Slow hair washer

[Anonymous]

My in laws have a whole house water softener and I think their water is too softened - whenever I visit it takes forever to rinse out my hair, and it's just shoulder length. Definitely check out your pH!

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

***You are making the dryness WORSE by spending too much time in the shower and maybe working too long on your hair and skin, OP!***

My teen daughter has lots of fine hair that goes down to mid-thigh. I have hair like yours. We do not take that long in the shower.

You need to wash your scalp and surrounding follicles, gently. No need to "wash" the rest. The detergent present in your shampoo just naturally slides down the shafts and when you manipulate your hair, they all get enough exposure to that. More will damage and dry out your follicles.

Rinse.

Apply conditioner from mid-strand to the ends, or if it's very dry, from above that, but don't touch the scalp.

Leave it on while you wash the rest of you. Again, same principle applies to skin: do not dry it out by soaping too much. Focus on stinky areas. You can exfoliate gently, but not every day, you're just irritating your skin and creating more need to moisturize.

Then rinse the conditioner out, but not completely. You want a little of it to stay in. You can feel it by texture and you can experiment. I agree with you that contrary to a leave-in conditioner, rinse conditioners do need to be "mostly" out.

Pat dry, put in towel. Do not scrub your hair, or your skin, like a maniac, because again, it's irritating.

I do all this at night, because I find it relaxing and I want to go to bed with that "all clean" feeling. I don't want to use any of my precious early morning time to do this. Mornings are for taking care of pets.

[Anonymous]

This is insane. It doesn't take any where near that long to rinse out shampoo and conditioner. What makes you think it takes so much rinsing to get it out?

I've got fine, long 3A/B curly hair (well below my bra strap if straightened). I MUST use an in-shower conditioner. On a normal day, I can be in/out of the shower in less than 10 minutes. It just doesn't take long to massage shampoo into my scalp (which is what shampoo should be targeting), rinse, then, starting at the ends of my hair. finger comb conditioner thru it (scalp doesn't need it). It doesn't take me any longer to rinse the conditioner out than the shampoo. Doesn't matter if the water is hard or soft, although with soft water, it 'feels' like it's there when it's really not.

My after-shower hair routine takes much longer. I have to apply a curl cream to sopping wet hair, work it through really well and then apply a gel, work it thru really well and then either do praying hands or a bounce brush.

If you have frizz in your hair, your hair is likely more wavy/curly than you think. Look up curly girl method and try some different products/routines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I can relate.

My bra strap length hair that is full and fine. The back used to knot and tangle terribly.

I read that shampoo or conditioner that is not fully rinsed out can cause this issue, so I started to sink & bowl wash and condition and rinse til the water is clear.

It takes a long time...much longer than the wash & rinse steps.
It takes longer to rinse out the conditioner ( clear water no bubbles) than the entire wash and rinse.

What is a sink and bowl wash?


I wash my hair in the sink with a large bowl to keep my hair from going down the drain. I can't wash my hair in the shower because my scalp needs a lukewarm water wash and that's too cold for my body.

This is insane. I have tons and tons of hair. So much. And I can wash and condition my hair in a few minutes. Get on with things.

[Anonymous]

I'm so confused. Here's my shower schedule:

Hop in
Shampoo
Rinse
Conditioner - leave it in while....
Soap
Shave if necessary
Rinse Conditioner

Maybe you're using too much conditioner?

[Anonymous]

I think people aren’t fully washing the conditioner out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think people aren’t fully washing the conditioner out.

I think you and OP are over-rinsing your hair.

For most people, if you don't get the conditioner out, your hair will be limp when it dries. I've got fine curly hair and it's very apparent.