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I Started By Accident – Here’s my “No Poo” Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, let’s get one thing out of the way right off the cuff. I haven’t been washing my hair since 2013. Only years later did I realize that not washing your hair was called “no poo” and that I was, in fact, doing just that.<\/p>\n

Let’s get the second detail out of the way before we begin. This is Bruce. It’s a guy writing this. While my experience will not be exactly like for women with super long hair, I\u00a0did<\/em> have longer, shaggy hair when I started. So, there are some commonalities. Even today, I have long hair for a guy and I have certainly never had a super short buzzed head that would make “no poo” irrelevant. The other part of Board and Life (Lisa) will write a separate\u00a0post about her experience with “no poo” for women.<\/p>\n

Here’s the third detail: I started “no poo” by accident – but we’ll cover that below. I can’t tell you about the best “no poo” shampoo but we talk about the one that many people use. The “no poo” transition period can differ for everyone, so if you’re wondering about how the “no poo” method works, here’s the story of my “no poo” journey and the results before and after!<\/p>\n

The Backstory<\/h2>\n

Let’s go back to 2013. I was still in university, actually. I had that shaggy, surfer, flippy hair but it was wavy, thick, and relatively healthy. You know – the style that the teenage heartthrobs had back in early 2000? That was me. Channeling my inner “O.C”, I suppose.<\/p>\n

When I showered (which was daily), I used shampoo and a conditioner every single time. I would get out of the shower, dry my hair, and it would be light and dry. It had an almost “fake” feeling with how clean was. As the day would drag on, it got oily. Fast. By the end of the day, my hair was nearly matted to my head. It looked awful, but I figured that\u00a0all hair was that oily.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Why I Started No-Poo<\/h2>\n

People have lots of reasons for going “no poo” these days. Some cite personal hair care and hygiene, others cite environmental concerns. Some just do it for their curiosity in the trend. The honest reason for why I started “no-poo”?<\/p>\n

I honestly can’t remember<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The earliest memory of consciously not washing my hair is in the shower of my student house in spring of 2013 and acknowledging the fact that I was not using my shampoo anymore. Just rinsing it with water. Maybe someone had mentioned it? I don’t know. What I do know is that I didn’t read a lifestyle blog and think to myself “that’s exactly what I am going to try”. I just kinda started doing it.<\/p>\n

The Beginning of No-Poo<\/h2>\n

In the beginning, when I then decided that I wasn’t using products anymore I laid out ground rules for my “no poo” to see how long I could go:<\/p>\n