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the "Beauty Writer Roundup" series
where myself and our other in-house beauty writers
rate, review, trial and test
all sorts of products
so that you don't have to.
When you ask someone,
"What's your biggest beauty concern?"
Frizz comes up again and again.
It's just one of those kind of common beauty conundrums,
let's call it,
that binds us together.
I do wanna make it really clear,
first off the bat,
there's nothing wrong with frizz.
If it's something that bothers you,
how can we manage it?
We have a lot of really good frizzy hair smoothing products
on Adore Beauty.
So we're gonna kind of go through some of my faves
and how to use them,
but first, a little bit of education
because you might be wondering why do I have frizzy hair
or what actually causes hair to frizz?
Generally speaking, frizz or frizzy hair
is caused by a lack of moisture in the hair cuticle.
Kind of think of it like tiles on a roof.
You'd hope the tiles are all laying flat.
And so when the hair is smooth,
and there's enough moisture in it,
the cuticle is sealed,
and you've got a nice flat surface.
So things that cause the hair to lose moisture,
things like heat styling, using harsh products,
environmental things like being out in the sun,
colouring your hair, bleaching.
Even things like hormones can change
the texture of your hair.
All of these things cause the hair
to lose some of its natural moisture,
which then those tiles on the roof
sit up like this.
It starts to give the hair a frizzy appearance.
Humidity and kind of water and moisture from the air
can actually then get in
and cause the hair cuticles to swell.
Some people just have naturally frizz prone hair as well.
Let's start with pre-treatment.
So you're about to wash your hair.
Before you even get in the shower,
and before you start washing your hair,
things that you can use in your routine to mitigate frizz
are things like protein bond building shampoos,
more nourishing, richer textured masks,
and then also your reparative,
reparative?
And then also your,
again, protein-based treatments.
Our hair is made up of proteins
and these protein-based products
essentially give the hair back more
of what it makes naturally
but it might be lacking or losing.
For a protein-based shampoo,
I've got a bargain and bougie.
So my bougie favourite is the Virtue Recovery Shampoo.
I have written about it a thousand times.
If I was making a commission on recommending this product,
I wouldn't be here right now.
I'd be in Europe
or on a yacht somewhere.
It contains a protein molecule
that kind of seeks out damage in the hair,
binds to it, and repairs it,
and just helps to keep our roof tiles nice and flat.
A more bargain affordable version
is the ELEVEN Smooth Me Now Anti-Frizz Shampoo.
Also comes in a matching conditioner under 30 bucks,
and it also contains protein.
In terms of treatments to restore the bonds
and really keep everything nice and smooth,
you can't go past OLAPLEX No.3.
So we've got OLAPLEX No.3,
here it is.
And then another kind of newer one to the market
that people rave about
is the K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask.
So this is the one that you pop in on damp hair,
leave on for a minimum of 10 minutes,
then shampoo out and condition.
This is a leave-in that you actually put on
in place of conditioner
but you don't need to rinse it out.
Really excellent, but yeah,
keyword to look for is protein.
Next, let's talk about what to do
after you get out of the shower.
When I get out of the shower and my hair's damp,
I like to apply, I guess,
my thicker oils or cream textured products.
My probably top picks,
I mean,
(sparkly music)
it's gotta be the Kerastase Elixir Ultime.
Ultime.
You can just cut that bit out.
It's the beautifying hair oil.
As you can see,
I'm literally almost done with mine.
I love doing maybe one or two generous pumps of this,
applying it to damp hair.
Yeah, really working it through like so.
Another really good treatment
to apply on damp hair before styling
is this one from Colour Wow.
It's the Dream Coat Supernatural Spray.
Another really good one
especially if you live in more humid climates.
It also contains keratin.
So keratin is a protein that our hair's made up of.
So you're kind of sensing this whole protein vibe
when it comes to controlling frizz.
Next tip, which is really great for basically anyone,
anyone that has hair,
I highly recommend including a hair wrap
into your kind of hair washing routine.
Actually let your hair sit in that microfiber towel
for, I mean, sometimes I could be sitting in mine for hours,
but it's gonna absorb all that excess moisture
out of the hair
that will then speed up the blow drying time,
which then has the knock-on effect of less heat.
So now you take off your towel,
your hair towel,
and it's time to start drying.
If you have finer textured hair
then the products you applied before might be enough.
If you have hair that's prone to frizz
or you have a coarser texture,
you might like to add in,
I guess, another layer.
Two products here from OLAPLEX :
one is better designed for kind of thicker textured hair,
and then one's for finer textured hair.
So the first one is the OLAPLEX No. 6 Bond Smoother.
So all OLAPLEX products have this compound in it,
and here we go,
it's bis-aminopropyl
diglycol
dimaleate.
- [Crew] Good job. - Something like that.
