I washed my hair last night
May. 11th, 2026 06:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenstormOnce or twice a week, depending on ability, I wash my hair in the shower before bed. I go to sleep with my hair wet, then wake up and run my fingers through it to detangle before I braid it. In good weeks I'll brush it, in very good weeks I brush it every night before I shower. If I go a full week without something it starts to dread, but I haven't yet had to cut more than a couple tangles out. I'm really lucky in how low-tangling my hair is.
I really enjoy running my hands through after washing it. It pulls out a TON of hair, I shed a lot so if I don't brush everyday it sort of lurks and I end up with a handful of it. But it's more that, I don't know. I've had to brutally shed so much being in my body (it hurts) and doing things I like (I can't do those things plus the socially-required stuff and survive)z that having a moment of just being present and experiencing my physical self is lovely. My hair is pretty and it feels nice.
My hair is as long as it was when I was 12, it's passed the markers on my body like my shoulders, my nipples, and now it's heading for my belly button. It's getting too long to brush in one swipe from base to end, I run out of arm. This is my covid hair.
For convenience I should cut 8" off it or so to more easily brush it, but long enough to braid and sort-of-bun is necessary these days. I do wish I could colour it again but I think that part of my life is gone, unless I run into a barter.
I really enjoy running my hands through after washing it. It pulls out a TON of hair, I shed a lot so if I don't brush everyday it sort of lurks and I end up with a handful of it. But it's more that, I don't know. I've had to brutally shed so much being in my body (it hurts) and doing things I like (I can't do those things plus the socially-required stuff and survive)z that having a moment of just being present and experiencing my physical self is lovely. My hair is pretty and it feels nice.
My hair is as long as it was when I was 12, it's passed the markers on my body like my shoulders, my nipples, and now it's heading for my belly button. It's getting too long to brush in one swipe from base to end, I run out of arm. This is my covid hair.
For convenience I should cut 8" off it or so to more easily brush it, but long enough to braid and sort-of-bun is necessary these days. I do wish I could colour it again but I think that part of my life is gone, unless I run into a barter.
