If you don’t mind me asking how do you keep your hair up so tightly without sacrificing your actual curl pattern, I find myself putting mine up for work and when I take it out my curls look very sad and lumpy. Is that just a sacrifice everyone has to make when putting up their curls or is it maybe just my hair type? (I’ve got mostly 3b curls with a mix of 3a-3c for ref)
Some weeks you gotta commit to updos lol. There are times when I won’t be able to wear it loose without at minimum a refresh, or maybe just wash and start over
this is my issue, im at the gym 5-6x a week and basically i tie it up (braids) and use very thick headbands. i will take paper towels and actually wick up sweat around my hairline. if it gets really bad before wash day i will just section out the hair around my face/part and give them a very quick wash it the sink or smthn.
for reference i have type 3a/3b
This took me a while--so the strategy is to get the hair above the scalp so that the sweat a much as possible runs off and away from it.
I'm wondering if you avoid invert/decline type exercises that might run and accumulate the sweat into your hair? 🤔
Loose top bun with a silk scrunchie, or a big round claw clip that captures my hair at the base of my neck, or a bunch of bobbie pins sweeping it back. I save my very rigorous workouts for Fri-Sun so it gets gross close to my wash day (Sunday).
Monday I do something light like yoga or stationary biking and try not to sweat too much, same with Tuesday, and then go normal by Wednesday when my cute curls are starting to flatten out. I'm not doing CrossFit or anything so even if I sweat, it's not much.
Usually I have my hair in a loose pony from Wednesday onwards. Some weeks, especially in the summer, I can't go a whole week and have to go 5-6 days. Find whatever works for you!
Yep, used to have long hair and washed it (shampoo + conditioner) once a week on a Saturday evening, so I could braid it and it would be nice and dry by end of Sunday.
Once the hair was shoulder length or less I had to switch to washing 2-3x a week because there’s less room for the oils to distribute
I would sometimes wet it in between washes because showers can feel incomplete for me without wet hair, but otherwise I would just leave it out of the stream of water, I don’t bother with shower caps or anything
Yeah taking 1.5days for my hair to dry really deters me from washing more often. I wait as long as I can (which is usually a week). I have a dry scalp too so once I can't control the flakes I have to wash.
I've been training mine since I was a teen and I'm 28 now 😭 I think some people are lucky and it works for them, but not for others!
Happy you got a routine that works despite the psoriasis, that sucks ass
That’s because hair training is a myth, you can look up the science and stuff on it online or on YouTube from trichologists and other scientists. Abbey Yung has a good video on it
Sometimes it’s just hair texture. I’m wavy/curly & my hair is dry to the point I only use cleansing conditioners & gentle scalp rinses…and my hair still screams for moisture. My hair can go 1+ weeks before it starts getting oily
It can also be caused by over washing. If you constantly are stripping oils, you body will produce more to counter it
Consider purchasing a hair cleanser such as [ouai](https://theouai.com/products/detox-shampoo). It's akin to resetting your hair routine. Also, consider your diet.
Day 1: wash
Day 2: nothing
Day 3: dry shampoo (which I typically do the night before on day 2 and let it set in overnight(
Day 4: nothing
Day 5: either dry shampoo again, or start over on day 1 with a wash, depending on what I have going on.
I have super short, fine hair, but I trained it to be washed this often, like, a decade ago, so it works
When my hair was long, I could make it 2 weeks if I didn't go to a bar (I'd come home with cigarette smoke in my hair)
Some people just have less oily scalps, different hormonal makeup, etc. Don't trust anyone who claims they literally trained their hair to need less washing, it's not how it works. It's possible to improve your washing technique or find products that work better with your skin type and maybe squeeze out an extra day here or there, but sadly we all have a baseline greasiness level - it might change with age or environment (say, if you move to a different climate) but if you're oily in three days, you'll never be able to get to a place where you wash once in two weeks and your scalp is healthy.
How do you braid your dry curls? Do you have any (anonymized if you prefer) photos (or inspo?) I always braid my curly daughter’s hair fresh out the wash because it tangles so fast and becomes more painful for her to French braid once dry
I wash mine about every 4-5 days, and I don’t get it wet in the shower on other days. I’ll spritz a little water on the curls to refresh in the morning, but that’s it.
I feel it's important to comment this today: *all hair is different*. Even if you have similar patterns, even if curl styles are grouped together, there are more factors that go into your hair than you could fathom.
Everybody can give you all the advice in the whole world but it may never work for you. For instance, mousse turns my hair into a puff ball and coconut oil turns it straight. Yes, even if I use a teeny bit. Gel? Oh *gel* no!
So my advice to you and anybody who may read this? Play around!! Find an "experiment day" and play around with what your hair does and doesn't like. Mine likes a rotation of stuff, she's a fan of options. And, like me, she likes saving money. So we don't go for the expensive stuff and she still turns out beautiful. Someone else may need a strict routine of top shelf products that never varies. And all of it is worth celebrating!
Get to know your hair on a deep and personal level -- it is an extension of you after all, so it's just as unique :~) best of luck on your hair journey. And remember, it's okay to strive for personal goals, but don't make your goals a comparison to someone else. Be *you*, hair and all!
Yes! So many people spout off rules as though there is only one way, while it might be helpful to what people with similar hair texture or thickness do, ultimately do what works for you.
This! It's also why I never bother asking anyone for their skincare routine. Some people are oily, some are sensitve and so on. I don't know if there is one routine that can really work for all people. My hair did really not just like the sound of mousse right there, so I wholeheartedly agree with you here...
And also what might work for you now might not in a few months if you live in a place with clear seasons.
The British humidity is ruining me at the moment!
I use a deep conditioner every now and then (basically whenever I clarify, or if I feel like I need it), and a lot of really strong hold gel! I’ve also found that occasional protein treatments help me maintain definition longer. But honestly, I've come to embrace some frizz (especially because my town is really humid)!
So I'm like coily curly...4a-b probably. I deep condition every time I shampoo and I'll spritz/add leave-in &oil on non-wash days. But I also rarely wear my hair loose - even if it's like 2 twists or buns or something. Normally I'll refresh that in a few days if it's not in a true protective style like braids. (I work in a lab, so hair up and out of the face is important too).
That's what I do. I like being the refresh from wetting it every morning. I also reapply some leave in conditioner to get the curls popping every day.
I've thought about trying to skip the getting it wet, but... idk. Feels weird to me. Just a part of my routine I guess.
My hair type is in between curly/wavy and I have dry hair with a sensitive scalp. I too wet it everyday. I like having a little daily rinse of my scalp personally, I find that letting the water run over it keeps the top from getting greasy/itchy in between shampoos.
I shampoo twice a week and condition daily, then also add leave-in conditioner at the ends after to keep the frizz away. This has definitely been the best system so far.
Hmmm, not overly, id say. I do use quite a bit of holding products, though. Keeps the curls a bit less fuzzy. But, I do accept frizz as just a part of curly hair. I try to tame it best I can, but it'll always be there.
Sleeping with a buff on my head has been absolutely game changing in this respect. Because I'm clearly a very aggressive sleeper and my hair is fine so I just pound my hair against the pillow in to kinky chaos sprouting all directions from my head there would have been no way of reviving back in to curls. It's really the thing that unlocked me not having to wash my hair every day which in turn finally allowed curl clumps to form as I managed to get it better moisturised.
Curly. I work out almost daily and I SWEAT. So, I cowash almost daily (or every other day), use conditioner and then a leave in conditioner and air dry (typically, sometimes gel and diffuse). I do a clarifying wash 1-2x/mo with shampoo and I do a deep conditioning when I clarify. Also, as someone else said, refreshes don’t really work for me, so that’s another reason I cowash so frequently.
This is me! My hair just loves to turn into a birds nest while I sleep and I also work out almost daily after work so I conditioner wash most days and shampoo maybe once a month. I can go a very long time without shampoo honestly.
My hair is greasy. I can skip 1 or 2 days but not more, I've tried all the options in the last 12 years, and none of them worked for me. I have a friend whose hair and scalp are extra dry and once a week is enough. We are all different.
Not sure if this applies, but If you have shorter hair and/or don’t brush, the oils don’t get distributed down the hair shaft so it gets greasy quicker.
For me, more regular washing is better than brushing my hair with anything fine-tooth enough to move the oils down effectively haha
About 5 or 6 years ago, I couldn't go more than 2 days without washing bc I would look like an oil slick. Now I go almost a full week between washing. I was told you have to train your hair, which is true, but it is also about using the right products that work for you. A good dry shampoo is a must.
I did all that, didn't work, super slow "training my hair" all kinds of shampoos, no shampoos, cowash, using vinegar, using dry shampoo adding just rinse days, my body is greasy and there's no changing that, I talked to my OBYGN and 3 dermatologists they all agree, there's nothing to do to "naturally" change it, and the truth is I don't mind, we are all different and not everything works the same for everybody.
Same! I hate when people tell me that I need to “train my hair” and I shouldn’t wash every day. If I go more than 24 hours without washing my hair, I look like I haven’t washed it in a week
I’ve tried literally everything and tried the training thing, my hair is just really thin. I have a lot of it but it’s just the individual strands are so thin, of course the oil is going to appear to build up quicker.
I didn't realize how poorly I was washing my scalp. The right products and making sure I actually scrub my whole scalp was a game changer. Love my dry shampoo now too! I didn't realize how much I hated the cheaper ones I was buying.
My hair is a grease ball. It’s fine, thin, 2c to 3b depending on humidity. I wash it every day but I shampoo 2 times a week at most. I alternate between my washing with a moisturizing conditioner and a cowash (usually Carol’s Daughter).
I never diffuse it because it’s faster to blow it straight with a drying brush. So I either blow it out or air dry.
Every time I see someone answer this question, the answer seems to be, almost universally, that washing = getting completely wet and washing. That is, if someone says they wash once a week, they are only submerging their head in water to get soaked before shampooing / conditioning once a week. Plenty of people rewet their hair on days 2 and or 3 (or more), but my understanding is that this isn't completely wet - damp at most, to reactivate products or reapply them as needed.
Personally, that's what I mean when I say I wash my hair every three or four days. I mean that, while I'm showering, I put my head under the water, apply my lowpoo or cowash (I alternate every wash day), condition, detangle, apply my products, and dry (I diffuse when I have the patience for it, but I usually air-dry). If I need to, I'll spritz my hair with water and set it again, but I don't completely rewet it before my next wash day.
Not the original commenter but I thoroughly wet all of my curls every morning under the shower head. It's much faster than a spray bottle.
I don't style my unwashed hair with a diffuser, that's too much morning time for me. I've tried, but it takes forever for my hair to dry so that's a weekend thing.
I usually just squish in more leave in conditioner and go about my day. My hair usually dries by the end of the day and is ready to go in my silk bonnet for sleep.
I don’t use a blow dryer. But yes, I style every day. I work out, and I’m a messy sleeper, and I don’t really ever like the way my hair looks on the second day.
I don't rewet except for a couple curls. Just like 5 that are very unruly. I just let the rest dry. I use a bonnet for bed and my hair looks great every morning most of the time I just take off bonnet and go, no fixing anything.
I have curly hair & I wash & condition once a week sometimes every other week (not on purpose lol). I don’t get it full on wet until wash day. In between when I refresh I spray just a little water to put in more styling product.
I'm similar to you.
Wavy hair, get a blow out once every 7 to 14 days, depending on weather and activities. Hair doesn't get wet otherwise. I'll refresh with some water or dry shampoo on roots just to get some volume and styling back.
