Dry shampoo for curly hair

Drybar Detox Dry Shampoo has the best record for curly hair: 31 of 31 shoppers said it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls. Each record counts just shoppers who said they have curly or coily hair. Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo follows at 44 of 46, and more shoppers weighed in on it than on any other here, while Batiste Hint of Color Dry Shampoo has the weakest record at 14 of 18, which is still 78%.

  • 216 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Nov 2013 to Jul 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it freshen roots without frizz or residue? What shoppers said
  1. Drybar Detox Dry Shampoo 31 said either way
  2. Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo 46 said either way
  3. Batiste Original Dry Shampoo 21 said either way
  4. Eva NYC Freshen Up Invisible Dry Shampoo 19 said either way
  5. amika Perk Up Talc-Free Dry Shampoo 21 said either way
  6. Not Your Mother's Clean Freak Dry Shampoo 13 said either way
  7. Batiste Hint of Color Dry Shampoo 18 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for oily roots in curly hair. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Drybar Detox Dry Shampoo Best record Drybar Detox Dry Shampoo 31 of 31 say it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

White residue comes up for several of these: 17% of Batiste Original reviews mention it, 8% of Drybar reviews, 8% of Living Proof reviews, 8% of amika reviews and 8% of Batiste Hint of Color reviews. Those shares count every review of a product, not just shoppers who stated a result, so they are not the same as the records.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Drybar Detox Dry Shampoo

Drybar

Detox Dry Shampoo

Best for adding volume

31/31 say it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls

All 31 shoppers with curly or coily hair who stated a result said it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls. Across all 37 of its reviews, 41% say it buys an extra day and 27% say it adds volume, though white residue (8%) draws complaints.

What buyers praise

  • Buys an extra day 41%
  • Nice scent 32%
  • Adds volume 27%
  • Works on dark hair 8%
  • Good value 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Strong or bad scent 14%
  • Leaves white residue 8%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 9 of 9
  • Sephora 22 of 22
2 Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo

Living Proof

Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo

44/46 say it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls

More shoppers with curly or coily hair weighed in on this dry shampoo than on any other here (46), and 44 of 46 said it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls. Across all 59 of its reviews, 41% say it buys an extra day, while white residue (8%) and price (5%) are the repeat complaints.

What buyers praise

  • Buys an extra day 41%
  • Nice scent 31%
  • Adds volume 17%
  • Good value 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Leaves white residue 8%
  • Too expensive 5%
  • Strong or bad scent 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 23 of 25
  • Sephora 21 of 21
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination8 of 8
  • Dry3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light9 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
3 Batiste Original Dry Shampoo

Batiste

Original Dry Shampoo

19/21 say it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls

19 of 21 shoppers with curly or coily hair said it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls, while reviews first posted on Batiste's own site came to 6 of 7, which we show but don't count. Across all 23 of its reviews, 35% praise the scent, but white residue is the repeat complaint at 17%.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 35%
  • Buys an extra day 26%
  • Adds volume 17%

What buyers complain about

  • Leaves white residue 17%
  • Strong or bad scent 9%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 19 of 21
  • Brand site 6 of 7 shown, not counted
See price & reviews on Amazon

Share of 23 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

4 Eva NYC Freshen Up Invisible Dry Shampoo

Eva NYC

Freshen Up Invisible Dry Shampoo

Best for a nice scent

16/19 say it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls

16 of 19 shoppers with curly or coily hair said it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls. Across all 27 of its reviews, 48% praise the scent, while 11% say it didn't absorb oil.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 48%
  • Buys an extra day 15%
  • Works on dark hair 7%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 16 of 19
See price & reviews on Amazon

Share of 27 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5 amika Perk Up Talc-Free Dry Shampoo

amika

Perk Up Talc-Free Dry Shampoo

Best for leaving no white residue

17/21 say it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls

No white residue is the draw here, praised in 38% of all its 24 reviews, and 33% praise the scent. Among shoppers with curly or coily hair, 17 of 21 said it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls.

What buyers praise

  • Nice scent 33%
  • Works on dark hair 25%
  • Adds volume 21%
  • Buys an extra day 12%
  • Good value 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Leaves white residue 8%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 17 of 21
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination8 of 9
  • Normal2 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light8 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium2 of 3
  • Medium-tan to tan2 of 3
6 Not Your Mother's Clean Freak Dry Shampoo

Not Your Mother's

Clean Freak Dry Shampoo

11/13 say it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls

A small group weighed in (13), and 11 of 13 said it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls. No complaint came up more than once across its 21 reviews, while 29% say it absorbs oil and 14% call it good value.

What buyers praise

  • Buys an extra day 24%
  • Nice scent 24%
  • Adds volume 14%
  • Good value 14%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 11 of 13
7 Batiste Hint of Color Dry Shampoo

Batiste

Hint of Color Dry Shampoo

14/18 say it freshened their roots without frizz, residue or ruined curls

This Beautiful Brunette shade has the weakest record here at 14 of 18, and white residue draws complaints in 8% of all its 25 reviews. Across the same reviews, 28% say it absorbs oil and 20% say it works on dark hair.

What buyers praise

  • Buys an extra day 24%
  • Works on dark hair 20%
  • Adds volume 20%
  • Nice scent 16%

What buyers complain about

  • Leaves white residue 8%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 14 of 18
  • Brand site 2 of 2 shown, not counted
See price & reviews on Amazon

Share of 25 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 62,529 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for oily roots in curly hair and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Nov 2013 and Jul 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Drybar Detox Dry Shampoo Ulta and Sephora (37 reviews counted)
  2. Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo Ulta and Sephora (59 reviews counted)
  3. Batiste Original Dry Shampoo Ulta (23 reviews counted)
  4. Eva NYC Freshen Up Invisible Dry Shampoo Ulta (27 reviews counted)
  5. amika Perk Up Talc-Free Dry Shampoo Sephora (24 reviews counted)
  6. Not Your Mother's Clean Freak Dry Shampoo Ulta (21 reviews counted)
  7. Batiste Hint of Color Dry Shampoo Ulta (25 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which dry shampoo works for curly hair?

Drybar Detox Dry Shampoo has the best record (31 of 31), followed by Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo (44 of 46) and Batiste Original Dry Shampoo (19 of 21). More shoppers weighed in on Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo than on any other dry shampoo here.

Does dry shampoo leave white residue on curly hair?

Sometimes. White residue comes up in 17% of Batiste Original reviews, 8% of Living Proof reviews and 8% of Drybar reviews. On the other hand, 38% of amika reviews praise the lack of white residue, and so do 28% of Batiste Hint of Color reviews. These shares count every review of a product, not just shoppers who stated a result.

Does Batiste dry shampoo work on curly hair?

Mostly. Among shoppers with curly or coily hair, Batiste Original Dry Shampoo has a record of 19 of 21, while Batiste Hint of Color Dry Shampoo has the weakest record on this list at 14 of 18. White residue is the main complaint on both, at 17% and 8% of all their reviews.

Which of these dry shampoos are sold on Amazon?

Both Batiste dry shampoos and Eva NYC are sold there by third-party sellers, not by the brand or Amazon itself, so check who the seller is. The other four, Drybar, Living Proof, amika and Not Your Mother's, are sold there by the brand or Amazon itself. The best pick sold on Amazon is Drybar Detox Dry Shampoo at 31 of 31.

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