Batiste Dry Shampoo Review

Okay so clearly, the title is a harmless bit of sarcasm. I purchased this product in Blush (I think) a while ago, from the Warehouse (I think!) and have recently been given a little baby one too.

I like the idea of dry shampoo. I would love to break the habit of shampooing my hair every day but I really don't see it happening, so I thought by buying this I would be able to use it in between washes. One day, I didn't feel like showering at all. Stinky day, if you will. Happily, I opened the can and gave my hair a bit of a spray. Firstly, that smell is sooooo overpowering. Its so overbearingly florally and I can taste it in the back of my throat when I use it. Yuck.

Secondly, I gave my hair a good massage once this stuff was in. My hair felt mildly cleaner, but the way it made my fingers on my hair was weird. Like it was artifically clean, and I could feel the artificial. Does that make sense? It was so weird I kept touching it and in the end my hair was greasy again so I just washed it anyway. No stinky day for me. For shame.

I do like to use this product if I plan on curling my hair though. If my hair is freshly washed this dry shampoo seems to give it extra oomph, and I really like that. So, I would purchase this again but only to use it as a pre-curling item. Otherwise I'll just stick to washing my hair!

The Warehouse had this for $5 a bottle so I bought a few to try. They work OK, but I don't agree with this being the best dry shampoo ever! It left my hair dull and felt powdery to touch. The scent of the tropical is totally overpowering and fake... I could smell my hair the whole day and not in a good way! The next bottle was Blush which was slightly better. I do find this ridiculously overpriced at Farmers and teh pharmacy.

I now use Lee Stafford dry shampoo for dark hair which does not leave my hair looking white, perhaps I'll give the coloured Batiste a go if I see it on special again.

I have this in 'Blush' and only because I got it in a subscription box. I have really short hair and have trained it to survive on one shampoo/condition a week (its naturally wavy/curly). PS google the No 'Poo movement ;) From time to time, it gets a bit oily in the last couple of days before it's due for a wash. I have used this a few times on those occasions to SOME success. Whilst it does soak up the oils, I find it dulls my hair. My hair is very dark brown and quite shiny but after use of this it looks rather dull. Also, the first time I used it I thought I was getting dandruff! I was finding product fallout on my shoulders and fingernails (I'm a hair raker) and thought it was dead skin! It does smell okay, but kind of like a room spray. I wouldn't expect someone to smell it on me and say "Oh you smell nice!" Did it make my hair look less oily? Yes. Was it easy enough for the layman to use? Sure. Would I recommend it? Probably not. Maybe if you're a blonde.

Am I the only one who can't stand dry shampoo? I think it may have something to do with having quite dry hair already but even when I haven't shampooed in a few days this just doesn't work for me!

I bought my first can of Batiste when I went to Rarotonga early last year as I was expecting humidity & didn't really plan on spending a lot of time washing my hair.

First of all - the fragrance, it's awful! To me it smells "off" and I really don't like it (I've tried the tropical scent and the glam gold glitter). It makes my hair feel terrible, really dry and hard & it becomes so difficult to run my comb through.

Overall I've come to think that maybe dry shampoo just isn't for me!

An absolutey great idea if you want to perk up your hair on those inbetween wash days also great to flatten any flyaway you may have. On me I found the dry shampoo left my hair feeling oily and I ended up fiddling with it all day. It made it feel gluggy. I dont think it smelt which was the problem i worry about if I leave it for a day but I didnt like how my hair felt heavy and as I have thick hair it was not a very pleasant experience.

I bought this dry shampoo in the coconut/tropical fragrance and it was my first ever dry shampoo! It does stop your hair from being oily but it also makes your hair overly white! The white powdery substance is just too much for my hair! I always used to think i had brushed it all out but then i would have people point out that i have white in my hair throughout the day! Not good! Because this was my first dry shampoo i thought perhaps all dry shampoos did this but when i purchased a VO5 one i realised that it was sooo much better! Just not overly happy with this product! :(