Shampoo-less
It’s been a while.
Well, it seemed like the last time I wrote on this blog was last year, literally. And it wasn’t last year but New Year’s Day! I visited this site after get bored of Chinese homework, and seeing that the layout I had on this wasn’t really all that bad looking, I decided to go back writing on this blog. In the meantime while I was idled on this blog I had been writing in a laboratory notebook my father gave me that had been taking up too much space at his office. I wrote in it for half a year, maybe, and stopped when school started. Alternating between writing on this blog and writing in my journal might be what I will be opting for, the journal being more centered around my life and this blog being more centered around things I do (the subject of my title is an example).
As the title suggests, somebody hasn’t been using shampoo. That somebody is me (for those of you who know me and happen to stumble upon this blog, don’t judge me. Please!). It has been four odd months since I resolved to abandon using shampoo after reading an article on the Internet which looked pretty valid. Here’s the background (in a very small nutshell with the ‘poo-less bias): When you use shampoo, it acts as a detergent with its nasty-ass sulfur-whateverthehellsinthiscompound and maliciously strips off ALL the hair’s oils, including the natural good ones. We don’t need shampoo. Period. It was sort of like promising me that I would be more natural in terms of my hair and oil production, and that dandruff would be gone (although dandruff was really never an issue for me). Alas, nobody is created alike. I do have to point out a discrepancy with my abandoning of shampoo that I didn’t make it as gradual as the article explained; I ditched the ‘poo right on the first shower.
Four months later; my hair does seem to have adjusted to life without shampoo as my hair oil production has gone down to what I suppose is normal for now. The dandruff is what I’m worried about, though. Oh yeah, and I inherited my super-dry skin (no eczema) from my dad (just a little side-note). After my water-only shower, and after my hair dried, one brush of my hair would (ready for this nasty part?) send particles of dead skin flying out of my scalp. Okay, I know I could have said that in two words, but the bottom line is either I haven’t ‘poo-less for long enough (I heartily disagree with that) or my scalp is way too dry. I’m leaning towards the latter. I know that dandruff is a problem that started when I ditched the shampoo because that’s what I had been listening to from my mom for the past four months. I still believe in this ‘poo-less campaign, but I decided after reading this message board that it was more socially acceptable to use shampoo (bein’ in school with people starin’ at the back of yo head). Nobody knows yet (except for the people reading this), so I am sort of safe. When I see the end of high school I will reinitiate this ‘poo-less thingamajig if my memory does not fail me. Before my ‘poo-less venture my mom never complained about my dandruffs, so back to using shampoo my resolution would be. But that’s just me.
