Heya everyone

Just wondering-- I've heard that monsoon season is THE time for wearing your hair loose. For those of you who know... is this true and how come?? Leia, I bet there are monsoons where you are.

Anais

Hmm, I've never heard that before. Of course we don't get that many monsoons here in Illinois so I guess it doesn't really make a difference for me anyway.  ::)

Still, I'm curious...might as well know what to expect in case I'm ever caught in a monsoon.  ;)

Not that I've ever been in a monsoon, but...

When it's rainy and steamy here, I prefer to wear my hair up.

Hi Anais!

Right now I'm in London, where it is between crappy, thin rain, and beautiful sunny weather. However, I got an e-mail from my aunt in Bangladesh and she said it is flooding like anything there! In case you didn't know, in 1998 there was a terrible flood there, and they are saying that this year it's going to be worse  :(.

I'm not sure why people say you should wear your hair down in the monsoon, but I like to do it for these reasons:

1. The heavy rain feels great in your loose hair
2. When my hair dries, it always comes out thicker. I'm not sure exactly why, but it's probably because of the humidity when it's raining.
3. It's lovely to wash your hair "with" nature!  ;)

I hope your aunt and everyone in Bangladesh are alright!  :-/


Your hair gets thicker with the humidity? Lucky. Mine just turns into a giant frizzball.  ::)

When I first saw "London", my gut reaction was "my best friend's cat".. but I'm Leia is having lots of fun there. Are you visiting relatives, travelling for fun, or other?

I must agree with eKatherine's post. When I'm in hot but rainy places like Orleans, I also prefer to put my hair up. That's why I found it strange to hear about leaving one's hair down in a monsoon (so do monsoons involve strong winds?)

Best wishes to your folks in Bangladesh, Leia--I hope all is well. and yeah Cairn, mine turns into a frizzball too!

Anais

We don't have a monsoon season in Minnesota (at least not officially), but we do have rainy seasons.  

I love to rinse my hair with rain water - it leaves my hair so soft.  That might be the reason they recommend leaving hair down.  Rain water has minerals in it to make it softer than some tap water.

Leia, I hope your friends and family are all safe from the flooding.  I remember the big floods in '98, a terrible situation.

wrote on Jul 25^th, 2004 at 7:56pm:

When I first saw "London", my gut reaction was "my best friend's cat".. but I'm Leia is having lots of fun there. Are you visiting relatives, travelling for fun, or other? I must agree with eKatherine's post. When I'm in hot but rainy places like Orleans, I also prefer to put my hair up. That's why I found it strange to hear about leaving one's hair down in a monsoon (so do monsoons involve strong winds?) Best wishes to your folks in Bangladesh, Leia--I hope all is well. and yeah Cairn, mine turns into a frizzball too! Anais

Thanks to everyone for your good wishes to my family! That's so sweet!

Anais, I have lots of family here (my mother's side lives here, and my father's side lives in Bangladesh). I'm doing lots of shopping, going to musicals, and having a lot of fun.

Monsoons don't usually include strong winds. Bikerbraid mentioned that rainwater makes her hair softer - I forgot about that. I love the rain in Bangladesh because it's not thin like the rain in England - it's thick and heavy.  ;)

wrote on Jul 26^th, 2004 at 7:35am:

Monsoons don't usually include strong winds. Bikerbraid mentioned that rainwater makes her hair softer - I forgot about that. I love the rain in Bangladesh because it's not thin like the rain in England - it's thick and heavy.  ;)

I always forget that rain is not the same everywhere.  Here in MN we can get real downpours, and rains that come down hard all day.  Recently we were experiencing a 2 day heavy rain when I had out of town guests (Arizona and Colorado).  They were so amazed at the rain.  They were more accustomed to short rains, or light rains, but nothing that would last more than an hour.

I envision London's rains as on-going misty rains.  Just enough to get you wet and miserable, but nothing like the "gully washers" that we get in the midwest or Bangladesh.

: )

"A heavy downpour we're having, ladies and gentlemen. I am standing outside 5555 Lincoln Ave in front of Apartment 5, where a woman wearing jeans and a t-shirt is standing outside and doing something curious with her hair. Wait! wait! She's bent over and it looks as if she's... washing her hair in the rain?! We have just been informed by some local officials of their concern about the effects of shampoo residue on squirrels and other wild neighbors, and on the carefully trimmed hedges and lawn of this apartment complex. The Mayor himself has requested our news footage of this strange and unheard-of event. It looks like the lady is finished and rinsing off in the rain, preparing for the conditioning process... We'll keep you up-to-date on this as we have more developments in the story. Reporting live, this is Joe Bald with K6 news."

We should all try this at least once in our lives :) If not outdoors than probably with a container of collected water. I hear that the mountain rain up here in this area is some of the most pollutant free rain nationwide.

I'd love to try washing with rain water, but living so near Chicago I doubt it's really all that fresh. But I just happen to be camping out in the Rockies next week; maybe I'll collect some mountain water and bring it home.  :)