h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It makes normal to dry hair smooth, shiny, natural, healthy, and irresistable!!

I don't recommend it for greasy/oily hair though, it just makes it worse.

Oh, and don't shampoo TOO often, every two or three days is enough, as too much washing dries out your hair, and too little obviously makes it dirty and greasy and unsightly.

Comb regularly if hair is long, or you get that horrid fuzz that floats around.

If hair is greasy but you have no time to wash it, use mousse. (Moose? Mouse? Moosse. I don't know!)

Change your shampoo every two or three months, as if you use it too much, your hair becomes used to it, and it doesn't do such a good job. It also leads to build-up on the scalp and dandruff. Perhaps have two different shampoos and alternate them.

That's how I make my hair so manageable and full of life!

I found something that does wonders for my hair - henna. My hair's limp and baby-fine, and I wear it short and straight becaues its just easier that way. Henna gives it body, shine and bounce! I just love it! Its available in clear - so it just adds shine and softness, or the red and blonde shades. Enhances my red highlights, too.

Any advise on 'too much washing dries out your hair' is more-or-less nonsense. OK, I've read about actresses who washed their hair at least half-a-dozen times a day while filming, and that is excessive. However, it has been found that the hair's natural oil levels return to normal about 20 minutes (no, that's not a typo) after washing. So a daily wash is fine.

Dandruff is caused by microbes, not by build up of shampoo, so don't share combs with someone who has dandruff if you don't already have it.

Hair is dead, so how can it 'get used' to shampoo?

I'm guessing it's more a case of the scalp getting 'used to' the shampoo...
*shrugs*

*shrug* it's what our science teacher told us in Year Seven when we had to do that facts-of-life chapter

Haven't you found out yet that in Year Seven most of what they tell you in your science lessons isn't true?

Mrs Hooper told us electricity was a very big word. personally i think pangalacticgargalblaster is much bigger. especially when you dont use the space bar.

FABT

harder to spell too...

{it's 'gargle', not 'gargal', afairc}

And it's Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. Was Mrs Hooper your first science teacher as well? She made us dissect fish. That was pretty icky. Most of the rest of the year was fairly easy though. Apart from writing up practicals - I've always hated that, and always will hate it. Why do you think I'm doing Computer Science?

I saw a poster advert-thing for the Illustrated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which claimed it was "Pan Galactic Garbleblaster" which we all know is totally wrong...

Why not just call them PGGBs? That's much easier to spell.

Our Science teacher in Y7 is our Chemistry teacher now. she's also our Head of Lower School and is very nice, if you're on the right side of her

Bet you really wanted to know that.

My Chemistry teacher went to be Head of Science at a private school in Somerset. Which is fine, because she's happy and I'm at University now.

Bet you really wanted to know that as well, didn't you?

More than anything in the entire world. Thanks for the enlightenment