Back in my latter years of elementary school, we had our own set of "mean girls". (Which makes me truly agast at the thought of what kids that young are having to deal with a decade and a half later.) In retrospect, I think that all the taunting and bullying I put up with then and in junior high is part of the reason I became so enamored with the beauty industry as I grew up. As a kid, I was scrawny, shy and tomboy-ish. I wore hand-me-downs and thrift store couture. I didn't have sisters and really had no interest in hair, makeup or what clothes were in style. I didn't watch Full House or the TGIF line-up. I didn't own a necklace full of Bonne Bell Lip Smackers. Of course, all this made made me an instant target.

The last couple years before junior high, I remember so fondly that the mean girls referred to me as "Light A Match Girl". I didn't get it at all. What did they mean? "Just ignore them," my mother would say. "They'll eventually just get bored and stop because they aren't getting a reaction from you." I still don't understand why mother's think this tactic works. It rarely does, and didn't in the case of my mean girls. It wasn't until I was in junior high, in all of my adolescent awkwardness, that it finally hit me. They thought my hair was greasy. So much so, that if you were to light a match, I would catch on fire.

Ah. So clever. Now I got it.

I was laughing over this last week when I picked up my very first can of Psssssst Instant Spray Shampoo. Where was this stuff when I needed it back then? A $6 can of dry shampoo could have solved so many problems!

This stuff is a habitual over-sleeper's dream come true. Really though, you're not even supposed to wash your hair on a daily basis. It's recommended to wash it every two days. With oilier hair like mine though, I'm lucky if I can make it through a day and a half. The baby powder route has never worked great for me. My hair is dark and I'm left with white powder residue everywhere. I'd been wanting to try Bumble & Bumble hair powders, but wasn't going to drop so much money on them. I'd read some fantastic reviews about Psssssst and it was easy to get since it's available at most drugstores.

Now I can't imagine not having it. I use it everyday, sometimes more than once. All you have to do is shake, lift a section of your hair, and spray at the roots. Then fluff. Fluffing is very important--if you forget you'll be left with a white patch where you sprayed. It's fast, mess-free and isn't too large to be tossed in your purse for touch-ups.