Beauté Gazette LOVES! Paul Mitchell Dry Wash

Paul Mitchell Dry Wash $24.95 Available in Professional Hair Salons and for Australian Stockists Ph: 1300 365 350 

'Big hair, DON'T CARE!' Has been my summer hair mantra, after salty swims and afternoon cocktails my hair take on a life of it's own. My hair also has a new bestie, meet Paul Mitchell's Dry Wash! 

Dry Wash turns day two hair which is a bit greasy and limp into huge 90's tidal wave hair heaven. I have found it most effective sprayed directly into roots all over your head flipping hair to create volume and then after 5mins brushing through to take a small amount of the product to the tips of your hair. The product is not a traditional talc based white casting dry shampoo, it feels more like a light hairspray and it doesn't have the gross powdery feeling which normally comes with most dry shampoos.

I have also been loving Dry Wash to give an extra texture boost to beach hair, tousled waves separate and become more defined while my roots get mega supermodel volume.

My Dry Wash travel size hasn't left my handbag all summer, and the full size is a permanent bathroom fixture getting daily hair love.

I am sure Brooke would approve of Paul Mitchell's big hair staple Dry Wash!

xxx Nella

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TONI & GUY : Hair Wardrobe Review : Style Spray Wax, Dry Shampoo & Sculpting Powder

When I was about 15 I remember saving up to get my hair cut at a Toni & Guy salon in the city, it was $80.00 for a 'Top Stylist' and I wanted some very 90's layers....That hair cut was the talk of school assembly for the next month and at least 6 more girls went and got the exact same haircut from the same 'Top Stylist' because it was so good.
Cut to now, a little over 10 years later and I have started using 3 products from the Toni & Guy Hair Wardrobe collection in my day to day hair routine - the products are great and give me that little buzzy feeling I had when I was 15 stepping out of the salon with my sassy layers.
Style Spray Wax
The Style Spray Wax was a little intimidating, wax is intimidating as a product in general it reminds me of a product Justin Timberlake would have used to tame his curls during the N'Sync era. My hair is fine and there is lots of it, also it is due for a cut which means it can get very fluffy and just does not want to behave at the best of times, also winter static drives me crazy!! So I spritz a few squirts of the Style wax in my hands, rub my hands together to get an even coating of product and then work it through dry fluffy hair from the tips to the roots. The result is a totally casual non fluffy hair giving it a piecey effect, if you have heat styled your hair with a wave this is also a great substitute to a hairspray because it will hold the wave without making it look too stiff and static.
Dry Shampoo
I cannot live without Dry Shampoo, it is an addiction and I am a happily dependent addict! Toni & Guy make an excellent Dry Shampoo, there are 2 reasons I love it and will re-purchase it. Firstly, the powder that it disperses is super fine and if you don't have a brush handy it is easy enough blend into your hair with your fingers. Secondly, the smell. It is super fresh smelling, there is not trace of ditzy coconut or overly floral scents which give me a headache just a fresh non irritating smell.
Sculpting Powder
If you have dreamt of voluminous textured hair? Well here is my secret weapon the Toni & Guy Sculpting Powder. Applying it to straightened hair gives it a little more texture and weight. My favourite way to apply it is when putting my hair up in a bun or ponytail, dusting it through my roots gives my hair body and a slight 60's look.

The entire range of Toni & Guy styling products are priced at $15.99 each.
Toni & Guy's styling products are available from www.priceline.com and selected supermarkets.

xxx Nella

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Dry Shampoo: It's kind of like magic!

It's the depths of winter here in Sydney and drying my hair has been a dramatic process of shivering in my freezing bathroom trying to un-fog the mirror without opening a window, gone are the summer days of towel drying my hair and then letting the sun do the rest whilst walking to buy my morning coffee. Trying to avoid the freezing bathroom floor dance with my hair dryer I have only been washing my hair twice a week, to stop the greasy build up dry shampoo on non hair washing days has been a life saver (not a real life saver like Penicillin - just a hair saver.).
On another note regarding Dry Shampoo can someone please tell me some Dry Shampoo brands that are available in Japan? Last year I spent at least 72 hours pacing up and down the isles of various chemists (there are A LOT!) in Shibuya trying to find dry shampoo with my friend Holly (Holly is a Flower Enthusiast with an excellent blog The Flower Drum : read it - I dare you!) spraying anything in a can in our beyond static and humidity effected locks.

MY MOST FAVORITE:
1. TRESemmé Fresh Start Dry Shampoo $10.95
This is great, it really de-grease's and smells lovely. Only problem is its pretty ugly, I don't have this on my bathroom sink it is well and truly in a cupboard somewhere.
2. Klorane Shampooing sec extra-doux  $10.99
Oh so frenchy so chic, Klorane is a great brand for hair care in general. Their dry shampoo contains oats and some other natural type ingredients - but how natural can you get with an aerosol can really? It does cast very white and powdery on your roots so its a good idea to brush it out after spritzing especially if you have darker hair. Just a little heads up this is usually on offer at Priceline.
3. Batiste Dry Shampoo $3.99 small $8.99 large
The heavyweight champ on the Dry Shampoo circuit is Batiste, its the most readily available - the other night I picked up a mini can at a 7/11 on the way to a date. I'm only a fan of 3 out of the now 7 scents Blush, Original & Tropical, the others are sickly scented. Batiste works really well for that extra spruce going from day to night and it also gives quite a bit of volume. Only con with Batiste is that the product build up is quite extreme and gross, so you need to do a double clarifying shampoo when you do finally wash your hair.

NON- AEROSOL DRY SHAMPOO:

Lush No Drought Dry Shampoo $13.50

Aerosol cans are completely bogus for the environment, they give the ozone layer the finger. Lush has a powder alternative dry shampoo which is quite good, the end result is the same as the aerosol varieties   its just the application is a bit of a nightmare. This should only be applied whilst you are wearing a towel in the safety of your bathroom. Do not apply it at your desk whilst wearing head to toe black as I did or you will end up looking like you just got Punk'd.

LEAST LOVED:

1. Lee Stafford Dry Shampoo Original for Oily Roots $14.29 large $5.99 small
Thank goodness I only spent $5.99 on the small can because this was rubbish, it didn't get rid of any of the grease in my hair and it smells kind of toxic.
2. Toni & Guy Cleanse Dry Shampoo $11.99
This is a pretty average dry shampoo, it does take away excess oils from your scalp but it doesn't give any volume and it weighed down my hair with product.

If you are totally obsessed with Dry Shampoo then have I found the website for you:
http://www.dryshampoo.com/