hi nerds, welcome back and welcome to my bathroom! so as you can see from the title, i'm going to be
washing my own hair with dog shampoo for a week. a lot of groomers do actually do this
if they do run out of their own shampoo, but i think that's more like a temporary solution
rather than doing it for an extended amount of time. so i really wanted to try it see what happens,
i'm kind of going stir crazy in lockdown right now, so you know, we'll see what happens with this.
and if you've been following my channel for a little while, you probably recognize
these two little babies. so these are the Milly's shampoo bottles that i reviewed for the very first
video of the channel. i've come a pretty long way since, if you go and watch that - i'll link it up
in one of the corners, wherever he comes up i don't remember - you'll see how much i've developed as a
content creator. i was so awkward back then, and i think i'm slightly less awkward now? i don't
know, but anyway kind of going off track here. so i'm kind of confident that these shampoos
will do me good, because i know that dog shampoos are so heavily tested in the eu in comparison to -
just just one moment - this is what i use on a daily basis. i think i get two bottles for like
one pound eighty or something at the moment, so it's not exactly like i'm spoiling my hair
with some really good quality stuff right now. so in comparison i'm pretty sure the Millly's
shampoo is gonna really treat my hair. but on the downside, i don't have a conditioner on me.
so we'll see we'll see what happens, i've got a ton of really fine hair so it does tangle
really easily, so i am kind of concerned that my hair is just going to be like a massive crow's nest
for the next week. and equally i'm worried that it will strip my purple off completely,
but luckily that's easily fixed, so you know, that's only a minor downside really. and what i'm
gonna do as well, i'm gonna try doing different things to my hair for the week. so what i'm gonna
do, i'll probably wash my hair every other day i'd imagine. i usually only do it a couple times a week ,
if that, when my hair is this kind of color. that's just to kind of preserve the the funkiness for a
little bit longer. it's still nice and bright, i've washed it a couple times. but anyway, so today i'm
gonna fully brush and blow dry, and then i'll just completely let it air dry, just leave it completely
unbrushed, the next time i will brush it and let it air dry and then the last wash i will probably
do some kind of styling to it and see how the styling sticks. that's just for a little bit of
variety. so i'm just going to hop in the shower and get started. okay, so i'm all showered. i've
just towel dried slightly. my hair doesn't feel too bad luckily, usually if i don't condition my hair
at all it just feels like straw. but you know that shampoo's done pretty well. a lot of colour
did run out as well, which kind of freaked me out a little bit. obviously this color is literally
just semi-permanent and it's not supposed to stick around forever, but the amount of dye that
came out in one go was a bit alarming. so we'll see how much purple i have left in my hair after
the week. but i'm just gonna brush through and blow dry my hair and see how i get on with that.
you know what that doesn't look half bad. i can really tell that i've lost a lot of the
colour though, it's not quite as vibrant anymore. it looks interesting. it doesn't look awful
as of now. you know what that actually looks quite cool on camera it might not look quite
as a nice - oh you know i'll live with it. anyway, dried pretty quick but that's kind of what i was
expecting anyway from that shampoo, because it dries dogs really quick so why shouldn't it dry
my hair quick you know? it feels nice, i'm actually really surprised how like conditioned my hair
feels, considering that it's not a conditioner at all. i used the rhubarb and black plum today. can't
smell it on my hair at all, but that doesn't really bother me anyway with shampoos. but um
i'm just gonna sort of get on with my day and i will see you for the next wash. good morning!
i'm not quite awake. i've been awake for about an hour now. this whole being in lockdown thing
is just completely throwing my routine out of the window, it's so weird. anyway,
i'm quite enjoying this shampoo i've got to be honest. i was worried that my hair would become
really unmanageable and really knotty and horrible without any conditioner. but so far
it's actually been really nice. i do tend to just tie my hair up when i'm at home, which is right now
24/7, so it's not been brushed since i washed it i don't think. and it's not too bad, like there's a
couple of - ouch - there's a couple knots in there, but it's not too bad. so today i'm just literally gonna
wash and towel dry and that's it, and let it air dry and see how it is afterwards. if it's gonna turn
into that massive crow's nest as i'm worried. but i'm just gonna update you once i've washed it and
once it's dry. okay, my hair is feeling like such a mess today. it's feeling really just dry, i used
the peppermint and lime today which is supposed to be more like a deep cleaning one for dirty dogs. i
have a feeling that it removes a lot of grease out of the hair. so it's not feeling the best. i'm kind
of curious to see if this sort of, like after wash curl i get, stays if i don't touch it and
if i get any kind of volume out of this as well. but i will catch you when it's all dry.
