Washing hair constantly?

I wash my hair a lot as well, but this give me the opportunity to try different hair styles.
Today, I went with "wavy"

I need to wash my hair everyone I workout too (c.5 times a week) I use a gentle shsmpoo/conditioner and I use a hair oil on the ends. I try to towel/air dry it as much as possible before using the hairdryer and I don't use straighteners often. I have fine greasy hair though, perhaps if your hair is a different texture you could use dry shampoo? I've accepted it as an effect of exercise.

I have long hair, a lot of it and sweat a ton. But I wash every 3 days. Day 1 I blow dry. Day 2 I use a wet comb for the ends in the shower just to straighten any weird waves. Day 3 dry shampoo and an updo (braid, bun, etc). Don't be afraid to just let the sweat dry! I do shower every day!!

Are you familiar with "Conditioner Only washing" (aka co-washing)? You do not use shampoo, you only use a conditioner that has some detergency. The surfactants in shampoos are what strips and dries out your hair so if you wash frequently and don't use shampoo you won't dry out your hair. The most well known cleansing conditioner is Wen but you don't need to use something like that. I know many co-washers who use cheap conditioners like VO5 and Suave. If you use a lot of product or your conditioner had silicone in it (dimethecone, amodimethecone are the most common) you should use shampoo once in a while. Some do once a week, others do once a month depending on how much build up you get. The ingredient you need to look for are cationic conditioners and the most common ones will be:
Behentrimonium chloride
Behentrimonium methosulfate (gentler)
Benzalkonium chloride
Cetrimonium chloride
Cocotrimonium chloride
Quaternium-15
Quaternium-18 Bentonite
Quaternium-18 Hectonite
Quaternium-22
Stearalkonium chloride

I have long hair (almost to waist) and I co-wash only. I do not use other products and I make my own conditioner without silicone so I use shampoo maybe once in a year. I swim 3 x a week so I wash often to get the sweat, salt, and chlorine out of my hair (it gets in there a little even with a swimcap).

I am also a co-washer (just conditioner). I started using a suave naturals (coconut) conditioner based on rec's and haven't changed since. I also mostly air dry wirh a little initial blow drying and am picky about styling products. My hairdresser found a great wash & wear cut for my chin-length curly bob. About 1x per week I use a mild shampoo.

arditarose wrote: »

I dry shampoo and wash my hair only once per week. Sometimes I'll wash just my bangs. My hair color is way too expensive to be washing it out every day-then again, I only lift and don't work up a huge sweat. I think I'd do the same if I did cardio though.

I do the same. I refuse to spend 1.5 hrs per day washing and drying my hair. I wrap it up in a bandana for workouts then let it down afterwards. I only wash it once per week , I use a shower cap in the shower to keep it dry.

macgurlnet wrote: »

ScreeField wrote: »

I am also a co-washer (just conditioner). I started using a suave naturals (coconut) conditioner based on rec's and haven't changed since. I also mostly air dry wirh a little initial blow drying and am picky about styling products. My hairdresser found a great wash & wear cut for my chin-length curly bob. About 1x per week I use a mild shampoo.

I'm curious about co-washing...did you find your hair looking/feeling greasier as you switched from daily shampoo to just conditioning? I kinda wanna give it a try myself!

~Lyssa

Just the opposite. Since I started co-washing my hair has been in better shape than it had been for a long time and my waves became bouncier and more pronounced. I never had any kind of transition period.

Becca_250 wrote: »

earlnabby wrote: »

Are you familiar with "Conditioner Only washing" (aka co-washing)? You do not use shampoo, you only use a conditioner that has some detergency. The surfactants in shampoos are what strips and dries out your hair so if you wash frequently and don't use shampoo you won't dry out your hair. The most well known cleansing conditioner is Wen but you don't need to use something like that. I know many co-washers who use cheap conditioners like VO5 and Suave. If you use a lot of product or your conditioner had silicone in it (dimethecone, amodimethecone are the most common) you should use shampoo once in a while. Some do once a week, others do once a month depending on how much build up you get. The ingredient you need to look for are cationic conditioners and the most common ones will be:
Behentrimonium chloride
Behentrimonium methosulfate (gentler)
Benzalkonium chloride
Cetrimonium chloride
Cocotrimonium chloride
Quaternium-15
Quaternium-18 Bentonite
Quaternium-18 Hectonite
Quaternium-22
Stearalkonium chloride

I have long hair (almost to waist) and I co-wash only. I do not use other products and I make my own conditioner without silicone so I use shampoo maybe once in a year. I swim 3 x a week so I wash often to get the sweat, salt, and chlorine out of my hair (it gets in there a little even with a swimcap).

