I haven’t washed my hair for 17 days – people think it’s gross and ask me if it smells but I’ve been doing it for years
A YOUNG woman has revealed that she hasn’t washed her hair for 17 days.
Social media user Emily Alexander, from Los Angeles, has amassed an impressive 910.7k followers and 26.2million likes on TikTok, where she regularly shares beauty and fashion content.
Emily recently explained to her loyal followers that she hasn’t washed her hair for 17 days and has been doing this since she was a child.
Posting on the social media app, Emily shared her clip with the caption ‘Another heatless hairstyle for dirty hair!’
Emily revealed that her followers thought it was gross that she doesn’t wash her hair a lot and many ask her if it smells – to which she set the record straight.
She explained: “You guys know the drill, I haven’t washed my hair in, you don’t wanna know [17 days].
“It’s not looking good, tomorrow I’m washing it.
“I need to style it today.
“In the last video you guys were like ‘doesn’t it smell bad?’, it doesn’t.
“I don’t know, maybe that’s just me, but it doesn’t smell bad.
“I kind of want to do a ponytail with a braid.”
We then see Emily put her hair up as she attempts to style her greasy locks.
Once her hair was scraped back into a ponytail, she advised: “Pull the back down and the top up to elongate your ponytail.”
She then plaited her hair and tied the plait with a white ribbon.
She also used a slick stick to tame her stray hairs.
Emily then concluded: “And that’s my day 17 hair.”
Her video has clearly shocked many, as it has quickly racked up a whopping 3.4million views.
It has 413.7k likes, 1,221 comments and 844 shares.
Although Emily’s heatless hairstyle looks great and you wouldn’t actually know that it has been 17 days since she last washed her hair, many TikTok users were left stunned that she leaves it so long inbetween washes.
One person said: “17 days?? this whole “not washing your hair” thing has gone too far….”
Another added: “I’m so confused girl just wash your hair ”
A third commented: “But why wait 17 days to wash ur hair?”
Someone else asked: “How do you last more than a few days? My head gets so itchy when my hair is greasy.”
Emily confirmed “I’ve been doing this since I was younger so I think my scalp is well trained tbh.”