The question popped up in my (wet) head while I was rinsing out the shampoo.<\/p>\n
Decades ago, we young ladies who occasionally glanced through magazines offering beauty advice learned about a trick for getting our hair ultra-shiny, glossy, soap-free, glittery, glisten-y — well, some of those qualities. What we did was a final rinse with some vinegar mixed with water.<\/p>\n
Did my hair get ultra-shiny? I don’t know. My hair is fairly straight, ergo shiny on its own. But it now occurs to me one quality of being a young lady is being credulous. Tell me to stick my head in vinegar? Sure, why not? If it didn’t cost my paycheck, I’d do it.<\/p>\n
At some point I stopped with the hair-vinegar business, although I’ve since segued into using vinegar mixed with water as a cheap window washer. (Some “formulas” for this home-made application suggest adding blue dye to the liquid, if it makes you feel more sanguine about its cleansing properties.)<\/p>\n
So why isn’t vinegar recommended for sheen anymore? Or is it, and I don’t read magazines that advise it?<\/p>\n
Maybe it’s because there are so many types of vinegar in my kitchen cupboard. Back in the shiny-hair days we had…a bottle of white vinegar. Now, my shelves are crammed with rice vinegar, champagne vinegar, sherry vinegar, balsamic vinegar, apple cider vinegar (with “The Mother”), Barbaresco vinegar — and who knows what is lurking in the back along with my exotic oils?<\/p>\n
Oh, plain old white vinegar is<\/em> back there. I use it in my cheese preserver and for making window cleaning fluid.<\/p>\n But which of these vinegars would I use in my hair, if I were so inclined to do that again?<\/p>\n That’s it. Now for something entirely different.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The question popped up in my (wet) head while I was rinsing out the shampoo. Decades ago, we young ladies who occasionally glanced through magazines offering beauty advice learned about a trick for getting our hair ultra-shiny, glossy, soap-free, glittery, … Continue reading