I'll have a look at the ingredients on my bottles. I'm in the UK so may be slightly different brands. Do you use product on the whole head or just the ends? Does your hair also need time to adjust? I'm at work Mon-fri so may struggle to let it get worse before it gets better if that was the case

My routine at the gym shower is:

1. rinse the swimcap and remove
2. wet the hair
3. slather on the conditioner,especially close to the scalp and clip the hair up out of the way
4. take off the swimsuit and rinse under the shower
5. soap up and rinse the body
6. get more water on the hair and lather up
7. rinse
8. dry off and get dressed
9. comb and finish off hair (dry, put up, whatever)

Some use a small amount of extra conditioner on their ends. I don't bother.

I co wash. If you've been using a harsh shampoo your scalp may have a transition period because harsh shampoo can make your scalp over produce oil (making you think you have oily hair when really you are over drying your hair) and it takes a little while for your scalp to realize it doesn't have to produce so much oil. If you've been using a mild shampoo it shouldn't be a problem.

I have long hair down to my butt and wash once a week. Except after swimming. Regular shampoo and conditioner don't remove chlorine. And chlorine can hang around for weeks, damaging your hair. Sometimes i use a swimmers shampoo but it's pretty harsh so I've switched to using an aquarium dechlorination solution, diluted. You can also use an acidic rinse like vinegar or soda. Just rinse well afterwards.

You could wash every other day. Days you don't wash, braid your hair and wear a bandana (or sweatband if they still have those lol) to absorb at least some stuff during your workout, + dry shampoo or just blow it dry after your workout, & wear it in an updo after that.

But yeah I have seen lots of women just start going for shorter styles bc it's easier.

I have curly hair & it's recommended to wash (with shampoo) as little as possible and condition lots.

I ran across the "Curly Girl" method website ... Total lifesaver.

Yes. This.

http://thecurlyhairproblems.tumblr.com/cgmethod
http://www.naturallycurly.com/

So when I sweat a lot I shampoo the scalp, try to avoid the hair, and condition for several minutes.
Maybe once a week in winter, could be nearly every day in summer.
Otherwise I scrub my scalp with my fingers in the shower, to get the dirt off, then condition it heavily & long.

And I don't blow dry. If I want it to look decent, I braid it. Otherwise it gets put into a ponytail.
(It's mid-back length.)
No other fussing with it - no hairspray, gel, anything other than coloring once or twice a year when I get
bored with it being too brown and not red enough.

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did you find your hair looking/feeling greasier as you switched from daily shampoo to just conditioning

Do it gradually.
If you currently shampoo every day, do every other day for a few weeks, then every third day, etc.
But in between you're still rinsing the grime out, just not using soap.

earlnabby wrote: »

Are you familiar with "Conditioner Only washing" (aka co-washing)? You do not use shampoo, you only use a conditioner that has some detergency. The surfactants in shampoos are what strips and dries out your hair so if you wash frequently and don't use shampoo you won't dry out your hair. The most well known cleansing conditioner is Wen but you don't need to use something like that. I know many co-washers who use cheap conditioners like VO5 and Suave. If you use a lot of product or your conditioner had silicone in it (dimethecone, amodimethecone are the most common) you should use shampoo once in a while. Some do once a week, others do once a month depending on how much build up you get. The ingredient you need to look for are cationic conditioners and the most common ones will be:
Behentrimonium chloride
Behentrimonium methosulfate (gentler)
Benzalkonium chloride
Cetrimonium chloride
Cocotrimonium chloride
Quaternium-15
Quaternium-18 Bentonite
Quaternium-18 Hectonite
Quaternium-22
Stearalkonium chloride

I have long hair (almost to waist) and I co-wash only. I do not use other products and I make my own conditioner without silicone so I use shampoo maybe once in a year. I swim 3 x a week so I wash often to get the sweat, salt, and chlorine out of my hair (it gets in there a little even with a swimcap).

All of this.

It is excellent advice.