Why Is My Hair So Dry?
Dry hair can be a seasonal problem: your hair is affected by the weather – whether that means shifts in temperature or the merciless summer sun. A dry atmosphere can strip the hair of moisture and make it feel even dryer, more brittle, and dull. Dryness can also lead to unwanted frizz, a straw-like consistency or broken hair, making it extra challenging to style.
Over-washing with non-caring formula and excessive blow-drying can also contribute to parched hair. Over-washing has a stripping effect on the hair. The repeated expansion and contraction of the hair shaft as it’s soaked and dried, soaked and dried, ends up drying it out. In the same way, blow-drying hair on a high heat and speed setting can also lead to dryness and damage, since the hair is at its most fragile when wet.
If you have a dry scalp, you might have dry hair too – particularly if your scalp is not producing enough natural oils to lubricate the hair. An irritated scalp that ends up shedding and peeling can also lead to dry hair.
In addition to external aggressions, internal issues like poor diet, hormonal changes and aging can also be contributing factors to a dry scalp and dry hair.
Over-washing with non caring formulas and excessive blow-drying can also contribute to parched hair. Over-washing has a stripping effect on the hair. The repeated expansion and contraction of the hair shaft as it’s soaked and dried, soaked and dried, ends up drying it out. In the same way, blow-drying hair on a high heat and speed setting can also lead to dryness and damage, since the hair is at its most fragile when wet.
If you have a dry scalp, you might have dry hair too – particularly if your scalp is not producing enough natural oils to lubricate the hair. An irritated scalp that ends up shedding and peeling can also lead to dry hair.
In addition to external aggressions, internal issues like poor diet, hormonal changes and aging can also be contributing factors to a dry scalp and dry hair.
How to Prevent Dry Hair
Before you ever feel your hair becoming dry or frizzy, there are preventative measures you can take to ensure your hair stays hydrated and healthy. Here are our top 5 tips for preventing dry hair:
1. Trim your hair regularly to keep the hair strands healthy and help avoid dry ends and split ends.
2. Avoid washing and drying your hair every day. When you do wash your hair, use hydrating shampoos and apply conditioner after shampooing.
3. Wrap your hair instead of air drying or heat drying. Avoid rubbing your hair with a towel or immediately drying it while it is still wet. This stretches the hair to breaking point.
4. Avoid heat-styling tools and use heat-protectants such as sprays, milks, serums and gels whenever you do heat style.
5. Deep condition weekly with hair masks and hair oils, or overnight serums, and use leave-in treatments, which can add even more moisture to your hair.
Before you ever feel your hair becoming dry or frizzy, there are preventative measures you can take to ensure your hair stays hydrated and healthy. Here are our top 5 tips for preventing dry hair:
1. Trim your hair regularly to keep the hair strands healthy and help avoid dry ends and split ends.
2. Avoid washing and drying your hair every day with non caring shampoos (don’t worry, at Kérastase, we have only developped caring shampoos with your hair in mind). When you do wash your hair, use hydrating shampoos and apply conditioner after shampooing.
3. Wrap your hair instead of air drying or heat drying. Avoid rubbing your hair with a towel or immediately drying it while it is still wet. This stretches the hair to breaking point.
4. Avoid heat-styling tools and use heat-protectants such as sprays, milks, serums and gels whenever you do heat style.
5. Deep condition weekly with hair masks and hair oils, or overnight serums, and use leave-in treatments, which can add even more moisture to your hair.
Simple Ways to Treat and Care for Dry Hair
Sometimes a simple trim will fix dry hair at the ends, however, if you have dry hair from root to tips, there are a few things you can do to hydrate your dry hair, and even treat and repair that dry hair.
When you do wash it, use products that have fewer stripping detergents, for example, a mild or sulfate-free shampoo. If you’re not already using one, introduce a conditioner or a deep conditioning mask into your weekly routine to deliver more hydrating nutrients. You can also deep condition with hair oils, which nourish and moisturize dry hair.
Sometimes a simple trim will fix dry hair at the ends, however, if you have dry hair from root to tips, there are a few things you can do to hydrate your dry hair, and even treat and repair that dry hair.
Try washing your hair less often. When you do wash it, use products that have fewer stripping detergents, for example, a mild or sulfate-free shampoo. If you’re not already using one, introduce a conditioner or a deep conditioning mask into your weekly routine to deliver more hydrating nutrients. You can also deep condition with hair oils, which nourish and moisturize dry hair.
