Batiste Dry Shampoo - a good product for hair emergencies!

Advantages: Makes hair look clean; excellent value; doesn't irritate scalp.
Disadvantages: Leaves an unpleasant deposit; hair doesn't 'feel' as clean as after a wash.

...I am a bit of a slave to my hair as it needs washing every day. Although some hair stylists don't recommend daily washing, I think some peoples' hair just needs it, and I'm one of those people. If you have a morning when you're in a real rush, washing and drying your hair can be too time-consuming. It can be much quicker to pop a shower-cap on and have a quick shower without having to deal with shampooing, conditioning and using a hairdryer for 20 minutes - but I never feel clean and presentable if my hair looks a little bit greasy. I bought Batiste Dry Shampoo ('original' scent) from my local chemists' for rushed mornings such as those. It cost just £2.07 so I could afford to experiment with it. I'd read about it on the internet and people were very enthusiastic about it. The packaging is rather retro, which I enjoyed - I think it...

Sacheverell 01.11.2009 · Read review
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Hair today, gone tomorrow! Batiste Dry Shampoo

Advantages: Smells great, makes greasy hair look fabulous, can be used to create killer styles!
Disadvantages: Runs out too quickly, can leave a gritty feeling in the hair.

...Ok so this is my first review on here and I think it's appropriate that I write about a product that people should be wary of, but should be in every girl...and boy's handbag! I had an aversion to dry shampoo as I had always associated it with people who could not be bothered to wash their hair, or just dirty people in general! That was a little bad of me and I am ashamed! Washing your hair regulary can be very bad for it indeed, depending on what sort of hair you have, some people can get away with washing it as often as they please and other poor souls get left with dry brittle hair if they so much as wash it more than once a week. If you like me are in the middle then you should wash your hair once or twice a week. When you do wash it you will find that the longer you have gone without putting shampoo on it the better it will...

mona_s 15.07.2009 · Read review
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Cheap and cheerful dry shampoo for those bad hair days

Advantages: Does what is says it does, cheap
Disadvantages: Leaves my hair a little dull

...The aim of a dry shampoo is that it acts as a pick me up to hair between washes. This particular brand I picked up in Boots and is usually priced around £1.99 for a 150ml aerosol. Now I have A LOT of hair, its long and thick and consequently gets in the way a lot of the time. I espeially have an awful habit of pushing back the front, which means that I often have normal hair except at the roots and in hot weather my hair tends to stick to where I sweat...lovely! So I needed a product that stopped me from washing my hair twice a day and this seemed to do the trick. The packaging is a yellow tin with some tropical leaves (as this is the tropical version) and does look very appealing for someone who is going on holiday as this is the time when you get the worst greasy roots and where hair suffers most. Definitely puts you in a holiday...

escargot86 05.09.2009 · Read review
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Is dry, frizzy hair in fashion yet?

Advantages: Has a pleasant smell, that you don't get from other 'anti dandruff' shampoos.
Disadvantages: Made my hair, dry and frizzy.

...'Head & Shoulders' is a famous brand I thought it was worth another try. I paid £1.49 for a 400ml bottle. Back home, I decide to try this straight away. When I washed my hair, the shampoo formed a rich creamy lather, and the smell was surprisingly pleasant! After rinsing out the shampoo, I applied my normal conditioner to my hair. After drying off my hair I looked in the mirror, I started to panic, my hair was really dry and frizzy, worse than it has ever been!! I went back into the bathroom, wet my hair, and applied a generous amount of conditioner, I left this in for 15 minutes, in the hope of 'repairing' the damage this shampoo had done to it. This was not enough, my hair was still as dry and frizzy as before. It took a few conditioning treatments to get my hair back to normal! Needless to say, the shampoo was thrown in...

lizzy8 02.02.2005 · Read review
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Batiste leaves hair as dry as the sahara! (in a good way :D)

Advantages: Leaves hair looking less greasy, quickly!
Disadvantages: The product description on the bottle isn't true

...So on the back of the bottle is a paragraph listing everything the product is supposed to do. Lets see if it's true... *Has a refreshing fragrance* Batiste has a range of different smelling dry shampoos - the tropical smells coconutty...(: - but the original smells like oranges, which I wasn't expecting because it doesn't say anywhere that it will smell orangey - but it was a nice surprise, all the same. I wouldn't exactly say it smells refreshing of all things but it is a nice smell, and I guess the majority of people would like it. Not too feminine for if males want to use it, too. *Restores greasy, dull and lifeless hair between washes.* You have to spray in your hair at a 30cm distance (unless you want a big white patch of hair that doesn't brush out, which is not a good look!) and then massage and brush out - quite easy to do...

jeniilouise 24.07.2009 · Read review
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My answer to dry hair is.....

