The less I shower, the better I look! Anybody else noticed this in their own lives?

[ThE fEcKin EeJiT]

You got me flustered.

You need to come over here and get a spanking.

I wont tell anyone about the bun buttering and the electoral fraud that I just wasted $7.75 to expose.
Calm down next week is always the past.

[Mister Obvious]

So it's day two after my second water only hair wash/shower.

My hair feels absolutely amazing. The texture is incredible. It doesn't look greasy, it's just smooth and full of body.

That's what really gets me about it... the voluminous aspect.

Greasy hair is stereotypically all slick and flat and gross looking, but that's only because it isn't cared for properly after it reaches that oily point.

I have been taking about 20 minutes daily to massage my scalp and then brush my hair (boar bristle) very thoroughly. I do this at night, typically while watching Gunsmoke.

It's a really pleasurable experience, particularly the massage... the brushing aspect is a bit annoying at times and a tad boring. Before I really begin brushing with the boar bristle brush, I use a high quality boar bristle and plastic bristle combo brush just for ultimate stiff brushing. The hair is just sooo textured and thick that a boar bristle brush by itself (even the HARD ones) isn't gonna cut it and get all the way through. But a pre-brush with that combo bristle brush does the trick and sets the stage for that boar bristle brush to come through and just spread those oils like you wouldn't believe.

When I tried this experiment damn near a year ago, I couldn't get the oil past the halfway mark on my hair. Even with showering (water-only washing) and brushing several times per day (with the combo brush), still couldn't work the oil from root to tip. The boar bristle brush though? Wow. You know for YEARS I thought it was a load of BS how the boar bristles make all the difference in the world to work the oil through (apparently the composition of boar bristles are very close to human hair, look it up) but by golly is it ever true! I've just never used a boar bristle brush before at length because the damn thing isn't hard enough to get through to the scalp for me. Problem solved though, so I hope anybody who's curious about this water-only hair care method tries out the combo brush as a step two.

So now the steps are...

1. Massage scalp with fingertips and various aforementioned tools
2. Brush hair through with boar bristle and plastic (or metal) bristle combo brush
3. Brush hair through with firm boar bristle brush thoroughly

I touched on the texture and the appearance of the hair (doesn't look greasy, has great body/texture), but let me try to explain the smell...

So obviously I can't smell my own scalp. Lol. But if I rub my fingers all into my scalp really hard, there's no unpleasant smelling sweaty or dirty odor at all. If I smell the lengths of my hair, it smells like... hmmm. Well, it's almost like an ever so faint residual smell of the last shampoo I had or something. I did spritz some strawberry scented body spray the other day and walk through the mist... maybe that's what it is. I can't imagine it's still shampoo scent left over from the final wash, at least not after 2 water-only washes. Regardless, it smells fine. There's nothing offputting about either the appearance nor the smell of the hair.

It seems like as long as you do the water wash about once every two days, you'd never even need to use anything extra to soak up any residual oils. And that's where we get into the topic of corn starch. My plan was if the oil gets out of hand even when I've washed my hair (with water) recently, then I will just start powdering the roots, letting it soak up any excess oil, then brushing the hair til it looks clean. I KNOW this method works from past experience. But I just really don't wanna do that, and I'll tell you why. The feeling of the hair is sooo nice. I'm serious. It FEELS so nice to the touch. It's absolutely wonderful and I don't wanna screw that up and dry it out with the powder. And besides, I want to make certain that the hair has been saturated with enough oil over time from root to tip. I want this process of coating the hair to be thorough.

I will use the powder if I ultimately feel like I need to... but man I am just really enjoying the way the hair feels. Soaking and cleaning up the oil with corn starch (or any of the other natural powder substances known to be effective for this purpose) will give the hair a shit ton of body as well. It's already voluminous enough as it is... it's gonna start being some out of control cavewoman mob of hair if I get any more volume in it.

