If quarantine taught me anything, it is this $3.50 DIY non-toxic dry shampoo. My trauma schedule went from crazy to crazier because of case delays (waiting 21 minutes post intubation & extubation, rep COVID screening every time I went in for a case cover, etc). My hair was up in a surgical cap all day and I was working in an 80 degree operating room, so you can just imagine what I was working with lol.
I would wash my hair about twice a week, sleep with it wet, and style it in the morning. Naturally because of my schedule, I started going a few more days between hair washes and using baby powder as dry shampoo.
Mike doesn’t complain about much, but his biggest pet peeve is when I use baby powder as dry shampoo lol. He would buy me the Not Your Mother’s Dry Shampoo in bulk, but it would run out so fast! I was using almost 2 big bottles per month. There is something about the aerosol that I just don’t like. Like when you shake it and push the button, the bottle is out of product and just gas is spewing out? I was ready for a better solution, lol.
Having non-toxic dry shampoo is as easy as ordering Aarowroot Powder (or buying some in store). Then, grabbing a blush brush (I use this gold one). Optionally, drop in essential oil. I put Young Living Peppermint Essential Oil in my bag of aarowroot powder.
Dip the brush into your bag, shake most of the powder off, and dab along your primary part. Then, section off your hair and dab more powder along your scalp. Flip your head completely upside down and dab on more.
Bake that Scalp
Think of using this aarowroot powder like baking your concealer. You want to put a little extra on and leave it on so the oil is absorbed by the pectins and amylopectins. If you want to speed this process up and add a little more zhuzh, go in on your roots with your hairbrush (I use the wetbrush biodegradable one). A slightly wet hairbrush is even better so the starch can form hydrogen bonds with the water and the oil will be history.
My sweatshirt is the Free People Lace-Up Hoodie and it is on sale for $23 at Macy’s!
Hope you have the best weekend, full of love and gorgeous hair.
xx, Chels
PS: Here’s another sneak peek at our new house! I love dropping one of these in every post. 🤗
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