Despite your best intentions, frizzy hair can happen to the best of us! What’s going on when you get the frizzies?
Frizzy hair happens when your hair is dry and porous. It absorbs the extra moisture hanging in the air and swells up to frizzy shapes. Since dry, porous hair attracts the worst frizzing, your best solution is to keep your hair moisturized and smooth. Here are some tips to put your best hair forward:
- Start your de-frizz process in the shower with a deep conditioner that has extra moisturizing properties. Like we said, the solution to dry, frizzy hair is adding lots of moisture. Leave the conditioner on as long as possible so your hair can absorb it up. Not only will this prevent frizzing, it will also make your hair more manageable and shiny – so it’s a double bonus.
- When you’re done in the shower, rinse your hair with cold water just before you get out. Cold water closes the hair shaft and leaves the cuticle smooth and flat, which will prevent your hair from frizzing up.
- After your shower, don’t dry your hair by ruffling it up with a towel. This is only going to aggravate the cuticle (yes, it really is all about those darn cuticles) and make your frizz worse. Instead, gently squeeze out the water and blot your hair with a towel.
- After gently towel-drying your hair, apply a leave-in conditioner. This will lock in moisture and smooth down the strands, while also adding weight that discourages your hair from frizzing up.
- Brushing your hair causes the cuticles to break more, which then creates to those frizzy strands. To detangle your hair without causing a scene, comb through it in the shower when it still has conditioner on. But if your hair is already dry and you really need to give it a brush, wet your hands and comb them through your hair instead of using a harsh brush.
- Heated styling tools are never a good solution to frizzy hair – but if you really need to blow dry it, always use a heat-protective spray to avoid heat damage. And when you’re drying the hair, angle the nozzle downwards along the strands – this will smooth down the cuticle instead of making it stand up (and get frizzy!). Finally, finish with the dryer on the cool setting to close up the cuticle.
- When your hair is still damp, apply an anti-frizz cream or serum to the bottom half of it. These kinds of products lock in the moisture and seal up the cuticle, which will help to fend off the frizz.
- Stay away from styling products that contain alcohol (hair spray is one of the most common offenders). Alcohol swells up the hair cuticle, which leaves it wide open for frizzing up.
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