm your hair. I also don't think people without OCD should be trying to tie it in to other subjects. That's not their voice or experience, and it would be hard for them to go a good job. I think really we need more ND creators, so you can go find a hair care creator that is also OCD.

@TheJessicahammerly Год назад

I wash mine... when it feels like it needs to be washed. No x amount of days or weekly or whatever.. just whenever I feel it needs to be.. I do it.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

On as societal level, I don't think most of us are taught to check in with ourselves in a way that lets us do this. I wish we were!

@TheJessicahammerly Год назад

@@SnappyDragon very true!

@ragnkja Год назад

While I've never washed my hair daily, I used to be in the "at least every other day" camp as a teenager. It certainly didn't keep my fine hair from tangling at every opportunity. In fact, the only thing that solved that problem was to keep it braided (unbraided updos just don't stay up with my hair) constantly. I've recently started experimenting with using a mild citric acid rinse (a pinch of powdered citric acid in a jug of warm water) after washing, and it seems to result in less chalky hair. Obviously this only makes a difference because the water where I live is very hard with a lot of calcium carbonate dissolved in it.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

That's such a great idea! Slightly acidic rinses can be good for hair regardless, they help close the cuticle of the strands so the hair fiber itself is smoother and healthier. I often used a citric-acid sealing product for my clients right after color.

@ragnkja Год назад

@@SnappyDragon Good to get confirmation that it's actually good for the hair. It certainly feels nicer when I've rinsed it with the citric acid.

@elisa.llew-send Год назад

I’m going to give this a go for my hair! What are the ratios of citric acid powder to water that you use/recommend? I’ve got long, fine hair and we have VERY hard water here - I’m getting sick of these tangles that just shouldn’t exist!

@ragnkja Год назад

@@elisa.llew-send I’m still figuring out what’s right for me, but half a teaspoon per litre was a bit too much, and a quarter of a teaspoon for a litre and a half wasn’t quite enough, so somewhere in between. I’m sure it depends on factors such as the pH of your water and how hard it is. Mine is very hard with lots of calcium carbonate, so the small pinch in a 1.5 l jug I tried last time barely did more than neutralise it.

@ragnkja Год назад

@@elisa.llew-send You could also use vinegar (apple cider vinegar is particularly popular) or lemon juice, but I use citric acid because it doesn’t smell of anything and the others are too overwhelming for me.

@Raven-vg6qg Год назад

I had always assumed my oily hair (1C shoulder-length) was due to overwashing, so during the pandemic I decided to slowly cut back starting with every other night, rinsing and gently brushing out the oils on no-wash days. But after approximately 6 months there was no real change (I had switched to sulphate & paraben-free products a year prior). Turns out, after finding a trichologist by chance on youtube, that the hormone imbalance I have (PCOS) can cause excess sebum production. So I was kind of doomed to daily washings from the start.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

There are indeed circumstances where daily washing is the best option, and this sounds like one of them. health definitely comes first!

@di3486 Год назад

I have to wash daily or I get painful foliculitis.

@katharineheppa9160 Год назад

Ditto! PCOS means my hair looks like I have hair grease (think George Clooney in O Brother Where Art Thou) in it by day 2 (or after 2 sleeps) if i don't shampoo daily. And if my products have any silicones in them, I'll get zits on my scalp. And my head oils smell musty. I shampoo every day, but use a superhydrating conditioner so my hair stays soft.

@Raven-vg6qg Год назад

@@katharineheppa9160 I use a gentle clarifying shampoo and an argan oil-based conditioner. It's funny how out of all the symptoms talked about, excess sebum production caused by high androgen levels is hardly ever mentioned 🙃

@katharineheppa9160 Год назад

@@Raven-vg6qg I think with PCOS a lot of women either don't know they have it and just assume they are doing something wrong, or are too embarrassed to speak up. My mom had all the symptoms, but was never diagnosed, and of course you learn your first grooming habits from mom.

@MuseAndDionysus Год назад

Fun facts: the 70s was a huge time for afri sheen which, unlike grease or oil didn't moisturize the scalp which, I could see, creating a bigger need to wash and blowouts are pretty healthy for kinky hair if done correctly and are a method of stretching the hair for protective styles Mama Muse says she's was happy to help!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Now I'm really curious about the composition of 70s-era conditioners! I wanted to get a look at ingredient lists to see what their moisturizing capabilities were actually like, but I couldn't find much at all.

@MuseAndDionysus Год назад

@@SnappyDragon tbh I truly think sheen is just that. Looks only 😅

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Probably silicone in a bottle?

@LisaJedi Год назад

This video rocks! I was born in 1958 & wore a Julie Andrews-style pixie cut for most of my childhood, except for a very unfortunate home perm when I was 11 (hated it!). I grew my hair out in high school (all the girls & boys were doing it 😁) and it's been very long pretty much ever since. I have long lamented the information gap in the care & styling of long hair. My grandmother was trained as a hair stylist in the late 1920's, but even she had no advice for me when I wanted to do anything but braid it or wear it loose. And, of course, I was raised to think that to be clean meant daily hair washing. Fortunately, I discovered historic costuming videos & finally learned how to not only properly care for my hair, but to style it! As I get older, it is a genuine relief to know I don't have to wash my hair every day. Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge!!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Aww, thank you so much! It's nice to get some use out of hairstylist school even now that I'm not working behind the chair.

@ColorJoyLynnH Год назад

Another 1958 child here. I had a pixie cut once, maybe 1965? I was already growing my hair out in 1967. Julie Andrews was my childhood hero. I am now a professional singer. My hair is past my knees now. It’s been past my waist many decades of my 63 years.