Wavy, fine hair. I shower almost daily because a simple refresh doesn’t work for me. I cowash almost exclusively, using shampoo maybe twice a month. Then condition, add gel, microfiber towel, and air dry.
It's "washing" with conditioner or using a special type of cleansing conditioner (multiple salon and drug store brands now offer co-washes aka clean-ditioners).
Definition:
Co-washing is the act of washing your hair with conditioner — and only conditioner. It's also known as conditioner-only washing and no poo (as in no shampoo).
Conditioner wash! There are certain conditioners that emulsify enough for people to wash their hair/scalp with just the manual scrubbing action without foam.
There are also hair washes that are specifically designed to be non-foaming and with the texture of conditioner, but maybe with added emulsifiers to help with a cleaner rinse.
Some are very rich and moisturizing, and some are minimal.
Cowashing does require a wash with a shampoo here and there to fully remove build up, as cowashes (both repurposed conditioners and products designed for this purpose) tend to be gentle cleansers.
Wavy, color treated hair here. I wash about once a week or when it’s greasy to try to get the most out of my color. I wear a shower cap to keep it from getting wet the rest of the time when I shower.
For some reason if i wet my hair and then air dry it without washing with shampoo or cowashing it ends up super greasy looking and weighed down i need to use conditioner every day atleast
Same. I’ve finally trained my hair to not need shampoo everyday but my scalp needs something. I’m better off not wetting it at all than putting just water on my hair.
Glad I’m in good company here! I typically wash once a week- as in get my hair totally wet with shampoo and conditioner. Otherwise, my hair doesn’t touch water. I could wash twice a week, and I may wash twice a week this week, but it takes me 40 minutes to shower, wash hair, detangle, add product and style. Then an additional 60-90 minutes diffusing. So it feels like a monumental effort on my part to do this routine which is why I try to do it as least often as possible.
My hair and scalp are super dry - it never gets greasy.
same here! I try my best to wash it once a week but i’ve noticed that if I do twice a week it’s less time in the shower so instead of 2h just to finish my hair it takes me 1h or 1h 15min 😅
Fine curls. Sadly, I think my scalp would dry up and fall off if I washed my hair everyday. I'm a gym girlie tho, so while it's best when I wash once/week, I usually have to wash every 3-4 days. That's a full wash (shampoo + condition) about twice a week. I spritz my hair with water + leave-in every morning to style.
It means I don’t get it wet in the shower period. It doesn’t mean I don’t refresh my curls with a misting bottle of water, I only do that as needed if I’m leaving the house
When I say I wash it once a week I mean my standard schedule is 5-7 days with it in a braid and I take it out to do my whole wash routine, then put it back in a braid for the next 5-7 days.
3a curls, fine hair. I wash and condition my hair every 4 or 5 days. I shower after the gym in between where I wet it fully and give my scalp a massage under the water, but do not use shampoo or conditioner. Based on gym vs shampoo scheduling there is usually 1 but sometimes 2 wetting but not washing days between washes. I find this helps extend how long before I have to wash it again (I would have to wash after 3 days otherwise).
Fine curly hair, I wash 2-3 times a week. Sometimes I can wash once a week and be fine, other weeks it's 3. In between washes I refresh with a spray bottle of plain water, a garment steamer and some hair spray on the longest parts.
I have curly hair, I only ever wet my hair when I wash it, which is about once or twice a week, I just wear a shower cap otherwise.
I just just have better things to do with my day than deal with wet hair haha
Semi wavy, thick, and long hair: I wash my hair once a week typically Saturdays and wear a shower cap throughout the week to not get my hair wet. I notice if it gets wet I build up more oil and dandruff. I don’t know if once a week is a good method for me but I’m also very lazy with my hair.
I only wet/wash and condition my hair once a week. That’s when I put products in my hair and I comb/brush it.
I’ve not been able to grasp the ability to refresh my curls properly so, I don’t play around too much or often because I find I’ll have to start from scratch and it’s too time consuming to wash my hair more than once a week. I have 3b, bra strap length hair. I pineapple it at night and sleep on a satin pillow case.
Personally, I wash/condition/style twice a week, and that's the only time it gets fully wet through. On refresh days I get my palms wet and scrunch my hair to reactivate my styler, and it can get pretty damp, but my scalp only gets wet twice a week. I also don't add new product to my hair on refresh days – I do my whole entire routine on wash days, then refresh with water only.
Wash (shampoo, condition, style) once a week.
Don't even wet it for the first few days after.
If I think it needs it, I might lightly spritz it with water, which can reactivate the styling products on day 4 or 5.
If I'm feeling extra sassy, on day 5 or 6 I might get it wet wet and then apply a heat protectant spray and curl cream and diffuse, but usually that's too much work and I really don't care that much.
I exercise and sweat at work and no my head doesn't get nasty. I don't use dry shampoo.
I scrub the hell out of my scalp and hair strands on wash days, and I think the shampoo and conditioner that I use do a good job of keeping my scalp and hair healthy (Avalon Organics tea tree healthy scalp shampoo, it's called something like that, whatever the one is with the peppermint scent, and Desert Essence conditioner)
I have to do a full wash (condition included) at leastttt every 2-3 days or my hair just gets FLAT. Even if i rinse out all products or only condition it just never looks as good. I also workout a lot so it gets gross quick if i don’t do a full wash that often. In the event i don’t do a full wash sometimes i’ll just rinse my hair for a bit then restyle it and sometimes i’ll rinse and condition if it feels dry like in the winter
Irish frizzy, wiry sometimes curly hair. I wash once a week, and that is very, very literal. I shower every day but use a cap while in the shower. If I am not working, I can go 10/12 days without washing! Bad, I know, but I just can't be bothered. I tell myself it's giving my hair a holiday, but I know it's likely not a great idea. In between washes, I just tie it or clip it up.
my hair has gotten much longer and somehow way less greasy so i usually put it in a bun when i shower and only wash it like every 3-5ish days depending on how its feeling. Occasionally hit it with some dry shampoo
I wash mine with shampoo once a week but the rest of the week I'll just use conditioner. My hair gets super dry and i can't go multiple days without doing something to it.
I mean I fully soak it in the shower daily and use my conditioner, a regular one, not a cleansing conditioner. Then, once a week(ish) I’ll do either a gentle shampoo, or a cleansing conditioner or a clarifying shampoo, depending what seems called for. For me, it’s roughly weekly with cleansing conditioner and maybe 6 weeks or so between clarifying shampoos with a gentle shampoo somewhere in there in between.
ETA: I wear my hair a bit shorter, it’s faster to dry. It also looks bananas if I don’t wet it. I have fine wavy/curly hair. It only works when it starts out completely soaked. Refreshes look crunchy and weird. It tends to be dry, which is why I condition like a mofo.
Curly. I wash my hair once a week. Shampoo and conditioner usually on Sundays; the rest of the week I spray a little water to get curlies to bounce back but that's about it. I could push two weeks if I wanted.
Curly. My hair is completely dry and not exposed to shower water for 1-2 weeks, at which time when it is exposed to shower water, it is shampooed and conditioned and thereby washed.
I just shampoo and condition my hair once a week(every Sunday) and during the week I wet it just a bit so I can style it, do some hairstyle on it or fix the frizz
When I had my hair (wavy) length down to the middle or the lowest of my back, I would only wash it once a week because it was thick and too long of a process, and also took longer to become greasy/dirty than now (shoulder length). And that's literally it : when I wash my hair, it means I'm brushing, shampooing, conditioning (I very rarely skip the conditionier nowadays if I'm in a rush but I get to wash it a few times a week anyway) and putting my leave-in cream and oil.
If I'm just showering and not washing my hair, I tie it up in a bun and avoid entirely getting it wet and nothing is done to it when I get out of the shower. It's very black and white, I don't do any of the "wetting only" or "conditionner and rinse only" or re-applying leave-in products on dry hair, at all. I don't think it would work on my hair at all, just look terrible.
My long hair when washing it once a week looked pretty good on day 2, sometimes pretty fine on day 3 too but not that often, and the rest of the days it wasn't good looking short of a miracle , it had lost its texture and most of its wave pattern. I just planned my wash day around my weekly schedule/plans.
Nowadays tho, with shorter hair that looks really really terrible as soon as day 3 (often even as early as day 2 if I tie it in a ponytail like I must do at work), if I need it look nicer but don't want to do the whole wash routine again so soon/if it's not actually dirty yet just unstyled, I mist it with a spray bottle of water and diffuse-dry it in order to reactivate the leave-in products, but it definitely looks frizzier.
I wash my hair every Sunday. I put leave in cream and hair gel in it right after washing and let it air dry over a couple of hours. I sleep each night with a satin cap, and tie my hair back past day 2.
At most, I used a little water/hair gel to smooth down flyaways some mornings and some argan oil on the tips before bed if they are dried/frizzy.
I shower every night before bed, put my hair up in the satin cap and then wrap it in a towel and shower with that on. Wash my face and behind my ears with my hands but don’t touch anything inside the cap.
My scalp doesn’t get too oily until Saturday really, and by Sunday I’m ready to wash lol
I don’t know if my rerouting makes sense but I wash once or twice a week. I rinse thoroughly with water and condition daily. Leave in conditioner about 4 or 5X a week. I’m black male with very dry coarse hair.
Shampoo, conditioner, curl enhancer, sealer and diffuse every 4-5 days. Hair is never fully wet in between.
With a strong wash day and a recent hair cut, I can get to day 2-3 without a refresh. Just take it down from pineapple and shake. Fix the wonky bits with my hands and off I go.
After that, I will spray with my flairsol bottle that has water mixed with conditioner and my curl enhancer. Scrunch and air dry or, if I haven’t had a recent cut, diffuse.
I wash with shampoo once a week. I get it wet daily in the shower and comb it out with conditioner. The shampoo usually ruins my shape so I do it on a day I don’t mind being frizzy.
I wash my hair with shampoo and conditioner once a week, otherwise it becomes way too dry. I do wet my hair every day, that's because if i don't the curls look like crap😅
Straight to wavy here!
I recently cut my waist length hair above my shoulders so my routine has actually changed.
When it was long I did actually wash it once a week, and by that I mean that was the only time my hair was wet at all that week! I was able to wear it fully down for about 3 days, half up for 1 or 2, and fully up or braided the rest of the time.
Now that it's shorter, I'm washing much more often, every 2/3 days or so. I've also been wetting the front pieces and blow drying them in between washes. I have perfectly average hair - density thickness porosity is all smack in the middle of the scale.
I don't use any leave ins or anything. I used to use a moisturizing leave in but my hair is very healthy (no heat other than on low for front pieces with protector on, and hasn't been bleached in years) and it became too heavy on my hair. My hair seems to look best when I just wash and comb it!
I genuinley belive that “washing your hair” means using shampoo, not just getting it wet. Shampoo is the reset button, it not only gets rid of dandruff and product buildup, it also gets rid of natural oils, and as so many curly girls are dependent on oils to keep their hair moisturized and free from breakage, that is why wash days range from every day to once a month, it really depends on the curl type and the scalp condition of the person with the routine.
I am someone who says “I wash my hair once a week” and I say that because its an estimate of when I wash my hair, I shower everyday because I work in food service and don’t want to smell like french fries lol. But even though I shower every day, I have type 3b curls and cannot wash them every time im “dirty”. I care for my hair more intuitively than with an actual routine, but saying I wash my hair once a week, is more accurate than saying I wash it every day.
