The Rodeo

I have been asked by Kim and Jason to take part in their Adultitis Escape Plan, a 40-day plan to become more childlike (not childish) and to reduce stress and prevent dullness, depression and [insert another word beginning with 'd' here]. Of course I’m gonna do it.

Dreary-ness, that begins with ‘D’.

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The fifth task: Become a scientist. Conduct a silly experiment.

Aim:
To determine whether hair-care products provide a noticable improvement to the quality of underarm hair.

Hypothesis:
Applying standard hair-care products to underarm hair will not make said hair noticably shinier, smoother or less frizzy.

Method:
1. Wash right underarm (control arm) with soap and water.
2. Wash left underarm with Shampoo. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
3. Apply Conditioner from tip to root.
4. Leave for 1-2 minutes before rinsing (as per directions).
5. Get observer to feel both underarms and identify which used the hair-care products.

Products used:
Pears’ Transparent Soap
IGA Vita Shine (with pro-vitamin B5) Shampoo (normal/everyday use)
IGA Vita Shine (with pro-vitamin B5) Conditioner (normal/everyday use)

Results:
Observer successfully determined which underarm had been washed using hair-care products.
Observer noted that the control arm hair was “festy” and “felt like it was coated with something”.
Observer and experimenter decided that a second test may be needed, washing the control underarm with water only, as the soap coated the hairs and this may have invalidated the test.
Experimenter notes that the observer is unlikely to repeat her part in a repeat test.

Conclusion:
Shampooing and conditioning underarm hair produces a noticably different feel to using only soap. Whether using water only for the control arm would provide different results is unclear.

RodeoClown: found it really hard to have his underams touched, because 1) he is extremely ticklish and 2) it’s freaking wierd.

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