{"id":2154,"date":"2020-07-22T19:29:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2020-05-31T21:17:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T21:17:28","slug":"is-washing-hair-with-coke-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/is-washing-hair-with-coke-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Washing Hair With Coke a Good Idea?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, for those looking for a quick answer to the \u201cCoca Cola hair question\u201d, here it is: <em>Nope<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>But if you want a little more details, we\u2019ve got you covered. So, what happens when you pour coke on your hair?<\/p>\n<p>The question of whether it\u2019s smart to wash your hair with Coke is both new and old. It\u2019s old because there have been many similar questions like it in the past about soda water and other sugary drinks. There was even a whole separate yet identical discussion about \u201cbeer hair\u201d several years ago. The driving arguments and the key rebuttals, in either case, were always the same:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The proponents of the idea claimed \u2013 rightfully so \u2013 that the Coca Cola and other similar carbonated beverages add texture and volume to the hair. And that\u2019s not wrong, at least in the short term. That\u2019s precisely because these beverages are carbonated and contain phosphoric acid. It\u2019s that phosphoric acid that gives them a low pH which is good for closing up your cuticles. Together with that, the sugar in the drinks gives your hair a more voluminous \u201cbed hair\u201d look which some people like.<\/li>\n<li>However, and this is important, Coca Cola has NO cleansing properties and NO conditioning properties. In other words, it\u2019s not good neither for your hair nor for your scalp in the long run. On the contrary \u2013 if you use Coke frequently and you keep skipping the shampoo and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/hair-conditioner-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conditioner<\/a>, the Coke will further damage your hair and scalp.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, it is true that you will achieve a different look if you pour some Coke on your hair, and it\u2019s perfectly possible that you might like it. However, washing hair with coke definitely isn\u2019t something you should do in the long run.<\/p>\n<h3>Is there a middle ground?<\/h3>\n<p>Sure there is. If you go through the whole \u201cCoca Cola in hair\u201d exercise only rarely \u2013 say, once per month \u2013 and you keep using a good shampoo and conditioner in the meantime, you should be fine. The occasional Coke hair rinse won\u2019t be that damaging to your hair and scalp in that case, and if you like the results, you can do it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2157 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1pic-14-scaled-e1590959734377-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1pic-14-scaled-e1590959734377-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1pic-14-scaled-e1590959734377-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1pic-14-scaled-e1590959734377-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.boldbarber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1pic-14-scaled-e1590959734377-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/>Keep in mind that the results only last for about a day so this makes sense only as a styling choice before events. It\u2019s not something that will improve your hair\u2019s condition in the long-term.<\/p>\n<h3>Who even came up with this?!<\/h3>\n<p>Well, the world has always been full of whacky ideas and, as we mentioned above, this isn\u2019t even a new one. However, Coke hair has definitely been getting more trendy recently and this can be traced back to Hollywood actress and model Suki Waterhouse who told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/news\/suki-waterhouse-rinses-her-hair-with-coca-cola-details-2015203\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Us Weekly<\/a> recently that \u201cI don&#8217;t like my hair when it&#8217;s washed \u2014 it&#8217;s fine and limp \u2014 but Coca Cola makes it tousled, like I&#8217;ve gone through the Amazon or something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, that\u2019s about it. Another Hollywood-inspired fad that\u2019s likely to pass pretty quickly. We can only hope it won\u2019t lead to too many folks ruining their scalps in the meantime. Or that they don\u2019t also start watering plants with soda as they did in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0387808\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Idiocracy<\/em> movie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, for those looking for a quick answer to the \u201cCoca Cola hair question\u201d, here it is: Nope. But if you want a little more details, we\u2019ve got you covered. So, what happens when you pour coke on your hair? The question of whether it\u2019s smart to wash your hair with Coke is both new and old. It\u2019s old because there have been many similar questions like it in the past about soda water and other sugary drinks. There was even a whole separate yet identical discussion about \u201cbeer hair\u201d several years ago. 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