Which is CRAZY. See, volume is what I've ALWAYS wanted in my hair. I have always wanted hair with BODY. But my hair has always been just super straight (when it's long) and has no body at all when it's shampooed and stripped of oil. It kinda pisses me off that the secret to the voluminous hair I've dreamed of for all these years has been sooo simple and natural. Damn, y'all. Screw these asshole corporations who concoct these crazy soaps and shampoos and make cash cows out of us. They literally make products to strip your hair of nutrients, and then try to sell you products that put life and volume etc. back into your hair, it's twisted.

So glad I'm trying this again, and doing it the REAL right way this time. So far, this hair experiment is a glowing success.

[Mister Obvious]

One thing I will say is that you need to change your pillowcases daily.

Don't take any chances with getting excess oil on your face.

I change my pillowcases daily and always have backup clean pillowcases ready so it's not like I'm having to wash them every day.

Just get yourself plenty of extra pillowcases, change them either first thing in the morning or before you get in bed at night, it just takes a minute and it'll keep your face clean and free of blemishes.

This is good practice whether you're trying this natural hair care method or not... fact.

[Mister Obvious]

I now scrub my body down with a boar bristle body brush (they're softer than I'd like them to be, but it's important to get a brush made for body use because you don't want your skin scratched up) before I get in the shower.

The exfoliation is excellent and leaves your skin hella smooth after you get out of the shower.

I like to use a nice rough rag in the shower.

None of that soft loofa shit.

I like my rags rough.

[Mister Obvious]

It's also believed that the super micro abrasions caused by dry brushing on the skin (look into the science of dry brushing, it's actually fascinating) serve to send the skin into a healing state, causing it to strengthen and appear new and fresh and vibrant. Not to mention how ridiculously good it feels.

The boar bristles, the water-only method, the clean pillowcases daily... I can't stress any of these points enough, all of this needs to absorb into your brain. If you want to experience a high quality life (body wise) and ultimate sensual pleasure... you'll try this out, start massaging that scalp, start dry brushing that body, it's intense sensual delight.

[Mister Obvious]

You deserve to show yourself some pampering on a daily basis and really care for your body all up close and personal.

Treat yourself!

[Mister Obvious]

If you don't have hair on your head, get naked and rub your scalp with your fingertips, give yourself a fingertip head massage...

Then take any oils on your hands and start patting your face with it. Rub the oil off your head and then come down your whole body with it on your hands and rub it into yourself.

Then head into the bathroom and grab your body brush and start scrubbing from the bottom up (lower legs first, then end off with your head, you can get another body brush solely to use on your face if you want).

Then hop into a nice warm shower and rub yourself all over. Let the water mostly hit the top of your head and then go down the rest of your body. It's mega good for you, it's called water therapy: https://www.sectual.com/thread-5861.html

Enjoy yourself, just because you're bald or lack hair doesn't mean you can't still do this!

[Guest]

You and your boar bristle
I read that all in granny waltons voice

[ThE fEcKin EeJiT]

Nu Brush old sailors way.
Plastic but perfect.

[Mister Obvious]

My hair has been worked through with natural oils, and I am bored of all the brushing.

I'm serious. Who the fuck has time for that??

The ingredients in GOOD pine tar soap should be all natural...

Mine has the following:

Coconut oil, palm oil, purified water, pine tar oil (pinus palustris), vegetable glycerine

Those ingredients are great, I've used it before... love the smell, love everything about this soap.

I think it'll provide the perfect balance between natural and clean.

I don't like the idea of using a typical harsh shampoo (or soap) and stripping the shit out of my hair and my skin, but I remember the last time I used the pine tar soap as a shampoo a few years back, I was pleased with the results.

I feel like this is a great middle ground.

[Mister Obvious]

Those ingredients are great, I've used it before... love the smell, love everything about this soap.

It smells like a campfire... I absolutely love it.

I've always loved that scent, I've used "campfire scented" candles in the past.

It's one of my favorite scents.

