Ameera 22 Medical Student




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VERY VERY HONEST REVIEW: Batiste Dry Shampoo (Is it worth the hype?)
Thursday, January 16, 2020 • January 16, 2020 • 0 comments


Dry shampoo as the name suggest is a type of shampoo to reduce the oiliness of your scalp and hair without the need of using water. It is such a life savior to most of us especially for me and everyone in the medical field who would seldom have enough time, and effort to wash their hair more than once per week. Hijabis or non hijabis, we are all thankful for this invention. HOWEVER, all products, any products, are subjective. For each individual is their own.


So, Batiste dry shampoo, siapa je tak tahu this brand kan? Sold in different size, colors, types. You have a preference? They have it. Also, being sold in all different platforms and drugstores including Watson and Guardian.

My first time using a dry shampoo was by using Batiste Extra Volume Dry Shampoo. But, before that as a disclaimer:

My hair type: thin (thus why I picked the extra volume type), smooth and most of the time manageable
My hair concern: hair loss

The thing I like about Batiste is that it is easier to find and cheapest that you’ll find in the drugstore. It cost about RM20+ with a lot and I mean a lot of choices to pick.

So, after using Batiste, I find that the product left my hair feeling very chalky and I had to scratch it off which lead to dandruffs. Eventually, I will have the urge to wash my hair because I just couldn’t stand the chalkiness of it. At first, I thought it was because I was using it wrongly, like maybe I sprayed too much, too near to the scalp/roots, or I did not shake it enough? But then, my friend also noted the same complain and we just completely stopped using it. I think it may be according to your hair type thus why it did not worked for me but worked amazingly for everyone else. HOWEVER, I've used it on my boyfriend to style his hair during that 'bad-hair-day', and it worked wonders on him. Volume? Tak payah cakap la, he went from flat hair to Edward Cullen really quick. So yeah, the product works for some, but it did not work for me. So it depends on you, does it really worth the hype?

My rating: 5/10
Repurchase: Sorry, but not until I find what I did wrong with it
Alternatives that I have tried: Klorane Dry Shampoo (Although quite expensive) 




HONEST REVIEW: KLORANE DRY SHAMPOO (MALAYSIA)
Monday, January 13, 2020 • January 13, 2020 • 0 comments
Klorane is one of the new product recently entering our favorite drugstore; Watsons. The company claims that it is an “Award winning, ultra-gentle dry shampoo, with plant-based ingredients, eliminates oil, dirt and odors. Hair is clean with added volume and texture”.



A good dry shampoo should (1) revive 'limped' hair, (2) absorbs all the excess oil, (3) gives volume and (4) makes your hair look as if you just came back from a saloon! 

So honestly speaking, I never heard of this Klorane if it’s not because of my sister getting a free sample. I have had a bad experience with dry shampoo previously that I was thinking this ‘dry shampoo trends’ are just not meant for me. I will talk about that in another review hopefully in the near future. But as a disclaimer before we go to the product review:

My Hair Type: thin, smooth and most of the time easily manageable
My Hair Concerns: hair loss & flat hair

My previous hair routine would be to wash my hair at least twice a week, however as I started entering clinical years here in medical school, that routine became harder to commit. So, I started using dry shampoo as a replacement for regular shampoos so that I do not have to wash my hair as frequent as before but still remain oily-free and manageable.



Ingredients: Butane, Propane, Isobutane, Oryza Sativa (Rice) Starch, SD Alcohol 39-C (Alcohol Denat.), Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Avena Sativa (Oat) Kernel Oil, Benzyl Salicylate, Cetrimonium Chloride, Cyclodextrin, Cyclohexasiloxane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Fragrance, Hexyl Cinnamal Isopropyl Myristate, Limonene, Silica. 
Note: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban. 

Klorane dry shampoo helped me to achieve that oily-free hair for as long as I need to because obviously I won’t be too busy that I cannot even wash my hair during the weekend (YET, LMAO). And the most important thing is, it did not gave me a chalky feeling of the hair (like my previous dry shampoo did) and hair remained smooth and manageable right after! Klorane Dry Shampoo also helped to give a bit of a hair lift and volume for my always-so-flat-hair. Nowadays I can last up to 5 days without wet shampoo AT LEAST to reach the weekend! What a life savior isn't it? So siapa-siapa yang tak pernah try dry shampoo before this, korang boleh try Klorane Dry Shampoo.  

There are three choices for Klorane Dry Shampoo, original tinted, non-tinted and specifically for oily scalp too! You can choose either according to your preference. It is VEGAN too. The price is about RM40+ available in all Watsons AND Sephora. Yeah, quite expensive compared to other drugstore's dry shampoo, however produced great result and for a hijabi like me, it lasted quite long. 

My rating for this dry shampoo: 8/10
Repurchase: YES!!