Logging my journey to use (way) less soap

Times I have washed my hair since mid January:

I define “wash” as scrubbing with shampoo.

• January 19th, our last morning at a campground

  • 11 days in between

• January 27th, at a friend’s apartment before dinner out

  • 13 days in between

• February 9th, at a friend’s apartment after swimming

  • 10 days in between

• February 19th, at a campground in the everglades

  • 20 days in between

• March 9th, at a friend’s apartment

  • 21 days in between

• March 30th, at a vacation house with family

How long I used to be able to go without shampoo before my hair felt unbearably greasy:

When we first moved into the van, my maximum was two days. That’s it. I remember visiting a coffee shop on the morning of day three once, the weekend we hit the road, and feeling absolutely disgusting.)

In summer, I could stretch to maybe three or four days, especially if I was able to take a dip in one of the beautiful Canadian lakes we drove by on our trip to Alaska.

By early fall, five or six days was possible, though braids (or a baseball cap) defini…