@AkumakoCross Год назад

As a guy with long, fine, dense-ish curly-coily hair (large curls, mixed curl patterns), I figured out in late high school that my hair was better off conditioned regularly and washed occasionally. Recently I’ve started trying additional steps to help my hair look as good as possible (in-shower treatments and leave-in conditioner mainly. Sometimes if I have coconut oil on my hands I’ll rub that into my hair), and I’ve even been considering making a sleeping cap to keep my hair from being thrashed about. And my mom wonders why child me wanted her straight hair.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Leave-in conditioner is your friend! And if you end up not wanting to sleep with a cap, a loose high ponytail and the right pillowcase can have a similar effect. Silk is the usual recommendation, but I was surprised to find that my linen ones do very well too!

@ettoliram8116 Год назад

There are some great bamboo pillowcases that are wonderful for hair! (And skin too) Much more affordable than silk, and much more animal & environment friendly. Oh, and much easier to clean as well! I have one silk one that I bought a few years ago, good quality (and the price to match) but I vastly prefer the bamboo ones. *hugs beloved bamboo pillow cases* I would be tempted to get their duvet covers etc, but I have fun and beautiful cotton covers that I bought over the years, and the bamboo ones are solid coloured and a bit less fun

@alishaherbitter6278 Год назад

Realizing over the pandemic how much capitalist marketing I fell for was a game changer. I cut back on a lot of the products I was told were "must haves" abd curls and scalp are so much happier! I might wash my hair twice a week during the summer, it's amazing (Same with my skincare. I realized the additional tonics and actives and whatever else I felt had to be in my routine were actually causing my rosacea to be worse. Cutting back to a few simple products has done wonders!)

@SnappyDragon Год назад

"Less is more" is very often true! Better to use a few of the right things for you than a huge collection.

@ShannonMakes Год назад

I'm not sure what it says about me and my priorities that the FIRST thing I thought of after your intro was dog food companies and how they all post "recommended portion sizes" on the bag of the bags, and how I've never once found that I need to give anywhere near that amount to have a happy, well-fed dog. But then again, I feed my dog three times a day, and I wash my hair once every 10 days, so....

@ragnkja Год назад

Dog food portion sizes must surely vary a lot depending on several factors about the dog, such as size, breed and activity level. You and your dog’s vet are far better qualified to find out how much food your dog needs every day than someone who has never even seen your dog.

@ShannonMakes Год назад

@@ragnkja well fortunately you can generally buy different foods for different ages/activity levels, and sometimes even for specific brands, and the portion size table on the back is divided into weight categories, so in theory, they've covered a lot of those factors... I honestly think it's mainly that they make more money if you go through more food, so their portion recommendations tend to be on the larger end. Much like shampoo manufacturers who want you to wash your hair every day 🙄🙄

@ragnkja Год назад

@@ShannonMakes Yeah, different nutrient ratios and such. Glad you’re using your judgment and listening to the vet instead of overfeeding the dog.

@ShannonMakes Год назад

@@ragnkja me too!! Trimmest corgi in the city ;-) (she also gets a solid amount of exercise, which helps)

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I just had a chat with cat-owning friends about this!

@PsychoKat90 Год назад

So relatable! I've had a looong journey, including a phase where I tried baking soda & vinegar, from washing my straight hair daily as a teen, to only once a week in my 30s. So nice not to have wet hair every day (I have an irrational hate for hair dryers)! My hair has adjusted pretty well and I mostly wear it up so any late-week grease isn't too noticeable.

@peggedyourdad9560 Год назад

I mean, heat styling (including dryers) can cause split-ends and damage to the hair so it's probably a good thing you don't use hair dryers.

@knittingmoose Год назад

My Mother talks about High school in the 60s and how she had to lean over the ironing board, because handheld straighteners weren't a thing yet, She has naturally curly hair, she had straight in all of her yearbook photos. 😬

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I'm laughing a little because before I was a serious sewist I sometimes did the opposite-- ironed badly wrinkled hems with a hair straightener because I didn't own an iron! Much less dangerous than taking a clothes iron to hair.

@kimkohrt377 Год назад

I lol'd hard at the 70's shampoo ad about strands of hair not sticking together. As person w/a lot of thick, curly, wavy, hair, (my hair length and curl pattern are similar to yours) that's never gonna happen. I grew up believing you had to wash your hair every day to be clean. My mom has straight hair. She didnt know how to care for, brush, or deal with tangles. Omg, so many tears. As I got older and learned to care for my curly hair, I found out it's a bunch of bs. I wash it once every 7-10 days and try to follow the cgm. It's so much healthier and happier now. As much as I love my curly hair, I do LOVE a good blowout at the salon.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I also laughed at it! My hair will never act that way even when squeaky clean because the curls will twist around eachother.

@historiansrevolt4333 Год назад

I've never understood the short= easy hair myth. I had my hair short for years, and it was Work. And I didn't even style it that much!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

It's basically a short(ish) wash everyday vs a long wash once a week. And since my hair takes hours to dry at any length, I know what I'd choose!

@ShannonLambert Год назад

Same! Mine is well past my waist and I pin it up daily (which takes all of 3 minutes.) When I had a pixie cut or a bob, it took at least 30 minutes daily to style. No contest.

@BethAge95 Год назад

Yeah, my hair is hip length and straight and it requires cutting the tips twice a year, washing 1-2 times a weeks and putting it up in a bun (just use a hair stick so it takes 10 sec) or braiding it (1 min) when I'm doing stuff. And still people assume that it's a big amount of work to have long hair. Big part of why my hair looks like it does is laziness :D

@cincocats320 Год назад

I think hair type and the cut makes a huge difference. I just went from mid back length to a jaw length bob and for me long hair is much more intensive. I have very fine but dense hair and it takes ages to dry when long. My bob takes about five minutes to dry and style since it was cut with my natural waves and it naturally looks like a marcel wave. A pixie cut or a bob that needs very precise styling to look good does take much longer. In general working with your natural texture will lessen the time needed. All those long haired people still devoted to their straightening iron are fighting their texture and spending a lot of time doing it.

