Whether it's second day, third day, or any day hair, the struggle to keep your tresses looking fresh is one we all go through! From personal experience, I'll be the first to say that having an oilier scalp can be incredibly annoying when you want to look presentable but don't have time to wash, dry, and style your locks. On days like these, dry shampoo is your very best friend, and I've found one that I really love!
I've tried so many different dry shampoos and I feel like my complaints with most of them are the same: they leave your hair sticky, sometimes even greasier than you started with and you get that dreaded white dusty look at the scalp. Not a good look, ladies! Well, I think I've found a winner. Tresemme Fresh Start Volumizing Dry Shampoo delivers that same oil-sucking effect, while leaving your hair smelling fresher, giving you some lift, no greasy residue and none of that white finish. Not only is affordable but it beats out some higher end options by a long shot. (It's on Rollback at WalMart - go get yourself a few cans!)
While at Winners a few months back I found some Oscar Blandi products and saw that there were a few bottles of their Pronto Invisible Volumizing Dry Shampoo Spray! In comparison, while both claim to do the same thing, I think Tresemme delivers more. The Oscar Blandi left my hair somewhat sticky feeling and although it was invisible, it did nothing to lift my hair up a bit with volume. So, I'm pretty glad that the more affordable options works out better. I looked into it and found that I think Oscar Blandi has reformulated that dry shampoo, anyone tried the newer version?
As the daughter of a hair stylist, I haven't really done my own hair until quite recently (my mom wouldn't dare let me mess up my own hair haha!) and I've found a few ways to keep my hair looking cute even when it's not freshly washed. I have pretty fine, oily hair at the scalp so it can be difficult to disguise even second day hair but what I like to do is spray in some dry shampoo into my roots, flip my head over and then run my hands through and distribute the product near the scalp. In terms of hairstyles, I like to either go for a high ponytail and then curl the ends a bit to give me a more put together look, or you can place your hair in a ponytail, tease the ends a bit and wrap your hair into a big bun. If you have longer hair then a sock bun would work nicely but for some reason no matter how long my hair is, I can't seem to get that little donut to work for me!
I'd love to hear about what you do to keep your hair looking and feeling fresh once you've hit the second day. Any dry shampoos you think are incredible?
I confess that if there's something I can't make my mind up about it's hair length. When it comes to colour, I've only experimented about 2 times and this past summer it was the most dramatic change I've done ever. I decided to go for the balayage look and I went pretty blonde for what I was used to (thanks to my instigating fried - you know who you are!). My mom is a hairstylist so I have it pretty easy in the sense that I don't have to spend tons of money on my hair but my mom always says that I'm her worst client.
As a mother, she loves me to pieces and we are each others best friend but when it's time for me to sit in the hot seat, well, let's just say she has to mentally prepare herself a few days in advance. I personally don't think I'm that bad but since I can never make a decision and I'm so incredibly particular, she always says that any stylist other than her would probably kick me out. Whoops, sorry mom!
A few weeks ago I decided to go back to my darker roots so I covered up the light caramel balayage I had going on and I chose to darken it but still have a bit of dimension in the shade of brown in my hair. For a few months now I haven't touched the length, mostly because I've traumatized my mom with how many times I flip flop between wanting super long hair and just chopping it all off. I have my moments.
Lately though, I've been seeing more damage to my ends than I usually do and I really want that feeling of when you cut off a few inches and your hair is super thick and lush... oh how I love that feeling. The only problem is that I'm all or nothing with my haircut. Sometimes I go a little too short compared to what I had planned so I scoured through Pinterest for some inspiration and some references so that momma won't refuse to cut my hair, which she quite possibly may chose to go with.
Whatd'ya think? Keep growing it out or give it a chop. When my hair is long, I want it shorter. When it's shorter, I want it longer. Seriously what is life? Can it not be as easy as those internet barbie games we used to play where you could change their hair back and forth without any issues?! These pictures are persuading me even more, plus look at all the cute options I still have for styling it! Not to worry, I'll keep you posted on what I end up doing.... or not doing! Any hair trends inspiring you to change it up?
