Hair, Hair, Hair

We all would like to think of ourselves to as people who base our actions on sound reason and arguments. We would like to think that all our descisions make sense and are not just based on some assumptions. But, if we are really honest, we have to acknowledge that we do things every day that not really could stand any serious investigation. We want to believe that what we do is not just some believe, but in the end we are just delusional. Even I have to admit that some things I do are not based on sound evidence, but a fuzzy believe.

I love my hair. I know superficial. Completely random. But I can't help myself. It is not even that my hair is something spectacular special. It has a quite normal brownish hair. It does get some nice blond highlights in the summer, but that is about it. It is completely flat. Not a single curl. Only about three spins at the roots. And that's about it.

Still, I tend to my hair very carefully. I wash it not too often. When I do, I do wash it twice though. I believe it helps it being more shiny. I don't use conditioner while washing it, but only afterwards to spray it on my damp hair. I always try to avoid to blow dry it or even comb it when it is wet to not break it. Because I read somewhere that it is bad to comb it when it wet. I don't really have prove that this in any way true. I don't know if washing it two times does help or just a waste of shampoo.

Nevertheless, I do it, because I would like to think that my long hair is only that nice because I take care of it the way I do.

Now, you might say, so what? Well, I pride myself to be a skeptic and I should not just apply it to some things, but to every Most importantly my everyday life. I should not just take the word of some beauty magazine that claims that washing my hair twice is better. I should check the facts behind it and then try it. Or maybe even conduct a small experiment and see if there is any difference.

If I have such high standards of questioning before accepting, why do I stop when it comes to my hair? I don't see any reason behind it and there is no reason behind it. Just some vage believe that my behaviour helps. And that is, quite frankly, a very week excuse that I never bothered to check if those claims have any truth to it.

I should not just claim to be sceptic and then dismiss it out of laziness in some areas in my life and being a pain in the ass in others. I guess that just means one thing. Check whatever strange believe I have when it comes to my hair and clarify it. And if it turns out to be right? Wouldn't it have been a gigantic waste of time then? No, anything but. Because then I can say I do what I do, because it is backed up by evidence and don't have to keep on pretenting I know what I'm doing even though it is nothing more then a personal opinion.

And as good as personal opinion might sound to some, to me, knowledge always sounds better.