Posted by Les Mauvaises Herbes
Are you one of those people who would love to space out your shampoos, but feel forced to wash your hair every two days because it gets greasy just looking at it?
Do you wake up every morning with bangs that bear the marks of their excessive affection for the oil on your forehead?
I feel you! Not only have I worn bangs since 2004, but my hair also tends to get greasy at the slightest gust of wind. Ugh.
Don't worry, I've discovered two simple tricks over time to counter this phenomenon that will make your life easier.
1. Dry shampoo
Dry shampoo is not only the easiest DIY on the planet, but also the best solution to combat the "grease ball" look.
Dry shampoo might seem strange at first glance.
Wait, a powder that "washes" hair?
Not exactly, it's more of a powder that absorbs sebum, leaving the hair clean. I promise you, it works MIRACLES.
No need to run to the pharmacy, just open your pantry instead: it likely already contains all the necessary ingredients. A bit of starch, a bit of cocoa, and presto—into your hair.
Caution: unfortunately, dry shampoo does not work on curly or coily hair.
Quick and easy dry shampoo
Dry shampoo literally changed my life.
A slave to daily shampooing since adolescence, I discovered dry shampoo when I was painfully trying to skip a day or two between washes. No more enduring greasy hair or succumbing to the call of shampoo. It can be made in a jiffy with ingredients from the pantry. It's true, I swear!
- Mariane
Préparation
10 min
Conservation
pour l'éternité
Rendement
60 ml
2. Brushing your hair
Here, we aren't talking about brushing your hair with just any brush, but rather one specifically designed for hair hygiene.
These brushes are made with relatively long, tightly packed bristles. They help clean the scalp and hair, but also distribute sebum from the scalp to the ends to nourish the entire length of your hair. Sebum has the same effect on hair as it does on skin: it nourishes and protects! It makes sense.
Brushing your hair is a must. In the past, people used boar bristle brushes. Today, there are synthetic or natural vegetable fiber alternatives to do the same job. Sometimes, just the simple act of running the brush through your hair, without even applying dry shampoo beforehand, is enough to remove sebum for a good part of the day.
For best results, combine the use of dry shampoo and the hygiene brush.
3. Avoid fiddling with your hair
Well, this is less obvious for those for whom it has become a tic, but constantly touching your hair can stimulate sebum production for some people. For me, it's terrible. Even the wind makes my hair greasy. I won't even tell you the state of my hair after a ride in a convertible... Haha.
So there you go! Those are pretty much my tricks. With them, I'm able to wash my hair two to three times a week at most.
Happy trying!
