Happy holidays from Sarah Bellum! Lefty and Righty are busy returning Christmas presents so I thought I’d write a couple year end posts to share some of my favorite posts of 2009 (Hey it’s either that or another boring news story from Mid Brain.) Sooooo, today I’m going to stroll down memory lane for shampoos.
The big news this year was shampooing WITHOUT shampoo. Or at least without any water. Dry shampoos and the No Poo method were hot topics.
Humans are not the only animals with dirty hair. Find the best dog shampoo to clean your canine.
Read this one if you need some clarity on how clarifying shampoos work.
Baby shampoos are safer than soup? WTF?
And if you’re out of soup and baby shampoo, you can always wash your hair with dish detergent.
You can forget Climategate – the real news this year was the Great Shampoo Scandal.
What’s your fave form – Liquid or solid shampoo?
Got zits? Try this Pimple-Poo.
Why does shampoo lather better the second time? Duh!
Is Pureology the perfect poo? (Ok, I promise that’s the last time I’ll say “poo” this year.)
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Shouldn’t it be soap, not soup? It’s spelled wrong in your baby shampoo article as well.
@Tsunamino: I’m sorry, but Sarah is right. “Soup” is not a typo. If you read the link in the original article that I quoted in the post, the author basically says that chicken soup contains more carcinogens than baby shampoo. Here’s the entire quote from the link:
“If you’re going to get antsy about such things, you might as well worry about, well, chicken soup! That’s right. My chicken soup is loaded with carcinogens. Not man-made additives, but naturally occurring compounds. Furocoumarins like 8-methoxypsoralen are present in parsnips and celery. Not only are they potential carcinogens, they can cause nasty skin reactions. Carrots contain caffeic acid, another carcinogen. I commonly add basil, which contains estragole, a known rodent carcinogen. The same can be said for alpha-methylpyrroline in black pepper. I’m sure an analysis of my cooked chicken would reveal some heterocyclic aromatic amines, nasty carcinogens. And then there is the formaldehyde. It occurs naturally in the onions and shiitake mushrooms I use to flavour the soup.”
So Sarah B is correct – at least this time!
@MidBrain: Thanks for sticking up for me, Middy. Sort of…
I absolutely LOVE dry shampoo! It’s incredibly convenient to do a quick spray at the roots when it starts to look a bit oily. Great for traveling, it freshens up my hair in a snap if I don’t have time to wash and blow my long hair dry.
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