That's OLAPLEX's patented kind of protein technology,
the bond builder.
So a No. 6 is more of a cream texture.
Work that into the hands like this,
and then really like
press it into the hair before you blow dry.
If that's gonna something like this is gonna be too thick
for some people.
I'm currently obsessed with OLAPLEX No. 9.
So this is the newest one
and it is more of like a serum.
So I've written a whole article about this.
So we might be able to link that in the comments down here.
Also a heat protectant.
It's anti-static
and it has that same patented technology.
So either of these
or something similar is great to just chuck in
before you style.
Guys, I've just been told
that we are going to be trialling OLAPLEX No. 9
as a part of our "5 People Try" series.
So you're gonna wanna see that.
Make sure you're subscribed
so that you are notified when that one comes out.
Now let's talk heat styling.
So as we said,
in the Curly Girl Method
and there's a lot of people,
the school of thought
that would say trying to minimise heat styling
will help with frizz.
It certainly will.
However, I'm the kind of person
that I don't feel like me
unless I've styled my hair.
If you have textured or a curlier textured hair,
you might wanna try using one of these,
which is a diffuser attachment for your hair dryer.
I don't have curly hair,
but you can sit the hair in the diffuser,
and as the name suggests,
it diffuses the heat and the air to,
I guess, like help to dry the hair
without roughing up
or encouraging that frizz.
I personally love the Dyson Supersonic hair dryer as well.
It is expensive,
but that product,
I find, it just really cuts down the hair drying time.
It also uses a lower heat which can help.
But one tool that I do really wanna demo
because, ooh shivers,
that hot,
it's 'cause it's got my hair in it.
This tool has so much of my hair in it
because I use it almost every single day.
It's the ghd Glide hair straightening brush.
If you want a really quick and easy solution to frizz,
you really need to get one of these.
I've been using mine for probably three or four years.
You literally put it in the hair,
go down,
and it gives you the most smooth, sleek finish.
So super quick and handy.
I love it. Can't rate it enough.
Last tool I'll quickly mention in terms of a straightener,
if you're someone with thicker, coarser hair texture
and a lot of hair,
I can't recommend more a wide hair straightener.
So something like the CLOUD NINE wide.
It allows you to work through the hair quicker
with less passes of the hair to, yeah,
just kind of help to minimise the heat styling where we can.
Now let's talk about the products to apply to dry hair.
One type of product
I wanna draw your attention to:
humidity barrier sprays.
So I've got two here:
one's from Goldwell Kerasilk Control Humidity Barrier Spray,
and the other one is KMS Anti-Humidity Seal Spray.
So essentially this is the kind of product you can use
as your last step,
and you can kind of just
(Amy spraying product)
mist over the hair.
Oh, that smells so good.
And they often contain a lot of
shine enhancing ingredients too.
So really good for a smooth, sleek finish.
Maybe I'll do the other one on the other side
just to keep it fair, you know?
I love all my children equally.
(Amy spraying product)
And then finally let's talk about treatments
because there is one type of in-salon treatment
that is really great for making coarser, frizzier hair
smoother and easier to manage
and that is a keratin treatment.
Hannah actually did a whole video
on getting a keratin treatment in-salon.
You can watch that here.
Essentially what it is
is a semi-permanent in-salon treatment
that infuses the hair with keratin.
Again, it's that protein that the hair's made of
and it helps to really smooth and seal everything down.
Importantly, a keratin treatment is different
to that chemical straightening
or the Brazilian blowout you might have heard of.
What that's actually doing is permanently breaking
the bonds in the hair.
But this one's more kind of like colouring your hair
where we temporarily break the bonds,
they apply the keratin,
and then they reseal the bonds with the keratin in
by applying heat
and it will grow out.
So it will usually last you around three to six months.
I did this before I went to Singapore a couple of years ago.
It doesn't give you permanently straight hair,
it just makes it more manageable
and more low-key.
So you can kind of get away a bit more
with the air drying: less styling.
So actually really good before a holiday.
One last thing.
Sorry. I'm very passionate about frizz.
One last thing I do wanna mention is silk.
So you've probably heard all the beauty (mumbles).
You gotta sleep on silk.
You really do need to sleep on silk, people.
A silk pillow case,
even a silk hair wrap.
I've been known to go to sleep
looking a bit like a silk fighter pilot
'cause I've got my silk helmet,
I've got my silk eye mask,
and then I fall back on the bed on my silk pillowcase.
But essentially what that does is while you sleep
is it helps to reduce the friction
and also it doesn't absorb moisture from your hair.
That's the end of my TED Talk about frizz.
If you have a frizz hack
or if you've tried any of these products,
please let us know in the comments,
but otherwise we will see you
on "Beauty Writer Roundup" next time.
Bye!
(Amy groans)
For a video about hair,
I feel like that's my signature:
hair in my mouth, no?