Does Dry Shampoo Work?
I recently cut off all my hair. All right not all of it, but my hair used to fall about mid back and now it rests about chin length. I know it may seem like a big change to some people, but I never really liked having the long hair and I've always missed having short hair.
The problem is that now that its short, my hair seems to get greasy super easily. And as tempted as I am to just wash it more often, my hair dresser friend (who cut my hair) advise that we wash our hair too much. And we should really only wash it twice a week; so if your hair gets too greasy between washes, use a little dry shampoo to cure it.
So I decided to put homemade dry shampoo to the test.
The Project
Make and Try Dry Shampoo
Recipe from Brittany Blum
Results
So making the dry shampoo is so easy! I think the hardest part to making dry shampoo is finding arrowroot powder. They don't sell it at Target, which is my normal shopping zone, so I had to order if off of Amazon. So once I had the arrowroot powder I easily mixed it together with equal parts baking soda and cornstarch. (i believe the recipe calls for 2 Tbsp, but I was able to fit 3 Tbsp in my container. So I made a recipe and a half of it.)
So does it actually work? Well I haven't tried store brand dry shampoo before, so I don't know how that works, but I've given my homemade version a couple of times and I like the results.
So here is how my homemade version works.
I started out with some greasy unwashed hair.
And here's my hair from the top angle.
So next step is to sprinkle it on your hair and brush it through.
And voila. My hair is almost like I just washed it. I wouldn't say perfect, but my hair definitely doesn't look like a grease ball anymore!
And here's how it looks like from a different angle.
So does it work and should you try it too? Absolutely. I still wash my hair more than I should, but its nice to have in case I don't feel like washing my hair for longer than I should!
