No matter if you color, use heat styling tools regularly or are experiencing damage from other causes (brushing or tight scrunchie), anti damaged hair styling products can provide invaluable assistance for keeping strands healthy and looking beautiful.
Heat Protection
Heat protectors act like armor for your hair, offering an essential shield from damage caused by blow-drying, straightening and other forms of styling. Available as spray, cream or oil formulas, heat protectants also help tame frizz, boost shine, condition strands and block out humidity.
Without heat protectant, your hair could suffer in the form of dryness, weak strands and split ends due to continued use. Heat degrades its natural moisture barrier by drawing water out from within your cuticle layer evaporating away as your moisture barrier breaks down over time.
Heat protectants can help minimize this type of damage, with ingredients like pvda acrylates copolymer, quaternium 70 and silicones (e.g. dimethicone) helping hair absorb and distribute heat more evenly. Unfortunately, even these ingredients cannot prevent all forms of heat damage as repeated exposure will always lead to some degree of oxidation and breakage – this is why using a heat protectant spray prior to styling with hair tools and limiting frequency are both key strategies in managing heat damage caused by heat tools is key!
Frizz Control
Frustration in the fight against frizz can be exhausting; especially when humidity levels increase. But with some key products at your fingertips, you may be able to ease its severity and give your locks a shinier, softer finish with reduced static flyaways and fluttering.
Most frizz control formulas use silicone fluid to smooth hair’s cuticle, regulate moisture content and enhance wet and dry combing. Common ingredients include high molecular weight polydimethylsiloxanes such as cyclomethicone or an amine-functional siloxane like amodimethicone; however, too much deposition could leave behind an unpleasant sticky feel or create “dirty” residue which requires frequent washing to get rid of; further adding to frizz issues.
This light spray offers a gentler approach to frizz control while providing heat protection and antioxidant benefits. A favorite amongst our testers, it reduced frizz and flyaways leaving soft silky strands. And its effects lasted throughout the day and multiple heat styling sessions!
Shine
As a final step to elevate your mane to its fullest potential, opt for a shine spray. Choose a product without oils or quick-drying denatured alcohol (these can leave fine hair looking limp), but rather one with light reflective agents to reflect light from your locks and add instant brilliance.
So to protect against damage caused by heat styling and other daily factors like frizz and flyaways, use Pureology Strength Cure shampoo and conditioner set daily containing Keravis protein strength-building protein and astaxanthin antioxidant to combat damage – these can all contribute to split ends that create dryness in the hair and needing repair; or for more extensive repair try Pureology Treatment Oil which contains shea butter, argan oil and more for extra hydration to repair split ends and give a healthy-looking glow to the locks! For damaged hair needs extra TLC try Pureology Strength Cure shampoo/conditioner set with Keravis hair-strengthening protein Keravis protein strength-building proteins Keravis + Astaxanthin antioxidant protection which are color safe as well as color safe – perfect for all hair types!
Repair
Too much heat damage caused by blow-dryers, flat irons or curling tools can lift hair’s outer layers, stripping strands of their natural moisture and leaving them dry and brittle. To see if your locks have been affected, grasp a strand between two fingers and run it across them; if it easily dentible then this indicates heat damage according to Cleveland.
Regular hair dyeing can damage strands, leading to breakage and dehydration. To minimize over-processing your locks, try dyeing less frequently or choosing lighter hues in order to maintain healthy locks.
Bond-building serums such as this one can help repair damaged hair and keep it strong and healthy. Use it before styling to protect from hot tools, chemical treatments and environmental influences that cause breakage; combine with nourishing shampoo and conditioner to restore locks to their former glory and rebuild weak bonds and prevent future damage. Its strengthening proteins also help repair weak bonds for future protection against future breakage.
