Whether you're looking to fight frizz or change your hair's texture,
there's a hair treatment out there that can help. To find the hair salon products for
you.
With all the abuse your hair can take from brushing, styling, coloring,
and highlighting, it can get frizzy and dull looking. A hair serum can
help get the frizz under control and bring back the shine. Serums can
also make it easier to comb and style your hair, which will reduce
dreaded breakage. And they can protect your hair from styling-product
buildup and from the sun’s rays. Here’s more about this go-to hair
styling product.
How to use hair serum. You apply hair styling serum after shampooing.
Take a few drops of hair serum, rub them between the palms of your
hands, and then smooth the serum over, across, and through your wet
hair. You can find serums in spray form if you prefer their easy
application. A dollop about the size of a dime should be enough,
although people with curly hair may need a bit more and those with
straight hair might be able to get by with a bit less. Be careful to
distribute the hair serum evenly, starting near the ends and working up
to just below the roots. You should avoid spreading serum on your scalp
and the roots of your hair, particularly if your scalp tends to be oily.
Drying and styling. Once you’ve applied the
serum, you can let your hair dry naturally, or blow-dry and style as you
normally do. Hair serums can help protect your hair if you use
heat-styling tools like blow-dryers, curling irons, or straightening
irons.
How hair serum works. The hair serum
coats your hair’s strands, offering a layer of protection against the
elements and smoothing over any tendencies toward frizz. Hair serums
with UV protection are good choices, since they protect your hair from
sun damage.
Glosses and glazes, polishes and pomades.
Other products on the market can offer benefits similar to those of
hair serums. Glosses, glazes, polishes, and pomades coat and protect the
hair, leaving it smooth and shiny. If you have color-treated hair,
there are glosses designed to enhance your color between sessions.
Otherwise, you can choose a clear, color-free gloss for shine.
You don’t have to put up with dull, frizzy, fry away hair Tame it with a hair serum and flaunt your silky, shiny tresses.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
6 Best Hot-Weather Hair Tips
Summer is in the home stretch—but it’s not over yet. Prevent a heat-and-humidity-related tress mess with these 7 simple tricks to keep hair smooth, manageable, and frizz-free
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.
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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