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Five Fixes for an Instant Good Hair Day

March 29, 2011

An awesome blow-dry or thorough session with a flat iron takes serious time, and most people don’t have a personal stylist on call. Early mornings and missed alarms happen, but it doesn’t mean an updo is your only option. If you need to eek another day out of your blowout, or you just noticed your roots could do with a touch up the morning of a big meeting, here are five hair fixes to buy time until you get back in the stylist’s chair.

1.) Bumble and Bumble Hair Powder (various colors available): Total multi-tasker. Unlike most dry shampoos, Bumble’s Hair Powder comes in several shades (black, red, platinum, blonde and brunette.) Particularly handy for dark-haired girls or redheads, who may have issues with other oil absorbing hair products creating a powdery effect on their brightly-hued hair.

2.) Schwarzkopf Osis Dust It: If you’re hair is fine-bodied, making a style last can be a bit of a challenge. Unlike very thick hair, it will lose shape and become lackluster more quickly, which always feels so unfair. This Mattifying Powder not only removes traces of oil, but perks up roots, so fine hair isn’t weighed down and tired-looking.

3.) Your Face Powder: My best friend swears by his bronzing powder as a stand in root-hiding trick. A dedicated dry-clean product has a soapier scent and better overall application, but sometimes you notice your hair is flagging right before a night out or when you arrive at work. He taps excess off a big brush and delicately touches a bit of powder around the hairline, which should grab you a few hours until you can restyle.

4.) Jonathan Product Green Rootine Dry Shampoo Brush On Hair Powder: The face powder method is like an ad-hoc version of Jonathan Product’s Green Rootine Hair Powder. Very few people have matching hair and skin, and this product comes colors to better blend with your locks. But the brush-on style prevents sticky hands and allows for a lot of precision in applying to hair. And the packaging is incredibly purse or laptop-bag friendly, making it the best choice for on-the-go touchups.

5.) Suave Professionals Dry Shampoo Spray: If you’re unsure about dry shampoos or need a spare to keep at your desk, the budget-friendly Suave option costs less than a latte and is available at 24-hour drugstores for real hair emergencies. It lacks the color enhancing perks of pricier options, but is a great option in a pinch.

Do you have any five-minute hair tricks? Are there any products that always manage to rescue your awesome blowout?

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Filed Under: Hair Tagged: Bumble and Bumble, dry shampoo, hair powder, Jonathan Product, Schwarzkopf, Suave

Review: Klorane Gentle Dry Shampoo

September 1, 2010

I’m one of the few people that has never tried dry shampoo. Maybe it’s because in my younger years I was told to use baby powder as an alternative to washing my hair and I was left with a big mess and white roots. Not a very pretty picture! However recently my curiosity was peaked when I began noticing dry shampoo in Sephora. So being the daring diva that I am I decided to see if this product was something that could make my beauty routine easier.

Klorane has created a dry shampoo that is not only eco-friendly but also gentle to your hair. Some of the key ingredients are:

  • Oat extract – to soothe and calm the scalp
  • Corn and rice starch – for powerful cleansing
  • Cylcodextrins – natural absorbent microspheres to rid hair of excess dirt.

The product is very simple to use: simply squeeze the bottle (see below) and a gentle, airy mist flows out. I applied the spray to my roots (as directed), waited a few minutes and brushed it out.

I was a bit worried about removing the product but thankfully Klorane is very easy to brush out with minimal effort. I must admit that I was quite surprised on how well it worked, my hair smelled better, my scalp was less oily and my hair looked fluffier. Success! This is the perfect solution for those times that you can’t/don’t want to wash your hair. There are just some days that you want to take a break from heat styling your hair (blow dry, curling iron, flat iron etc).

Side note: I accidentally dropped the bottle and I noticed that some of the powder came out, I picked it up and shook it and a lot more powder came out. I would be concerned about traveling with this product and getting it on my clothes – so be sure to place it in a baggie for travel. Otherwise the product works well and is a godsend to those that have time constraints, are bed ridden or for those simply looking for an alternative to washing and drying their hair.

Klorane is available at Sephora and Beauty.com for $18

Disclosure: The product(s) featured in this review were provided for editorial consideration. Receipt of a product does not guarantee review and all opinions are my own. For further information, please see my disclosure policy.

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Filed Under: Hair Tagged: dry shampoo, Eco Friendly, gentle, hair care, Klorane, oat milk

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