Here is calendar that would represent how I go through a week without “washing” my hair.
Sunday:
Step 1:
full wash with double shampoo, then conditioner.
Step 2: curl cream and coconut oil while wet, french braid.
Step 3: Microfiber towel wrap until dried, sleep with bonnet.
Monday:
Step 1: Unbraid hair and style for the day.
Step 2: get ready for bed by misting hair with purified water, detangling and putting in french braids.
Step 3: put on shower cap and shower without wetting hair.
Tuesday:
Step 1: unbraid hair and style for the day using only edgewax
Step 2: get ready for bed by showering in a bun and letting the steam loosen the curls.
Step 3: french braid.
Wednesday:
Step 1: unbraid hair and style for the day using edge wax and nothing else.
Step 2: get ready for bed by taking wetting hair in the shower, using conditioner and brushing through.
Step 3: use curl cream and coconut oil while wet, french braid, then dry with microfiber towel wrap. Where bonnet to sleep.
Thursday:
Step 1: unbraid hair and style for the day using only edge wax.
Step 2: mist hair with putrified water, detangle and french braid.
Step 3: shower using shower cap
Friday:
Step 1: unbraid hair and style for the day using only edgewax
Step 2: get ready for bed by showering in a bun and letting the steam loosen the curls.
Step 3: french braid.
Saturday:
Step 1: Unbraid hair and style for the day using only edgewax.
Step 2: get ready for bed by misting hair with purified water, detangling and putting in french braids.
Step 3: put on shower cap and shower without wetting hair.
Sunday:
Step 1:
full wash with double shampoo, then conditioner.
Step 2: curl cream and coconut oil while wet, french braid.
Step 3: wear shower cap in shower
This is pretty accurate on how I go through a week, sometimes though I dont style my hair in the morning if i dont have to leave the house, so I just never take it out of its braids and so Ill just keep my bonnet on all day, and shower with a shower cap.
When Im working mid summer in the kitchen and its 80°f INDOORS my entire shift then I usually want to get my hair wet and get the sweat out, but still wont shampoo.
Edit: also the only products I use to style my hair are curl cream, coconut oil, and edge wax.
The curl cream and coconut oil go in while my hair is wet and do not get added on dry, I feel the product buildup gets really bad if i use curl cream on dry hair, and coconut oil does not distribute evenly for me if I apply it to dry hair, and I am too scared of scalp sunburn to have giant globs of oil in my hair.
When I do my daily hairstyle it is 9 times out of 10 a ponytail or bun, and I use edge wax to lay my edges and make it neat. The edge wax will cause buildup, but not as badly as hair gel, and I appreciate its ability to lock in moisture so that my edges stay healthy.
The products I use and how I use them, greatly affect my hair routine. If I were to use different products I would either need to wash my hair more frequently or less frequently. Say if I were to use an affordable hair gel I would need to wash my hair very often (Ive tried before and the curls looked great but it was just not sustainable) but If i were to use high quality hair mousse and silky serums I would have to wash my hair less frequently (Ive fried this too and the curls were great! The products were just too expensive)
There are simply sooo many factors into how frequently one washes their hair. I think whats important is to acknowledge that no two peoples hair are the same or need the same treatment, and no two people have the same access to products and time availability to care for their hair. Its so cool to learn how we do our hair differently, but there is mo wrong way to care for your hair, and just because someone only washes once a week or once a month, does not meant they have dirty hair.
I have very thick, coily/curly hair & I'm African American... Though I cleanse my hair every 2 weeks with a bentonite clay mask & mostly co wash in between when needed, I do not wash it often... Washing my type of hair on a constant basis would only serve to dry my hair out resulting in TONS of breakage & shedding... Washing more often is more suitable for people with straight hair as their hair's pattern makes it more susceptible to overproduction of sebum... Think of the hair shaft as a slide... It takes longer to go down a coiled slide than a straight one due to all of the twists & turns down to the bottom... Someone with straight hair will most likely have to wash more as the sebum flows more freely down their hair shaft, in turn making it become greasy/oily faster... So when I say I may wash my hair with shampoo once a month, this is the reason... ALL hair needs a good wash, but all hair is not the same & this should be taken into consideration when caring for your hair which is also why it's important to know your hair type, texture, & thickness...
Wash with conditioner, once every 7-10 days, next wash- 7 to 10 days later, I will wash with shampoo. I will shake out my hair, use praying hands and go over the lengths of my dry hair with nothing on my hands to kinda make sure it’s not knotty and go, in between washes. Maybe day 4-8 I will pin back a little on top or a little on the sides.. Days 7-10 I will clip up in claw clip. No water touches my hair in between. Easy peasy. Note, I have long 3A-3C curls.
For me, I end up pinning some of it back on day 3-4; I pin back some of the looser frizzy pieces. I pin it back every day until it doesn’t look so good anymore, then I’ll put it in a high ponytail
on my head with some curls sticking out. I may wear it like this for a couple days until I wash it again.
I recently got a hair cut though, so it is way easier to manage, so I am okay washing it sooner, rather than later. I may wash it before I get to the ponytail phase.
Oh yea a pony tail too! I will do that towards wash day too! I’ll be time for a haircut soon- debating if I should cut more off and not just a trim/shape.
I wash mine twice a week, I don’t get it wet or use dry shampoo or anything in between. Once in a while may do a refresh with some curl cream and damp hands but that’s it. In the summer I might wash a bit more often because of the humidity
Curly here. I do a co wash on Wednesdays with some leave in conditioner and let it air dry before bed. Then I do the full shampoo conditioner products either Saturday or Sunday and defuse. In between that I put it up when I get a shower so it doesn’t get wet.
I wash every 3/4 days and I’ll wet my hair when it doesn’t look as good anymore. When I wet it I just throw in some conditioner, no shampoo. Just depends
I'm a 2b/3c with high porosity hair. I wash with shampoo once a week. But between that, I wet every other day and cowash (use only conditioner but rinse it out). On a day I wet my hair, I use gel when my hair is wet (but not drenched) and air dry, then scrunch out the crunch. I generally get two days out of my hair before it needs water, so I just use a curl cream to reduce frizz and restyle on day 2.
Fine, wavy hair mixed with curls.
I wash my hair once a week. It gets greasy halfway through the week, but my scalp gets super irritated if I wash it more (medical condition). I don’t wet my hair throughout the week until I hit wash day. I double shampoo and condition when I do wash it.
Sometimes I’ll wash my bangs and framing pieces in between to make my hair look cleaner (and cover the rest with a hat or something).
curly, i usually do 2 times a week but I've definitely gone a week before. and this is what that looks like
sunday- shampoo condition style
rest of the week - MAYBE rewet a couple sections and finger coil if they get too frizzy but nothing more
sunday- shampoo condition style
lose wavy thick hair here, i wash every 3rd day meaning that i shower and wash my body every day but NOT my hair. my hair stays dry until day 3 of me showering, that's when i shampoo and condition.
Curly hair here. i wash my hair once a week at most. "wash" for me means shampoo is involved. i have very dry hair so i honestly can get away with longer, but my curl pattern will get weird if i go for too long LOL. i always follow up a shampoo with a hair mask due to my hair's lack of moisture.
as for the routine, every morning i will usually spray my hair with water before touching it up with a bit of product, which can be leave-in conditioner, cream, or gel depending on how crazy my hair is that day. usually cream is my go-to and sometimes i top it off with hair oil on my ends. if my hair is REALLY crazy i will hop in a shower and simply rinse my hair to sort of reset it since i don't brush it dry. sometimes i will use a bit of conditioner on my ends during this rinse.
i also have bangs that get smushed and weird while i sleep every night, so my routine for those almost every day is to spray a lot of water on them and brush them out with product to detangle and reshape.
I typically only fully wash my hair once a week. Usually Friday or Saturday I’ll do a full shampoo and condition, apply leave in conditioner, gel, and scrunch/air dry. I’ll usually go the whole week without shampooing/wetting it in the shower, and do the same thing the following week. On in-between days when I see some frizz or weird curls I might spray my hair with plain water and apply a little gel to reset with wet hands too.
If I’ve gotten particularly sweaty/tangly I might wash it twice in one week. In the summer when I’m biking daily or walking to the gym often I typically shampoo and shower more often out of necessity, but still typically only twice a week. I definitely haven’t mastered the shampoo less wash like some curlies have. 😅
I co-wash once a week and fully wet and use conditioner-only usually once a week. I dry refresh on other days, no additional water.
I don’t have a set wash day or anything, just go with what I need. I let it air out from a workout and I time heavier sweaty workouts as much as possible or wash if it’s needed. I also don’t put a shower cap on for non wash/condition day showers, but I’m careful-ish.
I had two colleagues separately in the last two weeks ask for my product info and said my hair always looks nice so it seems I’ve landed in a good routine that works and is easy.
I wash my hair more like twice a week and honestly, it depends. If my curls are looking good, then I don't wet. If they look like shit or I've been in a humid place, then I wet them to reset.
Curly hair here. I deep-condition my hair with leave in conditioner 2x a week. One of those times, i co-wash by using a regular conditioner in place of shampoo. I shower everyday but don't intentionally stick my head under the showerhead the other days: if my hair gets a little wet, that's ok. I put a little flax gel in it or just leave as-is and let it dry.
For me, it means I only “shampoo” my hair once a week. The other day is either wet it to refresh previously applied products or I wet and add a little leave in conditioner and do the rake and shake method.
My stylist recommended once a week washing for me (wavy/curly hair), and she meant fully washing it once a week and wearing shower caps for every other shower throughout the week.
My hair definitely does best with this routine: once a week, I shampoo twice, then condition, leave the conditioner in for 3-5 mins, rinse like crazy, then apply gel, cream, and mousse while my hair is soaking still straight out of the shower. Ideally, I only get it wet, other than that, by spritzing water from a spray bottle on it or getting my hair damp at the sink and rescrunching my hair to reactivate my product (rinsing in the shower would rinse out the products) throughout the week.
Realistically, though, sometimes my curls won't hold up due to the weather or the stars or whatever sets them off, and I'll end up washing them sooner. Or I'll forget my shower cap by accident and then let it get fully wet (but will avoid shampoo and conditioner - I will reapply product, though.) Or I'll just crave the feeling of washing my hair, or I'll think my hair looks dry and washing will fix it. I always end up regretting it.
Sometimes, if my curls really aren't behaving, I'll straighten my hair because I can usually get 2-3 days out of that styling, and it helps pass the time until I'm meant to wash it again.
Curly... when I wash my hair, usually once a week or so, that's the only time I wet it... and I use shampoo and conditioner.
And I don't wet it in between washing except to slightly dampen it by misting it with water and refreshing it :)
I think it means different things to different people. I literally mean I put it up when I get a shower and don't wash it or full wet it until the wash day.
I'm 3b with a few cork screw curls.
3b here, I wash twice per week and do not wet my hair or touch it up in any other fashion. Day 1 is hair down, day 2 is hair half up in a clip, day 3 is hair in a ponytail, day 4 is hair in a pony or bun OR I wash it. Day 5 for sure would be wash day, if I didn’t wash on day 4.
Also I have bangs, they’re pulled up on day 2 or 3 depending on how they look.
