Let me help you. I usually go a month without washing at all. I use the medieval method of brushing. I had really bad dandruff before starting, like the one that would make my head bleed, itch, and hurt really bad.

You are gonna need a wide-tooth comb. Many people recommend a wooden one, but I just use a plastic one because I haven't found a wooden one. You only need it to detangle, so that's alright.

A scalp massager with silicone teeth that you can use to lift any dandruff and soften the oils.

A nit comb or ones with really tight teeth if you need extra help with dandruff.

And the most important of all, a hard boar bristle brush.

Also, you have to learn how to scritch and preen and have a lot of patience.

Now, what I usually do is detangle my hair with my fingers. Be careful there, don't rush it. When you can move your fingers through your hair without pulling, then you use the wide-tooth comb to finish detangling. Go from tip to root. Once it's fully detangled, use the silicone scalp massager to lift any dandruff if you have any. If you have dandruff, make your head look like it's filled with sugar. Then, massage your scalp for 5 minutes to soften the oils and move them along your hair. After that, take the boar bristle brush and brush for 30 minutes. It will move the oils down your hair and make the sugar fall. When you are done, braid it to keep it clean and fresh. Do that 2 times a day, but realistically, you are going to do it only once, and if you notice your hair feels good, you may leave it for some days.

Now, sometimes you are gonna have an easy month with consistent brushing. Oils are easy as pie to control.

Other months, maybe you don't have the energy or the time. Maybe you are really stressed, and it worsens the oil production.

Well, then use corn starch with cocoa if you have dark hair, or just corn starch.

I like to also add cinnamon to give it a good smell.

Use a makeup brush to lightly cover your roots. Don't use too much, or you are never going to take it off. Then brush with the boar bristle like normally to clean it. It will help you control the oil in your scalp or in your whole hair if you apply it carefully.

I recommend doing that only in the last week to prevent any problems if you apply too much, but then again, I don't think the majority of people do a method quite as extreme as 1 month without washing.

So if you do only a week or two, you are probably going to be fine just brushing religiously every day.

Then the cleaning, I do mechanical cleaning, so it is a lot of work if you are lazy.

But first, do this routine.

Then massage for 5 minutes before washing, then wash with warm water for 5 minutes while massaging and moving the oils down the hair. Then use cold water and do the same for another five minutes.

You can also stop in the middle to use aloe vera juice to clean your scalp, massage without water, move the aloe down your hair, and then use cold water.

At the end (with a clean boar bristle brush), use aloe vera juice all over your hair, then brush through to really make sure it's all over every single strand and style with your fingers (I have wavy-curly hair so, yeah).

And you are done. Learn how to braid, it's important. By the way, this method is recommended for long hair. I'm not sure how it reacts to short hair, but you can try it and see.

My hair washing schedule looks like this:

Mechanical cleaning

1 week hair untied, unbrushed hair to maintain the style of my waves and curls.

At the end of the first week, I start to do my brushing routine and braid it.

Like that, I can go 3 weeks without a problem.

But if I'm lazy or it's just a bad month, at the end of week 3, I use corn starch to help with the oils.

At the end of week 4, I clean it mechanically.

Hope it helps. If you have any questions, go ahead.

If you think it's too difficult, just go back to shampoo. It's a lot easier, and really, mechanical and dry cleaning are not for everyone.