For years I have been plagued by the problem of greasy hair…now it is not greasy all of the time or indeed all over my head, but only at the roots, and usually the day after I wash it. The only way I could solve this problem was washing my hair daily. Now most hairdressers won't recommend shampooing and conditioning on a daily basis, as it can strip your hair of essential oils, which in effect can leave you with scalp conditions such as dandruff…which is true in my case a lot of the time…not only that it also strips colour from your hair so if you've had highlights/lowlights etc then those aren't going to last as long with continuous washing.
I tried loads of different shampoos, until coming to the conclusion that I had problematic hair, mixed with the problem of a crappy water supply! (If I just shampoo my hair feels like straw…so I HAVE to condition every time) This problem isn't only with my hair but also with my daughters and my neighbours have also complained about it too…so
by method of deduction we have deduced that the water is rubbish!
Now as a busy full time working single mother, washing my hair on a daily basis can be quite time consuming, (my hair reaches between my shoulder blades at the moment after having it cut from mid back length recently) it usually takes me about 15-20 minutes to wash and condition it, and then a further half hour to dry it, my hair tends to be frizzy as well so I usually then have to straighten it with my GHD's, now as you can see I am constantly damaging my hair so I needed a solution which meant I didn't need to wash/dry daily!
Completely by accident I came across a product that sounded very bizarre to me, a friend of mine had what I thought a bottle of hairspray in her handbag, which I asked if I could borrow as my hair had begun to get a bit messy one day at work and needed a little something to hold it in place. She explained it wasn't hairspray but was a dry shampoo spray which she used regularly in between washes to keep her hair from getting greasy looking.
My ears pricked up instantly and I asked if it worked to which she replied…"it's like a little miracle in a can"
So off I trotted to my local Savers shop where I picked up a 150ml can for only £1.79 (Boots are also doing it for about £2.09 although check out your local chemist stores as you may get it cheaper) There were 2 different types on the shelf, a green can which I believe is the original one, not sure what this smells like or how it works as I bought the yellow can with the green lid, the same as my friend had. The one I purchased is called Batiste Tropical, and it really does smell quite tropical!
It claims to "refresh and revitalise hair between washes" and I can certainly vouch for that, as I can now wash my hair every 2 or sometimes even 3 days. Although even I admit by the 3rd day it is quite in need of that wash.
I usually use this as soon as my hair starts looking greasy at the roots; I give the can a good shake and spray quite liberally towards my roots, holding the can a good 12" from my head. It whooshes out quite fast and powerfully (being an aerosol) and basically coats the hair in a very fine mist which is almost talcum powder like. I then massage the powdery spray gently into my scalp and through my roots until I'm satisfied all of the greasy looking parts are covered. Now this does still look horrendous at this point as your hair will look grey, especially if you have darker hair…blondes will be fine (my hair is dark with blonde highlights but I do have some darker roots showing through a little bit) so once you have massaged the powder in, you need to leave it for about a minute to do it's work. Then give your hair a good shake, run your fingers through it quite briskly and then using a fine bristle hairbrush (preferably a natural bristle) brush it all out. I have found most of it does come out this way, and only occasionally do I have to repeat the process. Once you are satisfied that all of the powder has disappeared you can style your hair as normal. I tend not to use styling products (gel/mousse etc) on my hair very often as I really don't need them once I have GHD'd my barnet. So I am not sure how this would work if you use a lot of product every day.
Straight away after using this product I notice it is less greasy looking at the scalp, now this is never going to give you sleek shiny looking hair, but it will combat greasiness. Anyone who has blonde hair (highlights or otherwise) will know how dull blonde can look when it's needing washed…well Batiste actually brightens the hair a little too…so appears to look cleaner.
As I mentioned before this really does smell quite tropical, almost like a summer holiday perfume. Hard to put my finger on any one scent in particular but I think I detect a fruity, coconut smell, although it is not overpowering, but people do comment on how nice my hair smells when I'm at work.
For anyone who is worried about ingredients it contains Butane, Isobutane, Oryza Sativa (rice) Starch, Propane, Alcohol Denat, Parfum, Coumarin, Distearyldimonium chloride. Now I am not in any way scientifically minded so have no idea what most of these ingredients are, although most I suspect are not exactly environmentally friendly being an aerosol! Also with it being aerosol it is a highly pressurised container and will need to be disposed of as you would any other aerosol, as it is extremely flammable. So no smoking when spraying either!!!
I wholly swear by this product and will definitely be buying more of it. I noticed on a website when browsing for information on batiste that there is also another variety which I haven't seen before called Batiste Blush which is pink in colour….hmmm may need to try that one too! The website if anyone is interested is http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/batiste-shampoo_v_740.html
Thank you all for taking the time to read and hope this review has been of any help to you. Michelle Aug08
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a good review ,I think you did a good job ,thank you for your sharing friend
Gladiator007 12.03.2009 23:21
good review..:):)
shazzaspannered 03.02.2009 11:34
I have this exact same problem. Wash my hair at night and if I don’t wash it the following evening then my hair looks terribly greasy. I was actually looking at this in Boots just a couple of weeks ago but I didn’t buy it as I wasn’t sure if it actually worked. I might invest in a can next time I go in as sometimes it can get tedious having to wash and condition my hair every day xxx
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