The start of summer means more sunshine, hot lunchtime strolls and weekends in the park. However it also often means unmanageable, frizzy hair that blows up like a cloud in the humid weather.
Damp heat - often the result of simultaneous rain and sunshine (thank you England!) - can often mean your hair, which was perfectly straight/ curled/ naturally wavy and slick when you left the house, has completely dropped out of it's previous style with a bizarre halo of frizz surrounding your head by the time you get to the office. Not the ideal look you want to convey in your early morning breakfast/ lunchtime meeting or after-work drinks.
Or perhaps you're off to even sunnier climates and despite forgoing your usual heat styling tools on the beach, are still keen to retain some sense of style for those all important smug holiday snaps. If you clearly remember Monica's super-sized barnet in Barbados in Season 9 of Friends, you'll know exactly what we're referring to!
So to combat this common, everyday problem we've rounded up the best anti-frizz products to keep your hair sleek and smooth, whatever your style.
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Monica from Friends - Season 9
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Light Elements Smoothing Fluid by Aveda
At some point during the summer, you're bound to be stuck somewhere sans heat styling tools. Be it having a sneaky hand wash of your hair on day 4 of a festival, or on a humid beach somewhere - humidity will strike when you least expect it. Which is where this taming product comes in - specially formulated to tame frizzy, flyaway hair when heat tools aren't available - this easily absorbs into the hair, leaving you with sleek, manageable locks.
Using Australian blue gum leaves from the eucalyptus tree, this easy lathering shampoo and conditioner hydrate hair whilst leaving it coated with a barrier to keep the frizz-inducing elements at bay.
It certainly does what it promises, with hair staying silky even after a downpour; but those with very fine hair may find that it weighs their hair down.
Tackling frizz, flyaways, static and split ends, just a few spritzes of this will leave your hair glossy and smooth, just be sure to spray not too close to the roots to ensure you don’t get greasy locks.
Forget your usual hairspray and try this super flexible one that lets you style your hair into practically any hairstyle you desire whilst its humidity protection means frizz doesn’t stand a chance.
Unlike serums or oil based products, this product is truly weightless and won’t stop you from working volume into your hair. It smells lovely, like clean laundry, and leaves frizzy hair feeling strong and nourished.
This light gloss controls fly away hair without adding too much weight. It also claims to help temporarily eradicate split ends, and gives the appearance of strong, glossy hair.
Even after a session with hair-wrecking humidity, this spray keeps hair locked into its style without feeling crunchy. Great value at £2.99, it also comes in a travel size can. It promises all day hold, weather protection to fight the frizz-inducing British weather, UV filters and a healthy shine.
Offering 10 beauty benefits in one, this hard working spray comes in a handy travel size bottle. Nourishment, shine and smoothness, reduced split ends, bounce and vitality, easier blow drying; these are just some of the benefits.
Simply work a couple of drops into damp hair to contain frizzy tendencies before blow drying, or smooth through dry hair to give it an extra glossy shine, perfect for parched hair in need of some extra shine.
Nicky Clarke’s Instant Calmer is a clear gel that contains an ultraviolet light absorber to help protect hair colour. It’s quite light with not too much stickiness so can be used on all but the finest hair.