Haircare by Kit Spencer, Alexandra Friend

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These are particularly useful when choosing between all the different formulations. • Always warm well before using by rubbing them into your palms or fingers until the friction melts the product and distributes it thinly and evenly over your skin. • If your product contains fibres (the label on the pot may tell you), press and release your hands together before applying, to lengthen and thicken the fibres. • Try twisting your fingers through the ends of random strands that you want to stand out.

Some deposit a small number of colour particles onto the hair to keep it looking rich and vibrant, while others keep fair hair looking bright with gently lightening ingredients, such as citrus extracts, and also remove colour-dulling impurities and neutralise brassy yellow tones. Most make colour seem stronger by boosting shine and usually have deeply conditioning properties, to repair hair that may have been damaged and dehydrated by chemical processing. Volumising As well as increasing strength, volumising shampoos gently cleanse away any residues that might weigh the hair down and pull moisture into the hair, to swell the diameter and make it temporarily thicker.

A lightweight spray with weather-protective properties can stop your hair from frizzing up or drooping down on humid or rainy days. • Hairsprays can’t build body, grip and malleability into your hair in the way that a mousse or thickening spray can. For the best results, use both. • Some pump-action sprays can deposit their contents quite heavily onto the hair. Aerosols are often better for creating a light and continuous mist. • Most hairsprays will brush easily out of your hair at the end of the day, avoiding product build-up and letting you start afresh the next day.