I’m a hairdresser and you’ve been washing your locks all wrong – here’s how make your hair last 10 days between shampoos
A HAIRDRESSER has revealed how to properly wash your hair – and apparently, there’s a key step we’ve all been missing.
Divinity Ray shared that she always cleanses her locks in cold water – and that the key to going 10 days between washes is rinsing thoroughly.
Known online as @divinityray, the hairstylist from Los Angeles, US, regularly shares haircare tips with her 1.2 million followers.
In a new TikTok reel, she said: “So I only wash my hair once every seven to ten days, and yes, that is possible if do what is called, ‘training your hair’.
“Pretty much what that means is you’re training your scalp to not produce a lot of oil which is ultimately what makes your hair feel dirty.”
During the one-and-a-half-minute video, the content creator explained that she starts by brushing her hair through with a Wetbrush, before rinsing it in cold water.
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She continued: “I brush through my hair using a Wetbrush and then once in the shower I do cold water.
“Some of you are little chickens and you need to do hot, so that’s fine. Do hot water but just know it’s not the best thing for your hair.
“This is the moment that s*** gets real. So this is the first round of shampoo.
“I am keeping it on my scalp. Do not move this shampoo down your ends, we are going to do that in the second round of shampoo.
“Yes we are doing a double shampoo, and I’ll explain why.
“Notice how this first round is not getting that sudsy? It’s because I have such a build-up of oil that that first round of shampoo is going to just be breaking through that first round of oil.
“The second shampoo is to truly cleanse and clean your hair and your scalp, and that is why you can go a lot longer without washing your hair.
“See how in this second round of shampooing, the shampoo is so much more sudsy. That is exactly what you want.
“You will now bring that shampoo down the hair and make sure that you clean everything really thoroughly and rinse it out.”
Divinity also shared that the final step, the rinse-out, is the most important of them all.
She added: “The rinse out is actually the most important part of this process because if you don’t fully rinse out your shampoo, it will make your hair feel dirty within two days.
“You’ll be able to tell the shampoo’s completely rinsed out because your hair will feel coarse before adding conditioner to it.
“Never put conditioner on the scalp, and make sure you leave it on the hair for at least five minutes. I don’t know, shave your legs or something.
“Anyway, I hope this helps.”
Fans loved her detailed tutorial, with the video gaining more than 48,500 likes and 304,000 views.
In the comments, TikTok users shared their thoughts, with one writing: “It’s crazy that we were never properly taught how to wash our hair. I appreciate the tutorial!”
“I’ve used this method for awhile and I only need to wash once a week and I love it,” another said.
A third commented: “BRO I did this when I showered today AND HOLYYY my hair feels so clean and fresh.”