Everyone has been washing their hair the wrong way

Jul 15, 2015

We’re always looking for ways to achieve our best and most glamorous hair. So you can imagine how high our eyebrows raised when we discovered we’ve been falling at the first hurdle.

For years we’ve been hopping into the shower and doing our best Beyoncé impression while reaching for the shampoo first. As it turns out, that’s not how things should go down at all.

Refinery29 claimed not too long ago that we should be using conditioner before we shampoo. Nope, we didn’t know that either.

However, a lot of stylists are still debating if we actually need to be using shampoo or conditioner at all.

Artistic director for Kérastase Nina Dimachki says that conditioner should come before shampoo. It adds nourishment to your hair and it also “primes the hair before cleansing, allowing shampoo to distribute easier and more evenly.” Sounds good, but we think we might need a little more convincing. If you do decided to condition first, Nina says to apply from root to tip and rinse after you've scrubbed it into your hair.

We might be a little set in our ways.

So you can imagine how much of a hard time we’re having with the people claiming that we should ditch shampoo altogether.

It’s called the “no-poo method”, which does not make it any more appealing. NBC News interviewed a group of enthusiasts who say that it takes a while to get used to, but it’s worth it.

Bustle had one of their writers try out the “no-poo method” and she claims that “you’ll have locks like Bey.” We’re intrigued!

Ditching the shampoo means your hair is going to stop producing excess oils which it does to make up for your shampoo striping away natural oils.