Whether your colour’s gone to pot in the pool or your split ends have caused a storm, we’ve got the remedies to nourish your barnet back to beautiful
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Fight the frizz
Just as with your skin, sun exposure damages the condition of your hair and dehydrates it, causing frizz. The more hydrated your hair, the less frizz you’ll have, so it’s time to up the moisture with some hero hair masks.
BEST FOR
FINE HAIR
Wella Professionals Fusion Mask, £18.25, lookfantastic.com, uses silk-derived ingredients to nourish hair and build its strength by creating a barrier in just five minutes.
BEST FOR
COLOURED HAIR
Kérastase Reflection Masque Chromatique, £34.50, lookfantastic.com is packed with vitamin E for moisture and rice bran oil to up your gloss-factor, enhancing your colour to the max.
BEST FOR CURLS
Imbue Curl Restoring Intensive Mask, £12.99, Superdrug gives thirsty, curly hair all the nourishment it needs, and then some. With coconut, cupuaçu and shea.
BEST FOR
CHEMICALLY TREATED HAIR
L’Oréal Botanicals Safflower Rich Infusion Masque,£9.99, feelunique.com is both silicone-free and hydrating, so won’t mess up a pre-hol blow-dry.
BEST FOR
ALL-ROUND CONDITION
Argan OIl Hydrating Hair Mask, £1, Poundland, will nourish frazzled hair back to gorgeous. It costs pocket money and smells good enough to eat.
Soothe your scalp
Who rubs sun lotion into their head? No one! So it’s a prime target for a bit of sunburn, especially if you’ve got fine or fair hair. Try Philip Kingsley’s After-Sun Scalp Mask, £17, fragrancedirect.co.uk, a rinse-off treatment that contains aloe vera to give instant relief. It hydrates the skin to ward off peeling. Dampen your hair and apply it to your parting line as you section hair off at 2cm apart each time, then massage it all in.
Fix your colour
THE DILEMMA BLONDE GONE GREEN
THE SOLUTION The good news is your hair hasn’t actually changed colour. The green you’re seeing is simply a build-up of minerals that have oxidised and changed colour. To restore your blonde, you need to invest in a punchy clarifying shampoo to remove the chemicals and chlorine in
