Hair dilemma now I'm sixty!

Gumtree

At 78 I haven’t washed my hair for over ten years and even my family (my honest critics) say that it looks great - why not try it? Hair goes back to its natural quality very quickly.

Gumtree Very interesting! I know this has been suggested for years, I suppose it's the 'leaving it to go through the grotty bits' is off-putting?

So, how do you actually look after it, style it etc?

To cut down on plastic bottles and packaging, I now use a bar shampoo (and a bar conditioner) which I purchase online from Friendly Soaps. DH is using it too. I like their products because they're free of additives & my (fine) hair is happy.
(We've no connection with the company, other than as customers!)

Gumtree, doesn’t your hair smell if you haven’t washed it for ten years?
OP, you haven’t said how long your hair is, if it’s coloured, thin, thick, dry etc so it’s difficult to recommend anything, but I have long thick hair and use Percy and Reed Wonder shampoo and conditioner plus a Wella serum from the hairdresser which is the best combination I’ve found in my 70 years.

I have been using Living Proof Full shampoo, conditioner and styling cream for a while now. My fine thin hair is much shinier and looks better . It is pricier than supermarket brands but lasts for months so is probably just as cheap in the long run.

I've skimmed past this thread heading several times because it puzzled me why being sixty suddenly made any difference, then curiosity got the better of me.

I think if one hasn't made peace with one's hair by the time one's sixty the chance of one's ever doing so is pretty low. I think simplifying is usually a good idea. If the shampoos you've got don't work as you would like them to why don't you give up with them, get a nice cut or wear long hair up, and just use something you like the smell of?

I can’t imagine not washing my hair for ages. It happens a lot less often nowadays but frequently used to notice the unpleasantly stale, musty smell of unwashed hair, e.g. when sitting behind someone on the bus.

It was a major job to get my mother to shower and wash her hair once she had dementia, and hers used to smell decidedly unpleasant, too.

When I moved house and was clearing the bathroom, I found loads of half-used bottles of shampoo. I poured them all into one big bottle, shook it up and this is now my shampoo - a mishmash of goodness knows what. Seems to work!