@EsmereldaPea Год назад

As a woman who had short (mostly pixie length) hair for most of my life, MY short hair care was a dream. With the right cut, I'd wash, towel dry, finger fluff, and go. Obviously, YMMV. I've had long(er) hair for most of the last ten years or so, with a brief short hair period after I cut off the color to go naturally grey, and I'm very lucky that I can still mostly fluff and go. But my longer hair takes a lot more work when I want it to look "dressier".

@ValerieKwan Год назад

This is very interesting since I've always heard everyone around me washes their hair a different number of times a week. Personally, I am a daily hair washer but this is because I have an oily hair type AND an oily scalp. This means my hair is always extremely oily by evening.

@SenhoritaF. Год назад

The perfect content that I didn't know I wanted! I'd love more hair history content from you, it's so interesting (can't wait for the Viking hair video). As a Brazilian I can attest to the use of Sapindus, I heard about it from older family members. Iirc the smell is nice and herbal too. Nowadays Brazilian hair ideals are particularly harsh I feel. The ideal hair is REALLY long (ideally tailbone or even thigh length, but at least waist length), extremely blonde or ''real'' shades of ginger (maybe except for the very roots in case of blonde hair), straight or curled with a curling iron (heatless setting methods are ''weird''), and extremely clean and shiny. Literally unachievable, especially when you consider that the majority of the people in the country have dark hair, often curly or coily. I have hip length wavy hair and I'm still figuring out my routine to this day, since if I wash it twice a week my roots get oily by the 3rd day and if I wash it 3 times a week I get dry ends and all of my color goes down the drain, literally. I've tried the low shampoo technique but it didn't really work because I'm dandruff-prone. Brazil is famous for the obsession with personal hygiene and the ''dirty'' hair taboo is so strong that I was once shamed at work for using dry shampoo, and it's a really taboo product, even if you are using it for volume and to minimize oily roots only (even though oily roots =/= from dirty), because it implies you are a ''unclean woman'' which is the worst thing you can be.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

That sounds like the sort of ideal that one literally needs a professional team to keep up with!

@nitzeart Год назад

This is a super interesting video, especially the part about the 20s bobs. I do find it frustrating when influences and magazines try to sell you over 5 different hair care product you MUST have in your routine. Now masks and dry shampoo and oils and whatever are essential apparently? And hairstylists are always trying to tell you salon products are just better when the manufacturers literally use the same ingredients and formulas as grocery store products. That said, I wish I could just wash my hair once a week (once a month sounds like a bad internet challenge to me, I will never understand how people do it.) Because I have seborrheic dermatitis and my hair is very straight, so I must wash it every other day or it’ll look like I poured olive oil in my scalp and it starts to smell funny 😅 Since it’s a chronic condition, if I stop using a medicated shampoo my scalp will quickly become red, irritated and scaly. It’s not fun. Also, soap used to be very, very harsh compared to what we have today. (Soap is actually not a human invention, surfactants are naturally produced for example when horses sweat, which is super interesting and weird, that’s why they get sort of frothy after a long run.) A gentle shampoo could probably be used every day if it’s well formulated. Usually, it needs to have cationic surfactants (and emollients like fatty alcohols in conditioners) which protect your hair from the damage of water that gives the hair a negative charge. Really the problem with washing every day is less about what product you use but how much water damages hair (and washes away hair dye). There are also places with harsher water or dry climates, which damage hair even more. In the end, how often you wash and how you care for your hair is a personal thing that depends on lifestyle, type of hair, climate, culture, budget, and just personal preference. No size fits all! Most dermatologists and doctors will tell you this. Most hairstylists, influencers and advertisers I’ve met want you to subscribe to a specific regime of hair care for some reason.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I completely agree, there is no one-size-fits-all! To quote the Princess Bride, "Anyone who says differently is selling something".

@ElizabethChronis Год назад

So true! Also, type of skin makes a huge difference too! My husband & I have extremely similar hair (basically the same hair other than color & mine tends to have slightly tighter curls), but my skin tends to be dry & his is very oily. I can go weeks without washing if the weather & our activities allow it, but his skin rebels without daily “hair” washing.

@teodorasavoiu4664 Год назад

I'm still shocked to hear that daily hair washing is a part of American culture. And now I'm reading in the comments that some parents used to regularly perm their children's hair ?! I mean, I've also been exposed to the ads and misinformation, but the general "received view" where I grew up was that you should wash your hair every week or every few days depending on your lifestyle and body. I got scolded by my mom when I started washing my hair every other day as a teen. Not even hair stylists tell us to wash our hair daily, quite the opposite. And regarding perms, I have pretty straight hair, but really wanted it to be curly when I was an insecure teen, and I got into an argument with the hairdresser I was seeing because she absolutely refused to damage my hair with the procedure required for a perm. She was very serious about "talking some sense into me". It's not that perms aren't fashionable, she just said that it's more appropriate for older women who have already somewhat damaged or at least mature hair. I was so confused why she was so adamant, but I eventually agreed. Needless to say, I left with straight hair and I still haven't gotten a perm, more than a decade later. I just dye it orange from time to time. So my experience is very different from what I'm hearing about here, even when it comes to hair professionals, and to adults making decisions about children's hair. It's very strange and also fascinating how different our experiences are

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I'm pretty proud of that hairdresser! Our profession is usually so set on just doing what other people want, it's very rare for a hairdresser to flat-out tell a client no. I shocked a lot of clients in my time behind the chair because if I could tell something wouldn't actually make them happy, I would refuse to do it and explain why.

@BelleChanson0717 Год назад

I enjoyed this video very much, but I am SO EXCITED for next month's video about Norse hair. My husband is going to also probably watch with glee (the number of times people have made ignorant comments about his locs is tooooo high).