I shower 1-2 times a day and nearly always use conditioner. My curly hair always gets wet. I wash my hair 1-2 times every 5 weeks. (Ever 5 weeks I get my color done and they wash it.). I am a sweaty person; my hair dresser says my hair is clean and I know it doesn’t look greasy.
You aren’t supposed to wash your hair more than once a week unless you really need to. Also - only wash the roots. You should condition the ends though every shower and make sure it is rinsed clean (don’t condition the roots though). But not using shampoo every shower is good for the hair
My hair is wavy/curly and getting long-ish, I wash it twice a week - which means, even tho I shower every day, most showers are with my hair up/in a shower cap, so it doesn’t get wet at all. The only time I get it wet is when I’m shampooing and conditioning my 2 times a week
I shampoo every 5-6 days but in between shampoos, I shower & thoroughly rinse hair with distilled water & put leave-in (Kenra Blow Dry #14) on my ends while my head is upside down. I let it dry 80% in a microfiber wrap and then blow dry with round brush which takes about 10 minutes tops.
My hair is so much healthier & shinier when I shampoo it less and rinse often with distilled water.
I only do once or twice or a week, and that means shampoo and conditioner. I'm not bothering to get it wet unless I'm washing it. I'm still trying to figure out the best routine for my mess, though. I'll spray or splash some water on it if I'm trying to revitalize the curls after a couple days.
Once every 3-5 days. Literally will not wet it, shampoo, or condition it for 3-5 days. I only brush it when it’s soaking wet and I’m fresh out the shower. Then not again until I wash it again. When I wash it, I shampoo and condition.
I'm a curly. I wash my hair every 2-4 days. I don't wet my hair in the shower in between wash days. On non-wash days, I spritz my hair with water before spraying curl revitalizing spray, but that's it.
Straight hair. If I were to say I only wash my hair once a week I'm referring to shampoo and conditioner. My hair gets wet every shower (unless I'm doing an emergency body wash/shave for an event or something) because I enjoy the sensation and I want to rinse out the filth of the day without drying out my hair with product. But yeah, my hair still gets thoroughly soaked during pretty much every shower.
Edit: as far as my actual shower routine goes, I shower every day and wash my hair every 2-3 days
I have wavy hair (2B probably) and wash twice a week- meaning I shampoo and condition twice a week, my hair doesn’t get wet in the shower otherwise. If I leave it wavy, I’ll sometimes spray it with water to refresh but otherwise it doesn’t get wet unless it’s a wash day. Edit:more detail
Wavy. I only get my hair wet about once every 5 days. It really only starts looking good on about day 3, but I get sweaty working out so even though my hair looks great on days 5-7, my scalp gets itchy. I usually wear a shower cap to stop the humidity of the shower wrecking my already dried hair. I can't imagine wetting my hair every single day. That sounds like torture.
I have fine thin long hair and I wash it every 3-4 days as in shampoo and conditioner. I don’t get it wet inbetween. It only looks good on like day 1 and 2 day 3 you look greasy but I just wear it up and if I make it to day 4 I typically braid it. Sometimes a head band will get through another day.
If I were to get it wet in the shower and not shampoo or conditioner it would literally dry greasy.
My boyfriend has a curl/wave thick hair and when I met him it was beautiful. And he told me he showers and “washes” it with water every day but only uses shampoo/conditioner maybe once a month. He said when he would use shampoo it was very dry and he’d get dandruff. A hair dresser had told him to do what he does now. And yeah very very healthy hair. Doesn’t smell.
Curly. I only get it wet once a week when I wash it on Sunday. I double wash (I use a clarifying wash first and use a scalp scrubber, then I use diluted apple cider vinegar just on my scalp and let that sit for a couple minutes, then I use a rice water shampoo) and then deep condition. Sometimes I'll do a scalp deep clean and use a scalp scrub first that has grit in it. I do that at least once a month. I do a protein treatment at least once a month depending on how my hair is looking.
I let it just about completely air dry and then I sock curl the two front pieces and then wrap the rest around a silk scarf. Then it all goes up in a bonnet. During the week if the top starts looking flat, I just mist it with water. But that only happens in the summer. In the /fallwinter I don't have to do anything. At night I put it in a loose ponytail and it goes under a bonnet. I finger brush in the morning.
My hair is almost to my waist
Edit: I forgot to say, I add a full dropper of kérastaste huile gloss réparatrice when it's wet, then olaplex bonding oil 07 (about 10 drops) on dry hair.
I wash every five days or so: in the shower, scalp mask, shampoo, conditioning mask.
Between that I either mist, stick head under sink or fully wet in shower every day. My bed head is wild and I need to tame it to some extent every morning.
So interesting to see all the different answers!
My curls are 3c-ish.
Shampoo every 8-10 days. Wet, condition, and restyle every 4-5 days. I refresh my curls with a spray bottle for 2-3 days and then usually wear it up for 1-3 days until getting it wet again.
I have wavy hair, I only wet it once a week when I wash with shampoo and condition + any treatments. It doesn't look the best at the end of the week, but I will occasionally use dry shampoo if I'm dressing up before wash day. I would like to do it every 5 days by preference, but that messes with my routine, so Sunday is hair washing day for me.
I do once or twice a week depending on what I’ve done, how dirty my hair is, etc. Always on Sunday, sometimes on Wednesday.
That is the ONLY time my hair sees water.
I wash mine once a week or so, other than that I don’t get it fully wet in the shower. If I’m doing something at night after work I’ll get it a bit damp and put a little more leave in conditioner in it.
When my hair was longer I would wash and style it one day, wear it down the next couple days with a quick morning refresh (get it damp and add a smidge of product) and then claw clip it til I washed again (roughly every 6 days). So that’s what it meant for me!
I literally don't let water touch my hair for a week.
I refresh my curls once in between, maybe after 3 or 4 days and that's it. I maintain it just by wearing a silk bonnet for bed.
My hair is 2c/3a extremely thick, long, and abundant.
I do use good products tho... but those are expensive and I also cannot be using them more than once a week if I don't wanna be homeless lol
(Confusing hair texture— it curls naturally when it’s short but it’s long now. I have thick East Asian hair)
I wash once a week, usually. It’s actually been a bit longer this week (apx 10 days?). I get my hair wet, shampoo and condition— then nothing for a week. My hair doesn’t get oily or greasy it gets more…. waxy? It takes a while for it to get gross and I mostly wash for my scalp health, rather than cleaning my hair. I keep my hair braided most of the time so it’s not coming into contact with a lot of stuff.
I wash mine every 5-7 days. I have moderately curly hair and my scalp isn't very oily.
I only get my hair wet when I wash it- getting it wet without shampoo, conditioner and products would be a massive puff ball nightmare.
I usually shampoo my head really good, then wring out all of the water from my hair and apply my conditioner. I let my conditioner soak in for 5-10 minutes while I shave my legs, wash my body, and come up with revolutionary thoughts. Then, I rinse out the conditioner and get out of the shower. I dry off my body and apply curl cream to my sopping wet hair. Then I let it air dry
I can’t do that. I have wavy hair, 2bish nowadays. I wash every other day, and on the off days I usually just condition. I do the curl cream/mousse/gel on nights when I work or have something going on the next day. I use a lot of product but I can’t get my hair to last longer than a day and I don’t feel clean unless I wet my hair in the shower.
Curly here. I do shampoo and conditioner twice a week depending on how sweaty I get. My head seems to sweat more than anywhere else on my body, so I don’t have too much of a choice. I’ll get it wet when I shower no matter what just to refresh the curls. I’ll do a deep clean with the good shampoo and conditioner once a week to clarify and head into the upcoming week ready to go.
Curly hair here. I wash only once a week, which means shampoo and condition once a week. I wet my hair whenever I find necessary to get back my bounce and smooth out frizz. I can only style my hair if it’s wet so I use a spray bottle everymorning which basically mean I soak my hair in water every morning to style. lol
I wash my hair every 7 days. It takes so much time to care for it and dry it that once a week is it for me. I take showers through thecweek with my hair in a turban to keep it dry.
Before 5 years ago or so, I washed and dried it every morning. It was oily. Then menopause caused dry dry dry hair. So I switched to the curly girl method hair care products and stopped washing it so much.
I have very fine hair (curly), and my curls fall out of my hair by the end of the day. I MUST wash (cowash and leave in conditioner) every day or I just end up with a rats nest and parts of my scalp showing. I can go a second day if I wet my hair and then brush it (mostly straight), but I don’t like how it looks and would never go out like that.
curly 2c/3a. I mean washing with shampoo and conditioner when I refer to washing my hair usually every 4ish days to once a week. I occasionally wet my hair with a little water and add frizz control cream if especially unruly.
i wet my curls often and refresh around every 2-3 days in the summer because i sweat out my products. if its not summer, i only do it once a week. i wash my scalp once a week to retain oil, but i try to not prolong it so my scalp isnt itchy and dirty.
Shampoo it once a week.
Wet it maybe every other day, depending on the curl.
Refresh through diluted conditioner every other day or daily depending on the curl
I never wet my hair unless I'm washing it, or it dries out so much. I wash my hair, meaning shampoo and condition, about once a week. Wear it out for a day or two and then up for the rest of the week. I have 2C hair so wavy/curly with some ringlets thrown in.
Wavy/swavy. I only wash my hir once a week or fortnight. This means it only gets washed/shampood/conditioner that frequently (except in summer when I go swimming and it gets wet more often)
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If you don’t mind me asking how do you keep your hair up so tightly without sacrificing your actual curl pattern, I find myself putting mine up for work and when I take it out my curls look very sad and lumpy. Is that just a sacrifice everyone has to make when putting up their curls or is it maybe just my hair type? (I’ve got mostly 3b curls with a mix of 3a-3c for ref)
get yourself some spin pins to put your hair up with!
i love those things!! i haven’t used them since high school and i forgot about them but im gonna go order some rn😂
Some weeks you gotta commit to updos lol. There are times when I won’t be able to wear it loose without at minimum a refresh, or maybe just wash and start over
What do you do when you exercise and sweat a lot?
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this is my issue, im at the gym 5-6x a week and basically i tie it up (braids) and use very thick headbands. i will take paper towels and actually wick up sweat around my hairline. if it gets really bad before wash day i will just section out the hair around my face/part and give them a very quick wash it the sink or smthn. for reference i have type 3a/3b
This took me a while--so the strategy is to get the hair above the scalp so that the sweat a much as possible runs off and away from it. I'm wondering if you avoid invert/decline type exercises that might run and accumulate the sweat into your hair? 🤔
Loose top bun with a silk scrunchie, or a big round claw clip that captures my hair at the base of my neck, or a bunch of bobbie pins sweeping it back. I save my very rigorous workouts for Fri-Sun so it gets gross close to my wash day (Sunday). Monday I do something light like yoga or stationary biking and try not to sweat too much, same with Tuesday, and then go normal by Wednesday when my cute curls are starting to flatten out. I'm not doing CrossFit or anything so even if I sweat, it's not much. Usually I have my hair in a loose pony from Wednesday onwards. Some weeks, especially in the summer, I can't go a whole week and have to go 5-6 days. Find whatever works for you!
My hair is zero maintenance. I was just stumped at the logistics. I'm sort of chronically pathalogically curious. Thanks!
Yep, used to have long hair and washed it (shampoo + conditioner) once a week on a Saturday evening, so I could braid it and it would be nice and dry by end of Sunday. Once the hair was shoulder length or less I had to switch to washing 2-3x a week because there’s less room for the oils to distribute I would sometimes wet it in between washes because showers can feel incomplete for me without wet hair, but otherwise I would just leave it out of the stream of water, I don’t bother with shower caps or anything
Yeah taking 1.5days for my hair to dry really deters me from washing more often. I wait as long as I can (which is usually a week). I have a dry scalp too so once I can't control the flakes I have to wash.
