Shailene Woodley shampoos monthly, loves giving sunshine to her vagina

A few weeks ago, I (and many of you) had a good chuckle about the Hollywood Reporter’s declaration that Shailene Woodley the new Jennifer Lawrence. Since that time, I’ve realized that Shailene has plenty in common with JLaw. I’m not talking about acting talent or lasting power. It would be unfair to compare their careers at this point. Shailene’s body of work thus far has been limited to indie flicks that a lot of people haven’t watched. She’s attempting to go mainstream with Divergent, and we’ll see how that works out. The reviews for the movie are really dismal, but it could rustle up some young-adult business.

What is clear to me is that Shailene is capable of creating some media frenzy with her interviews. In that way, she’s taking some pressure off of JLaw, who is keen to avoid a lingering backlash. You’ve noticed how Jennifer is a vapor trail now that Oscar season is over, right? We probably won’t hear much from her until May when the next X-Men movie comes out. In JLaw’s absence, we’ve endured some bizarre interviews from Shailene. She’s given her hippie-chick/survivalism strategies a whirl and stomped all over Twilight. She created a real stir yesterday by challenging monogamy as an institution.

Now sh-t is getting real. Shailene has done an interview with Into the Gloss to talk about her health and beauty secrets. I think this is one of my favorite interviews that Shailene has given yet. She raves about swallowing clay. She admits washing her hair only once per month. The best part? She talks about the benefits of spreading one’s legs for the sun. This is classic Shailene:

Rid your body of heavy metals: “Clay is one of the best things you can put in your body. One of my friends was making a clay toothpaste that you swallow instead of spit out. But I first heard about the benefits of eating clay from a taxi driver. He was African and was saying that, where he’s from, the women eat clay when they’re pregnant. Seriously–ask your taxi drivers where they are from and about their customs. You will learn a lot. So, I’ve discovered that clay is great for you because your body doesn’t absorb it, and it apparently provides a negative charge, so it bonds to negative isotopes. And, this is crazy: it also helps clean heavy metals out of your body. My friend starting eating it and the next day she called me and said, ‘Dude, my sh-t smells like metal.’ She was really worried, but we did some research together and everything said that when you first start eating clay, your bowel movements, pee, and even you, yourself, will smell like metal. You should obviously be careful about your source. Bentonite clay is good, but Mountain Rose Herbs has a great clay source.”

Easy and natural teeth whitening: “I love a natural way to heal. You can do something called ‘oil pulling’ where you swish coconut or sesame oil in your mouth when you wake up and spit it out. It’s amazing! It really makes your teeth whiter, because the plaque on your teeth is not water soluble, it’s fat-soluble. So the lipids have to dissolve in fats, which is why oil works in your mouth. I prefer sesame oil, but they’re both good.”

Sunshine is good for the vagina: “Another thing I like to do is give my vagina a little vitamin D. [Laughs] I was reading an article written by an herbalist I studied about yeast infections and other genital issues. She said there’s nothing better than vitamin D. If you’re feeling depleted, go in the sun for an hour and see how much energy you get. Or, if you live in a place that has heavy winters, when the sun finally comes out, spread your legs and get some sunshine.”

Makeup should be natural too: “For makeup, I use products from 100% Pure. RMS products are too oily for me. 100% Pure makes my skin feel better, and it comes off so easily. They have every single makeup product that you could want. Everything is amazing except the mascara, which doesn’t really work. Day-to-day, though, I don’t wear makeup at all.”

She only shampoos once per month: “Hair-wise, I’m very lucky. My mom is 45 and she doesn’t have a single grey hair on her head. It’s the most beautiful, thick, strawberry blond. I basically have horse hair. It’s so low-maintenance. The less I put in it, the better. When it was long, I used shampoo from Living Libations, but now it’s really short. I only shampoo it like once a month–the oilier, the better.”

[From Into the Gloss]

“The oilier, the better“? I think a month without shampooing is a bit excessive. Nikki Reed admitted to a once per week regimen. That freaked me out, but a lot of you agreed with Nikki. How do you feel about Shailene only shampooing on a monthly basis?

The rest of the interview is just amazing. The vitamin D vadge prescription seems a bit batty. I’d think that any depletion could be fed by simply walking around in a swimsuit. The vitamins will go where they need to go. Does one really need to air out the vadge too? That’s so weird. Don’t even get me started on Shailene’s graphic details of clay ingestion. She did some research, y’all.

Here’s some photos of Shailene at Kate Winslet’s Walk of Fame ceremony. She was there along with Kathy Bates to support Kate, who plays the nefarious Janeine in Divergent.

Photos courtesy of Into the Gloss, Fame/Flynet & WENN