#fbf to mermaid bath days

For years I've been reading and hearing about the benefits of not washing your hair every day. But for someone with fine hair that gets oily fairly quickly, that sounded just awful. I tried different dry shampoos, baby powder, but I always felt insecure about my hair looking dirty.

All of that changed this past winter break. I started washing every other day since I didn't have to worry about looking presentable for school. It's pretty easy to toss my hair up into a top knot working with kids and teaching yoga. I also discovered Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray, which is a total game changer! It's pricey, but well worth it. As mentioned above, I've got fine hair (and supposedly a lot of it, says my hair dresser, although it doesn't feel like it), and it is stick straight. I do a little bit of backcombing at the roots, then spray the magical texturizing spray on my hair and it actually holds a little volume. And it smells AMAZING.

At this point I'm washing my hair three or four times a week. Usually on school days. The mornings that I don't wash my hair are savored a bit more with coffee in hand on my couch. I feel like I've learned some tricks to getting volume and using braids to cover second (or third!) day hair (particularly this kind of braid that I saw on twitter months ago as a gif).

How often do you wash your hair? What kind of styling products or hair styles do you use to get by with "dirty" hair and still feel put together?

xxo