Homemade Dry Shampoo | It’s such an easy thing to make, which for me, is a must. I don’t have time to DIY a bunch of things so being able to make something with ingredients I already have in my pantry is a bonus!
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I never used dry shampoo until I started thinking about my water consumption. I was taking long, scalding showers every single night and washing may hair with phthalate ridden, plastic bottled shampoos. It was killing my hair. I felt like I had to wash my hair every day because if I didn’t, it was a greasy, stringy, nasty mess. For the longest time, I thought it was just my genetics – oily hair. Then I started doing a little research. I found that when you continually strip your hair of its natural oils that it works 10X harder to replace them – causing my greasy hair problem.
I needed to condition my hair to work less and that meant washing my hair less. I also knew that my water consumption was way higher than it should be so using dry shampoo is my way of cutting down that consumption by a lot! I wash my hair every three days (I’d like to eventually make it longer in between washes) and I use this dry shampoo on the days I don’t.
Homemade Dry Shampoo
This shampoo is only 2 ingredients! Because I have darker hair – I add cocoa powder to darken it so I don’t look like I have white powder in my hair all day. I also make my dry shampoo in small batches at a time so I can fit the jar in my toiletries bag but you can make as much as you’d like.
Homemade Dry Shampoo
Ingredients
- 2 tb Organic Cornstarch
- 2 tb Cocoa Powder
Instructions
- Mix both ingredients together so that they are fully mixed.
- Apply to the roots of your hair with an old spice jar or use a powder brush.
- Let powder set for about 5 minutes then massage into your scalp.
- Brush through with a comb and you're all set to skip washing for another day!
Notes
Do you use dry shampoo?
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If the dry shampoo does not go away, try using the hair dryer a little bit, it works perfect!
Great tip!!
So easy! I can’t wait to give this one a try!
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I need to try this!
For the darker hair use carchoal