Advantages: Soft, moisturised, glossy hair in 5 minutes
Disadvantages: Bit pricey I guess

...I certainly love the winter but years of colouring my hair (and possibly age...no it can't be that!) do take their toll especially in the winter. My hair isn't damaged (and I do use a treatment every couple of months to help minimise damage) but at this time of year exposure to moisture, central heating and the cold really dry my hair out. Now for months every time I go to have my hairdressers (I do go to an Aveda salon) or bought an Aveda product they have been slipping samples of their Aveda Dry Remedy Moisturising Treatment into my bags. I'm not sure if it was the nice blue packaging that did it but rather than throwing them out I decided to keep them and use them when I felt I had a bit of time. Well I had amassed a collection of 5 and it got to the point that I thought "what does this stuff actually do?" and if it wasn...

Suzela 18.12.2008 · Read review
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Batiste Dry Shamoo is a godsend for greasy hair

Advantages: It works!
Disadvantages: None

...Ok well let's not get carried away- this product isn't magic and it won't magically make hair that hasn't been washed look like it has. However for someone like me who usually has to wash their hair everyday this product really is a godsend. It means that I can go up to three days and instead of my hair looking totally gross it will instead look just slightly greasy as if maybe I had washed it the evening before instead of that morning. Batiste just gives you the choice of not having to wash your hair every single day siince if you don't it won't look that bad. I can't comment on the size becuase im still on my first one, although I have used it about 5 times and there still seems to be plenty left which for £2 I think is pretty good value for money. Oh and the tropical one smells gorgeous as well so it almost doubles up as...

pw83 27.02.2009 · Read review
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Protection for your hair!

Advantages: Smooth, straight protected hair.
Disadvantages: None

...than 10 seconds, but as we all know the styling results may be amazing, but this amount of intense heat can be very damaging to your hair - This is where the GHD thermal protector spray comes in. Price ------ I paid £9.50 for mine from http://www.ghdhairproducts.co.uk. Packaging ------------- The product comes in a stylish, sexy gold pump bottle. It looks extremely sleek and professional. Directions on bottle ------------------------ Spray onto clean, damp hair prior to drying or, before using your ghd styling iron on dry hair, spray lightly onto each section as you style. Benefits for me ------------------- * It smells nice * Light, so it does not weight down my hair * Makes my hair shiny * Protects my hair from heat damage. * It is Oil free Personal Use ----------------- I usually straighten my hair with my...

Amanda2114 24.10.2007 · Read review
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Batiste Dry Shampoo

Advantages: A fab product which leaves hair looking great
Disadvantages: None at all

...I was having a really bad hair day a couple of weeks ago, though it was my own fault as the night before I hadn't washed my hair out of laziness! I have the type of hair which does need washing on a daily basis or else it looks greasy, dull and lifeless the day after. My hair was that bad due to it not being washed that it made me feel really awful and self conscious. A work colleague recommended that I try Batiste Dry Shampoo for such occassions. I took her advice and purchased a bottle from Tescos on my next shopping trip. I paid £1.99 for a 150ml cannister, which I thought was quite good value for money. The cannister itself is a bright yellow colour with a jade green plastic lid. The cannister is re-cycleable and is found amongst the normal shampoos on the shelves. It supposedly had a Tropical scent to it, which was the theme...

bexx0907 06.11.2009 · Read review
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GHD Thermal Protector for Dry Spray

Advantages: Long lasting, quality name, improves hairs health when using heat
Disadvantages: High price

...This GHD hair styling product created as a thermal protector whilst using straightening irons on hair. I bought this along with my GHD Mk4's wondering how much difference it would make. I have no doubts that using this is healthy for my hair. At around £8.45 a bottle, in my opinion it is way over priced. I felt that I was paying for the name 'GHD' rather than a product which would improve the health of my hair after using straighteners everyday. On comparing this product with similar from Treseme and Lee Stafford, I feel that the GHD thermal protector is not value for money. Lee Stafford's pink range also has a far nicer smell. I believe GHD to be an extremely good quality product that is long lasting but it is possible to get very similar at a lower price....

crazyclaireyfairy 23.06.2008 · Read review
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