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"   A front page article in the recent &amp;quot;Sunday Styles&amp;quot; section of The New York  Times touched upon something we&amp;#039;ve been writing about recently: going without shampoo. According to the reporter, shampoo isn&amp;#039;t the only thing some people are shunning; they&amp;#039;re also skipping soap and deodorant. Yikes! The Great Unwashed details a lifestyle free of personal care items and even a daily shower. Among the toiletries that people are avoiding is deodorant, because they feel it&amp;#039;s unnecessary and/or because of a rumored link of aluminum to cancer. Please note, both the FDA and the National Cancer Institute state there hasn&amp;#039;t been any evidence of a link between aluminum in deodorants and cancer and say that your deodorant is safe to use (and probably much appreciated by those around you).  You might be asking, why go unwashed? Some of these individuals cite water conservation, while others say they don&amp;#039;t want to strip the natural oils from their hair and skin. In fact the desire to keep hair from drying out is one of the reasons for the &amp;quot;No Poo&amp;quot; and dry shampoos trends.  Not everyone subscribes to this school of thought. Philip Kingsley, the &amp;quot;Hair Doctor&amp;quot;, who&amp;#039;s been the expert on hair health for over forty years, believes that the most important thing you can do to keep your hair looking healthy is shampoo daily. According to Kingsley, the build-up you&amp;#039;ll get from skipping just one day of shampooing is enough to make your hair look dull and reduce its body and volume; he says that if you use the right products and a daily conditioner, shampooing won&amp;#039;t cause any damage. I recommend trying both - no-poo and daily washing - to see which you prefer for your hair. According to The New York Times, it&amp;#039;s obvious that many people are heeding the advice to use &amp;quot;less shampoo&amp;quot;: Sales of dry shampoo (which cleans your hair without water) have more than doubled in the last few years, and cleansing conditioners like Wen and DevaCurl No Poo are flying off of shelves. My co-worker Charmaine recently tried cleaning her hair with water and baking soda, and found that it did indeed prevent her hair from feeling dry. I&amp;#039;m going to give the trend a try using an inexpensive conditioner to scrub and clean my hair. As low-priced conditioners contain fewer moisturizing ingredients than pricier ones and you&amp;#039;re supposed to use a lot of it, they&amp;#039;re a better option for &amp;quot;conditioner cleansing&amp;quot; than expensive conditioners. Check back next Thursday to hear about the results. And in case you&amp;#039;re wondering, beyond No Poo, I&amp;#039;m not willing to go. How do you feel about forgoing shampoo, deodorant, and a daily shower? We&amp;#039;d like to hear from you. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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