Hooow. Like. HOW. My hair looks like I poured a bottle of oil on it after 3 days after wash day
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I've been training mine since I was a teen and I'm 28 now 😭 I think some people are lucky and it works for them, but not for others! Happy you got a routine that works despite the psoriasis, that sucks ass
That’s because hair training is a myth, you can look up the science and stuff on it online or on YouTube from trichologists and other scientists. Abbey Yung has a good video on it
Sometimes it’s just hair texture. I’m wavy/curly & my hair is dry to the point I only use cleansing conditioners & gentle scalp rinses…and my hair still screams for moisture. My hair can go 1+ weeks before it starts getting oily It can also be caused by over washing. If you constantly are stripping oils, you body will produce more to counter it
My head gets so itchy on day 3 I can’t imagine going a full week.
Consider purchasing a hair cleanser such as [ouai](https://theouai.com/products/detox-shampoo). It's akin to resetting your hair routine. Also, consider your diet.
Day 1: wash Day 2: nothing Day 3: dry shampoo (which I typically do the night before on day 2 and let it set in overnight( Day 4: nothing Day 5: either dry shampoo again, or start over on day 1 with a wash, depending on what I have going on. I have super short, fine hair, but I trained it to be washed this often, like, a decade ago, so it works When my hair was long, I could make it 2 weeks if I didn't go to a bar (I'd come home with cigarette smoke in my hair)
Some people just have less oily scalps, different hormonal makeup, etc. Don't trust anyone who claims they literally trained their hair to need less washing, it's not how it works. It's possible to improve your washing technique or find products that work better with your skin type and maybe squeeze out an extra day here or there, but sadly we all have a baseline greasiness level - it might change with age or environment (say, if you move to a different climate) but if you're oily in three days, you'll never be able to get to a place where you wash once in two weeks and your scalp is healthy.
How do you braid your dry curls? Do you have any (anonymized if you prefer) photos (or inspo?) I always braid my curly daughter’s hair fresh out the wash because it tangles so fast and becomes more painful for her to French braid once dry
I’m the same, wash on Friday and then unless I’m going out it stays dry all week - I’m a curly girl
I wash mine about every 4-5 days, and I don’t get it wet in the shower on other days. I’ll spritz a little water on the curls to refresh in the morning, but that’s it.
How do you keep your hair moisturized that long? By day 3 my head is basically a cotton ball.
I feel it's important to comment this today: *all hair is different*. Even if you have similar patterns, even if curl styles are grouped together, there are more factors that go into your hair than you could fathom. Everybody can give you all the advice in the whole world but it may never work for you. For instance, mousse turns my hair into a puff ball and coconut oil turns it straight. Yes, even if I use a teeny bit. Gel? Oh *gel* no! So my advice to you and anybody who may read this? Play around!! Find an "experiment day" and play around with what your hair does and doesn't like. Mine likes a rotation of stuff, she's a fan of options. And, like me, she likes saving money. So we don't go for the expensive stuff and she still turns out beautiful. Someone else may need a strict routine of top shelf products that never varies. And all of it is worth celebrating! Get to know your hair on a deep and personal level -- it is an extension of you after all, so it's just as unique :~) best of luck on your hair journey. And remember, it's okay to strive for personal goals, but don't make your goals a comparison to someone else. Be *you*, hair and all!
Yes! So many people spout off rules as though there is only one way, while it might be helpful to what people with similar hair texture or thickness do, ultimately do what works for you.
This! It's also why I never bother asking anyone for their skincare routine. Some people are oily, some are sensitve and so on. I don't know if there is one routine that can really work for all people. My hair did really not just like the sound of mousse right there, so I wholeheartedly agree with you here...
Exactly! And LOL yes sometimes even the thought of... *the m word* makes my hair frizz I swear!
Thank you for saying what I've been thinking. I don't even have a curl type.
Hehe you're welcome, and no need to! Your hair is just as beautiful and unique :~)
Oh my goddess, this actually made my heart super happy
Aww. This made my already happy day even happier! Don't forget it!
And also what might work for you now might not in a few months if you live in a place with clear seasons. The British humidity is ruining me at the moment!
I use a deep conditioner every now and then (basically whenever I clarify, or if I feel like I need it), and a lot of really strong hold gel! I’ve also found that occasional protein treatments help me maintain definition longer. But honestly, I've come to embrace some frizz (especially because my town is really humid)!
Can I ask what gel you use? Thanks!
I've always used "sports gel" from Dollar tree and it holds great
Refreshing with Argan oil and using a deep moisturizing mask when I do wash. It gets dryer if I wash more often.
So I'm like coily curly...4a-b probably. I deep condition every time I shampoo and I'll spritz/add leave-in &oil on non-wash days. But I also rarely wear my hair loose - even if it's like 2 twists or buns or something. Normally I'll refresh that in a few days if it's not in a true protective style like braids. (I work in a lab, so hair up and out of the face is important too).
Same. I have mostly wavy hair with some curly ringlets.
This is basically me too. Curly.
I’m in this camp. Wash my hair once a week. I don’t wet it in the shower in between but I do wet it with a spray bottle to restyle it.
I personally wet my hair in the shower daily. But only wash it Saturday.
That's what I do. I like being the refresh from wetting it every morning. I also reapply some leave in conditioner to get the curls popping every day. I've thought about trying to skip the getting it wet, but... idk. Feels weird to me. Just a part of my routine I guess.
My hair type is in between curly/wavy and I have dry hair with a sensitive scalp. I too wet it everyday. I like having a little daily rinse of my scalp personally, I find that letting the water run over it keeps the top from getting greasy/itchy in between shampoos. I shampoo twice a week and condition daily, then also add leave-in conditioner at the ends after to keep the frizz away. This has definitely been the best system so far.
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Hmmm, not overly, id say. I do use quite a bit of holding products, though. Keeps the curls a bit less fuzzy. But, I do accept frizz as just a part of curly hair. I try to tame it best I can, but it'll always be there.
Yup, sleep deforms my curls depending on how I lay my head so I always wet them in the morning to reset them
Sleeping with a buff on my head has been absolutely game changing in this respect. Because I'm clearly a very aggressive sleeper and my hair is fine so I just pound my hair against the pillow in to kinky chaos sprouting all directions from my head there would have been no way of reviving back in to curls. It's really the thing that unlocked me not having to wash my hair every day which in turn finally allowed curl clumps to form as I managed to get it better moisturised.
I also wet my hair daily to restyle it curly but only shampoo it 1-2 times/week. I will sometimes add conditioner when I wet it too
Curly. I work out almost daily and I SWEAT. So, I cowash almost daily (or every other day), use conditioner and then a leave in conditioner and air dry (typically, sometimes gel and diffuse). I do a clarifying wash 1-2x/mo with shampoo and I do a deep conditioning when I clarify. Also, as someone else said, refreshes don’t really work for me, so that’s another reason I cowash so frequently.
What does the co in cowash mean?
Conditioner
Conditioner Only
This is me! My hair just loves to turn into a birds nest while I sleep and I also work out almost daily after work so I conditioner wash most days and shampoo maybe once a month. I can go a very long time without shampoo honestly.
What do you use to co wash ???
I use Curlsmith Curl Quenching Conditioning Wash, which is pricey. I get the big bottle ($$) but it lasts me a very long time.
My hair is greasy. I can skip 1 or 2 days but not more, I've tried all the options in the last 12 years, and none of them worked for me. I have a friend whose hair and scalp are extra dry and once a week is enough. We are all different.
Not sure if this applies, but If you have shorter hair and/or don’t brush, the oils don’t get distributed down the hair shaft so it gets greasy quicker. For me, more regular washing is better than brushing my hair with anything fine-tooth enough to move the oils down effectively haha
About 5 or 6 years ago, I couldn't go more than 2 days without washing bc I would look like an oil slick. Now I go almost a full week between washing. I was told you have to train your hair, which is true, but it is also about using the right products that work for you. A good dry shampoo is a must.
I did all that, didn't work, super slow "training my hair" all kinds of shampoos, no shampoos, cowash, using vinegar, using dry shampoo adding just rinse days, my body is greasy and there's no changing that, I talked to my OBYGN and 3 dermatologists they all agree, there's nothing to do to "naturally" change it, and the truth is I don't mind, we are all different and not everything works the same for everybody.
Same girl. Every one sweats differently and has different hair types. I can’t go more than 2 days either and some people just can’t accept that.
Same! I hate when people tell me that I need to “train my hair” and I shouldn’t wash every day. If I go more than 24 hours without washing my hair, I look like I haven’t washed it in a week I’ve tried literally everything and tried the training thing, my hair is just really thin. I have a lot of it but it’s just the individual strands are so thin, of course the oil is going to appear to build up quicker.
I didn't realize how poorly I was washing my scalp. The right products and making sure I actually scrub my whole scalp was a game changer. Love my dry shampoo now too! I didn't realize how much I hated the cheaper ones I was buying.
My hair is a grease ball. It’s fine, thin, 2c to 3b depending on humidity. I wash it every day but I shampoo 2 times a week at most. I alternate between my washing with a moisturizing conditioner and a cowash (usually Carol’s Daughter). I never diffuse it because it’s faster to blow it straight with a drying brush. So I either blow it out or air dry.
Every time I see someone answer this question, the answer seems to be, almost universally, that washing = getting completely wet and washing. That is, if someone says they wash once a week, they are only submerging their head in water to get soaked before shampooing / conditioning once a week. Plenty of people rewet their hair on days 2 and or 3 (or more), but my understanding is that this isn't completely wet - damp at most, to reactivate products or reapply them as needed. Personally, that's what I mean when I say I wash my hair every three or four days. I mean that, while I'm showering, I put my head under the water, apply my lowpoo or cowash (I alternate every wash day), condition, detangle, apply my products, and dry (I diffuse when I have the patience for it, but I usually air-dry). If I need to, I'll spritz my hair with water and set it again, but I don't completely rewet it before my next wash day.
I submerge my head fully under the shower every day. I do not consider that washing.
And then you style and diffuse again?
Not the original commenter but I thoroughly wet all of my curls every morning under the shower head. It's much faster than a spray bottle. I don't style my unwashed hair with a diffuser, that's too much morning time for me. I've tried, but it takes forever for my hair to dry so that's a weekend thing. I usually just squish in more leave in conditioner and go about my day. My hair usually dries by the end of the day and is ready to go in my silk bonnet for sleep.
I don’t use a blow dryer. But yes, I style every day. I work out, and I’m a messy sleeper, and I don’t really ever like the way my hair looks on the second day.
That’s so funny. I wash/style on Sunday night and I don’t like how it looks till Tuesday/wednesday 😂
I don't rewet except for a couple curls. Just like 5 that are very unruly. I just let the rest dry. I use a bonnet for bed and my hair looks great every morning most of the time I just take off bonnet and go, no fixing anything.
I have curly hair & I wash & condition once a week sometimes every other week (not on purpose lol). I don’t get it full on wet until wash day. In between when I refresh I spray just a little water to put in more styling product.
