I love peanut butter. But you know what I love more than peanut butter? Life hacks that cost precisely $0.
Because if you’ve got a way I can revolutionise my life without spending a cent, I am all ears, buddy. I AM ALL OF THE EARS.
That’s why, when a friend told me about the “reverse wash system”, I basically sprinted home to my shower to give it a whirl. (Don’t stress – “reverse wash system” sounds like it pertains to the laundry and requires nasty chemicals. It doesn’t. It’s just fancy hairdresser speak for “when you start washing your hair differently”.)
But before I get into the hack that has made me one step closer to a swooshy hair commercial, let me give you insight into my hair.
I would describe my it as BAWT: Blonde and wispy thin. Desperately thin. A does-she-even-have-hair-on-her-head level of thin.
Given we’re taught to hate every teeny tiny aspect of our appearance from the moment we exit the womb, my lank hair has been a problem since the dawn of time. Which meant countless “volumising” hair sprays! Designer shampoos! Dry shampoos! Thickening shampoos! Layered hair cuts! Bob haircuts! Haircuts to fix the haircuts!
It was a very exhausting, expenny, non-productive hair mission.
Listen: And, ahem, another befuddling hair problemo.
Ah, if only I knew my hair could look a trillion times better by just… reversing what I was using.
Which brings me to the $0 hack that makes my hair feel like I’ve just left a salon every time I wash it. Here is literally everything you need to know: