Long hair and daily worker outers :)

I only wash my hair every other day (find that it is actually way prettier and easier to manage day 2! No, not greasy, I promise .

As far as the sweating goes though It's a tough. Sometimes, if I don't get too bad (shorter work out, or longer but less intense), I just leave it. But, if it was a gross work out, I will just run some water through it when I hop in the shower after a work out, and it seems to take care of it for me

My profile pic is the shortest my hair has ever been (and I growing it back. I missed it so!)

Good luck!

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I am 44 years old, and I have long hair. yep. Happen to have this pic up on my profile bc I just got a haircut Tuesday (this is a big deal; I never cut my hair, ha!)

I'm a mom of 4 kids, ages 14 - 4. I work out 6 days, sometimes 2x. I'm a dance and spin instructor, a cyclist and a paddleboarder, so I am out on the water (lagoon or ocean) 2-3 days a week. My hair is straight and oily; I cannot ever skip a day of washing it, even if I don't work out.

If I have no evening workout planned, I wash my hair after my morning workout.

If I do have an evening workout planned, I wash my hair after the morning workout IF it was spin (or if I fell off my paddleboard into the lagoon or ocean--rare). If it was NOT spin, I will wait to wash it after the evening workout.

On a rare occasion when I would spin in the evening, I will wash my hair after spin even if I already washed it earlier. You just have to wash it after spin.

I wash mine every other day...even if I work out. I just pull it up into a bun after I give it a quick rinse. I want the sweat off...not the good oils. If I washed mine every day it would be so dry. Mine is down to my waist and I use a vegan shampoo that contains no sulfates or alcohols. I also air dry my hair...no flat irons, heated rollers, or curling irons for me.

I have not tried it but I have heard that baby powder on the roots of hair works like dry shampoo. It is supposed to soak up some of the oil and maybe sweat.

I wash my hair with shampoo every two days and in between just soak it in water in the shower. add a little product and go! Mind you my hair is always up being a waitress so, different circumstances perhaps. Also leave in conditioner is my hero!

I have thick curly hair and I work out daily. I shower with my hair up each day, but only wash and condition every couple of days. Sometimes it's more bearable to blow dry the sweat out of my hair right after my workout, and worry about washing my body later, but my hair can't take daily washes without drying out. I straighten after my first shower and then again the second day, but by the third I usually just leave it alone and it has a smoother curl pattern. Day three is hard for me though, and occasionally I have to use a dry shampoo, but the most recent brand I tried just makes me really itchy- to the point that I'd rather hop in the shower and have wet hair or let it try naturally and frizz up, then leave it dirty. :P

redken dry shampoo. cuts odor and soaks up grease. (i am a hairstylist)

I have not tried it but I have heard that baby powder on the roots of hair works like dry shampoo. It is supposed to soak up some of the oil and maybe sweat.

I used to use this but as a warning to anyone who struggles with flakiness it will make it much worse. I suppose its b/c it does dry up the oil.

During the summer I will wash my hair everyday if I workout. If not, I try to let it go a day (I hate it but my scalp is sensitive). In the winter I have to wash every other day (rather than everyday) or else my scalp becomes extremely itchy. I have tried many things to help this . . . so yeah. I too mostly let it air dry.

I will say though that when I workout in the winter and its day 2 (not supposed to wash my hair) I will usually shower with my hair up but the edges usually get damp anyway and I think that helps deal with any sweat residu

I wash my hair once every 2-3 days....as long as I can manage before it looks greasy. I have a shower cap (if it gets wet it looks greasy faster). I often take more than 1 shower a day, but don't always wash my hair. I find after I wash it my hair is usually dry and not so great, but day 2 it's soft, shiny and so much easier to manage.

I have not tried it but I have heard that baby powder on the roots of hair works like dry shampoo. It is supposed to soak up some of the oil and maybe sweat.

it does work, the only issue is if you have dark hair it's very hard to get it to not look like you hair is dull and gray after.

I wash my hair daily. I have oily hair so I have to. On the off chance that I don't take a shower I use the baby powder trick, except I don't use baby powder. I use face powder, the kind you put over your foundation to help it set. My hair isn't dark, but it isn't light either. I have noticed that the baby powder doesn't blend in very well color wise, but the face powder helps my roots look like a more natural color and blend with my hair better even if it isn't a perfect match. If you can find a translucent powder that is best. There are so many shades of facial powder out there, hopefully you can find one that blends with your hair color.

If I know my hair is clean, but I've been sweating at the scalp, I will pull my hair into a ponytail about midway between my neck and the bottom of my hair. Then I do a quick wash and rinse of my scalp. If I have somewhere to go I'll blow dry it, if I'm at home I'll let it air dry.

I wash mine every other day, when im working out i just put it up as high as it will go and then clip any straggling bits up so my hair doesn't come into any contact with the sweat on my face or neck.

I have curly and long hair. I don't straighten up them, because I can't and with some exercise and sweat they gonna be again curly.
Wash them every other day. I couldn't do them every day! It is an exercise for me to brush them! :laugh:
I try my cardio which makes me sweat more being done on the day I'm having my hair wash! :laugh:

I have not tried it but I have heard that baby powder on the roots of hair works like dry shampoo. It is supposed to soak up some of the oil and maybe sweat.

it does work, the only issue is if you have dark hair it's very hard to get it to not look like you hair is dull and gray after.

You can get dry shampoo for brown hair. In the UK the brand is Batiste (sp?), but you must be able to get something similar wherever you are. I'm currently doing 30 days in a row of hot yoga and it is my best friend!

I was having a similar problem. Used to always wash my hair every other day, then once I started exercising everyday and washing everyday. My hair started looking HORRIBLE from being washed that much. So now I just rinse it good in the shower and only wash every other day.