Handmade Heroes Non Aerosol Dry Shampoo Powder 1.8oz 100% Natural & Vegan Volumizing Powder For Dark Hair & Brunette Hair

So I have always been an everyday hair washer. However, becoming a mom has changed that. All of the sudden I found that I didn’t have time to dry my hair each day so I would wash it and put it up wet in a bun. This was damaging my hair so I decided to try and find a good dry shampoo so I could go one or two days between washes. I did a bunch of research on the best natural dry shampoos. (Aluminum spray on my scalp?? No thank you.) this product was consistently rated top 10 on multiple different sites. For the price point I thought- why not get it a shot. It’s been a few weeks of using it so I can officially say I love it. Such a great product!!! One of ny favorite things about this product is that it removes that gross hair smell you get after a day or two of not washing it. This product simply takes it all away- My hair doesn’t smell like anything- which I love!! (Mostly I hate it when my hairs smells like hair- if you know what I mean). I also notice it didn’t make my scalp itch at all. Another great thing is that it blends in really well (I have dark brown hair). It takes ALLLL the grease away. And I mean all. (I work out every day and sweat in my head- a little blow-dry and a little of this magic and poof! I have amazing volumized clean hair). The other great thing about this product is that it will last for a day or two. I will apply it the day after I shower and day 3 I have no grease either! The ONLY slightly negative thing I will say about this product is that when you do apply it and you do itch your scalp you will sometimes get the grey powder under your nails which makes them look dirty. But seriously that is such a minor thing compared to how great this product is!! Very very happy with my purchase.

Finally, a dry shampoo that actually works and doesn't make my sensitive scalp itch! I have very sensitive skin and am eczema-prone. I have wasted so much money testing out so many dry shampoos that just don't work. You know the bad ones that you spray on white and makes your scalp itch so bad that you want to rinse your hair out after 10 minutes (which defeats the purpose of a dry shampoo). Well, this dry shampoo isn't one of them! What I love about this dry shampoo is that it's made from natural ingredients that are generally good for your skin instead of synthetic chemicals that irritate. The ingredient mix is rather genius actually - instead of cornstarch, it's got rice powder (good for your skin) and kaolin clay (also good for your skin) that soaks up any oil. It has cocoa powder and bamboo charcoal (also good) for the coloring to blend in with your natural hair color. And a mix of essential oils to create a lovely and subtle scent. My scalp tends to be very oily - if I wash my hair in the morning, by night you can already see grease on my hair. So I'm one of those people who need to wash their hair daily or every other day. But with this dry shampoo, I'm able to stave off washing my hair up to 3-4 days and still look like I have freshly washed hair! BEST WAY TO APPLY DRY SHAMPOO: Do not apply with your hands unless you want to waste your product and create a mess. I found that the best way involves a big makeup brush (I used a cheap kabuki brush meant for applying face powder) and a lid/cover (from an old loose powder container). What I do is sprinkle some dry shampoo on on the cover, and then use the brush to pick it up and apply to my hair. Imagine you're powdering your face with loose powder, except now it's your scalp. You can "tone" it with the brush too so it doesn't appear like white powder on dark hair. I flip sections of my hair around so I can get to different parts of my scalp and ensure that I have enough dry shampoo covering my head evenly. Once I feel I have enough on, I just run my fingers through my hair to smooth out the powder. Then I brush my hair with a comb. And then my hair looks fresh again!

This is effective in my thick, dark brown hair. If you don’t apply too much, it’s not visible. It doesn’t have a weird smell. However, the bottle is flawed and constantly leaves brown spots on my clothes and bathroom. This needs a brush or sponge application and then it would be perfect.

This is better than nothing and extremely affordable. I’m giving it 3 stars because I was a hairstylist for 16 years, so I know what else is out there. But, if I wasn’t in the industry, I’d probably give it 4. The good: 1. Does what it says it will! Absorbs oil. If you’re a greasy girl like me, you’ll take whatever you can get in a pinch. 2. It smells good, but let me be clear when I say “good” is synonymous with “toothpaste”. It smells like toothpaste. Minty? I like it, but once my brain made the connection, it was hard to “unsmell”. 3. Can get it same day shipped, and I’m a sucker for convenience. The bad: 1. The delivery system is terrible, and that’s if you can even muster the strength to pop the top open. It’s basically a child lock, and… I am basically a child. So that’s not helpful. When you try to sprinkle it over your hair, it will fall fast and heavy in whatever spot it’s hovering over. Difficult to get an evenly distributed application. If you buy this, plan to brush the heck out of it to blend it in. I wouldn’t do this after curling your hair, if your curls tend to fall out easily. 2. It has a strong presence in the hair. Gritty/buildup. But that’s almost unavoidable with an “aerosol alternative”. If you want weightless, go aerosol. I usually wash every other day so I don’t really care about this kind of build up, but the once a week girlies will definitely not be a fan of this.