okay, well, um crow's nest achieved. oh boy this is so dry. i'm gonna try brushing this rat's nest out
and see what happens. but um definitely missing the conditioner today. i do really think it's because
of that shampoo i used, i'm probably gonna stick to the rhubarb and plum from now on because my hair
cannot cope with this. this is too dry! okay well i'm gonna torture myself for about 10 minutes while i
brush all of this out. okay it's actually not too awful. like i can see that it's fading like loads
just here and a lot of dye did come out again, but you know at least now i know what shampoo strips
out of this hair colour if i ever get bored and want to change it up a little bit. i'm definitely
going to have to recolour my hair after my little experiment, but you know that's just something else
to do. would you guys like to see me do my hair i know it's nothing to do with the channel itself,
but i know a lot of groomers are really creative and you know, show their personalities a little
bit through their hair. so if you want me to just kind of film it - obviously i'm not a hair stylist,
i don't really know what i'm doing. but if you'd like me to film it, let me know and i will make
it happen. i'll probably still hang out with my faded hair for a couple weeks, but i don't think
i'm going to be using the peppermint shampoo again. it was quite harsh on my hair it feels really dry
in comparison to the rhubarb and plum shampoo. so i definitely i think i'll stick to that one
and actually wash my dog with with the other one. but i'm gonna hang out with my straw hair
today and i'll catch you for the next wash. okay, so my previous wash i didn't really, you know, do
anything different. i literally just washed my hair and brushed it through and then just let it air
dry, so i don't really film much of that and today, i've just skipped showing you, you know my wet hair
and all that today. i'm just gonna try styling my hair a little bit, just gonna curl my hair. um curls
don't really tend to stick to my hair at all because it's so fine and so smooth - thank you for the input -
um so just see how that goes and i will update you guys in a bit. that's sort of you know
unrelated to my actual video. you know i have been furloughed since the the second lockdown started.
and we are hopefully looking at starting to call people and book their dogs in this week.
depending on what boris is this week. i think he's got some kind of announcement today , it is monday
today. and then they are deciding something again on thursday, so hopefully we'll get some clarity on
what's going on. i know quite a few groomers have stayed open through this, but unfortunately our
council did actually tell us that we can't stay open. so we've literally just stayed open for food
deliveries. our bigger shop does raw food, so we've been able to at least do that, but the smaller shop
i'm working at that's just closed for the month. and i honestly cannot wait to go back to work, i
have been so bored. luckily i've had you know walls to paint and stuff like that, but other than that
it's been pretty boring. and i'm not the kind of person who just likes sitting down and doing
nothing all day, i have to do something. and this lockdown my other half has been able to carry on
working so you know i've been literally on my own. i've had my dog but you know,
he doesn't talk back to me so he's been you know pretty boring. but yeah, i'm just really
looking forward to going back to work, and we're going straight back into the christmas rush which
is going to be interesting. i'm probably going to end up having to work six day weeks all the
way through to christmas to fit everyone back in and offer some extra appointments to people who
can't fit their dogs elsewhere, because that is a very big possibility for a lot of people who have
had to close. but it's been frustrating because there wasn't a clear answer like a clear yes or
no answer, like there was so many other businesses like hairdressers, beauty places, anything like that.
there was a clear no you cannot stay open. ours was very wishy-washy and "oh well, welfare needs",
but you know, what is welfare really if you think about it? like regular grooming for some dogs might
mean welfare, because if they don't get groomed their owners may be old or have disabilities or
anything like that, and they're just not physically able to look after their dog's coats. so without
the professional grooming the coat might just get matted in the time that we're closed. but
you know, there's nothing we could do once the council said no. that was pretty much it for
us, because you know the council's going to be the one issuing the fines, and they now know that we've
asked for permission to stay open and they've said no. so they could easily do a spot check, see
if we're grooming and if we are, they'll just you know fine us for that. and it's really frustrating.
obviously we're a small business, we're not this huge corporation like pets at home, who probably
have some funds behind them to sort of survive stuff like this. and they can still carry on being
open because they have got a pet shop side and all that you know. so they're fine, but for small
businesses like us, it's just devastating. and i'm sure a lot of people are in the same boat.
hopefully we get some kind of clarity on it in the next couple days, but we will see.
okay hair is now curled. it looks quite pretty. i don't usually get this kind of curl without any
kind of product in my hair so that's a good start. i'm just gonna take the dog out for a walk, get on
with my day, you know do bits and pieces around the house, and see how this lasts throughout the
day. it's nearly one in the afternoon so i'm not gonna get like a full day's wear out of this, but
we'll see what happens and i will catch you guys in a bit. okay, it's been about an hour and this is
the state of my hair. so i think it's safe to say that dog shampoo definitely doesn't do anything
for styling. but that's fine, that wasn't really the purpose of my experiment anyway. but overall this
was quite fun to try out. i would say obviously this was just you know for a bit of entertainment
for you guys and a bit of something for me to do while i'm stuck at home all the time. okay, so on
the plus side my hair feels absolutely fantastic. i wasn't doubting the shampoo anyway you know, i'm
a huge fan of Milly's as you guys probably know from you know, watching my other milly's videos.
and i'm not really missing the conditioner that much you know. my hair is a bit more tangly when i
need to brush it through after a shower, but after that i haven't actually noticed that my hair gets
that tangled, especially when i just have it up you know in a bun all day when i'm doing stuff
around the house. and i sometimes even sleep with the bun in and all that, and it's not been that
bad. but obviously dog shampoo isn't designed for us to use. the ph balance is going to be completely
different, so i wouldn't recommend doing this you know long term. but if you're in a pinch with
shampoo, you can definitely use some dog grooming shampoo and it's not going to harm your hair.
the only downside as i've mentioned lots of times in this video is that it does really
fade your colour, so if you like you know having wild hair color like i do that isn't permanent,
it does wash out pretty quick. so do keep that in mind if you're using dog shampoo on a more like a
regular basis. but this was a really fun video to do, especially now that i'm not working and
i'm not able to get regular content out for you guys. this is you know just a bit of a stop gap, but
if you'd like me to do different challenges do let me know, even if it's not completely
dog grooming related, like you know this wasn't really. but thank you so much for watching this
video guys, if you did like it do leave a little thumbs up. it does really help out my channel, and
leave a comment down below if you did want me to do any kind of challenges in the future. and
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