Spending hours styling your hair only to step out and be met by intense heat and humidity that frizzes up your locks can be frustrating. Here are six tips to help combat frizz and ensure your hair do looks as beautiful as ever.
Updated 10 September 2024
Dalal Awienat
6 ways to combat frizzy hair in heat and humidity
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Invest in hairstyling tools
Haircare manufacturer ghd’s heatless technology in the Duet Blow Dry is billed as a damage free hair styling experience. “The 2-in-1 hair dryer brush is designed to take hair from wet to blow dried with no heat damage and provides results with no frizz and up to 50% more humidity resistance,” CEO of ghd Jeroen Temmerman told Arab News.
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Styling your hair when it's wet
This tip is especially for the curly haired people out there. Applying products to your hair when it's wet allows the product to fully absorb, leading to less flyaways and frizz.
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Invest in a silk pillowcase
Silk pillowcases reduce friction while you sleep which results in less frizzy and tangled hair in the morning. The soft silk threads are long and continuous, resulting in a smoother surface for your hair.
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Shower with cold water
Although it may seem daunting to disrupt your warm shower with a shock of cold water, showering with cold water is good for your hair. The cold water helps to close cuticles and seals in the moisture of the hair while reducing frizz.
Heat is also an issue when styling your hair, with Temmerman noting ghd’s focus on avoiding heat damage by ensuring “the new technology we have innovated here at ghd features intelligent algorithms that monitor the temperature 400 times per second.”
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Texturizing spray
Using a texturizing spray with Polyquaternium ingredients is essential for giving a smoother feel to the hair and reducing frizz by fighting static.
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Get trims regularly
Trimming your hair every six months can prevent split ends. Split ends increase the risk of frizz as they cause breakage towards the roots. That will result in further moisture loss, leaving hair dry and frizzy.
