I actually used a Sulfate shampoo!! (Need to know Information)

Okay so I'm back with a personal hair care update and I gotta admit, it's a doozy. I've recently broken character and used *gasp* an everyday sulfate loaded shampoo!! *Dun Dun Duuuunn* And guess what...

The sky didn't fall. My hair didn't magically start drying up and falling out. The Earth didn't implode and no volcanoes erupted like a new age Mt. Vesuvius. My strands were still intact, my hair felt nourished and fluffy, and my scalp was clean and appeared healthy even. I guess what I'm saying is that there is commonly no drastic conditions in which sulfates will hurt your hair. There appears to be so much of a stigma against sulfate-based shampoos and everybody, natural or not, seems to be on the bandwagon for sulfate-free shampoos, even though they might not know exactly what that is or why it can be beneficial. Yet, in reality, all we used to use back in the day were shampoos loaded with sulfates, and we did just fine.

Now, I'm not saying we have to automatically go back to how we were with "all sulfate everything" 😂, but it is worth thinking about. To be a naturalista means many things to different people; to some it could be just cutting off your damaged or old, relaxed hair; to others it could be the whole she-bang of big chop, sulfate-free shampoos, natural cold pressed oils, etc. But its worth remembering that sulfates can still get the job done. There are the few of us that need to switch from sulfates because they are simply too harsh for our hair. However if you are one of those that doesn't really have any adverse reactions to sulfates (like your hair falling out in handfuls, or dry, caked up or flaky scalp etc.), then you can still get away with a sulfate shampoo every now and then.

Back in the day, it was sulfates that held us down, and sulfates got it done. Now we've seemed to forget about them, or even favor their better, higher class, "sulfate free" counterparts. But it's simply not necessary to run out and go to that way out of the way beauty supply store down by wherever to get your special "natural based" shampoo. A little sulfate-filled wash day with that regular, drugstore conditioning shampoo, especially when you're in a pinch, isn't gonna hurt anybody 😉.

P.S. My shampoo was VO5 and I got it for $1 (not sponsored). lol What's yours? Sulfate it up! 😂

~Be Blessed, Be Curly, Be Cherished.


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