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Frizz Factor
"How your hair responds to the rain depends on the type of texture you have and how you wear that texture," says Lisa Frazier, a stylist at Harold Melvin's Salon in New York City. "Frizzing is a concern for everyone. However, if you have a more wavy-type curl and you wear it without chemicals, frizzing will consume your hair. If your curl is tighter and you wear a relaxer to straighten it, you will have a certain amount of reverting on top of the frizzing." Frazier suggests using emollients to keep the ends frizz-free and seal the hair's cuticles. Application, however, is key: The hair frizzies from the ends and moves up the hair shaft, so you want to apply your product from the middle of your hair shaft, down to the ends.
Try: Phomollient by Aveda, Avlon KeraCare Silken Smooth, or UniCare.
Style option:
Stay away from wearing your hair out - be it straight or in curls. "The moisture will remove the smoothness from your hair's cuticles, leaving it dull and lifeless - and a style like that will not hold its form. Your style will be ruined by the time you go from one block to another," says Frazier. Updos, ponytails and braids are your best styling options. If you wear your hair in its natural texture, Frazier recommends twisting or cornrowing, then setting the hair at night. "During bad weather, using hair clips, combs, headbands and other hair accessories will help to keep your style in place," she says. "If you hair is short and relaxed, use a gel to smooth it down; if it's long, French roll or pin it up until you reach your destination."
Static Electricity
According to Mark Anthony, co-owner of AnthonySaray Hair Salon in Long Beach, Calif., moisture in the air from the rain will produce static. Making sure it doesn't happen to you, however, starts after washing: "After shampooing, always follow with a leave-in conditioner in a liquid or creme formula," he says. Stay away from products with alcohol in them because they will dry your hair out.
Try: Sebastian Laminates, John Freida Frizz-Ease Xtra, or AllWays Natural 911 Leave-in Creme Conditioner
Style option:
"Roller sets last longer and help to contain the hair's strands," says Anthony. But prior to setting hair, work in a leave-in conditioner throughout the hair, then add a defrizzing product to help seal cuticles. Both will help to keep down the static electricity. Once your hair has been set in curls, Anthony suggests anchoring them with bobby pins, before tucking them under a hat to go outside. Another option includes wrap-setting your hair. "Wrap-sets hold a straight look in place and allows you to maintain it by wrapping a scarf around it, or using an Alligator clip to secure the sides. In either case, it's a great look for medium or long length styles."
- Adapted from the Family Digest article, "Rainy Day Hair." Keep current on beauty tips that fit your lifestyle by Subscribing to Family Digest Magazine Today!
"How your hair responds to the rain depends on the type of texture you have and how you wear that texture," says Lisa Frazier, a stylist at Harold Melvin's Salon in New York City. "Frizzing is a concern for everyone. However, if you have a more wavy-type curl and you wear it without chemicals, frizzing will consume your hair. If your curl is tighter and you wear a relaxer to straighten it, you will have a certain amount of reverting on top of the frizzing." Frazier suggests using emollients to keep the ends frizz-free and seal the hair's cuticles. Application, however, is key: The hair frizzies from the ends and moves up the hair shaft, so you want to apply your product from the middle of your hair shaft, down to the ends.
Try: Phomollient by Aveda, Avlon KeraCare Silken Smooth, or UniCare.
Style option:
Stay away from wearing your hair out - be it straight or in curls. "The moisture will remove the smoothness from your hair's cuticles, leaving it dull and lifeless - and a style like that will not hold its form. Your style will be ruined by the time you go from one block to another," says Frazier. Updos, ponytails and braids are your best styling options. If you wear your hair in its natural texture, Frazier recommends twisting or cornrowing, then setting the hair at night. "During bad weather, using hair clips, combs, headbands and other hair accessories will help to keep your style in place," she says. "If you hair is short and relaxed, use a gel to smooth it down; if it's long, French roll or pin it up until you reach your destination."
Static Electricity
According to Mark Anthony, co-owner of AnthonySaray Hair Salon in Long Beach, Calif., moisture in the air from the rain will produce static. Making sure it doesn't happen to you, however, starts after washing: "After shampooing, always follow with a leave-in conditioner in a liquid or creme formula," he says. Stay away from products with alcohol in them because they will dry your hair out.
Try: Sebastian Laminates, John Freida Frizz-Ease Xtra, or AllWays Natural 911 Leave-in Creme Conditioner
Style option:
"Roller sets last longer and help to contain the hair's strands," says Anthony. But prior to setting hair, work in a leave-in conditioner throughout the hair, then add a defrizzing product to help seal cuticles. Both will help to keep down the static electricity. Once your hair has been set in curls, Anthony suggests anchoring them with bobby pins, before tucking them under a hat to go outside. Another option includes wrap-setting your hair. "Wrap-sets hold a straight look in place and allows you to maintain it by wrapping a scarf around it, or using an Alligator clip to secure the sides. In either case, it's a great look for medium or long length styles."
- Adapted from the Family Digest article, "Rainy Day Hair." Keep current on beauty tips that fit your lifestyle by Subscribing to Family Digest Magazine Today!