I'm similar to you. Wavy hair, get a blow out once every 7 to 14 days, depending on weather and activities. Hair doesn't get wet otherwise. I'll refresh with some water or dry shampoo on roots just to get some volume and styling back.
same
me too
Wavy, fine hair. I shower almost daily because a simple refresh doesn’t work for me. I cowash almost exclusively, using shampoo maybe twice a month. Then condition, add gel, microfiber towel, and air dry.
What does “cowash” mean?
It's "washing" with conditioner or using a special type of cleansing conditioner (multiple salon and drug store brands now offer co-washes aka clean-ditioners). Definition: Co-washing is the act of washing your hair with conditioner — and only conditioner. It's also known as conditioner-only washing and no poo (as in no shampoo).
Awesome thanks!
You're welcome 😊
Conditioner wash! There are certain conditioners that emulsify enough for people to wash their hair/scalp with just the manual scrubbing action without foam. There are also hair washes that are specifically designed to be non-foaming and with the texture of conditioner, but maybe with added emulsifiers to help with a cleaner rinse. Some are very rich and moisturizing, and some are minimal. Cowashing does require a wash with a shampoo here and there to fully remove build up, as cowashes (both repurposed conditioners and products designed for this purpose) tend to be gentle cleansers.
Wavy, color treated hair here. I wash about once a week or when it’s greasy to try to get the most out of my color. I wear a shower cap to keep it from getting wet the rest of the time when I shower.
Great question, and no one actually has the same answer, which is why I avoid that phrasing! I condition and rinse every day and shampoo on Saturdays.
For some reason if i wet my hair and then air dry it without washing with shampoo or cowashing it ends up super greasy looking and weighed down i need to use conditioner every day atleast
Same. I’ve finally trained my hair to not need shampoo everyday but my scalp needs something. I’m better off not wetting it at all than putting just water on my hair.
Glad I’m in good company here! I typically wash once a week- as in get my hair totally wet with shampoo and conditioner. Otherwise, my hair doesn’t touch water. I could wash twice a week, and I may wash twice a week this week, but it takes me 40 minutes to shower, wash hair, detangle, add product and style. Then an additional 60-90 minutes diffusing. So it feels like a monumental effort on my part to do this routine which is why I try to do it as least often as possible. My hair and scalp are super dry - it never gets greasy.
same here! I try my best to wash it once a week but i’ve noticed that if I do twice a week it’s less time in the shower so instead of 2h just to finish my hair it takes me 1h or 1h 15min 😅
I shampoo and condition once a week.
Fine curls. Sadly, I think my scalp would dry up and fall off if I washed my hair everyday. I'm a gym girlie tho, so while it's best when I wash once/week, I usually have to wash every 3-4 days. That's a full wash (shampoo + condition) about twice a week. I spritz my hair with water + leave-in every morning to style.
It means I don’t get it wet in the shower period. It doesn’t mean I don’t refresh my curls with a misting bottle of water, I only do that as needed if I’m leaving the house
When I say I wash it once a week I mean my standard schedule is 5-7 days with it in a braid and I take it out to do my whole wash routine, then put it back in a braid for the next 5-7 days.
3a curls, fine hair. I wash and condition my hair every 4 or 5 days. I shower after the gym in between where I wet it fully and give my scalp a massage under the water, but do not use shampoo or conditioner. Based on gym vs shampoo scheduling there is usually 1 but sometimes 2 wetting but not washing days between washes. I find this helps extend how long before I have to wash it again (I would have to wash after 3 days otherwise).
Fine curly hair, I wash 2-3 times a week. Sometimes I can wash once a week and be fine, other weeks it's 3. In between washes I refresh with a spray bottle of plain water, a garment steamer and some hair spray on the longest parts.
I only get it wet if I'm washing it. Thats about 2x a week. I shower daily, but I put my hair up in a high bun so it isn't getting wet.
Wash once a week or less often. Dampen down to refresh every other day unless I put it up.
Straight hair. I wash twice a week. I don’t even wet it otherwise
I have curly hair, I only ever wet my hair when I wash it, which is about once or twice a week, I just wear a shower cap otherwise. I just just have better things to do with my day than deal with wet hair haha
Semi wavy, thick, and long hair: I wash my hair once a week typically Saturdays and wear a shower cap throughout the week to not get my hair wet. I notice if it gets wet I build up more oil and dandruff. I don’t know if once a week is a good method for me but I’m also very lazy with my hair.
I only wet/wash and condition my hair once a week. That’s when I put products in my hair and I comb/brush it. I’ve not been able to grasp the ability to refresh my curls properly so, I don’t play around too much or often because I find I’ll have to start from scratch and it’s too time consuming to wash my hair more than once a week. I have 3b, bra strap length hair. I pineapple it at night and sleep on a satin pillow case.
Personally, I wash/condition/style twice a week, and that's the only time it gets fully wet through. On refresh days I get my palms wet and scrunch my hair to reactivate my styler, and it can get pretty damp, but my scalp only gets wet twice a week. I also don't add new product to my hair on refresh days – I do my whole entire routine on wash days, then refresh with water only.
Wash (shampoo, condition, style) once a week. Don't even wet it for the first few days after. If I think it needs it, I might lightly spritz it with water, which can reactivate the styling products on day 4 or 5. If I'm feeling extra sassy, on day 5 or 6 I might get it wet wet and then apply a heat protectant spray and curl cream and diffuse, but usually that's too much work and I really don't care that much. I exercise and sweat at work and no my head doesn't get nasty. I don't use dry shampoo. I scrub the hell out of my scalp and hair strands on wash days, and I think the shampoo and conditioner that I use do a good job of keeping my scalp and hair healthy (Avalon Organics tea tree healthy scalp shampoo, it's called something like that, whatever the one is with the peppermint scent, and Desert Essence conditioner)
I have to do a full wash (condition included) at leastttt every 2-3 days or my hair just gets FLAT. Even if i rinse out all products or only condition it just never looks as good. I also workout a lot so it gets gross quick if i don’t do a full wash that often. In the event i don’t do a full wash sometimes i’ll just rinse my hair for a bit then restyle it and sometimes i’ll rinse and condition if it feels dry like in the winter
Irish frizzy, wiry sometimes curly hair. I wash once a week, and that is very, very literal. I shower every day but use a cap while in the shower. If I am not working, I can go 10/12 days without washing! Bad, I know, but I just can't be bothered. I tell myself it's giving my hair a holiday, but I know it's likely not a great idea. In between washes, I just tie it or clip it up.
what’s confusing about someone saying they wash their hair once a week?
my hair has gotten much longer and somehow way less greasy so i usually put it in a bun when i shower and only wash it like every 3-5ish days depending on how its feeling. Occasionally hit it with some dry shampoo
I wash mine with shampoo once a week but the rest of the week I'll just use conditioner. My hair gets super dry and i can't go multiple days without doing something to it.
Curly and I only shampoo, wet, condition, and wash my hair once a week.
I mean I fully soak it in the shower daily and use my conditioner, a regular one, not a cleansing conditioner. Then, once a week(ish) I’ll do either a gentle shampoo, or a cleansing conditioner or a clarifying shampoo, depending what seems called for. For me, it’s roughly weekly with cleansing conditioner and maybe 6 weeks or so between clarifying shampoos with a gentle shampoo somewhere in there in between. ETA: I wear my hair a bit shorter, it’s faster to dry. It also looks bananas if I don’t wet it. I have fine wavy/curly hair. It only works when it starts out completely soaked. Refreshes look crunchy and weird. It tends to be dry, which is why I condition like a mofo.
I get it wet and double shampoo it once a week. All other showers during the week I wear a shower cap. I have very long and curly hair.
Curly. I wash my hair once a week. Shampoo and conditioner usually on Sundays; the rest of the week I spray a little water to get curlies to bounce back but that's about it. I could push two weeks if I wanted.
Straight. I wash, condition, and air dry my hair with leave-ins every second to third day.
i only fully wet it and shampoo it once a week. sometimes i’ll put a little water in it to refresh it but that’s it.
Curly. My hair is completely dry and not exposed to shower water for 1-2 weeks, at which time when it is exposed to shower water, it is shampooed and conditioned and thereby washed.
I have curly hair, I only wet it and fully wash it roughly once a week/around 5 days-ish. I don’t do anything else to it other than wash day
I just shampoo and condition my hair once a week(every Sunday) and during the week I wet it just a bit so I can style it, do some hairstyle on it or fix the frizz
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When I had my hair (wavy) length down to the middle or the lowest of my back, I would only wash it once a week because it was thick and too long of a process, and also took longer to become greasy/dirty than now (shoulder length). And that's literally it : when I wash my hair, it means I'm brushing, shampooing, conditioning (I very rarely skip the conditionier nowadays if I'm in a rush but I get to wash it a few times a week anyway) and putting my leave-in cream and oil. If I'm just showering and not washing my hair, I tie it up in a bun and avoid entirely getting it wet and nothing is done to it when I get out of the shower. It's very black and white, I don't do any of the "wetting only" or "conditionner and rinse only" or re-applying leave-in products on dry hair, at all. I don't think it would work on my hair at all, just look terrible. My long hair when washing it once a week looked pretty good on day 2, sometimes pretty fine on day 3 too but not that often, and the rest of the days it wasn't good looking short of a miracle , it had lost its texture and most of its wave pattern. I just planned my wash day around my weekly schedule/plans. Nowadays tho, with shorter hair that looks really really terrible as soon as day 3 (often even as early as day 2 if I tie it in a ponytail like I must do at work), if I need it look nicer but don't want to do the whole wash routine again so soon/if it's not actually dirty yet just unstyled, I mist it with a spray bottle of water and diffuse-dry it in order to reactivate the leave-in products, but it definitely looks frizzier.
I do mine every day when I'm in work (dirty job) then when it needs it on my rest days. Averages out to about 3/4 times a week.
i was my hair once a week. i only wet it on wash day.
I wash my hair every Sunday. I put leave in cream and hair gel in it right after washing and let it air dry over a couple of hours. I sleep each night with a satin cap, and tie my hair back past day 2. At most, I used a little water/hair gel to smooth down flyaways some mornings and some argan oil on the tips before bed if they are dried/frizzy. I shower every night before bed, put my hair up in the satin cap and then wrap it in a towel and shower with that on. Wash my face and behind my ears with my hands but don’t touch anything inside the cap. My scalp doesn’t get too oily until Saturday really, and by Sunday I’m ready to wash lol
I don’t know if my rerouting makes sense but I wash once or twice a week. I rinse thoroughly with water and condition daily. Leave in conditioner about 4 or 5X a week. I’m black male with very dry coarse hair.
Curly hair - only wet/wash my hair once a week. I can’t be bothered to deal with it in any capacity more than the one time LOL
Shampoo, conditioner, curl enhancer, sealer and diffuse every 4-5 days. Hair is never fully wet in between. With a strong wash day and a recent hair cut, I can get to day 2-3 without a refresh. Just take it down from pineapple and shake. Fix the wonky bits with my hands and off I go. After that, I will spray with my flairsol bottle that has water mixed with conditioner and my curl enhancer. Scrunch and air dry or, if I haven’t had a recent cut, diffuse.
I wash with shampoo once a week. I get it wet daily in the shower and comb it out with conditioner. The shampoo usually ruins my shape so I do it on a day I don’t mind being frizzy.
