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Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:17 pm  |
I heard cornstarch makes a good dry shampoo...but does anyone have a great recipe or other ideas? Frequent washing is drying out my hair and I have noticed that not washing everyday helps with shine and speeds up the growing process as ends stay healthier longer.....
any ideas for a dry shampoo? |
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Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:39 am |
| Talcum powder makes a great dry shampoo. |
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Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:53 am |
but I have heard such bad things about talc...  ...but there are several companies that make talc free powder so I could use that right?
will try and hunt some down and test it..... 
thanks |
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Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:57 am |
pls forgive my ignorance... but what is a dry shampoo? how does it work??!  |
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Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:27 am |
a dry shampoo is a shampoo that isnt a liquid that doesnt require water to clean your hair or scalp...usually its made of some absorbant powder that sucks up the oils on your scalp then is brushed away.
the benefits are that you dont have to use stripping shampoos and water as often or when you are in a rush..... |
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Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:39 am |
I posted several recipes for DIY dry shampoos in the DIY recipes thread: http://www.essentialdayspa.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=5981&start=197
Dry shampoos can be used in between hair washings, as a mid-day pick-me-up to revive flat hair or to absorb excess product when you’ve applied too much styling gunk!
Originally created as way to revive and refresh “day old” hair when there’s no time to shampoo, it has since been discovered that dry shampoos are a great way to introduce weightless, non-sticky volume to flat hair and is a gentle alterative to strong astringents for chemically-treated, fine or thinning hair! |
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Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:42 pm |
WOW This is very new for me, I've never heard about dry shampoo before. 
Thanks annachan and carekate. |
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Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:13 pm |
wow carekate that is a TON of recipes  ....I love the vit c serum...must get some crystals and try that ....so many great ones.  ..but I cant find the dry shampoo......there are a 1000 pages of home made goodies....help! |
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Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:40 am |
Thx anna and carrie!
anna, fyi, the dry shampoo recipes are on P.8 of the DIY discussion (near the bottom). |
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Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:25 pm |
| daydreamingda wrote: |
Thx anna and carrie!
anna, fyi, the dry shampoo recipes are on P.8 of the DIY discussion (near the bottom). |
oh god page 8? ok will check then can I copy and paste it here? I didnt get that far....at first was just scanning then got caught up reading all the great recipes and ideas! |
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:33 am |
| Keliu wrote: |
| Talcum powder makes a great dry shampoo. |
I second this. I use talcum powder as a dry shampoo frequently. Also, baby powder is great, but I don't like the baby powder smell so I'll use the Burt's Bees Wax baby powder which doesn't really have a smell. Use any of the powders sparingly though because it can make your hair look very dry and gray if you use too much. |
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:15 am |
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| Keliu wrote: |
| Talcum powder makes a great dry shampoo. |
I second this. I use talcum powder as a dry shampoo frequently. Also, baby powder is great, but I don't like the baby powder smell so I'll use the Burt's Bees Wax baby powder which doesn't really have a smell. Use any of the powders sparingly though because it can make your hair look very dry and gray if you use too much. |
I love the idea but not the ingredient
here is something I found about talc;
Talc is closely related to the potent carcinogen asbestos. Talc particles have been shown to cause tumors in the ovaries and lungs of cancer victims. For the last 30 years, scientists have closely scrutinized talc particles and found dangerous similarities to asbestos.
YIKES!!!!! |
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:13 pm |
I understand your concerns about the talc, that's why I use talc free mineral makeup. However, I don't know why the same reservations haven't flowed on to the talcum powder market - aren't mothers still sprinkling it on their babies bottoms - and have done so for years
Maybe the Burts Bees product that Snow White recommended would be the shot, Burts Bees products are supposed to be good for you. Bumble and Bumble also have a dry shampoo but it's ridiculously expensive. I had a look at the DYI thread, but don't know about grinding up nuts and putting them in your hair. I wouldn't have thought that you could grind them up finely enough - and aren't nuts oily? Anyway, I haven't tried this myself, so don't know. Maybe you could check out the health food shops for an "organic talcum powder", although I don't think that a bit of talc sprinkled into the hair every now and then is going to kill you! |
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:09 pm |
I found a talc free powder from Crabtree & Evelyn
Lavender
Talc-Free Body Powder made with finely milled natural corn, rice and oat flours and infused with lavender oil.
sounds nice!?! thing is not sure where that is sold in japan..... |
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Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:39 pm |
| annachan wrote: |
I found a talc free powder from Crabtree & Evelyn
Lavender
Talc-Free Body Powder made with finely milled natural corn, rice and oat flours and infused with lavender oil.
sounds nice!?! thing is not sure where that is sold in japan..... |
Sounds absolutely perfect to me - I'm going to check it out. Here's a link to their website if you can't buy it in Japan.
http://www.crabtree-evelyn.com/ |
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Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:58 am |
| I just checked...they dont ship to japan....but you know now that I am thinking I am sure lush doesnt use talc either....will check that....could be interesting (and there are tons of lush stores here) |
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Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:05 am |
I just checked lush and they do have talc in one powder but one sounds great for hair (not the name however)thing is what would bicarb be like on your scalp?
T For Toes
Ingredients:
Kaolin, Sodium Bicarbonate, Powdered Horsetail Herb (Equisetum arvense), Powdered Walnut Leaf (Juglans regia), Powdered Broom Tops (Ruscus aculeatus), Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca alternifolia), Lime Oil (Citrus aurantifolia), Perfume. |
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Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:20 pm |
| have made no progress finding something that works,....am thinking what if I make a liquid spray with witch hazel or herbs and water and spray that into the scalp between shampoos....ahh...its never ending...the endless search for the perfect products... |
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