How To Hack Your Way to Good Hair Days

How To Hack Your Way to Good Hair Days
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Greasy scalp? Lack of volume? Try these tips for help with common hair issues.

The hair on your head is beautifully unique, but you are not alone in experiencing its most frequent challenges. We asked two pros to spill their best advice — from getting frizz-free curls that last for days to nipping breakage of colour-treated strands in the bud — for dealing with common hair concerns. Add these tips to your routine today and your best hair days will unfold before your eyes.

How to boost your hair’s volume

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Dealing with droopy, limp hair? The art to amplifying fine, flat strands with volume that lasts includes layering the proper products and finessing your styling techniques. “Fine hair needs something to adhere to,” says Greg Gilmore, global colour ambassador for Moroccanoil and an L.A.-based celebrity colourist who’s worked with Toni Braxton, Tiffany Haddish and Storm Reid. The road to big things begins in the shower. “A volumizing shampoo will give you a good base to start with,” says Jennifer Dubois, hairstylist and owner of Miyosiwin Salon Spa in Regina, which offers services that are sensitive to Indigenous culture. She recommends traditional conditioner for all hair types, to help reduce frizz and ease tangles, but those with superfine hair can pivot to a lightweight leave-in conditioning mist. “Spray it on your hands and rub it into the ends first, and then work your way up,” she says.

Using a hot tool helps build structure for fine strands; just be sure to use a thermal protectant before layering in a styling product with hold. A volumizing mousse and a two-in-one dryer brush can add amazing volume, Dubois explains. “Those tools are easy to…

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