I use Batiste. If you want to give it a try, you can pick up less expensive sample sizes at Ulta and Target. I use it to extend time between shampoos so my color doesn't fade as quickly. My daughters have used it when their hair is pretty dirty. I don't think it fools anyone into thinking that your hair is squeaky clean but it does make it look better.

I read this article in the Philly paper about dry shampoos. Never have used them, but I bought the Dove to try.

http://www.philly.com/philly/living/style/the-most-successful-beauty-tip-ive-ever-given-20180123.html

A lot of people use it, I think the Batiste is one of the most popular...I don't believe I've heard anyone that uses dry shampoo actually say that they didn't like it. It's kind of universally loved. I tried a Dove brand one that a makeup guru was raving about and I could not use it, my scalp itched so bad I had to run and wash my hair right away to get it off of my scalp! I know plenty of women that swear by it.

Yes, I use dry shampoo once or twice a week and it works well for me. My hair is very dry and damages easily so the more time between blow drying the better. That said days I walk and use my kettlebell dry shampoo works fine, have not tried it when I am drenched in sweat after Zumba, I have just assumed my scalp needs a thorough cleaning and washed my hair.

When I first started using dry shampoo I wasn't impressed. My hair is just below the shoulders and semi-thick.

There's a technique on how to use dry shampoo and once I tried it, I was sold. I'm using Nexxus Youth Renewal Rejuvenating dry shampoo.

One day I had to run a quick errand and my hair with pretty dirty and I didn't have time to shampoo. I tried the technique I found on youtube, and it not only made my hair look clean, but it gave the top part of my hair volume.

Oakley, tell us the method! Or link to YouTube please.

Thank you for the responses and the suggestions. I will pick one up to try. I am really only looking to get to every other day of washing and blow drying. I can’t imagine I would be able to go more than that or would want to.

Terriks, the video below isn't the one I first saw, but basically the same technique.

When I finished spraying and massaging it into the scalp, I lightly brushed my hair to keep more volume. This video says to brush it thoroughly, but if you do that your hair will lay flatter.

After I lightly brushed my hair I used hairspray to help keep the volume going. The day I tried it my hair was starting to get stringy and the dry shampoo became a lifesaver when you don't have time to wash.

ETA: Use small bursts of spray. See the picture below at the beginning of the video? LIGHTLY spray both sides of the hair you lift.

I think it is trial and error. I tried the dove for myself and it was not good.

I sometimes bought Blonde dry shampoo as stocking stuffers and I think my DD's like it.

Also, I was tempted to spray it outside! All that spray sticking to the floor and walls on a continuous basis?

Dry shampoo is for oil control and sometimes a boost for volume on 2nd or 3rd day hair that the individual doesn’t have time to wash or is trying to delay washing. The ‘no poo’ bunch (people who don’t use a traditional shampoo in favor of home concoctions or co-washing which is only using conditioner to wash the hair) often talk about going through a period where nothing is helping the greasiness as they attempt to re-acclimate their scalp to more normal oil production after daily washing had been amping it up for quite a while. Many give up, but some swear that after time, it gets better and they continue to no-poo and find that dry shampoo helps in the way the product is intended to. Fine hair (even if you have a ton of it) will need washing sooner no matter what, it’s just the way that hair texture wants to be regardless of any interventions.

I don’t like most of the drugstore ones I’ve tried, tresemme made my hair tangle and knot up like nothing I’ve ever seen before and I’ve had hair brushes literally get stuck and had to cut them to get the things out after my stylist untangled as much as she could so all I had to do was switch my part for a few months while my hair grew enough to switch back. Batiste is okay but I can’t muck with additional styling afterwards or the top goes flat and the static goes wild and I’m shocking or being shocked for the rest of the day/night. I knew a girl who used baby powder when she had applied too much hair smoothing oil and didn’t have time to start all over with a wash, dry and style. She was a very light blonde so it didn’t look noticeable after a light brushing to distribute it through her hair. Mostly the stuff makes my head itch. I wash every other day, sometimes if I won’t be going anywhere I’ll only wash every 3rd day.

I suppose one could dry their hair after sweating and then apply dry shampoo, but I wouldn’t just put it on hair that is wet or damp from sweat and then try to dry it with a blow dryer, might as well just do a real wash in a hurry. Not easy with long hair, or wavy/curly, much less long wavy/curly hair.

I use it all the time now -love not having to do the hair routine every day. I have a shower cap I use. MY hair is really dry, so the second day is usually fine, and the third day I'll use dry shampoo, the fourth I'll wash again. Batiste works, but I also like a brand called Dry Bar they sell at sephora.

I have used it on really sweaty hair - but yes, it needs to be dry before you put on the dry shampoo.

So after this thread I was in the drugstore, and saw they have Batiste. In scents! And in colors? I have graying darkish blond hair, what would the blond Batiste do on my hair?

The blonde dry shampoo or just the regular kind will work, the goal of selecting by color is so that the product doesn’t show on the hair after applied. A brunette would need to pay careful attention if using the regular kind, and not as much if they use the brunette specific variety.

I have blonde hair and use Living Proof from Sephora. I use it every other day. My hair is shoulder length. It's pricy, but I don't use much at all--just the roots around the front and top part line.

Ok I'll be the one that is not a fan of dry shampoo. I have dark hair. Dry shampoo. Dry shampoo dulls my hair. It is not shiny after I've used dry shampoo. I have alot of friends who use it for the volume but I have thick hair that I have layered/thinned, so I don't NEED volume LOL. My hair is on the dry side so I only wash every other day, sometimes every third day. And yes, the brunette variety does not show on my hair, but it does still dull it. It's great for alot of people, I'm just not one of them.

@tinam61

Oh you’re not the only one who isn’t a fan, I’m not thrilled with it either though I have used it from time to time I just...there’s a reason I still have a nearly full sample/travel sized spray still sitting in my bathroom cabinet, and it was purchased at least a year ago if not longer. It’s there in case I suddenly feel a need to use it but who knows when/if that might happen. ;)