Who the hell has time for hair?

That is what I frequently ask myself as I pull my bed hair back into a boring ponytail for the second or third day running! I totally understand the ‘mummy cut’, as I like to call it – the new mum short ‘do’ that so many mums go for. It makes complete sense – when time for grooming is a luxury, why wouldn’t you go for a short, no muss, no fuss hair do? Sometimes having 10 minutes to yourself throughout an entire day can be counted as a fabulous treat - who wants to spend it washing their hair when you could be gulping down your cold coffee??

If you’re a sadist and have long hair as I do, you must contend with an array of issues – bub vom’s in it (guaranteed on the day you wash it and just as you're walking out the door), she pulls it, tugs it, tries to put it in her mouth and gets her tiny baby fingers caught in it. Ouch, ouch owww!!! Not to mention it takes that much longer to wash, dry and style so you frequently end up with stinky (eww, sometimes literally!) ponytail hair, yet again! BORING!

This is a conversation I have had with so many new mums I’ve actually lost count! I keep saying to myself, “next time I go for a haircut, I’m getting it all cut off” but I’ve spent so long growing it out from my last short cut, that I feel defeated at the very thought of the chop! So I’m doing my best to push through the long-short hair conundrum and see how long I can last.

I was sharing this dilemma with a friend last night when she revealed her secret hair fix to me, whilst making me promise to keep her secret anonymous should I reveal it in the blog! Now to give you some background, this friend is a fairly new mum herself with another bub on the way and when I say she’s organised, I mean she is ORGANISED. Seriously, I am in awe of her organisational skills. So I know that any secret tips she has on making your day easier as a mum are gonna be good and I listen in earnest!

So she quietly reveals that she has discovered dry shampoo (like it's a guilty secret or something - I had to giggle). What’s that, you say? Dry shampoo. You simply spray it on and it soaks up any oiliness and extends your wash out for another day, maybe two if you’re lucky. Ok so dry shampoo is not a new concept in itself, but I’ve never thought to use it myself (as washing hair never used to be an issue. Duh!) so am now extremely excited at the thought of extending out the wash and style even for one more day. Particularly fabulous on those days where you find yourself in a rush from the moment you get up in the morning to the time you put cherub-pants (aka bub) to bed at night, which is always those days when you’re going to be out and about and need to look half decent. Yawn, I’m tired just thinking about it!

Such a little thing, yet so fricking fabulously helpful for new mum's that I had to share it here! So today I’m writing out my shopping list and guess what’s first on the list?

Thank you dear friend – you are a super mum!

Love Nicky xo 

PS - I've declined to post a photo as I have not yet bought brilliant product and therefore no one needs to see my stinky ponytail bed hair today :p mmwwaa

PPS Changed my mind, this was too good not to use. Is there a doggy-dry-shampoo equivalent??