@saffron1996 Год назад

thick hair past my tailbone, its lots of braids for me, and i wash every 2 weeks, but every other day i drag whatever oils my scalp produces to the ends of my hair, so the oils dont just sit on my scalp to make me look like a hobo... -this way my hair doesnt smell or appear dirty for quite a long while... theres also essential oils for the hormonal stages of the month

@laurajames138 Год назад

Hi! I work in an office by day and a barn by ...evening? I have very fine hair and a lot of it that is always in a braid. In the winter I can usually get away with washing my hair only 2xs a week. In the summer sweat, dust, and horse hair mean washing once a day. Otherwise, co workers complain about the smell. Which, is REALLY embarrassing.

@ragnkja Год назад

Completely covering your hair while you’re working in the barn should protect it, though it will obviously add to your laundry pile.

@alishaherbitter6278 Год назад

That has to be frustrating. I've been able to get away with only my scalp when it's sweaty but not actually dirty, but sometimes it just can't be helped.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

There are absolutely circumstances where washing daily is the right call, and barn work certainly sounds like one of them!

@My_mid-victorian_crisis Год назад

Child or the '70s-'80s, I remember the whole "boost your self-esteem with one wash" advertising. Also, my mother... daily wash and condition, home blowout, hot curler set, rat/tease to infinity, and spray until it doesn't move hair routine. She was so proud that I learned to count to 30 by watching her curl her hair. I must say, in the late 80's early '90s, I was not immune to the daily hair torture: daily wash and condition, alcohol-based "natural" curling product, high heat defuse, straightening my bangs and sides... then swim practice. Yeah, totally fried hair...

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Oh my goodness, did they really actually say "boost your self-esteem with one wash"? Not even trying to be subtle.

@My_mid-victorian_crisis Год назад

@@SnappyDragon, I don't think it was verbatim, but it was heavily implied. Pert, Balsam, and one more that was a wheat protein and honey.

@bethanythatsme Год назад

My wavy, long, dense hair & dry scalp would scream for mercy if cleansed daily. Twice a week tops, and that's if I've been a vigorous critter.

@morganpresley496 Год назад

Such a great video, as always!! I've always had really long hair, and growing up I was told that I had to use shampoo and conditioner daily to keep it clean. It wasn't until I got my hair dyed in my twenties and I talked to the stylist that I learned that I shouldn't be washing my hair every day! Also, the "short hair is less work" myth is surprisingly common and very ingrained. Whenever someone with short hair complements me on my hair, they often say that they can't imagine putting in the effort to maintain long hair. And they don't believe me when I say that my hair is next to no work! I wash it twice a week and take like 5 minutes a day to brush and braid. I think their thought process is something like "my hair takes X time to care for, so if my hair were three times as long I would have to spend 3X time on hair care." When in reality, short and long hair styles are entirely different beasts.

@ragnkja Год назад

While my long hair may not take any less time to care for than if it was short, I spend far less of that time dealing with tangles and knots, which I think you’ll agree is far less fun than braiding and pinning up the hair. Washing it less frequently also means way less time spent showering and then drying my hair.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Exactly! The type of haircare strategy is completely different, enough so that it's hard to compare.

@miashinbrot8388 Год назад

I remember when shampoo commercials started saying "Now you can wash your hair every day" (as if of course you'd want to). There were a lot of implied "shoulds" in those commercials, and it was always clear to me that this was a gimmick to sell more shampoo. I also remember before that that there was a meme of "I can't go out tonight; I have to stay home and wash my hair." I never liked shampooing my hair, though the lack of conditioner when I was young made it worse (taaaangles); I have Jewish hair too, though not as curly as yours.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Hitting the nail on the had about the "implied shoulds"!

@etdicila8894 Год назад

The daily wash culture is very strong in USA. I'm from France, and we find that ridiculous, we wash hairs when they are actually dirty

@InimeKai Год назад

Dermatologist channels say that it's a myth that daily washing is bad for your hair. It varies from person to person when it comes to how often you should wash your hair, some people need to daily.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

There are certainly some people for whom daily washing is right-- I just dislike the ubiquitousness of it. Hair is too different to apply one standard of anything to every person.

@SysterYster Год назад

Makeup does this too. They claim it keeps your skin healthier and prettier and stuff, when in truth, it's bad for your skin. It makes you dryer, or more pimply, and then you have to cover that up with more makeup. Same thing, really. Also, I refuse to use make up except for on special occasions, so a few times a year.

@WinterMoonStories Год назад

I’ve had a pixie cut for almost seven years and I only wash is 1-2 times a week. I usually just run my fingers through it to get it to lay how I want before letting it air dry and I don’t have to do anything else to get it to look fine. When I first got a pixie cut it did take me time to figure out how to get it to lay right with little work, but now I’ve found a cut that I like and easy to manage. The only product I put in my hair after washing it is a leave in conditioner. I rarely miss my hair being long.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I think the options for pixie cuts have also improved considerably since the 60s! Much easier to keep it looking "nice" when "nice" involves a certain amount of natural texture rather than super sharp and precise geometric lines.

@fire23fairy Год назад

I actually didn't learn how to best take care of my hair until me/cfs limited me to one shower a week. I discovered that my hair actually feels the healthiest 3 days after washing it! Which baffled me at first because I distinctly remember my mom telling me my hair was so greasy when I was in college because I hadn't showered in two days. So your explanation of how the 70s made everyone ashamed about greasy hair made it make much more sense!

@alton791 Год назад

I remember seeing a news report on the local news report a while back about how often a person should wash hair depending on thickness & texture. I have fine, straight as a board hair. If I get a perm on a Friday, it’s out by Monday. I’m constantly moving my hair out of my face or putting it up somehow. Then, twice a year, we get pollen in the air. Or I’m outside doing things working up a sweat.

