My penchant for oversleeping is matched only by my distaste for morning hair-care routines: shampooing and conditioning and blow-drying. More often than not, the snooze button wins; I end up with 30 extra minutes of dream time and one hastily crafted ponytail. For lazy types like me, Cake Beauty’s hair powder is a dream come true. The product claims to absorb excess oil from locks and supplies a not-too-sweet smell. (It can be used on the body, too, like baby powder for grown-ups.) After sprinkling a small amount on my palms and running my hands through my hair, my locks definitely looked cleaner and smelled fresher, and the process added enough volume that I could forgo the last-resort ponytail. I won’t skip the shampoo altogether, though–my powdered scalp started to feel slightly itchy by Day 2. $18 at cakebeauty.com.
