No Lather, No Problem: How to Use Dry Shampoos 8 Great Ways

Do you have a young child and barely time to shower? Is the gym drying out your hair from daily shampooing? Then it sounds like how to use dry shampoo is something you need in your life, since no one wants to show face with limp and greasy looking hair. Without using water, dry shampoo absorbs oil from your scalp and hair, making it look and feel fresher. It also leaves it smelling better. Though your great grandmother probably used her own version of a dry shampoo made of cornstarch, baby powder or baking powder, their recent resurgence is probably due to a combination of busier lifestyles, as well as beauty experts recommending washing your hair less frequently to keep it healthy. 

hygiene is important

Though this can be a quick fix grooming option for women on the run, it shouldn’t replace shampooing with water. In an interview with Health, Nicole Rogers, MD, and assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Tulane University advised: “Remember that they [dry shampoos] can only absorb oils; things like dirt or dead skin cells will remain until the next hair washing.” Dry shampoos are available in stores in aerosol, spray and powder form. And if you’re brunette and don’t want white looking residue, products like Garnier Fructis Volume Extend Instant Bodifier goes on invisible on dark hair. So how to use dry shampoo and include it in your routine? Here are 8 ways.

1. Your Gym Routine Will Take Less Time

If you work out on your lunch hour or right after work, and need to get somewhere afterward as quickly as possible, you no longer have to take those extra fifteen minutes to half hour to wash, condition and blow dry your hair.  Now simply jump in and out the shower, add dry shampoo, and go!

2. Prolong Your Blowout

Isn’t it a shame you pay all that money for a killer blow dry and it only lasts a few days? Why not let it last a day or two longer by using dry shampoo in between washings.

3. You Can “Wash It” Overnight

If you know your morning will be hectic, dry shampoo your hair overnight and wake up without those dumb-looking cowlicks and back-of-the-head clumps.  Just spray the dry shampoo on your roots and tie your hair in a top knot before hitting the sack. The dry shampoo will absorb all those oil while you sleep for a fresh looking mane in the morn.

4. No More Clump Curls

Long for piece-y and imperfect looking curls? As Cosmo reports, the starch in dry shampoos like Dove’s Dry Shampoo coats your hair and makes it dry and matte, so your curls don’t intertwine. Just apply it all over your hair after you curl it.

5. Adds Volume on Limp Hair

Aside from banishing grease, a lot of these dry shampoo sprays are powerful and amp up limp locks to Kate Middleton proportions. Concentrate the dry shampoo on your roots first. Flip your hair over, then finish by spraying it all over to add texture all around.

6. Wake Up Late for Work? No Worries!

We’ve all been there; you woke up late and have ten minutes for your beauty routine. Somehow if our hair looks good, the day’s outlook is sunnier. So grab that dry shampoo and let it do its magic on that already stressful morning.

7. Defends Against Humidity Frizz

Frizz is the ultimate enemy on rainy or humid days. Let your mousse-based dry shampoo be your BFF and tame those frizzy curls. Try Aussie Instant Freeze Sculpting Mousse for under $5.

8. Perfect for Travel

Will you be braving the great outdoors on not such a glamping get away soon? How about taking a 14 hour flight to Asia? Pack that bottle of dry shampoo and let your hair look as good as that nature surrounding you does.

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