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About a month ago, I decided to try to wash my hair with cold water. Been doing this ever since. Nowadays, I wash my hair with the coldest water I bare and my hair is no longer frizzy. Maybe it's just me paying more attention to my hair but it seems to shine more too. Anyone else have similar observations?
Edit: I still use shampoo and my routine is the same. Only thing I've changed was the tempreture of the water.
...but I couldn't tell you the science behind it. TIP : Last rinse before I get out of the shower or after a condition I will adjust the water temperature to a colder degree and my hair will be less frizzy. It's harder to do in winter though. But in summer I usually have cold showers anyway so my hair turns out great afterwards.
I know it makes the cuticles lay flat but man, helluva difference for me.
Last summer I went swimming with Jonalbear and John S. in Lake Michigan, and for more than a day after that we all talked about how silky our manes felt. It made a huge difference to all of us to have taken a serious dunk in very cold water.
Have I done that since? NO! DO YOU THINK I AM NUTS!
Bill
Bill, about to dunk his mane in Lake Michigan
You know,I have tried that in the past and did notice the same thing.However it was summertime so more tolerable to do than in the middle of winter.lol.Maybe as the spring approaches I'll give it a shot again.Thanks for bring that up Mike.Cheers
Mark
People who have taken courses in Cosmotology (like my partner has) advise that to get the most out of any shampooing ritual, to do that part of the job in WARM water. The purpose of shampooing is to rid your hair of the built-up dirt, grease, grime, etc. Since I used to do a lot of dirty gardening jobs for a living, believe me, getting rid of chicken manure, plant fertilizers, soil, and little bits of plant parts, etc., that are all stuck in your hair comes out way better in warm water, NOT cold.
After shampooing, most of us longhairs here prefer using TONS of conditioner in our hair for several reasons: it helps put moisture back into the hair shaft (especially at the ends, where it needs it the most); it's easier to de-tangle with conditioner; and it makes hair more manageable and less frizzy. The advise that I've always heard is to do the final rinsing of the conditioner in cold or at least cool water.
Of course, this being WINTER (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least), I confess to being a bit of a wimp about following through with this sometimes (LOL)....
- Ken in San Francisco
Dousing your clients in cold water is not going to make them the happiest, and level with us Ken, is that why while plying his trade at PetCo, Even got bit!
Bill
I'm WO, but yes...warmer at the beginning, tepid for the final rinse.
Thing is, Even if I do the first rinse with warm finish with cold, my hair is still a frizz nightmare. So I do cold all the way through. Tames it much better this way. Blow drying, even on cool, forget it.
Now If I'm on a nonwash day, then I can get away with cool blow drying. Guess my hair hates heat that much?
Hello Hairy Ken,
I agree that doing the Shampoo in warm water is best, and cold(er) water for the Conditioner ritual. Also hot water opens the pores of the hair shaft and colder rinse closes them again which is far healthier for the hair that way.
Living in California I don't expect you would get terribly cold winter weather like the more Northern US?
Where I live we never get snow in Winter and have a generally mild climate all year around with Summer being the least pleasant out of all the seasons.
Certainly a dash of cold water will wake and make you feel more reinvigorated I'm guessing then just a dose of Caffeine Rocket fuel first thing in the morning?
Duncan
It seems that I'm the only one who is braving through winter with cold showers, but thats because Im a desert rat and I the coldest it ever gets here is 40 degrees. If I just use shampoo or any thing diluted that won't take away the grease I use baking soda about a teaspoon of it and put a few drops(drops not a good squirt) of water to make this paste in a plastic cup. I make sure that my hair is wet when I do this and I try to get the baking soda over all areas since having one greasy area and a dry area looks bad. After Im done using up all the baking soda and its well put I rinse I use ACV and after Im done most excess oil is gone but enough oil retained to remain healthy..
