Toddler Mom's Quick Hair Fix

I'm really not one to fuss too much over my own hair. Frankly, it's just that easy to style and manage every day. But along comes my little girl with hair that simply must get "done" and I have no idea if it's possible to keep it looking "nice" all the time. I'm not talking about making her look like a pageant beauty every second of the day (well, she is quite beautiful) but I do prefer a done look to an unkept one. I know she's a kid, but can we keep the bad hair days to a minimum?

I'm thinking about one day a couple weeks ago when my beauty decided to "do" her hair herself. (Actually, she's done this a few times.) This is something she loves, and I know that, but for some reason, I hadn't locked the bathroom door that day to keep her from "doing" it. Down the stairs she comes proud as can be about what she had just accomplished. It wasn't lotion this time, or diaper cream. It was some sort of skin therapy ointment sample that had come in the mail, probably before she was even born, and long since forgotten. Her hair was quite fragrant and very, um, greasy. And of course, we were expected to be somewhere within a few minutes time.

That's one moment I wish I'd had some of this spray powder shampoo I just found. I don't know what's in it, but they say you can spray it on and brush it out, getting rid of whatever was making your style do a don't. Yeah, in the ideal world we all get a shower before running out of the door, but who do you know that lives in the ideal world? It's a dry shampoo that's supposed to refresh your hair without having to use water, leaving it clean, shiny, and without residue. Hmm, water conservationists take note. And it comes in shades color matched for all hair shades too.

Now, I don't know if this stuff is ok for kids, but I know if I had a bottle for every time Z. poured dirt in her hair, rubbed playdough into it, or gave herself a spaghetti sauce treatment, I'd get fewer of the your-kid-is-soooo-dirty-and-mine-is-perfect looks I've seen on other parents' faces. I gotta give this stuff a test run.