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How often should you wash your hair?
Sebum sits on your hair. 18-MEA is part of it. Shampoo can remove the first and cannot touch the second — and once you see the difference, most of the...
How often should you wash your hair?
Sebum sits on your hair. 18-MEA is part of it. Shampoo can remove the first and cannot touch the second — and once you see the difference, most of the...
Does dry shampoo clean hair?
Everything a wash would have taken is still up there — and that's a smaller problem than it sounds. Both the promise and the panic overstate what a powder can...
Does dry shampoo clean hair?
Everything a wash would have taken is still up there — and that's a smaller problem than it sounds. Both the promise and the panic overstate what a powder can...
Coconut oil: does the grade matter?
Refining strips 99% of coconut oil's vitamin E — which turns out not to matter, because the part that actually does something to your hair isn't touched.
Coconut oil: does the grade matter?
Refining strips 99% of coconut oil's vitamin E — which turns out not to matter, because the part that actually does something to your hair isn't touched.
Oiling an oily scalp — and a healthy one
The same thing that makes oil worth putting on a dry scalp is the reason it can backfire on an oily one. It's one property, running in two directions.
Oiling an oily scalp — and a healthy one
The same thing that makes oil worth putting on a dry scalp is the reason it can backfire on an oily one. It's one property, running in two directions.
What Hair Oil Does — and What It Doesn't
Hair oil does two jobs: conditioning the hair fibre and, in some cases, supporting the scalp. Separating the two explains which claims are evidence-based—and which are not.
What Hair Oil Does — and What It Doesn't
Hair oil does two jobs: conditioning the hair fibre and, in some cases, supporting the scalp. Separating the two explains which claims are evidence-based—and which are not.
Hair porosity explained (high vs low)
Most porosity advice starts with a float test in a glass of water — which doesn't actually work. The more reliable tell is your hair's own history. Here's what low...
Hair porosity explained (high vs low)
Most porosity advice starts with a float test in a glass of water — which doesn't actually work. The more reliable tell is your hair's own history. Here's what low...