Going "Natural"

Stupid Rain

So normally, I love the rain.  Being a fair-skinned lass, I love the cold, rainy days where I can bundle up and stay inside with a hot cup of coffee.  However, today I had plans to head to Bar Method for class in the morning and then meet up with Alexis for lunch, manicures and shopping.  I got up early and got all ready to go this morning, went downstairs and opened the door leave the building and…RAIN.  Buckets of it.  I was under the impression that there was only a chance of rain, and if it did rain, it would be light and only in the morning.  Well, judging by the torrential downpour which was happening and the 6 inch puddles all over my street, that was a big, giant LIE.  So, I trudged back upstairs in my workout gear because I just can’t seem to handle doing the walk to and from BART twice just for an hour of workout bliss in the city.  Blah.  So here I am, back at the apartment, still Lulu-clad.  I made some oatmeal to cheer myself up and added too much brown sugar.  It’s one of those days.

Ok, enough moping.  Alexis will be here for coffee any minute so I’ll make this quick.  I washed my hair this morning.  There’s the before shot… Having washed my hair Monday evening, I think I could have definitely gotten away with not washing it today (and, due to the rain, it probably would have been a better idea to wait, but whatever).  However, I’ve got weekend plans (which now includes a workout since I bailed on mine today) so I didn’t think I’d have time to wash.

Ok so more about the hair.  I’ve noticed that my hair has gotten a little static-y lately.  I only mean more so than when I was using shampoo and conditioner, which means rather than never being static-y I’ve noticed some static on (I think) 2 occasions.  Big whoop.  Yes, boring, but true.

Ok, the post-wash picture… I noticed more fly-aways today than usual.  I am going to chalk this up to the weather (since my hair tends to freak out when it rains).  I haven’t actually set foot outside yet so I’ll try to do an update later about how my hair fared in the rain today.  I’m hoping the natural diet will keep my tresses tamed so I look less like a lion than I usually do on rainy days (just call me Mufasa…RAWR.)

Another fun fact about the natural diet, my hair dries way faster now than it did when I was using shampoo.  I’ve noticed that my roots are dry literally about 2 minutes after stepping out of the shower, and my blow-drying time has been cut almost in half.  I think this is due to the fact that shampoo and conditioner leave a waxy deposit on your hair which slows down the drying process.  Speaking of which, previously when it came time to wash my hair, I couldn’t wait to jump in the shower because, by that time, my roots were pretty slick and there seemed to be a bit of build up on my scalp (sorry, gross, but true).  I assumed this was due to the heat styling products I was using on my hair.  But since going no ‘poo, my hair is significantly less greasy on day 3/4 and there’s no build up.  I think if I really wanted to, I could actually get away with washing my hair only once a week (let’s see just how lazy I get…)

On another note, I did finally get to cleaning my apartment last night, and ended up finding the earring I lost in the great debacle that was Sunday night.  I guess maybe that was the universe’s way of saying “Thanks for getting up off the couch and cleaning your dirty apartment, finally.”

Speaking of lazy, time to text Alexis and find out where the heck she is.  Adios!

0 thoughts on “Stupid Rain

  1. Aunt Mary

    Hiya, Chels. Hey, I’m loving your blog. You just crack me up. I’m thinking, though, that you have something pretty good in this no ‘poo …. I’m watching, missy! BTW, my hair goes TOTALLY flat when it rains…’course my hair has NO body anyway. I was told by one hair stylist that he’d “never seen any strands as straight as yours..” (considering this was coming from a true, really, drag queen)…I took notice. So that’s my hair story……….
    Mary