Things You Think Are A Waste Of Time?

[ag00]

Pre-pooing. Tried it once. I ain't gonna lie and say it didn't make my hair feel better but it's a waste of time to me. You're just washing out the product when the shampoo hits and it's another extra step. I don't have all day.

 

[Blessed&higlyflavoured]

Henna.

Felt like 5 steps back once I washed it out

 

[mzteaze]

For my hair only, co-washing. My hair prefers a gentle poo and traditional DC instead.

 

[LdyKamz]

Pre pooing, baggying, oil rinsing. I tried oil rinsing before and I actually kind of liked it but it's an extra step in my wash routine when I can get my hair to feel the same way with cowashing.

 

[nothidden]

Oil pre-poo. The women who inspire me don't do it, and their hair is thriving.

 

[NaturallyATLPCH]

I swear before I opened this thread I was going to say prepooing .

 

[Nightingale]

Prepooing works for me, but I keep it simple by spraying coconut oil on my hair before bed. Boom. Cowashing did nothing for me. I wouldn't call it a waste of time for those it works for, but my scalp can't take it.

 

[WYSIWYG]

Trying to explain to a know-it-all hairdresser with jacked up hair on her own head how not to destroy my fine, fragile, super coily strands. Never again. That setback cost me two years' growth.

 

[Prettymetty]

Cowashing is a waste of time and products. My scalp needs to be cleansed before every conditioning treatment otherwise I'm just creating buildup on my fine strands.

 

[GrenadianGal]

Cowashing, tried it a few times and each time washed with shampoo the next day.

 

[bajandoc86]

For ME: Cowashing - leads to build up and an itchy scalp.

 

[GGsKin]

Co-washing doesn't work for me either- I am left with dull hair from the build up.

I want to like pre-pooing (I've tried it once) but I don't shampoo often, so I tend to not bother with it at all.

 

[theRaven]

Cowashing and henna (I think I like the idea of henna more than anything else)

 

[LovingLady]

Ayurvedic Powders (The whole process is so messy)
Baggying (I have never tried this but I don't like anything that doesn't allow me to sleep comfortably)
Cowashing (I need shampoo every time)
Making your own conditioners (This is only cute to watch on youtube and to do once a year)

 

[sithembile]

Deep conditioning for more than 30 minutes. I read that conditioning agents adsorb (stick) to hair within 5 to 10 minutes (20 at the most). So anything beyond that isn't harmful but it doesn't make a big difference. That's why most conditioners, even professional ones, direct us to rinse out after 5 minutes.

 

[LiftedUp]

I agree with DCing and conditioning according to the instructions. I get better results than if I go beyond.

Otherwise, things that I think that are a waste of time at one point, I return to if I think my hair needs it. Like prepooing, I don't do it regularly but when my hair is extra dry I do a hot oil rinse and that revives it. I don't cowash but if I'm on vacation and I don't want to shampoo every time I come from the pool or sea I cowash etc.

 

[Britt]

Prepooing and cowashing.
I'd rather wash my hair and lightly poo it than to cowash. I need suds and clean hair/scalp.

 

[charmtreese]

Inversion method and Maximum Hydration Method

 

[julzinha]

Using kitchen ingredients in my hair. I tried that when I first started my hair journey because of YouTube. It was horrible putting mayo and avocado in my hair. I need all my products to be man made.

 

[ladybevy]

Cowashing for sure.

 

[danysedai]

Inversion method

and oiling the scalp, for my scalp, don't know about others

 

[GGsKin]

^^I agree with you on both. I like the idea of inversion and will do it every so often but I am not too bothered. And I always feel like my scalp doesn't need any extra oiling...alhough I still do it when I can be bothered to be extra.

 

[nothidden]

Inversion method and oiling the scalp, for my scalp, don't know about others

I do not oil my scalp. It doesn't itch and I'd like to keep it that way.

 

[Nightingale]

Inversion method

and oiling the scalp, for my scalp, don't know about others

Yes! I've tried inversion+scalp oil massage on two separate occasions. Each time the hair at my roots was left tangled and I felt like I needed to wash my hair. I never made it to Day2 either time.

 

[CodeRed]

Deep conditioning for more than 30 minutes. I read that conditioning agents adsorb (stick) to hair within 5 to 10 minutes (20 at the most). So anything beyond that isn't harmful but it doesn't make a big difference. That's why most conditioners, even professional ones, direct us to rinse out after 5 minutes.

I agree but I will leave it on my head for like 4 hours because I'm too lazy or busy to rinse it out... People are tell me I take really good care of my hair but they don't realize I either have other stuff I'm trying to do (multi tasking) or I'm simply too lazy/tired to rinse it out

 

[B_Phlyy]

Pre-pooing. Worked great when I was relaxed but my hair was so damaged anything probably would have worked.
Baggy method - Left my hair perpetually wet and hard, at the same time

 

[sky035]

Pre-pooing - too time consuming.

 

[ItsMeLilLucky]

Baggying. It makes my scalp itchy.

 

[PlainJane]

Search and destroy method

 

[PinkSunshine77]

Baggying:
Nastiest thing I ever did on my hair. Trapping sweat, and it stunk and made my hair feel absolutely disgusting.