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Re: Double Dare?


How amazing this Daily Mail article is.

That article does have a mixed bag of results, so maybe it's not for everone, check out the stories in the link above. However the one below is interesting. What I would like to know is what are the people who it does not work for eating? Processed fatty foods perhaps?

Lucy Sutton, 24, a trainee marketing executive, is single and lives in Hammersmith, West London. She says:

Three weeks into the great hair challenge, my sister came over to my flat for the evening. She took one look at my hair and said: "What have you done to it? That's a great style - did it cost a fortune?"

I burst out laughing, and replied: "I haven't washed my hair for three weeks."

A look of revulsion came over her face and she said: "That?s awful." But then she looked at me curiously. "The weird thing is," she continued, "it really suits you."

My hair is naturally very fine and thin, and I used to wash it every two days, then use hair straighteners. A good 90 per cent of my self-confidence in how I look comes from my hair, so much so that if I was having a bad hair day I could barely drag myself out of the house.

Looking back, I can see how much I?ve been damaging my hair by doing so much to it. My hair always looked neat, but I think it was lifeless - the shampoo was taking all the natural oils out of it. Since I stopped using shampoo, my hair has more volume, and I?m astonished to find it has a natural wave - I always thought it was just straight and boring.

Six weeks on, I love my new look. But it has been a real test of nerve. I am applying for a new job at the moment and I need to look my best, so when I took on the challenge I thought: "What on earth will I look like in six weeks? time, when I have my job interview? And will it smell?"

I have always prided myself on looking clean and neat and my friends all thought the challenge was hysterical. They said: "You?re crazy. You?ll never keep it up."

I must say, I nearly cracked after a week, when my hair was at its worst. It was dry at the ends, but greasy at the roots, and I became obsessed with it, checking my appearance in the mirror every hour to see if it looked as bad as it felt.

In that first week I refused to go out with my friends, but I persevered, and by the second week I was beginning to see an improvement. The ends were still dry, but the roots were less greasy - my hair seemed to have a kind of film over it, like a natural sheen.

Luckily, my hair smelt clean - there was no unpleasant odour. Then it started to look rather healthy and bouncy. I now really love its natural wave, and I am worried that if I go back to washing it, I will lose that curl.

An old friend from university asked me last week: "When did you start curling your hair? It looks great." I smiled and said that in fact I just hadn?t washed it. He burst out laughing and thought I was joking. Now, my hair looks in really good condition, but it does need the ends cutting off.

This experiment has made a huge difference to my life, because I?m no longer wasting an hour a day washing and blow-drying it. I?m also saving about £40 a month on hair products.

I am now never going to wash my hair with shampoo again and feel positively liberated by this experiment. I can?t believe I used to waste so much time and money obsessing about my hair.

 

 
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