At Home: How to Moisturize Dry Hair
At Kérastase we have developed complete dry hair care routines for all types of hair, from dry hair to severely dry hair, for thick hair, thin hair and every hair type in between. Once you’ve identified the factors contributing to your thirsty, dry hair, read on to discover a few of our suggestions for how to nourish and moisturize it. Or, take a look at some of our best products for dry hair and find out how they work to nourish and hydrate parched hair.
At the Salon: How to Treat Dry, Severely Dry and Damaged Hair
So, you have dry hair – what can you do to get it back to a healthy, manageable state? One of the best ways to treat dry and damaged hair is with a professional hair treatment at your salon. A Kérastase Fusio-Dose salon hair treatment can transform your hair in 5 minutes. With up to 30 unique combinations, the Fusio-Dose combination of concentrate and booster helps you address your primary and secondary hair concerns. For example, if you have dry hair plus frizzy hair, you’ll receive a single customized dose that tackles both hair problems, administered by a trained salon professional.
What Causes Dry Ends?
While dry ends are sometimes just an extension of unhealthy hair at the root, they are generally a sign that nutrition isn’t getting from your roots to your ends. Of course, sometimes you can get dry ends because of over-drying and styling your hair on a high heat setting or speed. Whatever the cause, dry ends require extra moisturizing care, or they can lead to even more damage – the dreaded split ends and broken hair.
How to Treat Dry Ends?
You can fix dry ends – and prevent split ends from forming – with deep conditioning. Apply a hair mask or a hair oil just to the ends of your hair as an added part of your hair care routine. If the situation has already gone too far, discover these ideas on how to get rid of split ends.
Best Products for Dry Hair and Dry Hair Ends
Treat dry hair with these, our best shampoos, conditioners, hair masks and hair oils formulated to deeply nourish and moisturize dry hair.
Best Shampoo for Dry Hair and Dry Hair Ends
The Nutritive range includes a hydrating shampoos:
Nutritive Bain Satin Riche by Kérastase is a highly nutritive shampoo for dry hair. It contains anti-dryness polymers that provide intense nutrition and strength, making it one of the best shampoos for dry hair. Plus, it contains essential nutrients to nourish and reinforce dry hair, for a lightweight result. Bain Satin Riche has a white creamy gel texture, foaming and frictionless, making it one of the best shampoos for an itchy scalp, as well as dry hair.
*Instrumental Test - Immediately after application of Bain Satin Riche, Masquintense & Nectar Thermique
Best Conditioners for Dry Hair and Dry Hair Ends
Our best products for your dry hair ends include these rinse-out masks. Fine to medium hair? Try Nutritive Nourishing Masque, a soft hair mask with essential nutrients, that will ensure those dry ends are getting the extra moisturizing they need. For thicker hair types, or for hair that’s coarse or curly as well as dry, we would recommend Nutritive Riche Nourishing Masque. An ultra-concentrated mask that delivers deep nutrition to very dry or thick hair, it leaves it shiny and hydrated.
*Instrumental Test - Immediately after application of Bain Satin Riche, Masquintense & Nectar Thermique
Best Styling Protectors for Dry Hair
Nutritive Blow Dry Primer is an anti-frizz blow-dry primer for dry hair. This protects dry hair from heat styling, and contains anti-dryness polymers to provide nutrition, detangling, smoothness and shine to dry hair.
It delivers a shot of essential nutrients that boost the formula’s ability to nourish and reinforce the hair.
This nutritious hair milk acts as a 230°C thermic protector for hair exposed to styling tools and has a light white creamy texture.
*Instrumental Test - Immediately after application of Bain Satin Riche, Masquintense & Nectar Thermique
**Instrumental Test After Application Of Nectar Thermique
Best Serums for Dry Scalp and Dry Hair & Ends
After shampoo and conditioner, the best thing you can do to feed your dry hair the nutrients it needs is use a serum, because
healthy hair starts at the scalp, The Nutritive 8H Magic Night Serum is a beauty sleep high nutrition serum for dry hair. This overnight hair treatment contains anti-dryness polymers for immediate care with a light and non-greasy finish . It also delivers a dose of essential nutrients that boost the formula’s ability to nourish and reinforce the hair.
The magical overnight hair serum works for 8 hours to revitalize and regenerate dry hair and protects from pillow friction ."
*Instrumental Test Post Application Of 8H Magic Night Serum
Pro Hair Tips for Dry Hair and Dry Hair Ends
Discover what the professionals are saying about the dry hair shampoos, conditioners, treatments and hair oils they use to moisturize dry hair and keep it healthy in between salon visits.
Discover what the professionals are saying about the dry hair shampoos, conditioners, treatments and hair oils they use to moisturize dry hair and keep it healthy in between salon visits.
