This doesn't seem like an entirely appropriate place for this question except for the fact that I, a), can't think of a better one and b), it has to do with something someone wrote on another thread here--the one about stockpiling your pantry. So here goes:
I have begun realizing that I shampoo far more often than is necessary, something that I especially understood after listening to an NPR piece this morning that talked about how something like fifty years ago, women washed their hair ONCE A MONTH. Then they interviewed some no-poo (!) women who only used baking soda and vinegar (not gonna go that route myself!) and even then only rarely. Some researchers pointed out that hair only gets greasy after not washing it for a day or two because by overwashing it, we are training our sebaceous glands to overproduce. Okay, so I'm sold: washing my hair too often (which for me is every-other day) is bad for my hair/head, bad (as the mom here on mothering pointed out) for the environment and--hey, yeah--bad for the pocketbook.
But my question is this: for those of you who wash your hair, say, twice a week (my goal)or less--do you get it wet in between? Currently I just tie my hair back and keep it dry on the days I don't wash it. But I wonder if I start going longer if a quick rinse of just plain water will make a difference. Thoughts? TIA!
I have begun realizing that I shampoo far more often than is necessary, something that I especially understood after listening to an NPR piece this morning that talked about how something like fifty years ago, women washed their hair ONCE A MONTH. Then they interviewed some no-poo (!) women who only used baking soda and vinegar (not gonna go that route myself!) and even then only rarely. Some researchers pointed out that hair only gets greasy after not washing it for a day or two because by overwashing it, we are training our sebaceous glands to overproduce. Okay, so I'm sold: washing my hair too often (which for me is every-other day) is bad for my hair/head, bad (as the mom here on mothering pointed out) for the environment and--hey, yeah--bad for the pocketbook.
But my question is this: for those of you who wash your hair, say, twice a week (my goal)or less--do you get it wet in between? Currently I just tie my hair back and keep it dry on the days I don't wash it. But I wonder if I start going longer if a quick rinse of just plain water will make a difference. Thoughts? TIA!
). I've actually quit the baking soda part, mostly, and only do vinegar, which, let me tell you, makes your hair feel SO lovely, and after you rinse it out and it dries, it doesn't smell AT ALL. I like to put a drop of rosemary essential oil in mine, but sometimes I don't do that either. 