@ragnkja Год назад

Hair types 1a and 1c (I have the former and my mother the latter) won’t hold a curl at all unless we get a perm on a day with low humidity. If Friday and Saturday are too humid, your hair will indeed probably be straight again by Monday.

@mychellemercer7903 4 месяца назад

I have known for a very long time to only wash your hair once a week . Everytime I go to a salon to get my hair permed or cut, I'm told I have great hair, and I simply say I don't wash it all the time. Bc if I did I would wash all the natural healthy oils right out, and it would be dry and dull. So thank you I for reconfirming what I already knew.

@ChayatsujiKimono Год назад

Woman with thick waist length (virgin, never dyed, if it matters) hair here. I wash mine about once every 5-7 days with a mostly-natural ingredient shampoo bar. I honestly noticed soooo much difference after I stopped using more chemical-based shampoo (head&shoulders) where my hair got so greasy that I'd need to wash it every other day. In the winter it takes about 4-5h to airdry, it become incredibly frizzy if I try to blowdry it... o.o No thanks to every-day washing! I love my hair how it is naturally and would love to keep it that way as much as possible! The only things I really use are shampoo and a brush :)

@SnappyDragon Год назад

The air-drying time is a huge factor in why I don't wash frequently either! It can take 8 hours or so of I don't leave the house, although going for a walk on a warm dry day will get it down to 4 hours.

@loretta_3843 Год назад

This was a really interesting discussion. I would always go by a 3 day "rule" (4 if needs must!). I find that by the third day, the oil is ruining everything (hair usually about shoulder length or a touch shorter). As a kid, when I had hair down to my waist, my mum would wash it once a week and I pretty much always kept it in a single plait or one on each side. I never remember feeling my hair was dirty now that I think about it. However, my parents were kids during WWII in Italy, so I don't think they grew up with the "shampoo" culture. My mum's 87 and I'll have to remember to ask her what they did when she was young!

@breeinatree4811 Год назад

I've been washing my hair once a week for years now. I use a natural hair brush. They are very hard to find. It moves the natural oils in my hair to the tips.

@pris1378 Год назад

i've learned in the last few years that my scalp is the happiest when i shave my head every two weeks and wash my head with hair soap after that and just rinse with clear water whenever i take a shower.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Opting-out of hair totally counts as a haircare method!

@Harko- Год назад

I absolutely love the informative history nerd elements. But to be honest, the opening and closing sketches are my favorites. They are pure entertainment gold! Thank you V!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Aww, thanks! They're one of the most fun parts for me too.

@teelehansen4995 Год назад

My mom was born in '57. She raised us that hair was washed daily. Thank the gods she finally stopped doing so in the last decade and stopped complaining that I refused to wash mine daily.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Oof! I'm glad she's started to come round.

@kyerin Год назад

Although I washed my hair once or twice a week as a kid, my mom was so obsessed with blowouts (or blowdrys as we call them this side of the pond) that I didn't realise I had curly hair until I was an adult!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry!

@annipsy2185 Год назад

ikr same for me,only one time for the first time in my life when i was in highschool, i ended up doing nothing to my hair after i showered and just slept with wet hair , woke up with loose curls ,didnt even notice i just tied it up and in school a girl told me : omg your hair is so pretty i never noticed you have such cool curls. that was the moment for me , i was like hmm , maybe i dont just have "poofy unstylable hair"

@seraphinasullivan4849 Год назад

I can't speak for everyone who kept their hair short for convenience, but for me it came from hating having to brush my hair every day as well as how heavy it was (even just at my shoulders it felt like it was pulling the back of my head down). I was still expected to shampoo my hair every day when it was long so the biggest difference in that department was i always knew that i got all the shampoo out. I have more patience for combing my hair now and i don't have anyone scolding me for taking too long in the shower anymore, but i have to keep my hair in an under cut if I want to grow it out, otherwise it's still too heavy

@victoriaborges6899 Год назад

I have a similar issue-- my hair is apparently fine-textured but it is VERY dense. Anything past my chin takes multiple hours to air dry, I can literally feel the weight, and I go through product like nobody's business. On top of short hair just suiting my personal style better, I've never been able to grow it long enough for braiding or other low-effort protective styles to be an option. And I have Brain Reasons for needing very low-effort care routines, so using ten thousand hair masks and leave-in treatments and irons is simply not gonna work! My solution now is to get short cuts that don't require a ton of styling to look decent, wash the hair with gentle shampoo and conditioner every 2-3 days, and use a small-ish amount of dry shampoo as needed. No other products, never blow dry, brush frequently with a fine-tooth comb to get whatever natural oils evenly distributed. I've been complimented on my hair health by some stylists, but I've also been tsk-tsked (and offered Stuff To Buy) if they happened to get me on a sweaty/no-shampoo day, so I'd be interested to know if any actual professionals have tips for hair like this!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I can picture the hair texture you're describing! That is indeed a good circumstance for a short cut, or a liberal application of thinning shears if the person has long straight hair.

@isabelleblanchet3694 Год назад

The only time I washed my hair more then once a week was when I was a teenager and it was greasy because of hormones. Pregnant I would do conditionner only as it was so dry, once again because of hormones. Now I have not used shampoo or conditionner in 11 years. I do baking soda and white vinegar once every 7-10 days. My 9 years old daughter with hair bellow her butt never had shampoo in her hair. I wash it with baking soda/white vinegar maybe 4 times a year, other then that it's only the bath/shower water and brushing. My husband stopped having dandruff once I switched him to the baking soda method.

@ragnkja Год назад

You're lucky to have water that doesn't make the hair look greasy if you rinse the hair without washing it with something.The water where I live is too hard for that, to the point where I really benefit from an acidic rinse after washing my hair.

