That makes so much sense I’m mad I didn’t think of it first. I’m so used to brushing a juicy knot into my hair and picking it apart for a minute.

👀 brushing from the bottom up, you say.

I don’t necessarily mean more maintenance as in more washing/conditioning. I mean that you have to more carefully consider what your hair needs. You actually need to wash your hair more often with short hair since the grease has less room to spread out. When I was growing my hair out, I knew I didn’t want to look like the long-haired metal-head with a big frizzy mess. I gradually started washing it less and conditioning it more. Now I don’t condition but I oil it after washing. That seems to keep the split ends at bay and give some nice locks without too much greasiness. If I still washed it every time I showered like I did with short hair, it would look like brittle shit.

Are you suggesting that 6-in-one product has fewer chemicals?

When your hair is short, you can wash it with Gatorade and it’ll look acceptable. The longer it is, the more you have to maintain it. I’m a guy who grew his hair out.

-my neighbor who is into essential oils

Just because beanie babies exist in the real world doesn’t make them valuable. The NFT bubble was similar to the beanie babies bubble.