The New K18 Airwash Dry Shampoo Keeps Selling Out. Here’s Why...
Sadaf Razi is Adore Beauty's Senior Beauty Editor.
She's a former fashion editor (who worked at various glossy mags) and stylist-turned digital beauty and lifestyle writer. She has been in the lifestyle/media industry for over 10 years and her work has also been featured on international covers like Elle France and Vanity Fair Mexico.
Some of her fave Adore Beauty products include Cicaplast B5, CeraVe Cleansing Oil and Lancôme Renergie Triple Serum.
Beyond sunscreen, retinol and a full coverage concealer, there’s not a lot of beauty products I’d personally call “non-negotiables” except for one (especially when I'm travelling) - dry shampoo.
As someone who gets oily roots pretty quickly after shampooing (we all have our curses), a good, hard-working dry shampoo is as much a must-have in my thick, oily hair routine as my shampoo and conditioner.
So when I spotted some of our most trusted beauty influencers raving about this $85 dry shampoo, my interest was *highly* piqued, however, I still started with a healthy level of scepticism.
How could anyone justify eighty five bucks for a DRY SHAMPOO when my under $20 drugstore one worked just fine?!
So I tried it. And, my mind was blown.
I can't wait til the review part of this article, just look at this before and after spoiler now:
It didn't just give me a little 'lived in' feel, it gave me a whole 'fresh new do'!
I was curious to see how it would perform on a different hair type, so I passed it on to my friend Elsa.
With ultra-fine strands and a daily Pilates routine that leaves her hair sweaty and oily, she’s the kind of person who shampoos every single day (making her the perfect test case).
I’ll let the below image speak for itself:
The instant zhuzh it gave her fine locks?!
Her mind was also pleasantly blown. Her exact words were: “That’s kind of life-changing for someone with thinner hair like me.”
And for the sceptics (ah, that was me once, and by once I mean two weeks ago before I tried it) trust me I get it. $85 for a dry shampoo sounds outrageous. And here I am today, refusing to ever be without it.
If you’re looking for three haircare products in one: a dry shampoo that absorbs oil FAST, a styling product that delivers instant volume, plus a miracle-worker that extends your wash days (keep scrolling for how long it extended mine - it was wild) the K18 Airwash dry shampoo is it.
Keep scrolling to find out more and why I’ll be repurchasing it forever because now I truly feel it's a must-have haircare product and unfortunately for my bank account this dry shampoo is worth every damn cent.
Bold statement, I know - but I mean that with my whole chest. It's unreal.
What Is the New Dry Shampoo K18?
What: K18 Airwash Dry Shampoo
What sets this dry shampoo apart from a drugstore dry shampoo?
Everything and then some. And that’s coming from someone who has been loyal to her drugstore dry shampoos for over 20 years!!
K18 Dry shampoo benefits:
What is the technology of K18 AirWash?
- A revolutionary, non-aerosol dry shampoo.
- Clinically eliminates odors, reduces oil and keeps working for up to 3 days.* Highly concentrated so you can go longer between washes (mine was even MORE).
- K18 airwash dry shampoo ingredients: Features newly patented odorBIND™ smart-release biotechnology that recognises and captures odor-causing sweat and oil molecules and eliminates them, replacing the odor with a subtle, easily layered fragrance.
- Biotech-derived mediterranean microalgae: helps balance scalp and control excess oil production over time.
- Leaves hair feeling + looking clean: deeply cleanses without heavy buildup.
How To Use K18 Airwash Dry Shampoo
1. SHAKE WELL Non-aerosol format may feel slightly damp but will not disturb your style.
2. Hold the bottle 4-6 inches away from scalp for even distribution.
3. Section hair and apply just 1 spray per section. Less is more. Add only as needed.
4. Massage in and brush or style as usual If the hair feels gritty or powdery, you may have applied too much product. Brush hair to distribute the product, or reset hair with an in-shower shampoo.
My K18 Airwash Dry Shampoo Review:
I never thought I could justify spending over thirty bucks on a dry shampoo. Before using this one, I remember saying this. That no matter how good the K18 dry shampoo was, I would never spend that much on it with my own money.
Now? I dare you to try and claw it out of my hands.
I used it for the first time when my bestie was visiting from Melbourne and we were out galivanting and eating our way around Sydney all day and night. On the 4th day I realised I hadn't washed my hair for five days; I stopped in my tracks and said to her "Oh my god, my hair still looks freshly washed, styled, still full of body and not oily because of the K18 dry shampoo!!!"
That's when I knew this was magic in a bottle and now it makes total sense why it keeps selling out.
Does the K18 dry shampoo leave a white cast or powdery residue?
As someone with jet black hair, I had accepted my fate that EVERY dry shampoo I use will leave a small trace, BUT NOT THIS ONE PEOPLE. Again - magic. Wizardry!
The volume it delivers is certainly also a converting factor for me, but the added bonus of the invisible finish is also worth the price-tag for me.
I 100% get the hype and why we can't seem to keep this amazing product in stock...
Final Thoughts and Verdict...
Short version: Instantly good hair day in a bottle. 20/10 - no notes.
Longer version:
If like me dry shampoo is one of your beauty lifesavers, you will love this one.
It made my greasy, limp, fifth-day hair feel brand new (and no weird dirty hair day smell either - quadruple win).
For people like me with lots of hair, wash days feel like a chore that you constantly put off, so this is not only a game-changer for oily, dirty hair days but also for adding instant volume and style to locks.
The innovative airwash formula makes it unlike anything on the market and people don't just drop $85 on a dry shampoo for no good reason.
Plus if you do the math, the cost-per-use is 100% worth it.
So if you’ve been Googling “K18 Dry Shampoo Where to Buy?” look no further, but we’d be QUICK, because like we said, it keeps selling out!
More K18 AirWash Dry Shampoo Reviews:
Here's what some of our fave content creators had to say including Elizabeth Cee who says in her caption:
"I’ve had this now since January and I use it twice a week sometimes more as I also use it to add volume and to style my hair even if it’s not dirty. I’m not even 1/4 of the way through it."
But wait there's more!
While the K18 Airwash has been stealing the spotlight (rightfully so) the brand has actually dropped another volumising product too:
Meet the K18 AstroLift Volume Spray 118ml
Fast facts:
- A lightweight, buildable volume spray, powered by K18PEPTIDE™ to reverse bounce-depleting damage that can impact all hair types, especially fine, fragile, ageing + breakage-prone hair.
- Humidity resistant- volume withstands humidity, for hair that never falls flat
- Not heat or tension activated- formulated to work no matter how you style your hair, helping minimise heat + mechanical damage during styling
- Buildable- lightweight and nonsticky spray can be applied to towel-dried or dry hair, and can be used in between washes to boost bounce*
My mini Astrolift review and first impressions:
First, scent - smells divoine. I spritzed some on dried and styled hair and worked through with my fingers.
It definitely gave my hair some added bounce and volume at the back.
I'm keen to try it in a few days when my hair is dirty, but from what I've already seen (videos below) it looks like an amazing volumising product! Plus I love that it's formulated with K18's peptide to help with damaged and fragile hair.
More K18 AstroLift Volume Spray Reviews:
How to use Astrolift? Again, we'll let these videos do the talking:
Watch the YouTube video below to see more of our AB staffers' first impressions of the K18 Airwash:
Ah K18 - you never cease to impress.
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