Our good friend at the excellent “Are You A Beauty” blog has a great post about neutralizing hair odors. She gives a couple of great product suggestions, but we thought we’d look at all the ways you can use to stop smelly hair.
1. Wash and condition your hair
Yes it’s a lot of work but that’s really the most thorough way to get your hair clean.
2. Use hair wipes
Like Are You A Beauty suggests, you can use wipes made especially for hair like Ted Gibson’s.
3. Use a hair fragrance
Beauty likes the one from Cleanperfume.com. If you don’t mind spending $39.00. Ouch!
4. Spritz your hair with your own perfume
If you can’t find a “real” hair fragrance just improvise with your fave perfume. Don’t use too much!
5. Use a powder shampoo.
Pssst anyone? Or maybe Batiste? Just spray ‘em in and brush ‘em out.
6. Use a leave-in conditioner or combing cream.
A touch of conditioner can mask icky odors.
7. Do a speedy, secret sink wash
Wet your hands, take a TINY dab of liquid soap, and run your fingers through your hair. Caution: this doesn’t work on all hairstyles.
8. Wipe your hair with a dryer sheet
It’s better than smelling like smoke AND you’ll get rid of embarrassing static cling.
9. Try a little Febreze on your brush
At least we THINK this might work. Better check with the manufacturer before you try this one at home!
10. Use an antimicrobial shampoo
This can help if you have Smelly Scalp Syndrome which is caused by scalp fungus or bacteria. Yuck!
Does anyone else in the Beauty Brains community have any tips for dealing with smelly hair? Share!
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11. Avoid second-hand smoke. It will kill you and make your hair stinky.
Spray your perfume on your hairbrush and comb through. It’s better than just spraying your hair.
Ooooh, great tips!
I have Febrezed my hair many times. I Have long thick hair, and when the smell of smoke is too strong (hooray smoking ban in the UK!) I just spray it in the air, and then flick my hair about in the mist. Voila!
When I’m out and my hair smells bad I use hand sanitizer. I know, it’s weird, but it temporarily gets rid of stink.
After I moisturize my hands I like to run my hands over my hair. Try not to get too close to the roots, or you may be left looking greasy, but in the winter time it is a great way to tame fly-aways, and make your hair smell yummy!
please help………it is really bad,i cant smell it but it seems everyone is,actually am not even sure if it is the hair or what but just need it to go away…….am depressed right now,can’t take it no more….i can’t
please help…………….God i can’t take it,i do keep clean so i honestly don’t know where the stinge comes from…..i can’t even smell it cos i suppose its coming from me…..but it can’t keep on,i am just loosing it….
Thanks for the different remedies. I tried anti-bacterial soap on my grand daughters hair and it worked.