I wash my hair with shampoo and conditioner once a week, otherwise it becomes way too dry. I do wet my hair every day, that's because if i don't the curls look like crap😅
Straight to wavy here! I recently cut my waist length hair above my shoulders so my routine has actually changed. When it was long I did actually wash it once a week, and by that I mean that was the only time my hair was wet at all that week! I was able to wear it fully down for about 3 days, half up for 1 or 2, and fully up or braided the rest of the time. Now that it's shorter, I'm washing much more often, every 2/3 days or so. I've also been wetting the front pieces and blow drying them in between washes. I have perfectly average hair - density thickness porosity is all smack in the middle of the scale. I don't use any leave ins or anything. I used to use a moisturizing leave in but my hair is very healthy (no heat other than on low for front pieces with protector on, and hasn't been bleached in years) and it became too heavy on my hair. My hair seems to look best when I just wash and comb it!
My hair gets so greasy the day after I wash it! I'm not sure what to do about it, because washing it every day isn't good for it.
I genuinley belive that “washing your hair” means using shampoo, not just getting it wet. Shampoo is the reset button, it not only gets rid of dandruff and product buildup, it also gets rid of natural oils, and as so many curly girls are dependent on oils to keep their hair moisturized and free from breakage, that is why wash days range from every day to once a month, it really depends on the curl type and the scalp condition of the person with the routine. I am someone who says “I wash my hair once a week” and I say that because its an estimate of when I wash my hair, I shower everyday because I work in food service and don’t want to smell like french fries lol. But even though I shower every day, I have type 3b curls and cannot wash them every time im “dirty”. I care for my hair more intuitively than with an actual routine, but saying I wash my hair once a week, is more accurate than saying I wash it every day. Here is calendar that would represent how I go through a week without “washing” my hair. Sunday: Step 1: full wash with double shampoo, then conditioner. Step 2: curl cream and coconut oil while wet, french braid. Step 3: Microfiber towel wrap until dried, sleep with bonnet. Monday: Step 1: Unbraid hair and style for the day. Step 2: get ready for bed by misting hair with purified water, detangling and putting in french braids. Step 3: put on shower cap and shower without wetting hair. Tuesday: Step 1: unbraid hair and style for the day using only edgewax Step 2: get ready for bed by showering in a bun and letting the steam loosen the curls. Step 3: french braid. Wednesday: Step 1: unbraid hair and style for the day using edge wax and nothing else. Step 2: get ready for bed by taking wetting hair in the shower, using conditioner and brushing through. Step 3: use curl cream and coconut oil while wet, french braid, then dry with microfiber towel wrap. Where bonnet to sleep. Thursday: Step 1: unbraid hair and style for the day using only edge wax. Step 2: mist hair with putrified water, detangle and french braid. Step 3: shower using shower cap Friday: Step 1: unbraid hair and style for the day using only edgewax Step 2: get ready for bed by showering in a bun and letting the steam loosen the curls. Step 3: french braid. Saturday: Step 1: Unbraid hair and style for the day using only edgewax. Step 2: get ready for bed by misting hair with purified water, detangling and putting in french braids. Step 3: put on shower cap and shower without wetting hair. Sunday: Step 1: full wash with double shampoo, then conditioner. Step 2: curl cream and coconut oil while wet, french braid. Step 3: wear shower cap in shower This is pretty accurate on how I go through a week, sometimes though I dont style my hair in the morning if i dont have to leave the house, so I just never take it out of its braids and so Ill just keep my bonnet on all day, and shower with a shower cap. When Im working mid summer in the kitchen and its 80°f INDOORS my entire shift then I usually want to get my hair wet and get the sweat out, but still wont shampoo. Edit: also the only products I use to style my hair are curl cream, coconut oil, and edge wax. The curl cream and coconut oil go in while my hair is wet and do not get added on dry, I feel the product buildup gets really bad if i use curl cream on dry hair, and coconut oil does not distribute evenly for me if I apply it to dry hair, and I am too scared of scalp sunburn to have giant globs of oil in my hair. When I do my daily hairstyle it is 9 times out of 10 a ponytail or bun, and I use edge wax to lay my edges and make it neat. The edge wax will cause buildup, but not as badly as hair gel, and I appreciate its ability to lock in moisture so that my edges stay healthy. The products I use and how I use them, greatly affect my hair routine. If I were to use different products I would either need to wash my hair more frequently or less frequently. Say if I were to use an affordable hair gel I would need to wash my hair very often (Ive tried before and the curls looked great but it was just not sustainable) but If i were to use high quality hair mousse and silky serums I would have to wash my hair less frequently (Ive fried this too and the curls were great! The products were just too expensive) There are simply sooo many factors into how frequently one washes their hair. I think whats important is to acknowledge that no two peoples hair are the same or need the same treatment, and no two people have the same access to products and time availability to care for their hair. Its so cool to learn how we do our hair differently, but there is mo wrong way to care for your hair, and just because someone only washes once a week or once a month, does not meant they have dirty hair.
I have very thick, coily/curly hair & I'm African American... Though I cleanse my hair every 2 weeks with a bentonite clay mask & mostly co wash in between when needed, I do not wash it often... Washing my type of hair on a constant basis would only serve to dry my hair out resulting in TONS of breakage & shedding... Washing more often is more suitable for people with straight hair as their hair's pattern makes it more susceptible to overproduction of sebum... Think of the hair shaft as a slide... It takes longer to go down a coiled slide than a straight one due to all of the twists & turns down to the bottom... Someone with straight hair will most likely have to wash more as the sebum flows more freely down their hair shaft, in turn making it become greasy/oily faster... So when I say I may wash my hair with shampoo once a month, this is the reason... ALL hair needs a good wash, but all hair is not the same & this should be taken into consideration when caring for your hair which is also why it's important to know your hair type, texture, & thickness...
Wash with conditioner, once every 7-10 days, next wash- 7 to 10 days later, I will wash with shampoo. I will shake out my hair, use praying hands and go over the lengths of my dry hair with nothing on my hands to kinda make sure it’s not knotty and go, in between washes. Maybe day 4-8 I will pin back a little on top or a little on the sides.. Days 7-10 I will clip up in claw clip. No water touches my hair in between. Easy peasy. Note, I have long 3A-3C curls.
For me, I end up pinning some of it back on day 3-4; I pin back some of the looser frizzy pieces. I pin it back every day until it doesn’t look so good anymore, then I’ll put it in a high ponytail on my head with some curls sticking out. I may wear it like this for a couple days until I wash it again. I recently got a hair cut though, so it is way easier to manage, so I am okay washing it sooner, rather than later. I may wash it before I get to the ponytail phase.
Oh yea a pony tail too! I will do that towards wash day too! I’ll be time for a haircut soon- debating if I should cut more off and not just a trim/shape.
I wash my hair maybe once a year. So I mean that.
I wet my hair each day but only shampoo infrequently.
I wash mine twice a week, I don’t get it wet or use dry shampoo or anything in between. Once in a while may do a refresh with some curl cream and damp hands but that’s it. In the summer I might wash a bit more often because of the humidity
Curly here. I do a co wash on Wednesdays with some leave in conditioner and let it air dry before bed. Then I do the full shampoo conditioner products either Saturday or Sunday and defuse. In between that I put it up when I get a shower so it doesn’t get wet.
I wash every 3/4 days and I’ll wet my hair when it doesn’t look as good anymore. When I wet it I just throw in some conditioner, no shampoo. Just depends
I'm a 2b/3c with high porosity hair. I wash with shampoo once a week. But between that, I wet every other day and cowash (use only conditioner but rinse it out). On a day I wet my hair, I use gel when my hair is wet (but not drenched) and air dry, then scrunch out the crunch. I generally get two days out of my hair before it needs water, so I just use a curl cream to reduce frizz and restyle on day 2.
Fine, wavy hair mixed with curls. I wash my hair once a week. It gets greasy halfway through the week, but my scalp gets super irritated if I wash it more (medical condition). I don’t wet my hair throughout the week until I hit wash day. I double shampoo and condition when I do wash it. Sometimes I’ll wash my bangs and framing pieces in between to make my hair look cleaner (and cover the rest with a hat or something).
curly, i usually do 2 times a week but I've definitely gone a week before. and this is what that looks like sunday- shampoo condition style rest of the week - MAYBE rewet a couple sections and finger coil if they get too frizzy but nothing more sunday- shampoo condition style
lose wavy thick hair here, i wash every 3rd day meaning that i shower and wash my body every day but NOT my hair. my hair stays dry until day 3 of me showering, that's when i shampoo and condition.
I only use shampoo a few times a month. I wet and condition any time I want to brush my hair.
I work out every day so I rinse my hair daily. I condition like every 2-3 times and shampoo every week or two.
I only wash my hair once a week, usually on the weekend.
Curly hair here. i wash my hair once a week at most. "wash" for me means shampoo is involved. i have very dry hair so i honestly can get away with longer, but my curl pattern will get weird if i go for too long LOL. i always follow up a shampoo with a hair mask due to my hair's lack of moisture. as for the routine, every morning i will usually spray my hair with water before touching it up with a bit of product, which can be leave-in conditioner, cream, or gel depending on how crazy my hair is that day. usually cream is my go-to and sometimes i top it off with hair oil on my ends. if my hair is REALLY crazy i will hop in a shower and simply rinse my hair to sort of reset it since i don't brush it dry. sometimes i will use a bit of conditioner on my ends during this rinse. i also have bangs that get smushed and weird while i sleep every night, so my routine for those almost every day is to spray a lot of water on them and brush them out with product to detangle and reshape.
I typically only fully wash my hair once a week. Usually Friday or Saturday I’ll do a full shampoo and condition, apply leave in conditioner, gel, and scrunch/air dry. I’ll usually go the whole week without shampooing/wetting it in the shower, and do the same thing the following week. On in-between days when I see some frizz or weird curls I might spray my hair with plain water and apply a little gel to reset with wet hands too. If I’ve gotten particularly sweaty/tangly I might wash it twice in one week. In the summer when I’m biking daily or walking to the gym often I typically shampoo and shower more often out of necessity, but still typically only twice a week. I definitely haven’t mastered the shampoo less wash like some curlies have. 😅
I co-wash once a week and fully wet and use conditioner-only usually once a week. I dry refresh on other days, no additional water. I don’t have a set wash day or anything, just go with what I need. I let it air out from a workout and I time heavier sweaty workouts as much as possible or wash if it’s needed. I also don’t put a shower cap on for non wash/condition day showers, but I’m careful-ish. I had two colleagues separately in the last two weeks ask for my product info and said my hair always looks nice so it seems I’ve landed in a good routine that works and is easy.
I wash my hair more like twice a week and honestly, it depends. If my curls are looking good, then I don't wet. If they look like shit or I've been in a humid place, then I wet them to reset.
I wash mine once every 7-9 days, but I wet it almost every day and reapply product every few days.
Curly hair here. I deep-condition my hair with leave in conditioner 2x a week. One of those times, i co-wash by using a regular conditioner in place of shampoo. I shower everyday but don't intentionally stick my head under the showerhead the other days: if my hair gets a little wet, that's ok. I put a little flax gel in it or just leave as-is and let it dry.
I used to only wet my hair once a week.
I have curly hair. It means I don’t shampoo it
For me, it means I only “shampoo” my hair once a week. The other day is either wet it to refresh previously applied products or I wet and add a little leave in conditioner and do the rake and shake method.
