Dry Shampoo Savior

You could say I lucked out in the hair department, if by “lucked out” you love hair that is dry at the ends, oily at the scalp, unwilling and unable to sustain a wave, and far too feral to be plain, straight and easy to manage. Basically, a schizophrenic challenge.

When I hear about friends who can go three days without a shampoo, I can’t help but feel bad for my poor limp locks, which have never gone two days without being assaulted by suds.

Image: Ojon®

Until now.

I’ve only recently begun learning about some of the dry shampoo products on the market and, honestly, I haven’t been impressed. The thought of dumping a white powder-like substance onto my dark hair 10 minutes before I have to leave for work sounds like a disaster. Curious though, I picked up a sample bottle of Ojon® Rub-Out Dry Cleanser at Sephora and figured I would give it a try.

The dry shampoo is meant to be used between washings, when you’re in rush or have overused a styling product and need to undo the damage. You simply shake the can, spray it onto your hair and rub it into your scalp. Its ingredients, which include Amazonian white clay, rice, silk powder and potato starches, are supposed to sap the grease and oils from your scalp and create texture and volume.

Ojon® made me very, very happy. It revitalized my lifeless hair and gave my waves a bit of a lift – something it’s reluctant to do even on a shampoo day. A lot of dry shampoo reviewers focus on the repulsive scent some of these products emit, but Ojon® smelled like a mix of baby powder and flowers. Saccharine, maybe, but, after all, it is still a spray can product.

There is hope yet.