let me set the scene. i have somewhat fine hair

say for instance, i wash my hair when i get up in the morning. blowdry, straighten. hairspray. by the NEXT morning, my hair is oily

even when i dont use product, by the next morning i have to wash it again because im sure as fuck not leaving the house like that

does anyone else suffer the same? and what do you do about it? or any suggestions?

is there a product i should be using?

your hair is teh gorge. i can't wash my hair everyday or i end up looking like carole king. i'd love to have normal wash blowdry everyday hair.

a girl (ahem, woman) i used to work with, had her hair washed, blowdried and straightened ONCE A FRICKIN' WEEK. it was like horse hair. and it would look good all week, how i was envious

that'd be me. but au naturelle, faggedaboudit.

I have the same trouble. My individual hairs are really fine but there are loads of them. This year i've managed to get to washing every second night. Since i switched to a Lush shampoo bar (jumping juniper) my hair has been a bit less oily on that inbetween day. I use the bar & a Pantene conditioner.

what if you didn't use conditioner?

i havent used conditioner in over a week. makes no difference

is there a day where you can skip leaving the house? i find that if i suffer through a day of greasy hair, and wash my hair after two days, my hair builds up a resistance, and doesn't need to be shampooed for another two days.

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i can barely walk around the house with oily hair! its revolting LOL

is it expensive? does it come in a bar? i tend to use a spritz of leave in conditioner if i really need it

Well... sacrifice it for a day. It's worth a shot. If your hair is anything like mine, then it'll build up a resistance and won't be that disgusting once you show it who's boss.

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The shampoo bar was about $12.

Does washing your hair every day really bother you? If it doesn't i wouldn't worry too much about it. People always say it's bad for you hair but some people just have hair that needs daily washing. I quit doing it daily because my hair takes AGES to dry and i like to have it mostly dry before i go to bed so i have to shower reasonably early for that & showering every night at 8pm or before was annoying. Otherwise i would still wash it daily.

Has not using conditioner made any difference? It really shouldn't make your hair oily if you're rinsing properly. I think it's better to use it than not to.

Also i've found that the weather affects my hair a lot. For example i cannot use Garnier Fructis in summer because it make my hair oily like woah. In winter, when the weather is dryer, it's fine. So it could be the particular shampoo you're using at the moment. Think back and consider if oiliness changes in relation to the season or weather.

i like to wear my hair out and its impossible to wear out when i havent washed it. what a fucking dilemma! i will go into lush sometime this week and check their stuff out

i have that problem too. but i just wash my hair everyday. it makes me look nice and new in the morning.

I find I get a build up of oil after a day is over if I'm in the habit of washing everyday. I managed to get into the habit of washing every other day. At first, it would get oily after a day as expected. It started to improve after a couple of washes and it now takes two days to start getting greasy. I think it's a bit like how VenusDeMilo put it - your hair builds up a resisitance. It's like it knows that it's not getting washed so often (which might be drying it out) and thus doesn't need to produce so much oil so quickly.

Just a guess.

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Il se met à pleuvoir. L'homme n'ouvre pas son parapluie et l'autre lui demande pourquoi.
- Parce que ça ne servirait à rien, lui répond son ami. Il est plein de trous.
- Alors, pourquoi l'as-tu pris?
- Parce que je ne pensais pas qu'il pleuvrait.

There's some that gave up shampoo altogther to regain their hair's natural balance. Baking soda and vinegar. Worth a shot, perhaps.

http://www.43things.com/things/view/195217

i was in hospital for around a week (was too sick to wash my hair) and my hair balanced out. it went to a normal texture and ph balance. i dont know if i can sit it out a week, i have to keep up appearances!!

i was about to say that: i notice when i dont' wash my hair for a while it balances out naturally though i might wash with water. the past 2 years ive been using shampoo (natural kind) every now and then, usually twice a week or once a week because i do hate dealing with greasy hair . i hate that i'm using shampoo and i notice bu the second day its oily which is just natural hair oils i guess/ how oftem do you change your pillow caseds? i notice that sometimes has a factor on how oily my hair gets.

I totally meant to mention this in my post. Big time, if I leave my pillowcases unwashed for longer than usual then I do find my hair becoming greasy more quickly than it might usually.

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Deux hommes font une promenade amicale. L'un des deux porte un parapluie à son bras.
Il se met à pleuvoir. L'homme n'ouvre pas son parapluie et l'autre lui demande pourquoi.
- Parce que ça ne servirait à rien, lui répond son ami. Il est plein de trous.
- Alors, pourquoi l'as-tu pris?
- Parce que je ne pensais pas qu'il pleuvrait.

We have the same hair. I fucking hate it when I got out to party, then wake up with people all around me with grrgis hair and I'm a greaseball.