The INSIDER Summary:I'm lazy about washing my hair ' butI don't love using dry shampoo.I surprised myself when I tried Living Proof's Perfect hair Day dry shampoo after going to a spin class.The product soaked up sweat and left my hair feeling clean andfresh, with added volume and without the powdery texture I was used to from other dry shampoos.I hate washing my hair. I'm so lazy about it that I sometimes only wash my roots.But I don't love dry shampoo. In the past, I've tried dry shampooby brands like Batiste andTRESemm, but I'vealways been disappointed. The productsleft my hair feeling chalky ' like they werejust sitting on top of my hair's greaseand not cleaningit ' and with a synthetic scent reminiscent of drugstore perfume.However, I couldn't ignore the glowingreviews I'dread about Living Proof's Perfect hairDay dry shampoo. Somereviews even claim that usingthe productafter working out candrysweaty hair. I seriously doubtedthat a dry shampoo could bethateffective, but curiosity (and laziness) got the better of me.So, I picked up a 1.8 ozbottle of the stuff for $12 ' I couldn't justifyspending $22 on thefull-sized 4oz version for my first try ' andused itafteraspin class to seeif it could transform my post-gymhair.To give you some context, this is what my hair looked like immediately after theclass.Half an hour later, when I got home, my hair was still greasy from sweat, and not completely dry all over.I had a quick shower without washing my hair, before beginningmy experiment.The testFirst, I shook the bottle vigorously, which the instructions recommend doing"extremely well formaximum cleaning results."Then, Isectioned my hairby pinningthe top half in a clip so I could spray portions of my hair one at a time.Next, I held the product around six inches from my hair and spritzed swathes of my hair in a sweeping motion, from top to bottom. The spray didn't havean obnoxious fruitysmell ' it hadmore ofa fresh meadows scent ' and I didn't notice any residue settling onmy hair.Once I'd coveredall of my hair, I waited for 30 seconds, as per the instructions, before massaging the product in with my fingers and shaking my hair.Workingthe productinto my hair, itno longer felt oily or dampto the touch.I was delighted to find that it didn't feel powdery, either, and I couldn't seeany visible evidence of the product in my hair in the mirror.Later, I dida little research tofind out why I couldn't feel the product in my hair in a super noticeable way, and learned that it had to do with science: the spraycontains a molecule called OFPMA, which MIT scientists developed tosoak up oil without adding texture to hair. This might also explain why this dry shampoo is so expensive.After such a thorough head massage, myhair looked pretty messy, but at least itdidn't feel gross anymore. Itdidn't look like I'd even broken a sweat.But, once I smoothed down my hair ' whichseemed to have doubled in size ' it looked essentially how it usually does.The verdictI'm impressed with how this dry shampoo got rid of theoil and grease in my post-gym hair.Though myhair didn't feel like it wouldafter washing itin the shower, the Living Proofdry shampoois the only one that has made it feel remotely fresh and healthy, without leaving a powderyresidue.I liked the added volume it gave, too.Nobody else seemed to notice, without me telling them, that I hadn't washed my hair for four days ' or after a workout. My husband even complimented my hair, and said it smelled nice.Thenext morning, my hair looked the same ' I just gave the top layer a quickspritzbefore leaving home' and my colleagues were surprised (and probably grossed out) when I told them I hadn't washed it after the gym.Once I've used up my bottle, I'll definitely pay $22 forthe full-sized version,and though I won't replace washing my hair exclusively with using dry shampoo, I will use it when I'm feeling extremely lazy (which is often), and after a workout ifI have plans.Somehow, I'm now a believer in dry shampoo.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: You've been washing your hair all wrong ' here's the right way to do it
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