QuoteReplyTopic: Washing Synth Hair Posted: February 25 2005 at 7:18pm
I'm used to washing my hair every day (or almost), but it's best not to wash the synth that often. Is there any way to wash the front and top of the hair without getting the rest wet...or am I dreaming? I know Kalika mentioned baby powder (or was it astringent) on the roots. And Mer mentioned the "drip method" (still don't know what that is). Any suggestions? :)
Jenny, the only thing I can recommend is tying your hair back in a pony and washing the crown as best you can under the faucet in the sink. I do this every day between full washings. You will get a little water dribbling onto the extensions here and there but it's a lot better than dealing with all that wet length.
hey jenny - i sorta did this when i had a sewn weave; i would take one of those cheap clear plastic shower caps and push it back toward the nape (sort of like a snood?) i could then wash my own natural forward hairline and part. after, i'd push the cap kinda forward and shampoo the nape - for me these were the areas that became oiliest and/or needed rinsing after exercise.
i've also used this weird spray stuff called "PSSSSST" that i got at CVS. it aerosolized shampoo? not perfect but i'll be darned if my scalp didn't feel much better.
also, tonight i was in a local BSS and saw a liquid product that said you could apply it and not rinse it - thinking about it now, that may really help b/c for me, it's the rinsing that gets everything all wet. you could just maybe dab some on your more caudal scalp and let it airdry? i've tried seabreeze and it just felt weird....kinda tacky almost? texture issues.
lastly, since the weave and difficult shampooing days i've found that the less i wash, the less oily my scalp is. i think kalika mentioned this too...
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You can wash your scalp (and roots, if you want) without getting the lengths of your hair wet. Just stand under a showerhead, separate your hair into pigtails, and hold the length of the hair up and away from the water (like giant hair devil-horns). The water will run over your scalp, but not soak your lengths any. Then you can later up some shampoo on your hands, rub it gently into your scalp, and rinse the way you wetted your hair. It's what I reccommend for my braid and dread clients (so they can wash their scalp without making their extensions all heavy and wet).
The directions say to "apply generously until hair is completely wet. Massage to a rich lather. Immediately towel dry with an absorbent towel. Repeat for heavily soiled hair. No-Rinse Shampoo can be used as often as necessary."
This is intended for extreme situations, like bedridden hospital patients, space shuttle astronauts, etc. The solvents dissolve the oil from your hair, but you do need to blot it dry afterwards in order to remove it. Otherwise you would merely be redistributing the oil as the liquid dries.
I tried this to blot the oily sections of my face in the summer. It was harsh and drying on my skin, so I figured it would also not agree with with my scalp. I wouldn't use it except in an extreme emergency, but it might be ok for some other skin type.
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that may be the stuff i saw in the bss. i didn't look super carefully. back in the day when i was washing everyday, i don't think it would be possible to get a dry scalp! it was so oily that i would wash in the am and by the pm - oil city. i'm sure now it would dry me out a bit - thanks!
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I've been washing the part of my hair that has extensions attached every 3-4 days for the past 5 months and I've noticed my scalp is a lot less oily now. If things get a little unpleasant, I simply go over my scalp with a cotton ball soaked in an astringent, such as Sea Breeze or any of the other toners meant for skin, and it soaks the oil right up. I still wash the crown every day in the shower, it's not hard to do, I just tie back my extensions loosely in a ponytail holder.
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I haven't googled the hair powder thingy yet but I was looking at amazon and found a cpl of things....haven't tried them but you never know..oddly enough while I was lookind through some differnt pages amazon.com is selling hair extentions as well....weird....I somehow doubt they are that great anyways....
Something I just thought of....my dog is half chow and half terrier...so her hair is a mix of that sorta wirey terrier and that really fine chow....so it does really feel like human hair ...well as much as dog hair can...and I have these wipes to use on her between baths and a spray...hmmm wonder if it would work....gotta wash my hair today anyways so i'll try them and let you know...
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I think maybe the dog wipes are a bit old cause they aren't as moist as they use to be but the lanolin it just makes my hair a bit more greasy....they do have waterless pet foaming shampoo..lol.... Thanks to modern technology I asked a friend in Iraq and he said he sometimes end up using this stuff
he said it was ok but he's a guy and probably doesn't care about how it makes his hair feel as long as its clean....but this one sounds good since you said you miss the hot water thing it could work
baby powder is supposed to be good for platinum blonde hair only. never tried. there is a product for dark hair but i forgot.
seabreeze works too, have done this for in between braids on scalp.
i have tied back hair and washed the crown in the bathroom sink.
the drip method is shampooing the SCALP ONLY. then letting shampoo drip anywhere else. my hairdresser once told me to only wash my REAL hair only once/twice a week anyhow and to do this drip method on my OWN hair bc it was too dry.my real hair became so much nice after i started doing this.
That's so funny, Octavia--I did the same "baggy" technique, but with a shower cap--just tied the cap over the bun with a scrungi, then washed the front and top. It worked great! :)
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