There’s a lot of ideas out there about the best way to care for your hair. Wash every day. Don’t wash every day. Air dry. Blow dry.
My thoughts? What’s best for you and your hair might not work for another person. I like to wash my hair every day, but that’s as much for the shower-wakes-me-up sensation as the my-hair-gets-greasy-fast problem. And my method is in no way the last word in hair care!
Lately I’ve been in on a bunch of conversations about dry shampoo, so I thought I’d share the info!
First things first: what is dry shampoo? (If you already know, skip ahead a paragraph!) Dry shampoo is a powder used for “cleaning” the hair. It doesn’t involve soap in most cases — instead, the powder helps remove extra oil from the hair and scalp. You use it the same way you use regular shampoo, only without the water: work the powder into the hair, then remove it (usually by brushing the powder out).
Despite my just having heard of dry shampoo, the product has been around since the 1970s. Many emergency preparedness kits include some kind of powder shampoo so you can clean up a little when water isn’t available.
Dry shampoo is not for solo use — your hair just doesn’t get as clean with a powder shampoo as it does with a bubbly scrub in the tub. So it’s probably not good hygiene to clean up only using dry shampoo. But if you’re adverse to washing your hair every day (some experts say it can strip good stuff out of your hair) then a dry shampoo might be a good solution for you! It sounds like dry shampoo might also be handy for camping trips, mornings when you oversleep and don’t have time for a shower, and other times when you just can’t (or don’t) have access to shampoo and water.
If you’re a crafty sort, stick around: I’ve got a make your own dry shampoo tutorial coming up on the Health Blog this afternoon!