De-Frizz The Frizziest Hair
If you have frizzy hair, you know how frustrating it can be. Everything else in your outfit could be perfect – but the hair! It looks like you stuck your finger in an electric socket! There are ways to combat it, so don't pull out the baseball cap just yet. Implement a few of the following techniques and products in your arsenal of tricks and watch your frizzies disappear!
Dynamite De-Frizzing
There are a ton of products available to help you tame your frizzy hair, and used in combination with a few of the following techniques, you're practically guaranteed to get the look you want.
- Wait until your hair is almost dry to blow dry it, and blow dry only if you need to for styling purposes. Flat irons on dry hair can not only help you tame the frizz but add shine as well.
- Do you dye your hair monthly, use blow dryers 4-7 times a week, and flat irons almost as often? Take a break! Every month, give your hair a break from the equipment and give it a chance to heal for a couple of days.
- Every week, use a hair mask. It won't stop your hair from frizzing but it will go a long way toward providing a great foundation for your other de-frizz techniques.
- When you wash your hair, rinse out the shampoo for two full minutes to make sure you've gotten rid of the residue. Then use conditioner – every time! This will help flatten the cuticles and get rid of split ends, two allies of the frizz.
Curly Hair Crazy
Curly hair is a blessing but frizzy curls can feel like a curse. There are a few tricks just for those of you with lovely curls that need de-frizzing.
- Cuticles on curly hair are automatically out of control because they are raised higher than straight hair. Losing 100% of your frizz may be next to impossible, but you can get close by cutting your hair in long, angled layers so that it lays flatter.
- Another curly hair trick is to take your shower before you go to bed, add a little extra product than you would during the day, and wrap your hair in a t-shirt before you go to sleep. When you wake up, your hair won't be frizzy and should be dry, depending on how thick your hair is.
A Few Great De-Frizzers
Everybody's hair is different, so don't boil our bunnies if you try one of these out and it doesn't work for you. But chances are, if you use them correctly and in combination with some of the techniques listed above, it's only a matter of time until you find the perfect product for you.
- Garnier Fructis Smoothing Milk
- Biosilk Silk Therapy
- Citre Shine Polishing Hair Serum
- Bumble and Bumble Straight and Bumble and Bumble Defrizz
- Super Skinny from Paul Mitchell
- Pantene Pro-V Get It Straight Smoothing Mousse or Curl Defining Mousse
- Aveda Straight Hair
- Redken Outshine
- John Frieda's Frizz-Ease 100% Shine Glossing Mist
A Few Rules For Perfect Product Application
Even the best products can fail if you don't implement them properly. Remember the following basic guidelines as you use any anti frizz products that you choose.
- Don't use too much! Greasy hair isn't much better than frizzy hair, so use about a dime sized amount to begin with. Remember, you can always add more, but you can't take it away!
- Apply your product while your hair is wet. This helps stop the greasiness and often may be just what your hair needs to tame those wild ends. Once it dries, if it still is too frizzy for your liking, add just a bit more – but only a little bit – by rubbing the product on your palms and smoothing your hands over any sections that need attention.
- If one product doesn't work, try two. You may find that one product is too greasy and another is too clumpy. When this happens, try mixing the two together. For example, a small dollop of cream hair wax mixed with a squirt of hair serum is a great compromise to smooth fly-aways and style at the same time.
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