Learn How To Use Dry Shampoo From Our Hair Pros

There Is Always Some Good In Using Dry Shampoo

It is always wonderful to use dry shampoo. Dry shampoo comes typically made with a starch component used to eliminate and absorb sebum which is the scalp’s natural oil making hair look greasy after a day or two or three of no washing. When prolonging your blowouts, the components of starch absorb the oils giving a grease-free appearance and feel keeping the hair oil-free between washes according to Gio Bargallo the colourist at Rita Hazan in New York City, which can be used in hairstyling also creating volume and body. 

It is basically a miracle product and yes! Only when it is used correctly. There are some pretty common mistakes we all make leading to dandruff-like flakes, ashy roots, and dull or dry hair, whether you are using an aerosol spray, powder, or foam dry shampoo. It can save you so much time and energy spent hairstyling if you know how to use dry shampoo correctly. According to pros, this is how you use dry shampoo the right way. 

Now Use The Right Colour For Your Hair

Use a traditional dry shampoo in case you have dark brown hair and then you wind up with dull roots along with an unflattering white cast to your hair. If your hair is blonde on the flip side, and you pick a dark shade, you may end up with discoloured roots. So then pick a tone that is sure to match your colour most closely. Helping to double as camouflaging grey roots in a pinch are many tinted formulas of the colour. 

Try To Shake It Up

Shake up the bottle to evenly distribute the formula, before even opening the dry shampoo as the starch in the aerosol formulas are sure to settle at the bottom between uses. For well blended best results, shaking the bottle is good. 

Make Sure Not To Spray Too Close To Your Scalp

Ardree Merriweather, Lead Educator at Drybar explains on dry hair that it is better to hold the dry shampoo four to six inches away from the head spraying directly at the roots. Allowing the oil zapping starch to properly exit and land evenly on greasy roots, it helps to spray up to 12 inches away from the roots. Avoid applying the product directly to your part when using a powder formula sprinkling it near your scalp that makes the hair look chalky proving difficult to remove. 

How To Keep It Moving

As Merriweather says refrain from spraying continuously in one section. In case you do, then you may end up with a spot of product at the roots that is difficult to disperse. Using a sweeping motion to cover roots in an even thin layer of product, is better. As Bargallo says, you don’t over-concentrate an area when moving back and forth in a swaying motion. 

It Helps Only Apply Dry Shampoo Where Hair Is Greasiest

Keep away from spraying shampoo all over the head but just stick to the top couple inches with chances that the bottom of the hair doesn’t come greasy and so applying an oil absorber all over making the hair stiff and lacklustre. Thereafter you can identify those parts of the hair that are oily by sectioning the hair to expose the scalp and roots as Bargallo explains. 

Remember Don't Use Too Much Product

A good dose of dry shampoo makes it look fresher when the hair is greasy whereas applying too much makes the hair look dull as well as discoloured. As Merriweather said about the overuse of the dry shampoo, it is a common mistake that makes the hair dry, gritty, and stiff. It is best to use a small amount and massage it through the root to avoid these issues. Wait for a few minutes when you start with a little spritz dry shampoo adding more if you feel like your hair comes still too greasy. 

Then Let It Sit

Don’t immediately brush or shake it out after you spritz on dry shampoo and instead help absorb the oil at your roots giving the product a chance to work into the hair by letting it sit for a couple of minutes before you massage it in brushing or combing it through. 

Make Sure To Massage Product Into The Hair

Use your hands to work the dry shampoo into your scalp after letting the product soak into the hair. In case you don’t do this, the shampoo just sits on the top of the hair without being able to carry out its job. Helping nix any tell-tale chalkiness, working the product into the hair also helps. 

Use a brush or comb to get rid of white residue and with the help of a hairdryer blast roots helping remove the excess product once the time is set for the job. 

Be Careful, Don't Use It Every Day

As Bargallo says there is hope that you can use too much dry shampoo. The dry shampoo despite its name doesn’t clean hair rather adds starchy build-up absorbing oils. Using dry shampoo too often as Bargallo says can be bad for the hair by clogging the follicles. In this case, it weakens the hair’s strength, thereby leading to hair loss with skin issues like infections, dermatitis, and acne. 

You can give the scalp a chance to breathe between washes, instead of that the pros only recommend using the dry shampoo one to two times a week and for the oily hair it is good to use dry shampoo two to three times a week according to Merriweather. 

Lastly, Try Using It At Night

Using dry shampoo at night plays a big role in its efficacy but it can be applied any time your hair needs a boost. As the hair absorbs it as you sleep and look refreshed in the morning better use it before bed.