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• 1 Janine // Jan 8, 2008 at 6:30 pm

  Just wanted to say I’ve tried Oscar Blandi’s version and it works well. I have very oily hair and usually have to shampoo every day which is hard on my ends. This gave me an extra day of looking fresh and it smells great. The only downfall is that it’s very expensive and there is very little product in the bottle. Using it a little every other day only lasted about 3 weeks. I’m going to try the cheaper versions for comparison.

• 2 Jazmin // Jan 9, 2008 at 12:02 am

  Hi Janine! Thanks so much for sharing your experience with the Oscar Blandi shampo! It’s been one that I’ve been wanting to try ; )

  I’m always on the lookout for new dry shampoos. I think it would be awesome if the drugstore brands like Pantene, Tressemme, etc came out with their own versions!

• 3 Erin // Mar 12, 2008 at 3:44 pm

  I personally love Klorane Extra Gentle Dry Shampoo. It smells and works great - the white powder disappeared quite easily and made my hair look fresh and clean. I tried Oscar Blandi’s spray and hated the smell - it smelled like household cleaning products and I generally love lemon scent. Also, the Oscar Blandi spray didn’t function all that well - clogged a lot and sprayed all over. I also tried Bumble & Bumble (can you tell I like dry shampoo??) and didn’t like that one either. I have brown hair and the brown spray got ALL over - it stained my clothes, my rug, even my skin - it was awful. I may try Ojon’s Rub-Out just to confirm if Klorane is actually the best. :)

• 4 Jazmin // Mar 13, 2008 at 6:55 am

  Hi Erin,

  I love that you’ve tried all these dry shampoos…thanks for sharing your opinions on them!

  I’ve been wanting to try the Klorane! I’ve heard lots of good things about it.

  Have you tried Aveda Pure Abundance Hair Potion? It’s another one that I’ve meaning to try for a long time.

• 7 shana // May 10, 2008 at 8:58 am

  Hey there,

  Love your blog! =] I too am on the hunt for the perfect dry shampoo. Have used Ojon, which I thought was OK, Stila which was not… lol… now I’m trying out Cake. I can’t figure out how to use the powders w/o creating static - it’s insane! The sprays don’t have that affect on my hair. Ah well.

  Oh, just as a side comment… I’m not sure the Aveda Potion is actually *really* to be used as a dry shampoo, is it? I recall, when I had short hair, I used it to get a “dirty” or “piecy” look. It actually turns into a liquid once applied to give volume & style. Maybe it can be used solely as a dry “shampoo”, but you may not get the same results as with the strictly powdery products you’ve reviewed. What do you think?

  I could be wrong… :) I just remember my stylist using it as a styling agent basically, after being shampooed. Just curious….

• 8 Nadine // May 13, 2008 at 12:52 pm

  The Aveda Potion isn’t really a dry shampoo–it is a styling powder that creates volume (it does “liquify” when you rub on it.) I love it for creating body, but it doesn’t make your hair look clean. :-)

• 9 Jazmin // May 13, 2008 at 9:37 pm

  Hi Shana and Nadine!

  Shana, thanks for the tip on the Stila dry shampoo. That’s another one that I’ve been curious about. Does it at least smell good?

  And, yes, I think you ladies are right. I guess associate Pure Abundance with dry shampoos because when it first came out, I remember something about it being great for absorbing excess oil and adding volume back into limp hair (plus it is sort of a powder).

  Did you guys find that it helped absorb oil?

• 10 shana // May 15, 2008 at 10:21 am

  Hey there,

  The Stila *does* smell awesome (I have the vanilla-smelling one, I haven’t tried the other citrusy one). I have to admit, after making that remark, I’m thinking I need to resurrect it from my guest bathroom + give it another shot though b/c I was just applying it directly onto my head before (making it hard to distribute evently), + now I’m finding that with the non-spray versions it might be best to poof it into my hands first, rub it around, THEN blend it into my hair. Using that technique with the Cake product has been working well, so I’d still say at least try the Stila version. =) (decisions decisions… lol)

  Re: the Aveda Potion - since I never tried to use it as a dry shampoo, I guess I can’t really say if it worked well in absorbing oil. But, I don’t recall it making my hair look or feel clean, as Nadine pointed out. If anything, it made it “dirty”/”piecy” looking, but that’s kinda what I wanted. :LOL: It is a powder, but since it liquifies, it also balls up + doesn’t blend in very well - so I always just used it for styling. JMO tho, it’s kind of spendy as well, but worth trying too. =) Boy, I’m on the fence today! lol

• 11 Jazmin // May 15, 2008 at 7:30 pm

  lol, Shana, I’m on the fence a lot about beauty products! The ones that I immediately love/hate are obviously easy to deal with, but then some of them take me much longer to review because I have to tinker with them.

  And speaking of which, the application technique you described is definitely the best way to go. It wasn’t until I figured that out that I realized that I could actually use light colored powders (i.e. baby powder) on my dark hair : )

  And that’s interesting with the Aveda Potion, I’m definitely going to bump up my (long) list of products to try!

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