Beauty Hack: 7 Best Dry Shampoo Brands

This dry shampoo from Drybar will make your blowout last an extra day or two.

First of all, the rice powder formula does an amazing job at absorbing excess oil to leave your hair feeling fresh and clean so you don’t have to wash away that amazing blowout you got at the salon the other day.

But it also adds lift and body to your roots so you look like you got an expertly voluminous blowout just that morning, and contains golden root extract to help maintain moisture.

Plus, the formula deodorizes your dirty hair, thanks to its fresh scent with notes of violet, sandalwood and musk (heck, you might not even have to put on perfume either because this dry shampoo will create a lovely, fragrant aura around you).

It’s also free from all the icky stuff like sulfates, parabens and phthalates, and isn’t tested on animals.

If that’s not convincing enough for you, then you also might like to know that Drybar Detox Dry Shampoo is an Allure’s 2018 Best of Beauty winner.

The name says it all – this dry shampoo is perfect for the lazy girl who wants to go an extra day between washes.

Sam McKnight’s Lazy Girl Dry Shampoo is suitable for all hair types and helps create that signature “undone” look that we all covet.

The powder texture creates texture to give you a messy-yet-chic look, and soaks up oil at your roots. But, it doesn’t rub out powdery-looking – which means you also won’t look like you have dandruff (yuck).

Lastly, it has a “Green Garden” scent with notes of water lily, green stem, juniper and cedar wood. Your hair will look cool but clean, and you’ll walk away with an airy floral scent to follow you throughout the day.

This is the best selling dry shampoo – for good reason.

It does a better job of actually cleaning your hair compared to most other dry shampoos.

Living Proof uses its own patented healthy hair molecule OFPMA and Triple-Action Cleaning Technology that absorbs and eliminates oil, sweat and odor to make your hair smell and feel like you actually did take a shower this morning.

It also works well on all hair colors because it leaves pretty much no visible powder build-up or residue.

And though it’s suitable for almost all hair types, it’s especially ideal for people who have a problem with oily roots.

As for the scent, it has a time-released fragrance so that light, clean scent reappears periodically throughout the day.

This French aerosol-based dry shampoo is another Allure magazine favorite.

It’s a favorite for a good reason: the gentle formulation with oat milk not only absorbs oil and grease, but also nourishes, softens and smoothes hair.

After use, you’ll see that your hair is noticeably softer and lighter – particularly at the roots. In fact, it adds lightweight volume to the roots to give you that blowout style without actually getting a shampoo and blow dry.

After you spray it on, you do have to wait about two minutes and brush your hair thoroughly until all the powder is removed. But you won’t have any ashy residue afterward and is particularly great for darker hair tones.

Some reviewers also say that you have to spend some time massaging it in, but that perhaps depends on your particular hair type.

Regardless, the fragrance is fresh and clean, and it seriously works well.

Does your hair need some TLC in addition to oil absorption? Well, look no further.

The Macadamia Professional Style Extend Dry Shampoo is formulated with rice and potato starches to soak up excess oil and purify your hair. It also contains volcanic ash to trap oil, debris (like from product build-up) and odors.

However, it does a bit more than that too.

The macadamia and argan oils in this dry shampoo contain fatty acids that strengthen strands and provide additional moisture.

Also, the passion fruit extract protects moisture balance and give your hair the protection of antioxidants, and Aloe Vera leaf extract that smoothes, hydrates and nourishes hair.

So if your hair is brittle, dry or damaged, and it looks even more so when you use a powdery dry shampoo, then this is your solution. It will help heal your hair while also hiding the fact that you haven’t washed your hair in a couple days.

If you aren’t a fan of aerosols because of their negative impact on the environment, then this dry shampoo from the environmentally conscious brand Aveda is the perfect option for you.

Instead, the dry shampoo puffs out of the bottle with physical force to give you the appearance of freshly washed hair.

The texture of this one is a bit unique, too: It’s an ultra-fine naturally derived powder mist that you really can’t overdo. No matter how much you use, it doesn’t create excess build-up in your hair.

Its ability to absorb excess oil and impurities from your scalp and hair using 99.8% naturally derived ingredients is pretty amazing.

In addition to reviving your hair, the signature Shampure™ aroma also revives and calms your senses with 25 different plant and flower essences, including lavender, ylang-ylang, and petitgrain.

It’s no surprise that Jen Atkin’s cult beauty brand has managed to produce one of the best dry shampoos of the past couple of years.

Ouai’s dry shampoo neutralizes oil and product build-up to leave hair looking instantly soft and refreshed – without any glaringly obvious white powder residue that sometimes makes an unfortunate appearance with dry shampoo use.

Perfect for any hair type, Ouai’s dry shampoo embodies the brand’s commitment to beauty with minimal effort (i.e., it’s perfect for us ladies who don’t want to spend hours on our hair).

The light floral scent with notes of bergamot, Italian lemon, lily, magnolia, amber, patchouli, violet, blackberry, Rose de Mal, cedarwood, white musk, and sandalwood is so very refreshing – and never overpowering.

Plus, it’s free from parabens, sulfates and phthalates.

And if you aren’t into the aerosol spray, Ouai also makes its popular dry shampoo in a waterless, cleansing foam texture.