@KitaSolCat Год назад

I lost it at the "pixie cuts are more work" comment. THANK YOU! I could never get my mother to understand that.

@magikallydelicious Год назад

Hair as a black woman - haircare is a complex conversation outside of shampooing. I wear my natural texture I don't shampoo everyday; once a week is good enough. In the past, there was having your hair pressed with hot combs and later the dreaded relaxer. None of the women of color that I know is likely to be washing hair daily. I see enough commercials where the person presented doesn't have hair that looks like mine. Trust me it took years to work out was was best for me. RU-vid is the worst ad for everything.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

yeah, I was super surprised to see an ad talk about washing natural hair daily!

@fatalblue Год назад

I only wash my hair once every two weeks or so when natural and once a month when flat ironed. In the end what's best for an individual's hair is indeed going to vary from person to person. Ofc there are universal haircare principles but a lot boils down to individual needs and you're right figuring out those nuainces can often take time.

@Chibihugs Год назад

Realizing that I only really need to wash my curls once a week but to condition frequently has made such a difference. My hair is much better now and just as clean.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Yuuuup that's another thing I am glad we are starting to figure out! Hair does not need to be shampooed every time you get it wet.

@ragnkja Год назад

@@SnappyDragon Unless the water is so hard that rinsing the hair without washing it makes it looks greasy even when it's clean. But shower caps solve that problem nicely.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

@@ragnkja shower caps are another vintage thing that I am happy to see coming back!

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 Год назад

I have *VERY* thick & long (like down to my waist long) hair & where I live in Australia it gets *SO* hot. Here in the summer that I have to wash. My hair at least once a day, sometimes twice if its a particularly hot day. Simply because of the amount of sweating that I do. Otherwise I find my hair smells *REALLY* rancid if I don't. 🤢🤮

@alishaherbitter6278 Год назад

Super sweaty scalp-haver here. I can so relate to the yuck feeling after a super sweaty day! I found a method for when it's only my scalp that needs washing and the rest of my hair doesn't. Though if I am full on drenched there is no saving it lol!

@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 Год назад

@@alishaherbitter6278 The *WORST* thing I find is at the end of a particularly hot day. Is if you're stuck on an air conditioned bus or train. Is when you can feel your scalp start 'moving'. From the shear amount of sweating you've done during the day. It feels like there's a thousand tiny little bugs running around in your hair. Because the sweat/salts are drying to your scalp. & all you want to do is just undo your hair, & start scratching it like mad. But you can't because you're in public! 😖

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Oh yes, that is definitely a situation where you would want to wash more often!

@tweetthang96 Год назад

THANK YOU!!!! My hair is curly, and it’s extra dry thanks to my eczema and some damage to the scalp when I was a kid that it’s only just recovering from. People always look at me funny when I tell them I only wash my hair every other week unless I’m swimming a lot or working out a lot and need to clean my scalp. But any more than once a week and there is NO amount of conditioner and masks and other treatments that can make up for the moisture lost

@SnappyDragon Год назад

As long as you know what works for you, everyone else can mind their own hecking business!

@latronqui Год назад

About the pixie, I used it for years and probably will go back to it at some point. For me it was pretty easy to maintain. The downside is that it does need to be washed every day, but it takes a short time and doesn't need conditioner(for my greasy, thick, straight hair). All I had to do after the shower was to apply one hair product and let it air dry. So that statement about a pixie needing a lot of work depends of the type of hair of the wearer, but the washing thing yes, I couldn't go out with my hair like I had it when i woke up. Which is a problem for people who prefer showering at night and not in the morning.

@Kittsuki Год назад

I remember in the 2000s when shampooing every day and frying your hair straight was the trend! I have fine wavy hair but I wasn't taught how to care for it properly, so I always thought I just had bad frizzy hair that would never look good. Now as an adult I've learned better -- light oils and combs (NEVER paddle brushes) are my best friends! 😄

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Paddle brushes are certainly not for everyone!

@brikramberg8084 Год назад

I have short hair with a shaved back, and pink in it but I still only wash two to three times a week. Simply because i used to be a swimmer and had to wash my hair daily while having long hair and bleaching it. Never going back to that. Loved this video!

@inconfusion6611 Год назад

I love your videos about historical grooming/hygiene. So interesting 💛

@ciannacoleman5125 28 дней назад

I have had long hair my entire life, other than one self enduced chop when I was 7 lol. For much of my life once it gets a certain length (usually between mid back and tailbone) it ends up straw like and full of split ends requiring a chop back of about 6 inches. With my most recent chop last month I have been looking into hair care both for encouraging my natural wavy curls (never done in 26yrs) and how to keep my long hair end healthier than I have thus far. I have realized that my mom who has always had short hair never thought to teach me "long hair" care and I am now learning all about protective hairstyles and oils and such. Your video on medieval "cleaning" of the hair using a comb and coverings has intrigued me since I have been looking for ways to extend my wash day cycle from 2x a week to once a week (was at 3x a week when I started college but reduced to 2 before graduating). This idea made me jump into watching some head wrapping videos and while I don't think I will be able to/comfortable with doing that in my current environment I love the idea of incorporating such beautiful "art" into my hair care routine when my circumstances change.

