Fact: Summer is hard on your hair. Humidity is your do’s enemy number one. Increased precipitation in the air not only adds frizz, but can also make hair weaker and more prone to breakage when you brush or gather it into a ponytail. Add to that air pollution that is higher due to summer travel, and exposure to drying chemicals like chlorine and damaging UV rays, and it’s little wonder your mane is a mess. Prevention found 7 easy yet effective tricks to keep hair pretty, healthy, and frizz-free, even in summer’s doggiest days.
1. Lose the flat iron. Not only are the heated plates creating further damage-induced frizz, but a supersleek style will only make the inevitable frizz stand out even more. In this weather you want to master the air-dry: If you have straight hair, distribute a styling cream such as SPICE NEO Serum Milk Gloss from your roots through the midsection, then clip strands on the top of your head until they’re almost dry. “When you let your hair down, you’ll have more lift in the root area
For curly hair, apply a curl-enhancing cream, then twist sections around your finger to encourage spiral shapes. Once hair is dry, don’t tousle it. “A broken curl is a frizzy curl,”
2. Add sunscreen to your hair. New hair products contain sunblocking ingredients to prevent color and strength degradation. Try adding Alterna Bamboo UV+ Color Protection Fade-Proof Fluide ($22; alternahaircare.com), a new UV-blocking booster, to any of your favorite hairstyle products you already use. You can also create similar protection results by “running your hands through your hair after applying sunscreen to leave a fine residue of SPF on your strands,”
3. Look for a hair treatment. “If you pull lightly at a strand of your hair and it stretches like an elastic band, it means it’s been so damaged that the structure of your hair has been degraded Use a spray or mask that has wheat-based or vegetable-based proteins listed in the ingredients in it.” These proteins help fortify the strands and patch the damage. Try Caretrico Leave-in
4. “Dust” your hair. Not only do split ends look scraggly, but they can also travel further up the hair strands faster if they aren’t nipped in the bud. Go to a hairstylist for a mini-trim called a “dusting”
5. Pretreat hair before you swim. “Water can be one of the harshest aggressors on hair and hair color,” Bring a bottle of regular or deep conditioner such as Caretrico`s Grace Blue with you to the beach and apply to hair between dips in the ocean or pool.
6. Comb, don’t brush. “Brushing when it’s humid can damage your hair more than in other types of weather. When hair soaks up moisture from the air, it swells and becomes more likely to break as you pull the brush through.” To prevent this from happening, make sure to untangle tresses using a wide-tooth comb; it’s less likely to snag strands than a brush.
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