Saturday, April 8, 2023

Too Many Choices: Postcard #92 from the Garden of Estrogen


It's been a while since my last postcard, but if Law and Order can return after a ten year hiatus, this has been only half as long.

While chatting with D3 as she was at the supermarket, the line suddenly went silent. 

Me: What's wrong?

D3: My brand of shampoo just added four new formulas. Now there are seven in total. I need to pick one.

Me: Seven? What are they?

D3: Well, one has coconut oil, another has collagen, a third has Argan tree oil,... How am I going to decide?

Me: Look at the main ingredient, and ask yourself, "If I got this on my head, would I feel the need to wash my hair to clean it off?" If the answer is yes, then that's a good reason NOT to make it your shampoo.

D3: Well, that's one approach. Or... I could see what they are designed to do and work from there. A bunch of these say they are for breakage. I don't think my hair is broken.

Me: Well, if it ain't broke...

D3: Yeah, OK. This one says it has peptides. I don't know what a peptide is. Need to look it up... (silence) ...it says it increases moisture and body. I think I will go with the peptides.

I feel like I gave about as much help as a nearly bald man could provide here.