Long hair care for busy farmers

[lman]

Wash and Condition daily...

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That could be dangerous around PTO shafts.

 

[MossRoad]

I am a hobby grazier, always out working in the paddock, fencing, picking up fallen timber, burning, digging and sweating. I currently plait my hair to wear under my hat, and use water only to rinse the sweat and dirt out every day.
I wash it with homemade tallow shampoo bar once per week.
Any tips for hair care on the farm?

I've had a pony tail of varying length for about 25 years. When it's short, I just tie it with an elastic hair tie band. When it's long, I tie it, braid it, and tie the end. Braiding it keeps a lot of grass clippings, dust, dirt, etc, out of it. If it's loose, it gets into stuff, and easier to get caught on things like tree branches, nails in rafters, ductwork supports, etc.

Take it out and wash it every morning (or evening if I'm sweating all day). If it's long and I'm working around moving machinery, I wrap it up and tie it short. If I'm working around moving machinery often, I'll cut it shorter for safety reasons.

Both of my daughters had long, blonde hair down to their knees when they were small. We had to wash it, brush it, and re-braid it when wet to make it easier. Almost nightly ritual. When they go 10ish years old we made them take care of it themselves. Once they had to do that, they soon asked if they could donate their hair to Locks of Love, a charitable organization that provides hair prosthetics to children free of charge.

About - Locks of Love

Get to Know Us Mission & Vision Locks of Love is devoted to helping every child suffering from medical hair loss, thus we do not discriminate as to the cause of hair loss. We list the following information in an attempt to explain types of hair loss and specific needs of individual recipients...

locksoflove.org

They've each donated several pony tails to that organization over their lives. Maybe 10 between the two of them.

My shampoo of choice for about 30 years....
(why are the emoji's bald?)

 

[5030]

No issue with me, I'm bald.

 

[MossRoad]

Amazon.com

 

[Mousehog]

I never wear my hair down except in the house. I always braid and pin it under. I wear my Akubra to protect from the elements.

 

[Oaktree]

I did the long hair and beard thing when I was young. Been cutting my own hair for 20 yrs. Takes less time than driving to a barber. Costs nothing.

I also did the long hair & beard thing in my late teens thru mid-ish 20s (late 60s thru mid 70s). It was pretty much the style for guys my age, and no one except my father's generation cared, even though I was in a tech support position and dealt with customers on an almost daily basis.
However, my hair is extremely oily, and just the hassle of keeping it clean led me to start cutting it shorter, plus it was kind of hot in the summer. Mine was never so long it was a safety issue, though I don't wear any sort of jewelery (not even a wedding ring) for that reason.
Beard went away when I admitted that I couldn't grow a very good one, plus it itched.
Wife cuts it now.

To the OP; what's tallow shampoo?

 

[Hay Dude]

I think I’m gonna puke.

 

[tacticalturnip]

I think I’m gonna puke.

Make sure it's not on the carpet.

 

[lman]

I never wear my hair down except in the house. I always braid and pin it under. I wear my Akubra to protect from the elements.

That there is funny, I don't care where you're from!

 

[lilranch2001]

Wutt is a Akubra?