I absolutely enjoyed this dry shampoo. It’s really great when you are in rush, it soaks up everything because of the way the powder is made. I like it, though it doesn’t leave a heavy feeling. It does what it’s supposed to do.

I bought this product back in 2021 I was as trying to make my hair healthier and get it to get super long by not washing so often or heat styling and I loved this stuff it works amazingly well…too well…over the course of the year I used the almost the whole bottle up washing my hair around once a week and using this on the other days when and if I needed to look put together or go anywhere this was during the pandemic so…anyway to be fair I probably did use it a little excessively but that really shouldn’t be a factor in what happened to me so around the last fourth of the bottle I started to notice BIG patches of missing hair like you can see my scalp kind of missing on the front sides where hair is thinnest like around the temples…so I did some research and found dry shampoo can clog the follicles and cause this so I discontinued dry shampoo use…fast forward to today my hair grew back on the left side which I think is because I sleep on my left side and the dry shampoo got wiped off my scalp from the pillow but it’s totally normal again but on the right I have a few little short thin regrowth but still a huge thin sparse half bald patch there right in the front it hasn’t gotten any better and I’m so upset that I now am left with a permanent problem for the rest of my life when I was just trying to make my hair better. I just wanted to share what happened to me in hopes I can save someone else from it happening to them. I would never use this crap again. I put two pics of the right side with the hair loss and one of the left how my regular hair is.

Thin, stringy hair runs strong in my family: My mother had it, my sister has it, & I have it as well. We also have a history of having oily scalps, and when you combine a head not-so-full of hair & a tendency for an oily scalp, what happens is that you wake up the morning after a shampoo and your hair is greasy, clumped together, and your scalp shows through around the part. You look like a dirty, drowned rat & wonder what happened during the night that made your hair so oily! Doesn't matter if you washed it the previous morning or right before bed, you're going to wake up looking like Tim Robbins after crawling through that pipe in The Shawshank Redemption. There are a few things you can do about it: 1. Wash & style your hair every single day. 2. Get a perm (the chemicals dry out the scalp & adds volume.) 3. If you don't want to wash your hair daily, find a product that keeps your scalp dry. I do not like washing & styling my hair every day (I'd rather sleep another 15 minute) and perms are expensive, so I usually go for option 3. 1. Spray on dry shampoo: it doesn't work with thin hair & oily scalp - it just leaves a thick, greasy residue that adds to the dirty hair. 2. A hat, but I can't wear them at work. 3. Corn starch powder (so long as you're not allergic to corn products) or Baby Powder. These actually do work. I go for the corn starch because it is much, much cheaper & has no fragrance. But, both options are messy - the powder is very light gets all over & you look like Marie Antionette in a powdered wig. I put it on at night before bed, then maybe a little more in the morning as I'm putting on makeup, then towel off my hair. It may look a little dusty, but at least it's dry & adds a bit of volume. So I thought to myself, "Why don't they make a powder with some color to it?" Cuz the white powder, as I said, does leave some residue & you have to really scrub your head with the towel. Even then, I tend to have dry hands & lips & can feel the grit all day. Anyway, I decided to look on Amazon to see if they had anything, and of course, they do! I found quite a few products with colored powder dry shampoos, and read through the reviews. I chose this one. I felt the price was good & so were the reviews. I was not impressed by the small bottle (wish it were bigger), but people said a little goes a long way, so I tried it for the first time last night about a half hour before bedtime. Now, I'm not sure if you're 'supposed' to put it on before bed, but that's what I usually do with the corn starch, so I did. I sprinkled it on the crown of my hair & it looked like greyish purple powder. I went back to watch the end of my tv show, and after 5 minutes, I used my fingers to comb it into my hair like the instructions say to. Upon seeing myself in the bathroom mirror before going to bed, I smirked because it looked just like the corn starch . . . or so I thought. I wake up, and the powder was almost gone from my hair (it did not mess my pillow or get on my pajamas.) My hair looked perfectly dry & normal. The greyish purple had turned brown (on my scalp) and I did not have to use any more & had no dusty residue after I brushed & styled it, no dry lips or hands, no gritty feel whatsoever. I am VERY PLEASED with this product - a little does go a long way! There was a fragrance when I put it on (it was okay), but it was totally gone in the morning. I am so glad I took a chance. I am now a customer for life! Love it!

Absolutely the best dry shampoo I have ever used. No artificial chemical fragrance. I can go 5 days without shampooing my hair if I have to. Non irritating. Blends in beautifully