{"id":8272,"date":"2023-10-21T15:40:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T08:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8272"},"modified":"2023-10-21T15:40:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T08:40:31","slug":"i-skipped-shampoo-conditioner-for-a-month-what-i-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8272","title":{"rendered":"I Skipped Shampoo &#038; Conditioner For A Month: What I Learned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_1700,h_955\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/ul5qv45beks0d7vl5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div end=\"false\">\n<p>Honestly, the lack of shampoo wasn&#8217;t too difficult to get used to. I only wash my hair once or twice a week, anyway, so it wasn&#8217;t too much of a routine overhaul. The hardest part, for me, was skipping conditioner: I&#8217;m used to applying a <em>very <\/em>generous amount of product until my hair feels silky (and low-key, a little slimy).<\/p>\n<p>It felt unnatural to step out of the shower with tangled hair, but my strands felt smooth again as soon as I applied the moisturizing hair serum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s crucial to feed nutrients back into the strand post-wash, but hairstylist <a href=\"https:\/\/arkiveheadcare.com\/en-us\/pages\/who-we-are\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/arkiveheadcare.com\/en-us\/pages\/who-we-are\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Reed<\/a>, founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/arkiveheadcare.com\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/arkiveheadcare.com\/en-us\" rel=\"noopener\">Arkive Headcare<\/a>, tells me you don&#8217;t <em>have <\/em>to use conditioner. You can totally rely on hair oil or serum (like I did) and have your hair turn out just fine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Conditioners are designed to make your hair feel great,&#8221; he shares. Your strands might feel a bit matted without it at first, but &#8220;as soon as you put the oil in and use that as your lubrication to get that smoothness, it will actually get that shine,&#8221; he adds. For some finer-haired clients, Reed will actually skip conditioner, using oil, hair primer, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/these-are-the-best-natural-hair-styling-products-on-the-market-now\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/these-are-the-best-natural-hair-styling-products-on-the-market-now\" rel=\"noopener\">styling products<\/a> to achieve a bouncier, fluffier &#8216;do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After that first wash, I grew accustomed to how my strands felt without conditioner\u2014lighter, bouncier, and way less frizzy. Believe it or not, my hair actually looked thicker, too. &#8220;This could be because your hair is not being weighed down by the constant buildup of using both shampoo and conditioner on a regular basis,&#8221; celebrity hairstylist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glennellishair\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glennellishair\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Glenn Ellis<\/a> tells me when I asked him about my fuller locks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honestly, the lack of shampoo wasn&#8217;t too difficult to get used to. I only wash my hair once or twice a week, anyway, so it wasn&#8217;t too much of a routine overhaul. The hardest part, for me, was skipping conditioner: I&#8217;m used to applying a very generous amount of product until my hair feels silky &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[78,65,57],"class_list":["post-8272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-curly-hair","tag-hair","tag-hair-growth"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}