Dirtiest F-word ever: Frizz. Don’t believe me? Imagine giving your mane a once-over in the mirror when – horror of horrors! – what are those tufts of fuzzy fibres sticking straight up around your hairline like so many sprouting seedlings?
Happily, you needn’t suffer with your split-ends in silence. The solution for this nightmarish scenario is simple. Click through for a terrific trio of tried-and-tested tress-taming ticks to fend off frizzy flyaways!
Your post-shower mop is at its most vulnerable, which means you should never ride roughshod by rubbing it dry. A bath towel’s fuzzy fibres are superb for sloughing dead skin off your face and body, but the friction created by those very same fibres can result in frizz and split ends.
The solution to your towel trouble? Pat gently with a clean cotton tee instead, and follow up with a follicle-fortifying serum from the midshaft down – I’m obsessed with Kerastase’s Densifique Hair Youth Serum, $110 – for a buoyant bounce with none of the unwieldy weight. Simply spritz on damp hair, starting mid-length and paying extra care to the ends for easier styling!
Oils are perfect for taming pesky flyaways; for this purpose, dispense one or two drops of say, Aesop’s awesome Aesop Shine, $45, between your palms and lightly skim across the surface for a generous shot of shine. For the the most glorious gloss, opt for oils on the tips of your tresses as a pampering pre- and post-styling sealant; simply smooth a drop or two into the ends of your damp hair before blow-drying, then skim across the surface for a generous shot of shine.
Reuse and recycle! There’s something super gratifying about repurposing cosmetic collaterals – like your good ol’ toothbrush, for instance.
Quick and dirty tutorial: Whip out your trusty toothbrush, drench the bristles with a dollop of a leave-on volumiser like Oribe’s Gold Lust Transformative Masque, US$65 via Net-A-Porter, then tamp down the errant hairs by smoothing them upwards into your hairline. This technique is great for instant gratification; one sweep is all it takes to lend your moistureless mane a shampoo ad-worthy sheen. What you’re essentially doing is combing your hairs in the “right” direction, before holding them down with a stiffening agent. So elegant and easy, right? Genius, if I do say so myself.
Right, then. Add these nifty tips to your bag of beauty tricks, and have lots of follicular fun. Cheers!