Simple-But-Effective Tips To Protect Your Hair From Heat Damage

Besides the magic to make fascinating hair styles, heat styling tools also bring us various ugly side effects. The best solution to prevent your hair from being harmed is obviously avoiding heat altogether; though, it is not always possible! Therefore, within this blog, ETE Saigon - Hair Happiness is going to give you some tips on how to protect your hair from heat.

1. Opting for the best heat styling tools

1.1. Material

The good news is: You do not really have to say goodbye to your “close friends” as curling iron, straightening iron, or blow dryers. However, it is recommended to invest in one or some high quality styling tools.

Many people are keen on purchasing affordable hair care products or styling tools without considering why their prices are that low. It is always true to say: “You get what you pay for”! Most of these inexpensive tools are harmful to the hair right at the moment of touching, since they are manufactured with low-quality ingredients.

Invest more in heat styling tools

If you want to protect your hair from heat damage, there is no reason to buy cheap products for your gorgeously precious hair! We highly recommend you to use electrical styling tools including the 3 following materials: Ceramic, Tourmaline, and Titanium; as they cause much less damage to your beloved hair. Obviously, these tools are high in price due to their quality.

1.2. Size

Size	Hair length	Result
2 in	Long	Slight curls Loose waves Big bouncy ends
1.5 in	At least shoulder length	Bends at the ends
1.25 in	Medium - Long	Naturally soft and loose waves
1 in	Short	Loose waves
1 in	Medium - Long	Beach waves
0.75 in	Mostly every hair length	Deep waves
0.5 in	Short	Beach waves
0.5 in	Long	Natural-looking curls
⅝ in	Chin-length	Beach waves
⅝ in	Longer than chin-length	Naturally tight curls
⅜ in	Short (Especially for those with pixie haircuts)	Slight curls
⅜ in	Long	Corkscrew curls

Referential size for curling irons

	Standard flat iron	Smaller flat iron
Size	1 in	½ - ¾ in
Hair length	Both long and short	Short hair
Usage	Used as an all-purpose hair straightener	Used for smaller hair sections; Allowed short-hair owners to get very close to their scalp

Referential size for straightening irons

2. Using non-heat styling techniques

Once again, we understand that heat styling tools are most girls’ best friends; since they help to create amazing hairstyles. Yet, these tools have a really bad effect on your strands if you over-use them. Instead, we suggest that you should try some non-heat styling techniques using basic accessories such as socks, paper-towels, toothpick-clamps. Not only do these methods provide you with naturally wonderful hairstyles, they are also easy to do and harmless to the strands.

Amazing curly hair look after using one of the non-heat styling techniques. Source: Baggout

In case you have to use heat styling tools for some special occasions, we do have an alternative solution for you. Have you heard about heat protectants? If not, don’t worry! Check out the next section to find out more!

3. Using heat protectant products

Shampoo and conditioner help your strands maintain nourishment as well as take care of its cuticles, but they alone are not enough to protect your hair. In this case, you need to put a heat protectant into your hair care routine; since this type of product prevents your hair from being dry and seriously damaged.

Apply heat protectants before styling your hair with hot tools

Humectants and strengthening ingredients are the 2 things that make heat protectants worth using. They play a role as a shield which helps to prevent your hair from being harmed by heat. Also, most heat protectant products provide your hair with essential moisture.

Once you expose your hair to heat, much or less, it will certainly be damaged. The tips above are just ways to minimize the harm of heat to the least. As we have already mentioned at the beginning of this article, the best shield to protect your hair from heat is to avoid it altogether. ETE Saigon - Hair Happiness hopes that this information benefits you in owning a healthy, shiny and fabulous hair look.