I have long hair, typically about waist-length. I’ve had long hair all my life, and while I love it, it is not the kind of hair that cooperates. It’s not naturally shiny, voluminous or frizz-less. I would never ever be considered for a hair care commercial because they require models to sashay down the street swishing their shiny locks back and forth in a glamorous and carefree manner. My hair is anything besides glamorous and carefree. Heck, half the time, I’m lucky if I can keep it from looking like a comfy place for a bird to call home.
At some point towards the end of the teenage years and into my earlier 20s, I convinced myself that pricey shampoo HAD to work better. My best guess is that it was the result of a combination of reading some article in a magazine (probably titled “The Best Beauty Products” but should have been titled “The Companies Who Spend the Most Money on Product Promotion“) and being somewhat brainwashed by the hairdresser who somehow got the crazy idea that I would be open to spending more money on shampoo than on a good steak dinner.
And so I set out on a journey, a long and expensive voyage. About six years later, 1,974 bottles of shampoo (and conditioner) stowed away and hundreds of dollars poorer, I have returned from my expedition with an astonishing discovery.
I went from this…
The shampoo that works best to tame my bird’s nest is one that costs less than $5.00! That’s less than a value meal at McDonald’s (although much less tasty… not that I’ve ever accidentally gotten shampoo into my mouth before)
… to this.
There are some things that I don’t mind spending money on (like a good steak dinner!), but I’ve decided, once and for all, that shampoo is not one of them.
I’m so excited I can now stroll down the street without birds landing on my head.