@kaitlinrosholm6378 Год назад

Loving this kind of content. Can't wait for the next video

@unrulycrow6299 Год назад

I used to wash my hair twice a week, and it reached a daily shampoo at some point, with me not understanding while my curls were all sad and as cute as tumbleweed balls. I cut my hair in a short curly bob back in 2015 and kept it that way until 2020, when I used the lockdown to finally start following historical methods of haircare. Now my hair is trained to be washed with shampoo and water once a month, and in between I carefully keep it clean with a bristle hair brush and a set of combs to keep my scalp clean and properly apply the sebum from the roots to the lengths (curly hair meaning that it doesn't happen on its own and needs a little help with a brush). Now my hair is much healthier, growing like crazy and I can easily pull Turn of the Century hairstyles with only small hairrats for added puffiness. No need for hairspray or grocery store dry shampoos to give texture to my hair, I can easily do everything with just a good brushing, a comb, some bobby pins and a box of homemade dry shampoo (50/50 corn starch and rhassoul, a few drops of rosemary and lavender to keep the scalp clear of anything dodgy). I'm thinking of trying the rice water rinse though, for added shine and strength. Edit: lol @ the "isn't your hair the nicest right after you washed it" because I wanna yell NO SUSAN, IT'S ALL LIMP AND SLIPPERY AND I NEED TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF BOBBY PINS TO SET MY FANCY 1900 BUN BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HOLD FOR SHIT. Now I really dislike my freshly washed hair's texture (or lack thereof) lol

@yuuri9064 Год назад

I've been wanting to make dry shampoo at home! (I just occasionally use some baby powder I have lying around lol.) Now I just need to figure out what rhassoul is and how to mix an oil into a powder without it clumping. Thank you! And I so agree with you - the first (and second) day after washing are the worst for anything you want to hold! Even braids don't go as well because shorter strands stick out! And the flyaways! If you have any more tips or info to share, I'd love to hear!

@danicloutier4379 Год назад

This was really useful! I have medium length fine curly/wavy hair. I've been experimenting with just using pomeade and rhassoul clay, and combing it through, but it didn't seem quite right. I get tangles, pulled out hair, and oily roots. After reading what you said, I tried mixing in corn starch, and it looks already much better. I just bought a bristle brush and we'll see how that goes. Where did you get your information about historical hair care?

@laurarhodes7193 Год назад

Informative and entertaining video. Thank you

@bonniecolleenpappin8807 Год назад

Thank you for this video. I loved the two characters from different eras; I really enjoy them and hope you enjoy doing them. I was born in the late '50's so went through the following decades and remember that daily hair washing really became ubiquitous in the '80's, when exercise was expected every day. We would go to the gym at lunch time or after work so it was necessary to wash your (short) hair after every workout. Now I'm old, with short hair again and sweat at the lightest exertion. I've managed to wash every second day (usually) but my hair is horrible if I'm busy on a hot day. Thanks again.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Thank you! I do enjoy getting to play out arguments with myself 🤣 And there are certainly people for whom daily washing does end up being the right thing, especially if you are working out every day.

@Afusomax Год назад

When I was a kid (70s), there was a brand of shampoo called Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific. So now we obsessed over having a stinky head. As someone with naturally fine hair, all the washing & heat styling & pressure for big hair just made me even more insecure and awkward.

@jennarhodes2724 Год назад

I so love the Farrah Fawcett look, but it was very vindicating to confirm that it's a ridiculously high maintenance daily style that's also hard on your hair. Must be why I've never found the patience to actually do it

@FlybyStardancer Год назад

Yay! Another hair care vid from V!! 💜💜💜💜💜💚💚💚💚💚

@SnappyDragon Год назад

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@derrickmcadoo3804 Год назад

Not sure how I stumbled upon your channel, but I enjoy your content :)

@TheHcjfctc Год назад

Love this! When I was young, I washed my hair every other day. Then in my mid-20’s I started slowly extending time between washes. At one point, I washed once a month with a good rinse every week between washes. My hair got great volume after those rinses. I now usually wash once a week. My hair before extending washes would get quite greasy by the third day. Now it’s just barely starting to get greasy on my weekly wash day.

@eeeccc3562 Год назад

Very informative, thank you!

@susiecarson Год назад

Wonderfully informative and entertaining, as always! Any advice for someone who loves 50’s style hair but also works out most days? I gave up on overnight sets because they were ruined the moment I exercised.

@michalinaagiewka6873 Год назад

Honestly you could try a perm with big rollers if you want to have the style pernamently, not sure if a salon would do that for you but you could definitely try to do it at home. You would just need to set the hair like a normal wet set but with the perm solution in it.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I have sadly never mastered 50s sets! I wish I knew enough to have advice for you because that would mean I could get a good 50s set on my own hair 🤣

@catherinejustcatherine1778 Год назад

I am also glad to see the washing less frequently trend. Especially when coupled with advice such as you gave in your last hair video.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Aww, thanks! I can't take credit for the whole idea, it was @Opus Elenae who I first saw using medieval methods to get by when modern infrastructure wasn't an option.

@catherinejustcatherine1778 Год назад

@@SnappyDragon your are welcome I remember the video about Opus Elenae cooking by candlelight. I'm going to go try seeing it again.

@IndigoAwakener Год назад

I SO enjoy your videos. ❣️

@SnappyDragon Год назад

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@rebeccacuthbertson1271 Год назад

All the hair care videos V! I am so here for it! Cut my hair (fine strands but very dense/thick on scalp) a few months back because my long hair got too heavy for my head. Was down to the small of my back and took it to shoulders/collar bone. Now growing back out so it doesn't get as greasy as fast lol. Granted, unless I exercise or something similar, I only wash my hair once or twice a week depending on how I feel. I'm pretty sure I have wavy/curly hair but haven't figured out the products and CGM routine that would actually express my waves/curls well (that and I'm super lazy and just let my hair air dry as I sleep usually). Basically all I'm trying to say is I want to go back to covering our hair being the societal norm, but need to figure out how to do it so I don't die of heat exhaustion in the Florida heat.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I would love to see head-covering be normalized enough that people don't make Judgements when they see it! A friend of mine is also trying to find heat-safe headcoverings for a wedding she's attending this weekend, outdoors in California sun. She's trying a white tichel and possibly a sunhat over it.

