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Dirty Hair, Don't Care - SOLC Day 10

I emerged from the stairwell and smiled at my colleague who was walking down the hall. I opened my mouth to say, "Hey, how are you?" but she beat me to it.

Except, she didn't say "hey, how are you?"

Instead, she said:

"What day are you on?"

I stopped in my tracks, lips bunched and eyebrows knitted. My mind went blank. What day am I on? Does she know that I'm participating in the Slice of Life Challenge? Does she think I'm taking part in a 30-day fix? Oh God, DOES SHE THINK I'M MENSTRUATING - AND ASKING ME ABOUT IT?!?!

All that slipped out was "...what?"

"Sorry," she said shaking her head and giggling, "what day are you on for your hair?"

"Oh! I actually just washed it this morning," I said.

You see...I have a reputation at my school. My reputation is that I do not wash my hair, yet will go to great lengths to hide the fact that my hair in extremely unwashed. Although I do this out of laziness, I probably wind up putting more effort into making my unfresh hair look fresh than I would if I just freaking washed it. Anna is one of the people at my school who, as a result of learning this about me, invested in dry shampoo to try to replicate my laziness.

You see...I hide my dirty hair VERY successfully.

To this day, Anna and our other colleagues who purchased multiple brands of dry shampoo have not forgiven me for this failed beauty hack.They actually went so far as to have a funeral for the many different canisters of dry shampoo that gave them zero results.

"Good!" Anna responded. "I was having massive hair envy!"




Comments

  1. fireflytrailsMarch 10, 2020 at 6:16 PM

    My fine hair never looks its best when it is just washed. It needs to have some "built-up" product in it. However, two days are my limit - all I can go. I hope you will share some of your secrets!

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  2. UnknownMarch 10, 2020 at 8:07 PM

    Shampoo Funeral is going on my list of names for bands that don't (as far as I know) exist.

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  3. Diane AndersonMarch 10, 2020 at 8:17 PM

    I hate NOT washing my hair. I’ve washed it every day as long as I can remember... it’s been short forever, too. What I hated was coloring my hair, which I did for many years. .. I’m a lot happier with my white hair.

    I like your description of the moment after your colleague asked you the question. I recognized the feeling of scrambling for an answer when asked an unexpected question.

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  4. Dr. Macie KerbsMarch 11, 2020 at 8:56 AM

    I love your introduction to this story! I was laughing out loud! I make a conscious effort to make it 3-4 days without washing. Whenever my hair is curled, it usually means it is dirty! And yes, probably the same amount of effort going into it, but there some sort of gratification in making it that long between washes :)

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