is it me?

Or does anybody else long for the Good Old Days when it was much easier to see whether shampoo and conditioner was for normal, dry or oily hair? Nowadays it just isn't as clear-cut. Personally, I only have to stand in the shampoo aisle for a few minutes before I'm completely bewildered and feel like tearing my hair out. Which maybe I should do simply so that I don't have to buy anything. Listen to this: clarifying, revitalizing, replenishing, volumizing, fortifying, hydrating, reviving, moisturizing, purifying, nourishing, refreshing, bodifying. Aaaaaaaaack!

Honestly, depending on my mood (and blood sugar level), I don't know whether to whine or wail. Yes, publicly, and loudly. Bodifying? Besides butchering the English language, I don't know what half of those terms mean! Or what they'll do for my hair. Not that the old system was perfect either. What if you have normal hair that gets dry at the ends, and sometimes turns oily if you don't wash it every day? Kind of like combination skin. And what about if you have dandruff? Or the worry that you might get dandruff if you don't use the right kind of shampoo?

And, now that I'm turning gray faster than you can say Taylor Hicks (of American Idol fame), I'm finding out that losing the pigment in your hair can be expensive. Have you seen how much shampoos for gray hair cost? Seems like a double whammy to me. You lose both the colour in your hair AND you pay extra for it. Oh, and mom? Thanks for the genetic "you too can start the process in your early thirties already" contribution. Appreciate that.

Hmmm. Maybe I'll just start using baby shampoo. After all, if it's good enough for babes, it should be good enough for me. Right?

Oh, and I saw a shampoo the other day made specifically for men. Now how do shampoos know the difference between male and female scalps? Sigh. Seems like I have a lot to learn.