Cocoa Powder Dry Shampoo

I've always been wary of dry shampoos. Basically it's just powder sprinkled on your head to absorb the oils. It just seemed weird to me. Plus the one time I tried it I was combing/washing powder out of my head for days afterward. I think I used Jean Nate bath powder. It was the 70s.

Sooo, I just read somewhere that cocoa powder is a good dry shampoo for brunettes! Hmmm! That sounds interesting. 

Luckily, my hair could benefit from any kind of shampoo today, so I was ready to experiment!


Okay, so here's a before:

So luscious!

Sweet chocolatey goodness.

I decided to go for it and just do straight cocoa powder even though most of the sites I looked at suggested mixing it with cornstarch. I took some cocoa powder in my hands and just mushed it into my hair. DO THIS OUTSIDE IF YOU CAN! It's pretty messy. All in all, I think I used about 1/2 cup of plain cocoa powder. Next time I will definitely use LESS. 

Here's what that looked like:

Powdery!

It smelled awesome, by the way.

I let it sit for about 15 minutes and then tried to comb it out. Wow. Flyaway hair! And the comb didn't seem to be getting the powder out. I switched to a boar bristle flat brush and that worked. At first my hair was SOOOO flyaway, I thought I'd end up having to use a drop of hemp oil on it. But as I worked my hands through it, it started to look really good! The cocoa left a little film on the hair, but it's not bad at all. The color is kind of cool, a little lighter brown, which I'm sure will rinse right out. The texture is interesting. It's definitely got some volume, which I love, and it really does look clean and bouncy. I'm giving it a 9 or maybe even a 10!!!

I'm having trouble finding some actual studies about cocoa powder and hair, but it contains vitamins and minerals and a low fat content that nevertheless provides a moisture barrier, which is good. I'm thinking it coats each shaft, and that's what's making it look so fluffy.

Here are my after shots. Sorry they're not so good. The sun went down and I had to try to make do inside!

Flyaway hair!!!

Starting to calm down!

NOT BAD!!! I like it!

Maybe I should include cocoa in my hair mask for brunettes!

MIRI