It’s no secret that as a Black woman, I’m all about my hair. Hell, I don’t know any Black woman who does not display a level of care about her hair. Whether our hair is chemically treated, relaxed, or natural, we have boat loads of conditioners, butters, and creams at our disposal to bring out the glory in our crowns.
Taking all of that into consideration, when I started working out regularly, I was worried about what I would do with my hair. I had just grown my hair our of a relaxer and wore it in a straight blow dried style. Since I’m picky about who works on my hair, I considered braids at the time, but I didn’t have time to vet a stylist who could braid without tearing my hair out with super tight braids.
With exercise, comes sweat. And with sweat, comes damp hair. And I sweat A LOT! So trying to come up with a idea to salvage my ‘do after a sweat sesh, the idea of a dry shampoo popped into my mind. Like anything, I googled information about Black women using dry shampoo and as it turned out, a lot of us use it.
Dry shampoos are a fantastic thing, but not all are created equally. The first dry shampoo I tried was the popular French brand Klorane. It was okay, but it left too much of a white cast on my hair. So in my search to find a dry shampoo I was happy with, I was surprised to find out that so many brands offer their version of a dry shampoo.
For starters, as I stated earlier, a dry shampoo is great to keep in your gym bag or in between salon visits. After a workout, dry shampoos can refresh your hair and soak up dampness from the sweat. Even if you don’t workout regularly, using a dry shampoo to revive your hairstyle and to give it some major volume is a plus in my book.
