Dry shamp! Get ready to judge me.

You know what I stopped doing recently? Washing my hair every day with real shampoo. And I'm never going back.

Dry shampoo, you guys. Dry shampoo. It's not new, but I've only discovered it over the past couple months and it has revolutionized my routine.

Don't say ew! Really. Your hair isn't supposed to be washed every day, anyway. Give this a shot.

And before you go saying that your hair can't handle it, your hair is different, justtttttt consider it.

I have very fine hair. It's so soft and smooth that it's slippery, and it doesn't take product well, and for most of 2009, I was wearing a Bump-It. I didn't even have enough hair to COVER the Bump-It, but whatever.

My hurr gets greasy pretty fast. I used to wash every day, but it took time and effort. (And I don't even really style my hair. It was just all the blow-drying that was driving me cray). 

For years, I had crutched on baby powder if I had somewhere to be with no time to wash. It's a pretty good hold-over for a few hours or so. Sprankle some in the roots, blow-dry for a hot sec if you need, voila.

But then I finally tried the dry shamp.

GAME-CHANGER!

I've sampled many brands at this point, and I now swear by Batiste. It's the best. It's fresh, it has staying power, it gives your hair volume and it smells nice. My fav kind is probably the "rich and elegant paisley." (Because I love packaging, really.) 

Now that I think about it, I have no idea why this kind is rich or elegant. You know what actual rich people are doing? Getting blowouts 'eeryday. And do you know what "elegant" people AREN'T doing? Spraying their hair with bullshit in order to avoid the GD blow-dryer. (Am I going against my own post here? I gotta stop.)

                                                 Oh now THAT packaging looks elegant!

I will warn against the "hint of color" kind -- you just have to know what you're in for, really. I have dark brown hair, but I'm not necessarily trying to cover up grays. (Not denying their existance, but.)

Anyway, this shit really does have color in the actual spray, which is nice that it doesn't come out all white-looking (that's always annoying to have to rub in against dark hair), but like ... it's kind of gross on your fingers and clothes. It doesn't stain, but I still manage to get it all over the place. Maybe I should stop being a Khloe Kardashian and touching my hair all the time, but I can't. Not today. Buy with caution.

I've also tried the original, the blush, fresh and "wild" varieties. (Again, packaging).

HOW DID YOU KNOW I WANTED A CHEETAH PRINT ON MY DRY SHAMP BOTTLE?

Batiste just gets me.

So, again, I am not selling the stuff or at all in bed with the company, but if I've convinced you in my 300 eloquent words that it's a must-have -- and it is -- you can purch at Ulta for about $7-8 and it lasts about a month, depending how often you use, obvi. 

I JUST FOUND OUT KROGER HAS IT, TOO! I miss Krog$z.

I'd also like to go on record with the following: I usually do real shampoo every 4 or so days, and use DS in between.

All of that is thrown out the window if I'm doing lots of bikram. There's just no avoiding a complete shower/scrubdowns after one of those sessions. By the time we've finished the warm-up series, I'm already drenched and there's no turning back.

So yes -- dry shampoo. So much texture. No more flat hair.* Happiness. Definitely one of my favorite things/products.




*OK, flat hair sometimes. You can only fight nature so hard.

Tell me that my hair looks greasy. I dare you.

 

(I do happen to recall that this was before the Tracy Morgan show at Thunder Valley and my hair hadn't been washed properly in like, five days).