trying new things

so lately i've been glued to the internets (who am i kidding, this isnt a recent development!) and i've stumbled upon suggestions for adding body to fine/limp hair.  because anyone who has seen me knows that is a condition that describes my hair, i've been taking more intense looks down this rabbit hole. 


turns out, everyone - and i mean everyone from the hippie next door to stylists that i couldn't afford to talk to, much less have them cut and style my hair - tell me that my problem has been washing my hair.  as in, i shouldn't wash it as often.  no more than 2 a week.


to clarify, its not the washing with water, but the shampoo everyone is up in arms against.  water = good, shampoo = bad.  now i've known that shampoo was bad for the environment and was adding chemicals to my body and aura (ive known enough dirty hippies to grasp that) but honestly i figured they were just that - dirty hippies.  turns out, my problems with my hair might result from the very things they're railing about.  


so i've committed myself to no shampooing. for a month shampooing twice a week. for a month.  today is day 3, 2 without shampoo.  my hair is noticeably thicker, but its also kinda gunky.  not that you can see, but i feel it every time i put my hand to my head.  its not oily though. so kinda a toss up. 


now i'm wondering if those dirty hippies are right about the antiperspirant/deodorant thing.