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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

No Poo

Hahahahahahaha, I have tricked you all. You think I am gonna be blogging about poop, or colonic cleansing, or some such crap, but not at all! No Poo, means no shampoo. It it for girls with curly hair, that have a hard time with the frizzies, and hair drying out, and breakage and all that business.

So the program is this. Shampooing is a no no. That doesn't mean that curly headed girls run around with a head that smells like a filthy pair of mens athletic socks, no, they still wash their hair, but with conditioner only. Using actual shampoo is a very rare occurance.

It happened like this:

One day while I was at work, dinking around on the internet, I stumbled across this concept on craigslist. In the beauty forum. I had to read quite a few posts, before I figured out what on earth they were babbling about. Then to clarify it all, I googled it, and came across this:

http://www.wikihow.com/Follow-the-Curly-Girl-Method-for-Curly-Hair

That pretty much explains it all. So I have been following the suggestions, including "plopping", which was ANOTHER ambiguous term that raised my eyebrow. Plopping, however, is a method of wrapping your wet hair in a t shirt or a cloth to help it dry without frizzing. Towels supposedly frizz your hair.

Plopping is a waste of my time. I just let it mostly air dry, and then use a VERY light blow dry with a diffuser on warm.

I DID invent one new little trick for myself, which I shall endeavour to name. It involves pulling all my hair onto the tip top of my head, putting it into a fabric scrunchie, and sleeping with it that way. Perhaps I could call it the "cockscomb look", "I Dream of Genie Gone Wild", or something equally obscure. So what happens? In the morning? I have the biggest hair EVAH! And kind of curlier than usual. I haven't perfected it yet, but it holds promise.

My goal is to grow my curly locks down past my lardass. Camouflage if you will. It just may work, with this new no poo business.

Seriously! I'm not shittin you!

15 Comments:

  • At 4:21 PM, May 13, 2008, Blogger Penny said…

    A good name for your invention would be (in your word/s) EVAH. Catchy and personal.

    Fine... just a thought.

    Does Jenna use No Poo?

    Please find me a remedy for thinning hair. I can't pay you for your research, but I'll love you more!!!

    xoxo
    me

     
  • At 8:08 AM, May 14, 2008, Blogger shadylady said…

    Jenna uses a modified version of the no poo system. She doesn't use shampoo EVERY time, but she also doesn't use conditioner exclusively. Like me. So far.

     
  • At 8:22 AM, May 14, 2008, Blogger Penny said…

    Perhaps you should use some of that shampoo on your tongue for your potty mouth! :)

    xoxox

     
  • At 4:34 PM, May 15, 2008, Blogger kelsey said…

    it doesn't make your hair too greasy? after a while?

     
  • At 4:34 PM, May 15, 2008, Blogger kelsey said…

    it doesn't make your hair too greasy? after a while?

     
  • At 4:34 PM, May 15, 2008, Blogger kelsey said…

    it doesn't make your hair too greasy? after a while?

     
  • At 7:33 AM, May 16, 2008, Blogger Sarah said…

    I thought about growing my hair past my butt too, but I decided it would hurt to much if I sat on it and tore my hair out.

     
  • At 7:46 AM, May 16, 2008, Blogger shadylady said…

    Kelsey? Do you stutter? And no, so far it is not too greasy at all. The "cheap" conditioner has enough surfactants to remove the greasies, so I haven't had that problem. So far.

    I never thought about ripping my hair out by sitting on it..... ouch

     
  • At 3:16 PM, May 28, 2008, Blogger Sarah said…

    I forgot to mention, I definitely thought this post was going to be about your battle with constipation.

     
  • At 9:48 PM, June 02, 2008, Blogger Sarah said…

    I have a request - For your next post, will you share a mischievious childhood story or embarrassing moment with us? I want to giggle.

     
  • At 6:50 PM, June 17, 2008, Blogger Momeree said…

    would someone please tell Kelsey to shut up?

     
  • At 3:38 PM, July 17, 2008, Blogger AMB said…

    Ok, I've been no pooing for about a week and a half now. Love it! Every 3 days I wash my hair with a mixuture of baking soda and water. Then I rinse it with a mixutre of apple cider vinegar and water. No joke. Here is where I got the info....
    http://babyslime.livejournal.com/174054.html

     
  • At 4:06 PM, July 17, 2008, Blogger shadylady said…

    Hey! A convert! I am still no-pooing, and think it is fine. I haven't tried the baking soda, My hair is curly, so I am just using conditioner, because it really can tangle. I may try the cider rinse, but I need conditioner still, I think. I liked that site, thanks for sharing Anna Marie!

     
  • At 8:47 PM, April 20, 2009, Blogger Unknown said…

    by far the funniest description of CG I have ever heard. hahah

    if you're looking for the forum where all those terms originated go to naturallycurly.com.

    i should know because i wrote most of that wikiHow. :) i'm glad you seemed to like it. oh and your process is already called pinneappling. because the head looks like a pineapple.... also, plop kind of sounds like poop, but that's what everyone calls it.

    i'm following your blog. you seem hilarious (in a good way). ttfn

     
  • At 10:18 PM, April 20, 2009, Blogger shadylady said…

    Hey thanks! Glad you like my blog, it is not for the faint of heart. My oldest son refuses to read it any more, he has gouged his eyes out more than once by reading it.

    It has been almost a year, and I am still no pooing. Love it. Thanks for the pineapple term! Makes perfect sense!

     

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