@IonIsFalling7217 Год назад

The superfine toothed comb you recommended in the last hair video is fantastic! I can extend my hair washes to a week or more if I use it twice a day and not get gross head scabs. Thank you for doing the research!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Aww, thank you! But credit really goes to Jackie and her business, she's the one who got in touch with me.

@mce1939 Год назад

Good one. I enjoy seeing historical hair info! I'm 43 and have virgin 3c naturally curly hair. I have been washing my hair daily since I was a little girl and I have lovely hair if I do say so myself. I've always loved my hair, and I've had zero issues washing it daily. I either wet style it or leave it down to dry. I wear it curly every day, have never straightened it. I've used zero heat since 1995 when I used to diffuse it. I have never colored my hair and am going gray since my 20s. I like to do vintage inspired styles frequently, I just use my natural curls. I'm a low maintenance gal, but I've always loved doing my hair! Love hearing you talk about hair!

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I am very envious of people who can get vintage-style with their natural curls! Mine are just not the right shape.

@elizathemermaid Год назад

This was a really interesting and informative video! I can't wait to watch your video on Viking hair!

@jennyekman4443 Год назад

Great video! So interesting to hear how we got to where we are. I myself only wash my hair once a week, partly because I can't be bothered to do it more often 😅 Beeing swedish, I even more look forward to the next video 😊

@SnappyDragon Год назад

The Viking hair video is scheduled for early September, so you may have to sit through a video of me learning tailoring first 🤣

@jennyekman4443 Год назад

@@SnappyDragon looking forward to that too 😊

@libraryoflilylol199 Год назад

My favorite part of about the dandruff thing is that there's now studies that show that having a LOT of dandruff is associated with skin inflammation related to overgrowth of a fungus normally found on the scalp and like.... learning that actually made me stop resisting using dandruff shampoo. Everyone always tried to pressure me into using it because of DANDRUFF but no one ever said it would help my scalp not feel CONSTANTLY HORRIFICALLY ITCHY 24/7!!! That wasn't caused by dandruff, that was caused by overgrowth of a fecking FUNGUS that dandruff shampoo helps control >.>

@ragnkja Год назад

Glad you’ve found something that works for you now.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Yeah that's the biggest issue that dandruff shampoo marketing has caused. The medication in things like Head&Shoulders is great for that kind of overgrowth, but that's NOT what most people have when they have "dandruff" or flaky scalp.

@RedXiongmao Год назад

On the other end of the spectrum, I am nursing a headache because I tried to go one day without washing my hair. I am extremely tender headed and something about showering without getting my hair wet gives me a headache 12 hours later

@SnappyDragon Год назад

As long as it works for you, it sounds like it's the right thing to do!

@sarahwest5964 Год назад

Im a diy hair gal. I only use shampoo once a month. I'll do the rest of the month:soapnuts, ambunu, apple cider vinegar, and yogurt masks. I love henna sooq's products. I use their cowash, shampoo, and henna. There shampoo bars, bottle shampoo, and cowash are all natural and handmade. And it doesn't dry out my scalp like regular shampoo. Also chickpea flour is good for hair washing too.

@plantmurderer2457 Год назад

My mom grew up in the 70's and now it's making so much sense why she feels the need to wash her hair once a day

@Rozewolf Год назад

Thank you for a great video. I have long slightly curly hair, and washing it with commercial shampoos was always a pain. I hated that I could never 'have' the hair in any of the commercials, as it didn't sheet/flow the way the models hair in the commercials did. I fell in love with natural ingredient shampoo bars about 10 years ago. I wash my hair less often now, and don't feel that it is greasy even after a week between washes. On the rare occasions it feels dry, I use a hair oil. Overall, my hair and scalp are much happier now.

@SnappyDragon Год назад

I promise you, none of those models' hair behaved that way outside of photoshoots 🤣 The problem is that they act like it's a look achievable by normal humans when it actually took a team of stylists, lighting techs, et c to make it happen.

@Rozewolf Год назад

@@SnappyDragon Agreed, but my 16 yr old self didn't know that then, and as with most people, we keep trying new things. Peer pressure, and consumerism are a mess. It took years to understand all of the 'effort' behind the scenes in the commercials to sell a product. I'm looking forward to more myth busting.

@merelymayhem Год назад

great video! I rly enjoyed the skits in-between i really enjoy the way coming out and braiding my hair has become a wind down evening thing for me i know of a psychiatric ward that makes you wash your hair every day while taking a shower the pure rage i experience thinking about that and the things it causes in the TEENAGERS that are the patients but well that's like the smallest problems

@Rotten_Ralph Год назад

My hair is knee length… I wash it once a month it’s not dirty. It’s in a braid or a bun. I use stupidly expensive hair care for the most part because I don’t need that much of it. It’s entertaining to see the hair care myths. 😂 I always enjoy your hair videos

@SnappyDragon Год назад

That is one of the perks of not washing so often, we can use the Really Good Stuff without ruining our budgets!

@jeanetterule5420 Год назад

I always learn something new here. Thank you so much for enlightening and entertaining me at the same time. Such a pleasure to be here. After I’ve watched your videos my brain is stretched into a new way of thinking. There is always room for new ideas from history. Ironic? I guess. 👍🤣🥴

@winterburden Год назад

Very cool hair video, thank you!

@wingthorn Год назад

Re cosmetics advertising: the very long-running campaign that I found offensive on SO many levels is one from a perfume company: "Promise her anything but give her Arpège". Not a hair product, but...

@SnappyDragon Год назад

Yes, because I definitely want perfume more than, say, honesty and good communication! [sigh]

@HunterDriguez Год назад

Im going to keep washing my hair daily for my own comfort. It turns into a sad, flat oil slick by day 2 if I don’t. And yes, the oil does make me feel uncomfortable. Tried not washing for a week to see if my hair “stopped making oils”. Didn’t work. Tried it again another time. Oil monster again.