Beauty

This is for all cracklers

Are you also statically charged? Here's what you can do about it.


Also suffering from Coupe du exploded? Coupe du socket? What a misery people, that bad hair day is slowly becoming a bad hair month. Sweaters stick to my body. Bangs stick to my forehead. The cat runs away panicked, afraid it will get a slap if I pet it. Door handles are the worst enemy. Yep: it's that time of the crack month again.

How come we are more often statically charged in winter? It all has to do with dry air. The humidity is already lower than in summer, and it gets worse when we set the heating to tropical mode. I can tell you: we do that here in the office. Besides, some people are just more prone to it than others (it all has to do with your skin), but it's pretty annoying. Do you also go CRAZY (see, there you go again, crack) from all those static shocks? Here's what you can do about it.

  1. First of all: Stop. With. Washing. Your. Hair. Every. Day. Whoops, look, there I go again. Repeat after me: Retteketet your hair stays greasy. Retteketet your hair stays greasy!
  2. Also, avoid using degreasing products like dry shampoo. It makes it drier, and combined with the dry air, your locks will dance vertically.
  3. Simple but sehr effective: skip those synthetic fabrics this season. Invest in a really good sweater. Natural materials minimize the crackling.
  4. Also, make sure to wear shoes with leather soles. With rubber soles, you build up an electric charge more easily.
  5. No, really no tall tale: go out the door with a safety pin in your pocket. It really seems to work. The metal discharges so you don't get shocks when touching a conductor.
  6.  Treat your clothes with a carbon fiber brush, this way you simply wipe the charged particles off. It can be that easy.
  7. Don't be stingy with fabric softener this month. It also works anti-static. A small ball of aluminum foil in the washing machine is said to help too.
  8. Spray a little hairspray in your hat. Also, a little bit of hand cream or body lotion is a super quick way to get rid of that annoying crackling in your hair.
  9. Well, good luck then. With your crack.

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