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Read our privacy notice . Trying to figure out which day to wash your hair to coincide with your plans is a challenge to rival quadratic equations. Planning shampoo sessions between gym classes, nights out and office days is a high-risk, high-reward game.
Get it wrong, and leave it just a day too long, and you will have no choice but to slick it back into a bun (no additional hair oil required) and run the risk of resembling a young Victorian boy. There is, of course, another option. Before you reach for your trusted can of dry shampoo , consider instead its lathering alternative.
Invest in the right shampoo and your hair will stay fresher for longer, even if you’re prone to oily locks. Issey Cooke at Larry King in South Kensington explains, “There are lots of misconceptions about greasy hair, that it’s ‘dirty’. It could just be oily glands in the scalp producing large amounts of oil which causes the look of greasy hair”.
She breaks it down. “Hair can become greasy much quicker for lots of reasons such as skin type, age and lifestyle. Some people can have overactive sebaceous glands on the scalp which causes hair to become greasier quicker.
It may also be that you're using the wrong product for your .