[Guest]

every morning I repeat the mantra " I don't care to shower or wash myself"

so it is written by our dear leader mo from Interstellar

[Mister Obvious]

Scratching your back with a boar bristle brush feels nothing short of heavenly.

[Mister Obvious]

So I relapsed a while back and started using every low end to high end product on my hair you can imagine.

I mean I went beast mode, using ALL my favorite products that I've ever encountered, lmao.

And I'm still using one of them, the ever so righteous Chi Silk Infusion. It's a mainstay, I'm not letting go, rofl.

But my hair was just soooooo... CLEAN. Like... NO volume, stick straight, freaking just BORING as HELL.

I started missing the incredible texture and body that accompanies that "water only" washing method.

I figured it'd take me like 2 weeks to get back to that thick delicious hair nirvana I was experiencing, but to my delight, it only took like a week. It seemed like my scalp was still trained from before not to get overly greasy, and I haven't even needed to use dry shampoo.

It was just basically immediately back to that thick, smooth, full bodied texture that I absolutely loved.

Kind of fascinating honestly. I have the whole Chi hair care line that I will use when I want a full on wash, but I'm gonna stick with the water only (and dry shampoo as needed) method for as long as possible.

It's just incredible to go from straight flat boring (SOOOOO boring) hair to this awesome delicious sweet thick LUSTY hair that you can achieve with water only (and admittedly a little Chi Silk Infusion here and there).

Look, I know it's all personal preference. Different people like different kinda hair, I dunno, it's whatever. All I know is what the fuck I like, and I don't like that flat, straight, no volume nonsense. To each their own, but for me, this is my dream hair... except for that it's not straight up curly. But there's nothing that can be done about that, you're either born with curly hair or you're not, and you always tend to want what you can't have when it comes to stuff like that. I am pleased though, the hair situation is great.

The length is also going well and I imagine it'll take several years to reach the ultimate length I'm envisioning, but it'll be really cool to achieve that look.

[Guest]

Dude unwashed slightly greasy hair is the bomb
I am not as extreme as mo who goes weeks without a bath but yeah 3 days is enough

[Mister Obvious]

Body brushing is great... after trying all the different hair and skin care experiments, the one thing I think everyone can benefit from is just scrubbing with a nice natural bristle body brush.

It just feels fucking great, and I think that is legitimately the #1 reason to do it. I mean it feels AMAZING.

Exfoliation is the other main benefit because it really does improve the skin over time. It's strange, it toughens the skin (the micro abrasion from brushing causes the skin to heal and rejuvenate on a regular basis) but it also keeps it smoother.

Body brushing is great for blood flow (which is part of oxygenation) and it gets you extra clean as well. It's overall the most useful body care practice of all the things I've experimented with.

I think brushing is just sort of a core, foundational practice in general. You brush your teeth, your hair, your body... but you can also brush your clothes, removes lint, removes dirt without the use of water (for the items that are less practical to wash or have special wash instructions).

Just having all the brushes of various densities, from soft to hard... I would say brushes are the most useful tools in self care. You use brushes on your body, on fabrics, on all kinds of surfaces. Scrub brushes for dishes. I mean the use of brushes in everyday life is pretty much endless.

[Mister Obvious]

You also clean brushes, WITH other brushes. Lmao. Brushes are super important.

[Mister Obvious]

If you look into body brushing, they'll tell you to only brush in a certain direction, only brush from the bottom up, only brush inward toward the heart and blah fuckity blah... I really have a qualm with that. I get why they say it... it's all about the lymphatic system, moving all the toxins most efficiently in the proper direction and so on, like I get it.

But when you're brushing halfway for pleasure in the first place, the last thing you want is to adhere to some rigid fucking rules about how you gotta brush, and I'm here to say FUCK THAT. Do it how it feels good. Maybe a couple times per week, brush in the "proper" directions using "the right" method if it means that much to you and you actually have time to dick around with some shit like that.

Otherwise... your body knows what the fuck it needs. Pleasure it and brush that shit how it feels good.

[Mister Obvious]