Let's see, where did I leave off last time when reliving my childhood memories? Oh, yeah, I was saying that in front of the electric fan was the best (and coolest) place to dry my just-shampooed hair. (I was probably a teenager before I got my first blow dryer. It was baby-blue and I loved it!)
And speaking of haircare: My favorite summer shampoo sessions were outside - with the water hose and a box of Tide laundry detergent. My hair was (and still is) thick, thick, but fine, fine. So it pretty much just sheds water instead of it soaking through to my scalp like "normal" hair does, or at least I assume it does.
Our only bathroom had a toilet, a sink, and a bathtub. No shower. So shampooing, especially the rinsing, my hair was quite a challenge. The problem was solved in the summer though. I would go outside with my towel and whichever shampoo/cleanser I felt like using that day. I would turn on the faucet and a cold, cold blast of water applied to my head from that green hose was sure to bring down the heat index by at least 15 degrees!
The hose helped me direct the stream of water all the way to my scalp like I could never do in our bathroom sink. Then, I would lather up; sometimes with Tide detergent (no joke), sometimes with dish detergent (usually lemon-scented JOY), or sometimes the boring normal shampoo for normal hair.
Lather...lather...rinse...rinse... Squeaky-clean hair. We never had cream rinse (conditioner nowadays) to follow up with. It makes me cringe now to think of those "harsh" cleaning products in my hair, but I always had shiny, healthy hair as a kid.
And speaking of haircare: My favorite summer shampoo sessions were outside - with the water hose and a box of Tide laundry detergent. My hair was (and still is) thick, thick, but fine, fine. So it pretty much just sheds water instead of it soaking through to my scalp like "normal" hair does, or at least I assume it does.
Our only bathroom had a toilet, a sink, and a bathtub. No shower. So shampooing, especially the rinsing, my hair was quite a challenge. The problem was solved in the summer though. I would go outside with my towel and whichever shampoo/cleanser I felt like using that day. I would turn on the faucet and a cold, cold blast of water applied to my head from that green hose was sure to bring down the heat index by at least 15 degrees!
The hose helped me direct the stream of water all the way to my scalp like I could never do in our bathroom sink. Then, I would lather up; sometimes with Tide detergent (no joke), sometimes with dish detergent (usually lemon-scented JOY), or sometimes the boring normal shampoo for normal hair.
Lather...lather...rinse...rinse... Squeaky-clean hair. We never had cream rinse (conditioner nowadays) to follow up with. It makes me cringe now to think of those "harsh" cleaning products in my hair, but I always had shiny, healthy hair as a kid.
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