Historical hair myths debunked : How often should you wash your hair— daily shampoo or no shampoo?

How often should you wash your hair? Capitalism says daily shampoo, but hair history says no! Let's bust some historical hair myths, with help from my new Marlow pillows! Get 25% off 2 Marlow pillows or 40% off 4 pillows with my link here: https://bit.ly/SnappyDragon_Marlow This video is kindly sponsored by Marlow. History is full of hair myths, and as a former hairstylist, I love using my old professional skills for busting hair myths in the name of fashion history. Historical hair care involved a lot less washing than today : Medieval hair care relied much more on brushing and braiding, because medieval hair washing soap could be nasty stuff! So how did we get from middle ages haircare to washing hair daily with shampoo? Spoiler alert : It's marketing. Historical hair techniques evolved quite a bit over the last couple centuries, and so has shampoo history! The word shampoo wasn't part of the English language until 1814. But it wasn't a special product, it was still just soap! The stuff we know as shampoo wasn't invented until the 1930s, when washing weekly was a relatively new practice. Washing hair daily didn't become idealized until the 1960s and 70s, when a growing variety in fashionable hairstyles meant there was no "right" answer to how often you should wash your hair. So, product companies began advertising shampoo you could use every day, and coming up with ways to make you feel like your hair was dirty if you didn't. Does washing hair daily damage it? With shamp