Your hair care routine is immaculate. You wash your hair, condition it, and use hair masks and leave-in treatments. You avoid blow drying it and use a fancy brush to detangle it. Yet no matter what you do, you struggle with frizzy and puffy hair, especially during the hot summer months.
If this scenario feels all too real to you, you may suffer from frizzy hair, and no amount of “frizz control or anti-frizz” products are helping you fix it. So, before you go out and fill your shower with more products intended to help you smooth out your mane, let’s explore what exactly is frizz and what causes it.
As with any concern, you must get to the root cause of the issue, and only then can you find the proper solution to your frizz problem.
What Is Frizz?
Frizz is the common name used to refer to the strands of hair that stick out from the rest of your hair and refuse to stay down, causing your hair to look puffy. Although frizz is commonly associated with wavy and curly hair, every single hair type is susceptible to frizz, and it is especially common during the humid summer weather.
Frizz occurs when your hair lacks moisture and is stripped of its natural oils. When your hair is dry, the cuticle raises to allow moisture to be absorbed, ultimately causing hair to swell and expand. Hair that has a lot of heat and chemical damage is the most at risk of becoming frizzy due to the drying of heat and products, however, even untreated hair suffers from frizz if it is not being taken care of correctly.
What Causes Frizzy Hair?
There are a few reasons why hair could become frizzy, allow us to explore a few of the most common reasons for frizz.
- Using Water That Is Too Hot: Similar to using heat styling tools, using water that is too hot can cause heat damage and dry out the hair, ultimately stripping it from its oils and resulting in dry, brittle, and frizzy hair.
- Using Products with Sulfates and/or Alcohol: Both sulfates (detergents added to shampoos) and alcohol cause hair to dry out, become weak, and frizzy. Try to avoid products that have harsh sulfates and alcohol in the list of ingredients.
- Touching Your Hair: While playing with your hair may be an unconscious habit, it can contribute to your frizz problem, especially if your hands are oily. Try to avoid disrupting your hair and make a conscious effort to not touch your hair. Running your hair through your fingers will cause your roots to become oily faster and the strands to dry out.
- Brushing Too Much: It is important to get the tangles out of your hair, however, overbrushing and with the wrong brush can greatly contribute to frizz. Avoid being too rough with your hair and try to use wide-tooth combs or a wet brush.
Your hair care routine is immaculate. You wash your hair, condition it, and use hair masks and leave-in treatments. You avoid blow drying it and use a fancy brush to detangle it. Yet no matter what you do, you struggle with frizzy and puffy hair, especially during the hot summer months.
If this scenario feels all too real to you, you may suffer from frizzy hair, and no amount of “frizz control or anti-frizz” products are helping you fix it. So, before you go out and fill your shower with more products intended to help you smooth out your mane, let’s explore what exactly is frizz and what causes it.
As with any concern, you must get to the root cause of the issue, and only then can you find the proper solution to your frizz problem.
What Is Frizz?
Frizz is the common name used to refer to the strands of hair that stick out from the rest of your hair and refuse to stay down, causing your hair to look puffy. Although frizz is commonly associated with wavy and curly hair, every single hair type is susceptible to frizz, and it is especially common during the humid summer weather.
Frizz occurs when your hair lacks moisture and is stripped of its natural oils. When your hair is dry, the cuticle raises to allow moisture to be absorbed, ultimately causing hair to swell and expand. Hair that has a lot of heat and chemical damage is the most at risk of becoming frizzy due to the drying of heat and products, however, even untreated hair suffers from frizz if it is not being taken care of correctly.
What Causes Frizzy Hair?
There are a few reasons why hair could become frizzy, allow us to explore a few of the most common reasons for frizz.
- Using Water That Is Too Hot: Similar to using heat styling tools, using water that is too hot can cause heat damage and dry out the hair, ultimately stripping it from its oils and resulting in dry, brittle, and frizzy hair.
- Using Products with Sulfates and/or Alcohol: Both sulfates (detergents added to shampoos) and alcohol cause hair to dry out, become weak, and frizzy. Try to avoid products that have harsh sulfates and alcohol in the list of ingredients.
- Touching Your Hair: While playing with your hair may be an unconscious habit, it can contribute to your frizz problem, especially if your hands are oily. Try to avoid disrupting your hair and make a conscious effort to not touch your hair. Running your hair through your fingers will cause your roots to become oily faster and the strands to dry out.
- Brushing Too Much: It is important to get the tangles out of your hair, however, overbrushing and with the wrong brush can greatly contribute to frizz. Avoid being too rough with your hair and try to use wide-tooth combs or a wet brush.
How to Get Rid of Frizzy Hair?
Now that you know what causes frizz, let’s discuss a way to fix your frizz problem. By taking into consideration the four factors listed above, you must become conscious of your hair habits.
● Avoid using water that is too hot and using heat styling products without proper heat protection.
● Sort through your hair products and entirely get rid of any that contain alcohol or harsh sulfates. Instead replace them with hydrating and nourishing products such as HAIELLE Hydrate Line Shampoo, Masque, and Leave-in Conditioner.
● Frizzy hair equals hair that has been stripped of its oils. So, to combat that, incorporate a hair oil into your hair care routine that will enhance shine, provide hair with needed nutrients, and tame the frizz. Our favorite is the HAIELLE Active Botanical Concentrate.
● Replace your hair towel with a microfiber towel that easily absorbs the moisture without roughing up the hair.
● Replace your pillowcase with a silk or satin pillowcase. Not only does it prevent wrinkles, but it also reduces the friction of your hair against the sheets and allows the hair to remain smooth after a night’s rest.
How to Get Rid of Frizzy Hair?
Now that you know what causes frizz, let’s discuss a way to fix your frizz problem. By taking into consideration the four factors listed above, you must become conscious of your hair habits.
● Avoid using water that is too hot and using heat styling products without proper heat protection.
● Sort through your hair products and entirely get rid of any that contain alcohol or harsh sulfates. Instead replace them with hydrating and nourishing products such as HAIELLE Hydrate Line Shampoo, Masque, and Leave-in Conditioner.
● Frizzy hair equals hair that has been stripped of its oils. So, to combat that, incorporate a hair oil into your hair care routine that will enhance shine, provide hair with needed nutrients, and tame the frizz. Our favorite is the HAIELLE Active Botanical Concentrate.
● Replace your hair towel with a microfiber towel that easily absorbs the moisture without roughing up the hair.
● Replace your pillowcase with a silk or satin pillowcase. Not only does it prevent wrinkles, but it also reduces the friction of your hair against the sheets and allows the hair to remain smooth after a night’s rest.
Takeaway
While frizzy hair may have haunted you for years, you now have the proper guidance to help you tame the mane and give you the luscious silky hair we all desire.
Using proper products and making a few small but impactful lifestyle and haircare changes will help you regard frizz as a problem of the past.
Takeaway
Haunted you for years, you now have the proper guidance to help you tame the mane and give you the luscious silky hair we all desire.
Using proper products and making a few small but impactful lifestyle and haircare changes will help you regard frizz as a problem of the past.
