It is the perfect repair product when you do not have time to wash your hair or before making a pretty hairstyle that requires extra maintenance. In a few minutes, it gives a fresh blow to the hair. Discover 5 recipes for dry shampoo to make a natural mixture adapted to your hair needs.
What is a dry shampoo used for?
This grandmother's recipe refreshes hair instead of rinsing shampoos. The trick? These treatments are made up of powders that absorb sebum from the scalp. As a result, the roots regain volume and the hair looks cleaner. It also allows you to space out washes with a classic shampoo. Just leave the product for a few minutes near the roots and then remove the powder residue with a brush and voila!
To create your own formula, you select the ingredients because not all powders are suitable. You must choose those that suit your type of oily hair, dry or normal. In addition, there is no question of using a powder that will leave marks on a blond or brown hair. To help you, here are some recipes with well-balanced natural active ingredients to get the right consistency.
What are the application tips?
Unlike dry cosmetic shampoos, the house version requires a little preparation. Even if you add essential oils, the whole thing should look like a powder and especially not a wet mixture so as not to stick to the scalp. Since it contains no water, this shampoo can be stored for several weeks without risk in an airtight jar. To distribute the mixture evenly over the head, take a large, bushy brush. Take the powder with the brush and apply to the hair without putting it on the face. The dry shampoo is placed near the roots, but not directly on the skin of the scalp, because it could remain stuck to the skin when the sebum is eliminated. Distribute the product by massaging the scalp with your fingertips. Let the ingredients act for at least 3 minutes, like a mask. Finish by brushing your hair to remove residue or remove the excess with the hair dryer. Like the dry shampoo sold in stores, the homemade recipe does not replace the rinsing shampoo, because the hair is not as clean. It only pushes it back a day or two at most. In addition, if it is abused, it may dry out the hair. This must remain a troubleshooting solution.
For a greasy hair
The sebum is more important on this type of hair. Green clay is ideal because it is very absorbent. The essential oil of tea tree is interesting in this case, because it purifies the scalp without stripping.
Ingredients:
- 30g of organic green clay.
- 60g of potato starch.
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
- 5 drops of organic tea tree essential oil.
Surfine Green Clay, € 6.20 per 1kg, Cattier. Available on mademoisellebio.com.
Tea Tree Essential Oil, € 3.90 per 10ml, Compagnie des Sens. Available on amazon.fr.
For normal dry hair
With this type of hair, there is less sebum than an oily hair. The powder chosen should not be too drying. However, it may be necessary to add an essential oil such as lavender. Particularly soft and soothing, it does not dehydrate the material and limits irritation. Pink clay has a blotting effect and is softening.
Ingredients:
- 30g of cornstarch.
- 1 tablespoon of pink clay.
- 5 drops of organic lavender essential oil.
Pink clay, € 6.75 per 250g, Centifolia. Available on amazon.fr
Fine Lavender Essential Oil, € 7.10 per 10ml, Phytosun Aroms. Available on easyparapharmacie.com.
For a brown or brown hair
Most powders are tinted. To avoid unpleasant surprises, avoid those that are white, pink or green. Otherwise, we adopt the following trick. We darken the preparation by adding a little cocoa. In addition, it will give a little greedy side to your mixture.
Ingredients:
- 30g of cornstarch.
- 2 tablespoons defatted, unsweetened cocoa powder.
- 3 or 4 drops of essential oils like lavender, peppermint or lemon to choose according to your hair type.
Peppermint Essential Oil, € 6.90 for 30ml, Aroma-zone.
Lemon essential oil, € 11.30 for 30ml, Pranarôm. Available on easyparapharmacie.com.
For a blond hair
This hair color has a big advantage since the potato starch becomes invisible on this type of hair. So there is no need to search for complicated recipes. This time, baking soda replaces cocoa in this formula. In addition to its purifying action, it lightens the hair.
Ingredients:
- 30g of cornstarch.
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
- 3 or 4 drops of essential oils of your choice.
Sodium bicarbonate, 250g for € 1.80, Laboratoires Gibert. Available on easyparapharmacie.com.
For a red hair
This hair color is often forgotten in cosmetics. However, there is indeed a solution for a dry shampoo recipe closest to their coloring. The trick is to spice it up with a little cinnamon. Her slightly orange brown tone is perfect for red hair.
Ingredients:
- 30g of cornstarch type Maïzena.
- 2 tablespoons of cinnamon.
- 3 to 4 drops of essential oils of your choice.