An Ode to Dry Shampoo
Okay, I
am going to have to admit it. I don’t like washing my hair. I like the results
of it, don’t get me wrong, I just hate the process itself. There’s no secret,
very often, a pony tail simply means someone didn’t have time to wash their
hair the day before. Or maybe that’s just me. Along the same lines as my
Lovelorn post I am pretty much certain the title of this one is self-explanatory.
If there is one thing I owe to my move to London, the discovery of dry shampoo
is it. I’d heard of it via various sources but was very sceptical; a product
that would instantly give you what usually took me around half an hour (if I
was rushing) seemed too good to be true.
Nevertheless,
during my first trip to Boots I ventured into buying a travel-sized Batiste dry
shampoo and I have never looked back. If I were to be accused of shamelessly
promoting a product this would be it – I have probably recommended it to everyone
and their mother. But it’s amazing what it can do. If your hair is in need of a
little refresh a.k.a. it hasn’t been washed in a week, give it a couple seconds
with a dry shampoo and you won’t recognise it. To be completely honest, my hair
probably looks better after using dry shampoo than it does when it's freshly
washed. It was love at first sight, what can I say? I used to try out all kinds
of styling products to give my hair more texture and tons of volume but none
really worked on it. However, dry shampoo has been the most efficient, easy to
use and cost effective product I have tried so far.
However,
there are a couple of downsides to Batiste dry shampoo, which is the one I use.
Firstly, it leaves a white cast. This doesn’t bother me, as a blonde, but some
of my darker haired friends have taken a bit of time to learn how to apply it
in order to avoid that. There are, of course, more expensive and professional
dry shampoos that are supposed to be transparent but I don’t think the extra
£10 are worth when the difference is so small. And secondly, although there is
a lot of variety in the range, out of the four types I have tried, I only liked
the coconut scented dry shampoo. This doesn’t mean the others are bad, and although
it doesn’t linger in your hair, they do have a sort of hairspray smell.
My
point? Go get yourself some dry shampoo. YOU NEED IT.
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