A Cautionary Tale - How My Weekly Hair Cleanse Routine Went Sideways

I’ve been on this journey of growing my hair long for the last year and a half. I grew up in a house where my stepmom, who had very thick hair, convinced me that my thin straight hair could never be long and that it wouldn’t look good long. It took me turning forty to realize that I can do whatever I want with my hair! So, in the last year, I have had to learn a lot about how to best care for all this hair that I now have. A month or so ago, the helpful staff at Bellacara introduced me to the concept of a weekly deep cleanse for my hair and scalp. I picked up Christophe Robin Cleansing Purifying Scrub with Sea Salt.  It’s a nice salt scrub for the scalp and strips all the beauty product off of the hair from the week of styling. It leaves my hair squeaky clean. It’s also specially formulated for my greasy scalp, and the grit of sea salt soothes my sensitive skin and deeply cleanses all the grime of the week out. 

So, after only two weeks and two uses, I hopped into the shower last week for my Sunday deep cleanse only to find my sea salt scrub jar nearly empty.

I knew immediately what had happened. My boyfriend, who loves all the fancy things that I bring home from Bellacara, had helped himself to the scrub. But he thought it was body scrub. He had been using it to scrub his body and feet!! He’s a six-foot-tall man, and this jar of sea salt scrub lasted barely two days once he discovered it in the shower. The price point of Christophe Robin Sea Salt Scrub for one’s hair is significantly different than that of a body scrub, obviously. So, I was horrified. I immediately texted Angela and Elizabeth, who asked if he was still alive. Matt reports that it works beautifully as a foot and body scrub (not that anyone should attempt this) and had provided some amazing cleansing after he got home from making coffee all day.  So, I suppose this post is both an endorsement for this amazing product for use on your hair but also a suggestion that you keep it hidden in the medicine cabinet and only remove it once a week when you use it. Do not leave it in the shower caddy, where some man person will help himself without reading either the label or the price tag on the jar.