My Top Five Favorite Hair Care Products

While I love all beauty products, makeup holds a special place in my heart. However today’s post is about something I don’t have much expertise in despite my best efforts. That thing is hair.

I’ve never had the patience or skills to do much with my hair so I’ve relied on a few products over the years to help me out.

Below are my top five favorite hair products. What hair care products do you love?

1. Dove Oxygen Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner: My hair is pretty fine but I love wearing it long. Because of this it can end up looking a bit flat. This shampoo and conditioner cleans my hair, smells great, and doesn’t leave my hair feeling heavy.

2. Tangle Teezer: After shampooing and conditioning comes a task I used to dread–combing my hair. Since my hair is long and fine I usually end up with a head full of tangles. I recently discovered the Tangle Teezer and I’m not kidding when I say it has changed my life. It glides through knots and makes combing my hair a breeze. I highly recommend investing in a Tangle Teezer!

3. Dove Invigorating Dry Shampoo: If you know me, you know I use dry shampoo like it’s going out of style. I’ve tried high end and drugstore brands but keep going back to this one by Dove. It’s affordable, smells decent and does a great job of absorbing excess oil while adding volume to my hair. What more could you ask for?

4. L’Oreal Damage Erasing Balm: When my hair is feeling a bit dry and lifeless, I love this deep conditioner from L’Oreal. It restores my hair without weighing it down. It also happens to smell amazing and is totally affordable.

5. L’Oreal Boost It High Lift Creation Spray: As I mentioned earlier, my hair can get a bit flat sometimes and I’m always looking for easy ways to boost my roots. Enter this root boosting product from L’Oreal. Just spray it in your roots and you’ve got instant volume. It doesn’t get much easier than that.

 

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Product Review: Batiste Dry Shampoo

Happy Sunday everyone! I don’t know about you, but Sunday is one of my favorite days of the week. It just feels like such a relaxing, carefree day and I never feel guilty if I don’t do anything productive on a Sunday. However, a few people asked about the Batiste dry shampoo that I featured in my last “Ulta Haul” post, so I thought I’d be a little bit productive today and share my thoughts on it!

I’ll admit that I’m a bit of a dry shampoo-aholic. My current favorite is Suave’s Keratin Infusion Dry Shampoo. I love that it adds volume to my fine hair but also controls oiliness when I don’t have the time (or energy!) to wash my hair. One thing I don’t like about most dry shampoos (my beloved Suave one included) is the white color that can get deposited into my dark hair. To hopefully avoid this little annoyance, I decided to try out Batiste’s Hint of Color line of dry shampoos.

I picked up the dry shampoo in the color Medium/Brunette. I’m not sure if my hair is actually darker than I think it is, but I did notice a light-colored cast to my hair once I sprayed this dry shampoo. It wasn’t as bad as my normal dry shampoo, but I was slightly disappointed in the results. Also, when I went to rub the product into my hair, my fingers turned a little bit brown from the dye used in the dry shampoo. The color did come out easily when I washed my hands though.

One thing I did like was the smell. While a bit strong, it’s much more pleasant than my Suave dry shampoo. I felt more comfortable spraying it because I didn’t feel like I needed to hold my breath to avoid the smell (not that the Suave one smells bad, it’s just not my favorite).

Overall, I don’t think I will repurchase this dry shampoo. I wasn’t blown away by the results, and the fact that I have to wash brown gunk off my fingers every time I use it isn’t very appealing! I think I’ll be sticking to my Suave dry shampoo in the future–it’s a much better price and the results were about the same.

Have you tried any of the Batiste dry shampoo? Share your thoughts with me in the Comments section!

 

 

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