Shawn Michael Lowe
DCL
Our hair grows whether we want it to or not. It's an involuntary thing. I've spent some time trying to will my hair to stop growing when it's at that perfect length. My will must not be all that great, because my hair just keeps on growing. That means, I have to go get a haircut every now and then. Getting a haircut isn't bad for the environment necessarily. Short hair is easier to wash and maintain. You need less shampoo for shorter hair and less product. But everything can be made greener, including your haircuts.
How to Green Your Haircut
1. Short Hair Style Like I said before, short hair is easier to maintain and uses less product.
2. Reuse Your Hair 200,000 pounds of human hair goes into the landfill per day. Hair can be used for a variety of different things. Hair makes great fertilizer. It can be used to repel deer and birds will build nests out of it. There are some who claim that you shouldn't give birds human hair. Supposedly, birds get entangled in the hair and die, but I have never seen any proof of this. I've seen warnings against giving horse's hair to birds but never human hair. If anyone can point me to some hard evidence, please include in the comments. While the controversy still rages, cut the hair into 2 to 3 inch strips before giving it to birds. We might as well err on the side of caution.
3. Donate Your Hair If your hair is 10 inches or longer, you can donate it to Locks of Love. Locks of Love makes wigs for children who cannot grow hair or are afflicted with a condition that has caused them to lose their locks.
4. The Minardi Color Perfect Lighting System
5. Cut Your Own Hair Cut your own hair. Save money. Save travel time. Save gas. Reuse your hair at home. Good deal.
The Minardi Color Perfect Lighting System was featured on the Hairy Problem Episode of Wa$ted!
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