洗頭髮小技能 先用護髮素再用洗髮水
Like most women, my hair-washing ritual has always been hugely important to me. For as many years as I can remember, I have shampooed twice, then massaged conditioner from roots through to tips and waited two minutes before rinsing.
像大部分女人一樣，洗頭髮對我來說很重要。自有記憶的多年以來，我都是先抹兩遍洗髮水，然後把頭髮從上到下塗好護髮素，等2分鐘之後沖洗乾淨。A few woefully short, bouncy, glossy hours would follow before my hair would revert back to its default setting of lank and limp[. Now, it seems, that limpness was all my own fault.
但令人悲傷的是，洗完頭髮後好看的髮型只持續短短的幾小時，然後頭髮就又變得又薄又茸、油膩膩地貼在頭皮上很難看。現在看來，似乎是我洗頭髮的順序錯了。
Reversing the order in which you wash your hair is meant to give you all the detangling and glossing benefits of conditioner - along with extra volume - but without any residual side-effects.
調換一下塗洗髮水和護髮素的順序，你不僅能讓秀髮柔順飄逸，還能避免護髮素殘餘造成的副作用。
The method itself is simple: wet your hair then work in your favourite conditioner, concentrating almost solely on the ends of the hair, with just a tiny bit at the roots. Leave the conditioner in for five minutes, then rinse thoroughly. Only now should you shampoo, rinse, and repeat, making sure you don’t use more product than you need.
方法本身很簡單：把頭髮用清水淋溼，然後塗上你以往最喜歡的護髮素，要注意把護髮素主要塗在髮梢、髮根要少塗；然後讓護髮素在頭髮上停留5分鐘，之後用清水把頭髮徹底沖洗一下；接下來纔是塗洗髮水、沖洗頭髮，並重復一遍，注意洗髮水要適量不要放多。I towel-dried as gently as I could, worried that without the final smoothing of conditioner I'd be left with a mass of tangles which would explode into a haze of split ends the moment I tried to take a brush to it.
我輕輕地用毛巾擦乾頭髮，有點擔心梳頭的時候頭髮會不會打結。To my immense relief, however, my wide-toothed comb went through my hair as easily as it normally does - with not a tangle in sight.
然而，當我用寬齒梳子梳頭髮的時候，頭髮像往常一樣柔順，一點都不打結。我終於如釋重負了。I blow-dried it as normal and immediately noticed a difference. My hair definitely looked shinier than normal.
我像以往一樣吹乾頭髮，馬上就注意到了與以往不一樣的地方：我的頭髮比平時要光澤得多嘛！Two days later I repeated the process - and the difference was just as pronounced. My hair was definitely looking thicker - as though I'd used a volumising mousse, but without the dulling effect that many styling products leave behind.
兩天後我重複了這個試驗，效果就像照片裏一樣：我的頭髮看上去厚多了，就像用過增發劑一樣，但卻毫無增發劑的那種副作用！By the end of the seven-day challenge, I could see a marked difference in my hair. Not only did it leave hair shinier, it helped combat frizz caused when particles of dirt stick to the residual product. Best of all, it felt softer yet thicker. Not a sticking-out ear in sight.
在7天測試結束的時候，我看到了自己頭髮和以前相比的顯著差異。先用護髮素再用洗髮水，不僅讓頭髮更光澤，還避免了護髮素殘餘導致頭髮小卷曲；最好的一點是頭髮摸上去更柔軟、看上去更蓬鬆，甚至把耳朵都遮住了呢。
