Pinkcheek

Ever since I’ve started wearing my hair longer, I’ve been interested in trying a good dry shampoo. These days I usually only wash my hair 2-3 times a weeks, and though I often wash my bangs in the sink in the morning (glamorous, I know) there are some days when I’m definitely pushing it. So naturally I wondered if a dry shampoo could be a useful item to have around on those days when I really should wash my hair, but just wouldn’t couldn’t.

After shopping around, I decided to go with the Oscar Blandi Pronto Dry Shampoo because it had good reviews on Sephora.com and it only cost $11. The Klorane shampoos also looked promising, but several reviewers complained about how quickly their product ran out. I also wanted a non-aerosol product so I could have better control over application.

Now, mind you, eleven dollars ain’t going to buy you a whole lot of anything at Sephora–in this case, just an ounce of powder. It’s really more of a “trial size” at this price, but for someone like me who wasn’t planning on using the product very often, it was a perfect entree to the world of dry shampoo. And it’s a great size for traveling too–I’m heading to India next week and can’t wait to include it in my in-flight “freshen up” kit.

So anyway, I waited for a week or so until the perfect “dry shampoo day” came along: disturbingly greasy hair and no time to wash. I wrestled the cap off (seriously, you need scissors) and started dusting. The instructions said to separate sections of hair with the pointed cap and squeeze the bottle gently, powdering your hair with the oat, rice and tapioca flour combo designed to absorb excess oil created by your sebaceous glands. I did as instructed, focusing on the more oily areas of hair toward the front of my head, then brushed the powder through, pulled it into a pony, and voila! Trickery complete.

After I powdered up my hair felt soft and fluffy, kinda like a kitten. Not a trace of powdery residue. And one of the Oscar Blandi ingredients is lemon verbena, so there’s a lovely citrus-y smell when you are done. It didn’t seem to totally replace a hair wash, but it was a good quick-fix; overall, I thought the effect was great. It turned me from a bad-hair-day mama into a Marie Antoinette… and for eleven dollars, I’ll keep that in my beauty first-aid kit.

We’ll see how it does next week in the 110 degree Indian heat.

Eleven dollars?! Eff that. I bet I can just make my own.