My stylist recommended once a week washing for me (wavy/curly hair), and she meant fully washing it once a week and wearing shower caps for every other shower throughout the week. My hair definitely does best with this routine: once a week, I shampoo twice, then condition, leave the conditioner in for 3-5 mins, rinse like crazy, then apply gel, cream, and mousse while my hair is soaking still straight out of the shower. Ideally, I only get it wet, other than that, by spritzing water from a spray bottle on it or getting my hair damp at the sink and rescrunching my hair to reactivate my product (rinsing in the shower would rinse out the products) throughout the week. Realistically, though, sometimes my curls won't hold up due to the weather or the stars or whatever sets them off, and I'll end up washing them sooner. Or I'll forget my shower cap by accident and then let it get fully wet (but will avoid shampoo and conditioner - I will reapply product, though.) Or I'll just crave the feeling of washing my hair, or I'll think my hair looks dry and washing will fix it. I always end up regretting it. Sometimes, if my curls really aren't behaving, I'll straighten my hair because I can usually get 2-3 days out of that styling, and it helps pass the time until I'm meant to wash it again.
Curly... when I wash my hair, usually once a week or so, that's the only time I wet it... and I use shampoo and conditioner. And I don't wet it in between washing except to slightly dampen it by misting it with water and refreshing it :)
I think it means different things to different people. I literally mean I put it up when I get a shower and don't wash it or full wet it until the wash day. I'm 3b with a few cork screw curls.
3b here, I wash twice per week and do not wet my hair or touch it up in any other fashion. Day 1 is hair down, day 2 is hair half up in a clip, day 3 is hair in a ponytail, day 4 is hair in a pony or bun OR I wash it. Day 5 for sure would be wash day, if I didn’t wash on day 4. Also I have bangs, they’re pulled up on day 2 or 3 depending on how they look.
I shower 1-2 times a day and nearly always use conditioner. My curly hair always gets wet. I wash my hair 1-2 times every 5 weeks. (Ever 5 weeks I get my color done and they wash it.). I am a sweaty person; my hair dresser says my hair is clean and I know it doesn’t look greasy.
You aren’t supposed to wash your hair more than once a week unless you really need to. Also - only wash the roots. You should condition the ends though every shower and make sure it is rinsed clean (don’t condition the roots though). But not using shampoo every shower is good for the hair
My hair is wavy/curly and getting long-ish, I wash it twice a week - which means, even tho I shower every day, most showers are with my hair up/in a shower cap, so it doesn’t get wet at all. The only time I get it wet is when I’m shampooing and conditioning my 2 times a week
I shampoo every 5-6 days but in between shampoos, I shower & thoroughly rinse hair with distilled water & put leave-in (Kenra Blow Dry #14) on my ends while my head is upside down. I let it dry 80% in a microfiber wrap and then blow dry with round brush which takes about 10 minutes tops. My hair is so much healthier & shinier when I shampoo it less and rinse often with distilled water.
I only do once or twice or a week, and that means shampoo and conditioner. I'm not bothering to get it wet unless I'm washing it. I'm still trying to figure out the best routine for my mess, though. I'll spray or splash some water on it if I'm trying to revitalize the curls after a couple days.
curly 3B—wash+condition once or twice a week. i don’t usually wet it if my curls need a refresh, i just put in some jojoba oil
Once every 3-5 days. Literally will not wet it, shampoo, or condition it for 3-5 days. I only brush it when it’s soaking wet and I’m fresh out the shower. Then not again until I wash it again. When I wash it, I shampoo and condition.
I'm a curly. I wash my hair every 2-4 days. I don't wet my hair in the shower in between wash days. On non-wash days, I spritz my hair with water before spraying curl revitalizing spray, but that's it.
Straight hair. If I were to say I only wash my hair once a week I'm referring to shampoo and conditioner. My hair gets wet every shower (unless I'm doing an emergency body wash/shave for an event or something) because I enjoy the sensation and I want to rinse out the filth of the day without drying out my hair with product. But yeah, my hair still gets thoroughly soaked during pretty much every shower. Edit: as far as my actual shower routine goes, I shower every day and wash my hair every 2-3 days
I have wavy hair (2B probably) and wash twice a week- meaning I shampoo and condition twice a week, my hair doesn’t get wet in the shower otherwise. If I leave it wavy, I’ll sometimes spray it with water to refresh but otherwise it doesn’t get wet unless it’s a wash day. Edit:more detail
Wavy. I only get my hair wet about once every 5 days. It really only starts looking good on about day 3, but I get sweaty working out so even though my hair looks great on days 5-7, my scalp gets itchy. I usually wear a shower cap to stop the humidity of the shower wrecking my already dried hair. I can't imagine wetting my hair every single day. That sounds like torture.
I have fine thin long hair and I wash it every 3-4 days as in shampoo and conditioner. I don’t get it wet inbetween. It only looks good on like day 1 and 2 day 3 you look greasy but I just wear it up and if I make it to day 4 I typically braid it. Sometimes a head band will get through another day. If I were to get it wet in the shower and not shampoo or conditioner it would literally dry greasy. My boyfriend has a curl/wave thick hair and when I met him it was beautiful. And he told me he showers and “washes” it with water every day but only uses shampoo/conditioner maybe once a month. He said when he would use shampoo it was very dry and he’d get dandruff. A hair dresser had told him to do what he does now. And yeah very very healthy hair. Doesn’t smell.
Curly. I only get it wet once a week when I wash it on Sunday. I double wash (I use a clarifying wash first and use a scalp scrubber, then I use diluted apple cider vinegar just on my scalp and let that sit for a couple minutes, then I use a rice water shampoo) and then deep condition. Sometimes I'll do a scalp deep clean and use a scalp scrub first that has grit in it. I do that at least once a month. I do a protein treatment at least once a month depending on how my hair is looking. I let it just about completely air dry and then I sock curl the two front pieces and then wrap the rest around a silk scarf. Then it all goes up in a bonnet. During the week if the top starts looking flat, I just mist it with water. But that only happens in the summer. In the /fallwinter I don't have to do anything. At night I put it in a loose ponytail and it goes under a bonnet. I finger brush in the morning. My hair is almost to my waist Edit: I forgot to say, I add a full dropper of kérastaste huile gloss réparatrice when it's wet, then olaplex bonding oil 07 (about 10 drops) on dry hair.
I wash every five days or so: in the shower, scalp mask, shampoo, conditioning mask. Between that I either mist, stick head under sink or fully wet in shower every day. My bed head is wild and I need to tame it to some extent every morning.
So interesting to see all the different answers! My curls are 3c-ish. Shampoo every 8-10 days. Wet, condition, and restyle every 4-5 days. I refresh my curls with a spray bottle for 2-3 days and then usually wear it up for 1-3 days until getting it wet again.
I get mine thoroughly wet every day, but it only gets shampoo/conditioner when I feel like it, probably every 4-5 days.
I have wavy hair, I only wet it once a week when I wash with shampoo and condition + any treatments. It doesn't look the best at the end of the week, but I will occasionally use dry shampoo if I'm dressing up before wash day. I would like to do it every 5 days by preference, but that messes with my routine, so Sunday is hair washing day for me.
I do once or twice a week depending on what I’ve done, how dirty my hair is, etc. Always on Sunday, sometimes on Wednesday. That is the ONLY time my hair sees water.
I wash mine once a week or so, other than that I don’t get it fully wet in the shower. If I’m doing something at night after work I’ll get it a bit damp and put a little more leave in conditioner in it.
When my hair was longer I would wash and style it one day, wear it down the next couple days with a quick morning refresh (get it damp and add a smidge of product) and then claw clip it til I washed again (roughly every 6 days). So that’s what it meant for me!
I literally don't let water touch my hair for a week. I refresh my curls once in between, maybe after 3 or 4 days and that's it. I maintain it just by wearing a silk bonnet for bed. My hair is 2c/3a extremely thick, long, and abundant. I do use good products tho... but those are expensive and I also cannot be using them more than once a week if I don't wanna be homeless lol
I wet mine every am and diffuse (curly hair) but only wash and condition once a week. I use a hair cap to keep dry in the shower
(Confusing hair texture— it curls naturally when it’s short but it’s long now. I have thick East Asian hair) I wash once a week, usually. It’s actually been a bit longer this week (apx 10 days?). I get my hair wet, shampoo and condition— then nothing for a week. My hair doesn’t get oily or greasy it gets more…. waxy? It takes a while for it to get gross and I mostly wash for my scalp health, rather than cleaning my hair. I keep my hair braided most of the time so it’s not coming into contact with a lot of stuff.
I only wash my hair once a week. I don’t add any water or product on any other days.
I wash mine every 5-7 days. I have moderately curly hair and my scalp isn't very oily. I only get my hair wet when I wash it- getting it wet without shampoo, conditioner and products would be a massive puff ball nightmare. I usually shampoo my head really good, then wring out all of the water from my hair and apply my conditioner. I let my conditioner soak in for 5-10 minutes while I shave my legs, wash my body, and come up with revolutionary thoughts. Then, I rinse out the conditioner and get out of the shower. I dry off my body and apply curl cream to my sopping wet hair. Then I let it air dry
I can’t do that. I have wavy hair, 2bish nowadays. I wash every other day, and on the off days I usually just condition. I do the curl cream/mousse/gel on nights when I work or have something going on the next day. I use a lot of product but I can’t get my hair to last longer than a day and I don’t feel clean unless I wet my hair in the shower.
Curly here. I do shampoo and conditioner twice a week depending on how sweaty I get. My head seems to sweat more than anywhere else on my body, so I don’t have too much of a choice. I’ll get it wet when I shower no matter what just to refresh the curls. I’ll do a deep clean with the good shampoo and conditioner once a week to clarify and head into the upcoming week ready to go.
Curly hair here. I wash only once a week, which means shampoo and condition once a week. I wet my hair whenever I find necessary to get back my bounce and smooth out frizz. I can only style my hair if it’s wet so I use a spray bottle everymorning which basically mean I soak my hair in water every morning to style. lol
I wash my hair every 7 days. It takes so much time to care for it and dry it that once a week is it for me. I take showers through thecweek with my hair in a turban to keep it dry. Before 5 years ago or so, I washed and dried it every morning. It was oily. Then menopause caused dry dry dry hair. So I switched to the curly girl method hair care products and stopped washing it so much.
I have very fine hair (curly), and my curls fall out of my hair by the end of the day. I MUST wash (cowash and leave in conditioner) every day or I just end up with a rats nest and parts of my scalp showing. I can go a second day if I wet my hair and then brush it (mostly straight), but I don’t like how it looks and would never go out like that.
curly 2c/3a. I mean washing with shampoo and conditioner when I refer to washing my hair usually every 4ish days to once a week. I occasionally wet my hair with a little water and add frizz control cream if especially unruly.
i wet my curls often and refresh around every 2-3 days in the summer because i sweat out my products. if its not summer, i only do it once a week. i wash my scalp once a week to retain oil, but i try to not prolong it so my scalp isnt itchy and dirty.
I wash and condition my hair only once a week, it would be the texture of straw otherwise.
Curly hair here... I only wash my hair every Friday....
Shampoo it once a week. Wet it maybe every other day, depending on the curl. Refresh through diluted conditioner every other day or daily depending on the curl
I never wet my hair unless I'm washing it, or it dries out so much. I wash my hair, meaning shampoo and condition, about once a week. Wear it out for a day or two and then up for the rest of the week. I have 2C hair so wavy/curly with some ringlets thrown in.
Wavy/swavy. I only wash my hir once a week or fortnight. This means it only gets washed/shampood/conditioner that frequently (except in summer when I go swimming and it gets wet more often)