Mad Science at Home : Dry Shampoo
- AuntieWicked
- Jul 26, 2010
- 4 min read
Mad Science @ Home
Dry Shampoo
by A.Wicked
As a part of our Experiments in Makeup-Mad Science series, I have endeavored to explore the world of ‘dry’ methods of shampooing. You can of course buy VERY expensive brands of ‘dry shampoo’, who’s basic ingredient is almost always cornstarch. I once even saw a neo-regency style dry-shampoo that was tinted powdered wig PINK! How cool would THAT be???
This wasn’t quite pink tinted powdered wiggery. I decided to start my experiment with Babypowder. Now… I’m going to tell you now, all right thinking types have warned that babypowder shouldn’t be used for ANYTHING. Mostly this is because of the presence of Talc, which everyone in a perpetual panic agrees can cause Cancer, Ebola, sores, Liver Disease, Asthma, and Death. Seriously tho, the FDA says that “non-asbestiform talc” which they use in cosmetics to be perfectly save to use. Which I suppose puts it in the same spot as most of the dangerous crap we have all around us!
[sourse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talc]
Now you all know that Auntie Wicked’s house is perpetually on a budget. Dry shampoo isn’t something they carry down at the local Five and Dime, and e-shopping on Sephora, I found it to be quite expensive to give a try to. I have that floppy, straight hair that tends to feel unwashed by the end of bathday one, so it’s always been of some interest to me. After a little research, it seemed that dry shampoo was often nothing more than glorified baby powder, or cornstarch, depending on the formula. So instead of going mainstream, I picked up a few tips from teh internets.That out-of-the-way, I used Johnson’s Baby Powder, with Lavender and Chamomile. It smells lovely, and seemed like a nice choice for making with the ‘home made’ dry shampoo option. Hair floppy, and their being 0 time for a shower:
Before : Floppy hair makes Aunties SAD!
I sprinkled the baby powder gently on my parts. Combed it over, and sprinkled more. I gave it a minute to soak in the oils, then took a towel and fluffed my head up. Then ran a paddle brush through, and fluffed again, removing the excess the best I could. The result :
Big sexy hair, if I do say myself. It makes your hair stand in a beautiful bouffant! I can only imagine with a head full of curls, how you’d be somewhere between Hedwig’s best Beehive and Marie Antoinette herself! If your hair is bleached or pale, the powder dust will be almost unnoticeable. However, if you are dark or red-haired, there will be some evidence of your work. How you feel about it? It’s up to you. You can pretend that you are going as the Queen of France for a day and you don’t need anyone’s stinking hair standards to stop your big sexy floof. If you are not generally known as the freak girl/by of YOUR town, it will make you a little shy to have some powder on your roots. However you feel about that, darlings, is entirely up to you.My next experiment was with common, good ole’ household Cornstarch. (find more uses over here at Saving with Shellie’s blog http://www.savingwithshellie.com/2009/05/08/incredible-cornstarch)Before : THE MISERY OF GREASY HAIR! OH!
I sprinkled a few spoonfuls into my hair. Now since this didn’t have the convenient slatted container, it was a little more difficult to navigate into my hair. I spruced it around, and did the same as with the baby powder. Brush brush, bang bang, floof floof.After : MESSY SUPER HAIR OF WOO! Can I get an Elvira?
Cornstarch turned out MUCH whiter. My roots are a sort of medium-light brown, and they turned Amadeus Mozart white, which made me look like I was just a poor, undyed root girl. It made a bigger mess too, but the hair was just as big and sexy. If I’d had a hair-rat I would have made the cast of hairspray green with envy.As for the all-night results, I found that Cornstarch made my hair not feel quite so happy for quite so long. By the end of 10 hours I was ready to take a shower, whereas the Baby-Powder had a longer 32 hour stretch where I didn’t mind it so much. Baby-Powder disappeared into my hair a little easier, but I’d easily use cornstarch to powder my wig any day. Being the main ingredient in alot of the gothy-line of powders, I’d say the whiteness can be desirable.So there it is. My take on freshening that hair up when you have no time for a bath, or if you just simply want to be the Queen of France, Her Majesty Powdered hair for a day!So there it is. My take on freshening that hair up when you have no time for a bath, or if you just simply want to be the Queen of France, Her Majesty Powdered hair for a day!
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