Comments on: (not so) random links

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:31:35 +0000

Interesting about the hair washing! I’ve been trying to skip at least two or three days between shampoos for my hair lately. My biggest problem is that my waves/curls flatten out after a few days. lol. I should try it for more than a few days though… just to see what’ll happen!

By: pineapplelisa

pineapplelisa — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:50:00 +0000

the longer i go without washing my hair, the happier it is. and i’m talking longer as in months. my hair is thicker now, rarely greasy, and just plain happy. every few months it’s dr. bronner’s, and a few days a week it’s conditioner, most of the time i just rinse with water and rub my scalp. i like to rub my scalp when it’s dry too. i used to think i needed to wash daily, but scalps stop producing so much oil if you don’t remove it all the time with shampoo.
i’ve also discovered my body doesn’t need much soap to get clean, but that’s another story i suppose…

By: Chloe Nightingale

Chloe Nightingale — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:36:58 +0000

I didn’t realise not washing hair was a trend! I’ve had a few people ask what my secret is for having nice hair and it is definitely that I don’t wash it. I wash it once or twice a week, depending on length and how greasy it gets. I have to wash it more often (usually 3 – 4 times in 2 weeks) now that it is more than a couple inches long in front.
My husband’s hair gets greasy and stringy really fast if he doesn’t wash it every couple of days, but he is a greasier person in general.

By: sarah

sarah — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:15:16 +0000

I’ve heard that after a few days or weeks, the scalp adjusts to not being washed daily and that oil production goes down. I don’t know – I’ve never made it more than 2 days without washing (saving cases of illness when it has been physically impossible). I might skip a day on the weekend, but my hair gets stringy and looks like it has gel in it by the end of day two, particularly if I’ve been. Normally, I shampoo every day, use conditioner every other day or so, based on how oily I am, and just let it air-dry.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:44:59 +0000

1. email stuff – some of it is actually good. Ever since the Chanel trip that Adrian and Susie Bubble got to take, I’ve been more forgiving of the spamlike stuffs in my inbox. I am willing to just delete and move on the bulk of the stuff for the occasional gem, though I’ve had not missives from Chanel as of yet. I’m not so popular that I get a barrage of email, so deleting 5-10 emails a day doesn’t get my heart rate going.

2. Hair – part of my lenience with PR folks has allowed me to stop buying shampoos in favour of whatever freebie is being offered. Not all of the shampoos are good for my hair particularly, but having the opportunity to try several has allowed me to discover that I really like the pricey salon shampoos that I can’t afford.

I’ve gone through non-washing stints in the past too, and I’ve discovered that shampooing every 4 days or so seems to make my hair feel and look its nicest.

3. Congratulations on your pregnancy! I can’t wait to see some wardrobe remix pics of your lucky kid.

By: PrÃªt-Ã -Porter Prostitute

PrÃªt-Ã -Porter Prostitute — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:26:25 +0000

i remember back when i only had candid cool, i briefly put up my email address. it was annoying getting emails from a British based t-shirt & shorts sort of eshop asking me to promote their website when Candid Cool is a street style blog based in South Florida. Completely irrelevant to what my blog is about.
So yah, i took it down after that.

By: jill

jill — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:37:39 +0000

okay, back again with some PR spaminator news. this post and an email I received from a reader last week inspired me to take action. the reader advised me not to put my email on my site, but use a contact form to avoid the clutches of the email harvesting programs. i had entertained this before, but thought it seemed really formal and might not be aesthetically pleasing. but now i have one.

the results can be seen at my contact page here… http://danyelle.org

i used… http://www.mycontactform.com/

i customized it on the site and then f*%@ed around some more with the code it generated. it is clean and simple and doesn’t look too ugly.

maybe other bloggers want to try it…

By: Mallory

Mallory — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:51:11 +0000

I totally agree about the PR emails. Most smaller designers (Etsy people and the like) are pretty good about being a little more personal and thoughtful with their emails. And I’ve had some people with PR companies that are good about it too. But yeah, I’ve also gotten emails for stuff that is TOTALLY unrelated. And the emails we get for another blog I write for (not my own) are even worse, since it gets MUCH more traffic, so the stupidity factor is WAYYYY higher. Usually I just trash emails that are totally unrelated and seem to have no clue what my blog is about. The hard one is when people subscribe me to their email lists. If it’s someone whose stuff I would normally like, but they’ve subscribed me to their list unsolicited, I feel almost bad unsubscribing. But I even have a disclaimer on my contact page now, and it still happens occasionally.

By: allisonlindsay

allisonlindsay — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:55:53 +0000

In response to the shampoo: Just blogged yesterday about my every-third-day baking soda method. Anyone else sudsing with the soda?

By: jill

jill — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:00:21 +0000

1. yes, i agree, the PR spam is offensive. i often quickly search for an unsubscribe link or just delete it. sometimes, i write to tell them how silly their approach is since they have completely mistargeted me as someone remotely interested in their product, but usually just delete and move on. i suppose not publishing our emails and using contact forms would help to diminish this, but that seems a little removed…

2. cannot go more than two days without a wash. scalp gets itchy. although my friend just started using a powder she bought at sephora.

3. on preserving vintage clothes… get a landlord who maintains the roof!! two of my closets just leaked and i almost had a heart attack! didn’t discover it for a few days. luckily the towels and luggage got the brunt of the damage, but when i started to tally up the potential loss of 70 dresses, yikes!

4. you cannot go wrong with chie mihara. i have three pairs, including the ones i bought over six years ago in spain from one of her first lines. timeless.

5. cool beads. love to recycle, but i barely have time to cook dinner, not sure when i will get to newspaper.