Don’t forget the most important step when heat styling your hair—the prep! Using heat protection products like thermal protection hairsprays and blowout primers will help protect your hair from the damage that can be caused by regular use of heat styling tools like hair dryers, flat irons and curling irons. Here’s what you need to know before turning the heat on.
Heat Protectant + Primer
Don’t reach for your flat iron, curling iron or hair dryer without first prepping your strands with our top thermal hair styling products.
We love Oribe's Royale Blow Out! Available in our shop.
After using the right protective products before and after styling, here are some additional ways to help beat heat damage.
Partially Air-Dry Hair Before Blow-Drying
Allow hair to air-dry at least halfway before turning on the dryer. This cuts down on the amount of time hair is exposed to heat, lessening the chances of damage.
Choose the Right Setting
As a general rule, the finer the hair, the lower the heat setting should be on the heat styling tool. Discover the ideal temperature setting for your hair type.
Temperature Setting Hair Type
250-290°F (121-143°C) Fragile, Very Fine
290-330°F (143-166°C) Fine
330-370°F (166-188°C) Medium
370-410°F (188-210°C) Coarse
410°F-450°F (210°C-232°C) Very Coarse (Recommend For Professional Use Only)
Use the Attachments on Your Hair Dryer
The concentrator nozzle attachment allows for directional airflow giving you more control of heat when blow-drying while the diffuser attachment does exactly what its name suggests, it diffuses airflow for more fragile hair types.
Why?
Have you ever seen that reel where they spray toast with a heat protector made for hair?
It's an imperfect test because the half of the bread that was sprayed could have been sprayed with anything wet and prevented burn... BUT, the result for hair is real. We want you to think about this reel before the next time you go to heat style your hair.
Salon Bilancio
1414 Fourth Street
San Rafael, CA
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