A busy life means prioritizing. And for me, that means clean hair often gets the ax. Especially on the weekends. Dry shampoo is a life saver, truly and always, but lately for me I've had to come up with clever ways to make amends with hair that cannot be helped by dry shampoo. Embarrassing, really, to share this maybe, yet the reality of my life (and yours too I'm sure)! When my day is going to potentially end with a run or a swim, it feels silly for me to wash my hair in the morning when its just going to get dirty or completely soaked later in the day. Work days at Anthropologie are pretty much designated hair washing days -all the rest- fair game for dirty. One of my beyond the help of dry shampoo hair solutions is the head wrap. Scarf, handkerchief, fabric: any and all do the trick. Yesterday I wore my hair like this through yard work, errand running, coffee shopping, and a mid-afternoon stop for Belgium fries.
I like the messy Bohemian feel, and tend to leave it a bit tousled and imperfect. I take the front portion of hair around my face and leave it down, then wrap the scarf around and under the back portion of my hair (you can put the back portion in a pony tail while you wrap the scarf and tie it in place). Then for the braid, incorporate the front pieces into the back pieces. Pull a few strands out to frame your face and wiggle your fingers through the braid to loosen it up for a more messy look. Or, just wear it all day and it becomes tousled on its own :) The key is that the scarf covers dirty roots. Shhhh, don't tell….
