THE NEW WASH-AND-GO HAIR

Living in Brooklyn was super fun. Hey, remember that? Dang. My hair in Brooklyn was kind of a mess of bedhead and snarls and I tell you, I loved it. It worked perfectly for my lifestyle of walking everywhere, through all sorts of weather, pulling scarves on and off . . .  Feeling purposefully disheveled (even if I only looked disheveled) was awesome. I'd do it again, dude.

Aaaaaand then we moved. 

Living in Idaho is also super fun. Well . . . nope, totally super fun, I'm sticking to it. My hair in Idaho is always rather different from my hair out east. The water here does something to it to make it grow like a weed, and feel a million times softer, too. Also, crazy disheveled doesn't work in Idaho like it works in New York. All that to say, I actually want my hair to look like somebody cares these days.

Idaho Natalie is just a whole other kind of beast.

Just before we left Brooklyn I was introduced to a hair care brand called Living Proof. They sent me a few travel size samples to try, and since we were about to hit the road to NOLA and then on to Idaho, it was the perfect fix. When we finally landed in the great Northwest, and I was finished crying for my loft, I ordered a couple full size bottles. I am a fan for life!

(My janky pink tub makes an appearance!)

And now! Here's my new favorite way to wash-and-go your way to a full head of bouncy hair. Are ya ready?

WELL. About every third day I wash and condition my hair using Living Proof's Full Shampoo and Conditioner. I like to shower in the evenings (who showers in the mornings, please? superwomen only), and as soon as I'm finished, once my stretchy pants are in their locked and loaded position and my hair isn't completely sopping wet, I pull my still-wet, unbrushed hair into a low chignon at the base of my neck, tie an elastic around it, and then I use my fingers to loosen the hair around my crown until I look slightly crazed, and / or like some romantic Jane Austen heroine. 

This seems to give my roots that extra boost of volume. I wear my hair like this for bed most nights. Come morning, I pull out the bun and give my hair a little fluff, and I'm ready to go give good morning kissies to my girls out in the chicken coop. 

It's not a bad little routine! 

And now for few of my favorite long hair care tips:

1-Prenatal vitamins go a loooooong way toward getting your hair to grow. 

2-Don't brush your hair when it is wet. EVER.

3-Find a casual way to pull your hair back + up off your shoulders that makes you feel pretty for those days when you feel like your hair isn't growing fast enough and having to look at it makes you crazy and want to chop it all off. If you know what I mean.