To Shampoo Or Not To Shampoo

Beth asked a seriously great question! 

I've heard that shampooing your hair every day will damage it and when I take the time to blow dry and straighten my hair, I try to make it last 2 days anyway. What about the days that I put product in my hair to make it curl? Can I still skip a shampooing? Do I only condition that day or nothing at all?

I get this question a ton and my advice is that washing your hair hair everyday is a bad idea. Your hair goes through a lot of trauma and is at it's most fragile when it's been washed and is sopping wet. Then add brushing, blow drying and styling to that everyday and you are putting your hair through a lot of trauma. Also, when you wash your hair you are washing out the natural oils in your hair therefore drying it out. 

My weekly routine:

Sunday-wash hair and style for church

Monday- wear same style as Sunday

Tuesday- wear a cute up style (usually one of these)

Wednesday- wear in a cute up style

Thursday- wash and style for the weekend

Friday- wear same style as Thursday

Saturday- wear in a cute up style

I only wash my hair about twice a week. By washing your hair as few times as possible throughout the week you are not only saving your hair from breakage but you are allowing the natural oils to help keep you hair from becoming dry and brittle. If I feel like I still have to much product in my hair from the day before, I'll do an up style instead of washing. I do know that not washing your hair everyday is not an option for a lot of people. If you need to wash everyday I recommend carefully towel drying your hair, combing with a wide tooth comb and air drying, and putting in a leave in conditioner or shine serum to replace your natural oil. 

We already looked at up styles for long hair here, so let's look at a few cute do's that you can do with shorter hair!

Jennifer Aniston's hair isn't short but her braided fringe would look so cute with short hair. 

source: Redbook 

This upside down french twist would be so cute on short hair!

Any hairstyle with braids is cute and easy!

tutorials found here and here. Plus her blog has a TON of cute tutorials for short to mid length hair!