This.
I hate myself because the jeans I likeā¦ are $200-$400 a pair. But OMG they feel so good and last a long time. (I only ever buy them on sale, but even 50% makes them crazy expensive. JBrand or Citizens of Humanity if anyone cares. And like @chgoliz says, the sales, check out the sales! ALL summer clothes are currently on clearance right now!)
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Iāve been buying Lee. Iām sure they are nowhere near as fine as the ones yāall are talking about, but they are still made with something closely resembling denim, as opposed to Leviās or Old Navy, which both switched to some cheaper, thinner fabric some years ago.
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If you still have dandruff and itchy scalp after trying everything from all-natural-woo cleansers to scalp treatments to baby shampoo to prescription shampoos to no shampoo and youāve eliminated headwear from your wardrobe, itās time to consider the possibility that your scalp is a prima donna and requires a ridiculously hypoallergenic shampoo like Free & Clear.
This worked for me. If it doesnāt work for youā¦I dunno, I guess just reconcile yourself to the apparent fact that your scalp hates itself, hates you, and hates anything more chemically active than water.
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I am long waisted, so all the low-rise āfashionā cuts fit me perfectly and all the standard cuts like Lee or Levis do not. I am a-feared that the current āhigh-waistā trend will eradicate my sources of pants that fitā¦ then Iāll be back to wearing the unisex jeans from HotTopic. (Seriously, for $20-$40 a pop theyāre pretty good, so long as you one want black).
Can we talk about old lady concerns like Retinol in here? Cuz I have recommends!
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One recommendation from the world of textured hair: use conditioner but DONāT rinse it out (or only rinse it out a little).
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Hot Tip: Skip shaving for a week or two. When you are ready to take it all back off, a Lemmy is the facial do most guaranteed to freak out your wife. Important - donāt leave her hanging for more than an hour before taking the rest of it off.
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Well, except that time I was doing a #2 buzzcut and the guard popped off the clipper in midstroke. I had to go to a barber and get a mohawk to fix that one.
True story: Last time I went to a barber, I said āIām going to force my way into a corporate CEOās office today and threaten him with legal action. Please give me a haircut that makes me look like the kind of wealthy lawyer who would cheerfully murder his own grandmother for a nickel of profit.ā Apparently she did a good job, as several people told me I was absolutely terrifying in that haircut and a $300 suit. 
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Still laughing over here.
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That is my standard haircut.
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Iāve got something between 2C/3A curls, but very fine white-girl hair. Too much product makes me super stringy.
I shower more or less daily, but only shampoo every 2-3 days. I tried going no-poo but my scalp was so itchy after a week I wanted to die. So rinse and condition every day, comb it wet with a wide-tooth comb and add my current product which is this, and then I try not to touch my hair for the next hour. Preferably Iād let it air-dry all the way, but here in Seattle that means it doesnāt get totally dry until like 3pm. I really hate blow-drying. Itās so boring.
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Fine. FINE. Iāll put on pants. I have a tendency toward being a hermit, and on many days that doesnāt involve being sufficiently dressed to greet anyone who doesnāt actually live with me.
I see your point, though. Depression and never-leaving-the-house can become a vicious circle.
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Another reason to lose a little more weight and waistline so I can fit in my Utilikilts again.
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Iām too lazy these days.
Rarely see anyone else from my team as I work at a different site, so I shave about once a fortnight (which looks awful but I am not especially hirsute - to put it mildly). At least the ginger bits in the beard have mostly gone away, but largely because theyāve been replaced by white ones.
I donāt like haircuts (or the cost thereof and the time spent there at least), so I donāt get my hair cut as frequently as I should either.
Basically, Iām a slob.
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That makes me happy too.
Hereās another 2 rules of good grooming that probably should have been obvious.
Do not let a 3-year-old apply your sunscreen. Unless you like having a 3-year-oldās handprint scarred into your back for the next five years.
Do not let anyone under 8 years old cut your hair unless you plan to cut it again, very short, very shortly thereafter.
Edit: my daughter hates it when I mention those incidents.
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Even when I was doing the telecommute thing all the time I would keep groomed. Didnāt get out of my jammies right away after the kid was going to the bus on his own. But by 9 am it was break time so I would have a shower and get dressed for the day.
Shaving, well MrsTobinL wonāt give me smooches if I donāt and buzz cuts are cheap and fast.
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Represent sister. Iāve got everything from 2A to 3B on my crazy head, and itās baby fine to boot. Iāve never been able to understand how hair can somehow be curly, limp, and frizzy all at the same time. sigh.
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I am blessed to only need to shampoo every five or six days. The rest of the time itās just water, and when I used shampoo itās a tiny amount. Otherwise I dry out like old flaky leather.
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Same over here, I last even longer 7/8 dayās, no water in between. Otherwise flakes all over.
But I need to tell I have very long hair, straight, thick, not that many hears, but each hair is very thick. With very long I mean a way beyond the buttocks length.
The head hair is a good story. The rest of the body hair not that much. And with that Iām talking about the story, not about the hair. 
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Same here, at least in the summer. In the winter I let it grow in a bit. I donāt have all that much left anyway. My receding hairline and my bald spot are perilously close to meeting.
Summer haircut day is glorious at our house. RatWoman lines me and the boys up outdoors and goes at us with the power clipper like a Marine Corps barber on speed. Even the dogs run and hide.
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