We Try the Coca Cola Hair Rinse

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Model and Insurgent actress Suki Waterhouse has really good hair. Like, the lightly tousled waves that hair dreams are made of. When asked how she gets those perfect waves, she told Us Weekly that she rinses her hair with Coca-Cola. "I don't like my hair when it's washed — it's fine and limp — but Coca-Cola makes it tousled, like I've gone through the Amazon or something," she said. Like, the sticky soda? On your hair? Really?

Apparently, Coca-Cola contains phosphoric acid, a very low pH. So when you apply it to your hair, the cuticle tightens, which makes your strands look smoother and your curls look more defined. Others say the sugar adds build-up to your hair, making it look fuller.

Never one to shy away from being a guinea pig in the name of beauty, I had to try it for myself, and I enlisted three other Seventeen.com editors, all with different hair textures, to try it with me. Instead of using our usual shampoo and conditioner, we just rinsed our hair with Coca-Cola instead. Here's what happened: