Summer for me, is about relaxing, spending time with my kids and finding easy, effective ways to get out of personal grooming.

I have been reading about a product called “Dry Shampoo” and was even told by a friend it was  a “Mommy-must-have” which piqued my interest because in my thirty-nine years, I had only ever experienced shampoo–the wet version.

So when I saw a Dry Shampoo product on the drug store shelf, I knew I was going to buy it. I just had to make the choice between “Cool Breeze” or something to do with fruit/cherries.

I think we would all agree, if you’re trying to come up with ways to trick the world into thinking you’ve washed your hair you definitely want to be both cool and breezy about it. The idea of someone questioning why my hair looked dry and/or dirty coupled with smelling like a strawberry patch was simply too much.

I took the bottle home, wow if this works, I may never shower again.

I raced through the instructions, tore the pony tail holder from my needed-to-be-washed hair and started spraying.

The instructions said to hold the bottle 30cms away from the hair but I couldn’t find a tape measure or willing helper so I eyeballed it and commenced spraying.

At some point in the process, I was bent over upside down.

When I flung my hair back, a la Farrah Fawcett, instead of the young Charlie’s Angel, the  granny staring back at me looked like frail Farah’s Grandmother in her wilting years. The stuff had basically sprayed some grey, albeit ‘cool’ and ‘breezy’ chemical all over my hair and now I just looked stupid.

I will admit, my hair felt cleaner to the touch which is baffling but it had a powdery grey coating that wasn’t coming out with any amount of Farrah-esque flinging.

Washing was the only option.

Sigh.