No one likes their hair to look stringy and greasy. If your hair is extra oily though it can be difficult to avoid having your hair look that way. This is a guide about remedies for greasy hair.
Instead of baby powder I use scented dusting powder as I don't really like the smell of baby powder! You can also combine using powder to de-grease hair with the modern dry shampoo sprays. This will help you get over the residue on your scalp, which often necessitates you washing your hair soon after a powder dry shampoo. This will make the commercial dry shampoo spray last longer, as you will need less.
By Pam from Los Angeles, CA
Mix the equivalent of the juice from 1 lemon with 1 cup water. Pour through your hair, and then rinse with warm water.
Soak your hair in a small basin of water with 1/4 cup cider vinegar, or put the concoction in a spray bottle, and spray on your hair. Then wash it out with warm water.
These remedies also help control nasty shampoo buildup.
By Rhonda L. from Charlotte NC, Upstate South Carolina
We used to do with my bedridden grandmother. Sprinkle a little baby powder or even better, a bit of cornstarch in her hair to refresh it. Then brush it briskly to remove the oils with the powder being brushed out. Worked great!
By Diane from Owego, NY
Put baby powder in your hair and then brush it out. I suggest brushing it out outside or in your shower for easier clean up.
By Ann from PA
I have always had oily hair, but in the last several months the oiliness has just gotten worse and worse--to the point that I could wash it as usual and it would be extremely oily only a few hours later.
I tried several different things, lemon juice and a water solution being one, and then my mom and grandmother and I were talking and it was decided among the three of us that Dawn dish washing liquid might work wonders. And it surely has.
I wash my hair with Dawn dish washing liquid. I think I paid about $1 and some change at Wal-mart. Anyway, I wash it twice with Dawn dish washing liquid and then with the shampoo of my choosing. I have found it to be extremely helpful and you can tell a big difference in what it's done for my hair.
This may sound totally silly, and maybe it is, but if it works then so be it, I'll continue to use it for sure. Using Dawn is definitely much better than having really oily hair.
By Shanda from Millers Creek, NC
A quick temporary fix to greasy hair is to just sprinkle a bit of baby powder or talcum powder in it, and fluff it through. It will buy a bit of time until the hair can be washed!
When camping somewhere without running water, a quick way to wash your hair is to put just a little shampoo in a gallon of water, shake it up and use it to wash your hair. No rinsing necessary.
By Pam T from Storm Lake, IA
Hair gets greasy when shampoo is too hard. To solve this problem, just give your hair the oil it needs:
Do that once a week for at least one month, and then regularly once a month. Your hair will be strong, light, shiny and no longer greasy.
By Olga from Miallet, France
When I was younger I stayed with my grandma, due too a bad winter storm we were snowed in and ran out of shampoo. We used the original green Palmolive dish washing liquid, it made our hair soft, clean, and grease free for several days. I would not use this everyday, but I think a few days a week would be OK. Hope this helps.
Source: My Grandma lived during the Depression and had hundreds of tips like this
By Vickie from Norfolk, VA
I was raised partly by a grandmother and she was very thrifty with everthing. She taught me many easy solutions to all kinds of problems.
When your hair is greasy and you do not have time to wash it, try this. Take ordinary baking soda, put some it your hands and rub it all through your hair. Then brush your hair really well. All the grease will completely disappear.
It works great. I have used it many times on my own children.
By Lois from Baltimore, MD
To keep oily hair under control, I use a clarifying shampoo every other time I wash my hair. I always follow a thorough rinsing with a mixture of one quart water and 1/4 cup cider vinegar. I massage it into hair and rinse again.
Source: The vinegar solution was what my Mother taught me. The clarifying shampoo came from trial and error.
By Sandy from Midland, MI
I have extremely oily hair with dandruff and it is falling out. What can I do?
By Suhani from Punjab
By MzScarlett
11/08/2010
Chemicals can cause all kinds of problems. You might try using a J R Liggett's shampoo bar. I just discovered these, although they have been around for centuries. These contain no chemicals at all. They do contain lye which simply bonds all soaps, and you can make your own just like body soap if you choose to do so. I wanted to try them before I wanted to make some, so my health food store ordered some in. Saved on S&H from buying from the site.
They have all kinds of them, and while you might not like the way your hair feels, (I didn't) after washing, it will dry beautifully. This is because it does not strip the oils from your hair (result will be no dandruff!). I think you are dealing with a chemical problem which is why I am making this suggestion. There are other chemically made shampoo bars which will simply cause the same problem you are having. Do check them out, and good luck to you!
Why when I wash my hair, the next day it's oily and dirty looking like it hasn't been washed in days?
By Peggy
By SSSdy
05/06/2012
I've oily hair. I simply use menthol shampoo from head and shoulder. It works perfectly for you. Anyway, its quite an affordable option, you may want to give it a try. Good luck.
My handicapped sister has hair that is far more oily than any I have ever seen or heard of. It's a terrible problem and even washing every day doesn't help much.
I have a 12 year old daughter with long hair that is greasy the next day after she washes it. We have tried stopping all conditioners and even washing her hair with Head and Shoulders. So far that has dried her hair and made it frizzy.
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