Rinse And Repeat

[sunny-dave]

Allegedly the three most valuable words ever written - virtually doubling shampoo sales overnight ...

... so do you?

... and why???

I know I do - once with something industrially cleansing (hello Mr Vosene) and then again with something more interesting.

Then, having effectively removed all the natural oils, I slather it in 'conditioner' (usually of the ginger nut, jaffa cake and aardvark type) to render it at least marginally controllable.

Is it all necessary, or are we all just being led by the nose by the marketing wonks ... ?

[888sally888]

I am a one wash girl :)

[EvianBaby]

Depends how mining I let my hair get. But I do often shampoo twice, it does make it all lovely and soft.

[Mosaic]

Led by the nose methinks. Detergent is detergent, oils are oils. I'm finding the asda £1 baby wash does everything nicely without leaving any residue, and without the possible over-concentration of value washing up liquid.
A good one if the scalp is dandruffy is to massage in olive oil the night before then shampoo everything away the next day.

[gness]

No......wash my hair daily....and my boredom threshold is too low to shampoo twice.
Do follow with conditioner but a trip away once without my washbag meant a wash with hotel shampoo and no conditioner.
After a panic and wail thinking I'd spend the day looking like Ken Dodd was there a difference? Not a bit.
And as for hairdressers telling me my age means I should spend a couple of hundred pounds on "product"! Baloney.

[evedawn]

Once.

[Baldric]

All in one shower gel at least once, usually twice a day, because I'm worth it ;o)

[TheOtherHalf]

I wash with shampoo then condition once only, and I dont use loads of either, just a small blob.

[sara3]

Once is plenty! Standard shampoos have the same basic ingredient as washing up liquid, so strip all the natural oils.
Then, loads of conditioner to calm my curly mop!

[chelle7272]

Once only for me then conditioner. As a cynic, rinse and repeat just emans you have to buy twice as much!

[wolf63]

When I worked for a living I washed my hair daily. I only shampooed once and then a conditioner.

Now that I am non-working I only go out a couple of times per week and wash my hair only twice a week. I shampoo twice and then use loads of conditioner.

None of the shampoos seem to smell nice any more. I remember buying an apple shampoo that actually smelled of apple.

My hair condition depends on my hormones too - before my period (not that you will have that problem Dave) my spots break out and my hair gets really greasy.

[tonyav]

dave I have found that you only need one wash if you use Swarfega and you can't beat a quick spray of WD40 for styling.

[sunny-dave]

I'd have thought Natural Goat Oil would be your conditioner of choice, tony :+)

[tonyav]

Only once a month though dave.

[maggiebee]

I have very soft, fine hair so never use conditioner. Quick wash with baby shampoo in the shower daily and that's enough.

[Old_Geezer]

Obvious isn't it. You use up the product faster and are back buying more. Marketing genius to fool the gullible.

[flump1]

Once with shampoo and then Boots Coconut and Almond leave in conditioner. It leaves my ( coloured ) hair soft and lovely.

[coccinelle]

I only wash once usually but if I've been sweating after gardening (don't do sport) I often feel it needs washing twice as the shampoo won't lather up. wolf63 i agree about the smell there was a range that came in brown bottles and really smelt lovely. I loved the coconut one.

[FredPuli43]

"Wash it until it squeaks" is my motto. That is almost always achieved by one single application.

[askyourgran]

In the shower hair wash once, then small blob of conditioner. Got to find a new mousse for when I dry my hair, I'm suddenly allergic to the one I have. Anyone know of one?

[craft1948]

I shampoo twice, never use condidtioner, but do use frizz-ease.