How to Blow Dry Hair Without Frizz and Get Glass Hair This Fall

Why does your hair get frizzier in the fall?

Frizz is what you see when the cuticle, the outer layer of the hair strand, lifts instead of lying flat. A raised cuticle lets moisture move in and out of the strand unevenly, so some sections swell, some stay dry, and the surface stops reflecting light. That is why frizzy hair also looks dull.

Fall stacks three triggers at once. The air outside gets drier, so hair loses moisture to the environment. Indoor heating makes indoor air even drier and adds static. And most hair carries damage from summer sun, salt water, and chlorine, which makes it more porous. The fix is to smooth and seal the cuticle during the blow dry itself, before the hair meets the day.

How do you blow dry hair without frizz, step by step?

1. Wash and condition, then towel dry well. Start on damp hair, not dripping hair. If the hair is soaking wet, any treatment you spray on gets diluted and the blow dry takes twice as long.
2. Skip other styling products for now. On the day you use an anti-humidity treatment, it goes on alone, on damp hair. Layering creams or oils underneath it can block it from coating the strand evenly.
3. Apply your anti-humidity treatment section by section. This step decides the result. Spray Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray liberally through each section, roots to ends, and comb through so every strand is coated. It feels like almost nothing, which is correct. It is heat activated, so the next step turns it on.
4. Blow dry with tension, in sections. Keep each section taut with a brush and aim the airflow down the strand, in the direction of the cuticle. Work in 4 to 6 sections. Heat plus tension is what creates the smooth, sealed, glass-like finish.
5. Finish each section completely before moving on. A section that is 90 percent dry will frizz. It has to feel fully dry. A short blast of cool air at the end helps set it.
6. Add finishing products only after the hair is dry. If you want a drop of oil on the ends or a light spray, it goes on now, not before. You will need very little.

Used this way, the treatment lasts through 3 to 4 shampoos, so most people apply it once a week, not every wash day.

See the transformation on curly hair

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What changes for your hair type?

• Fine hair: Your fear is flat, greasy looking hair. Focus the spray from the mid-lengths to the ends, go lighter near the roots, and rely on brush tension rather than extra product. The finish should feel like nothing when dry.
• Thick or coarse hair: Be generous. Under-applying is the most common reason thick hair still frizzes. Take smaller sections and give the ends an extra pass.
• Wavy or curly hair: Blowing your curls out smooth? Follow the steps as written. Keeping your curl pattern? Use the curly hair version of the treatment instead, made to be worn in curls.
• Color treated hair: Your hair is usually more porous, so it frizzes faster and loses shine sooner. Sealing it on blow dry days also helps color look richer, because a flat cuticle reflects light better.

3 common mistakes that bring the frizz back

1. Applying the treatment to soaking wet hair. Damp, not wet. The coating ends up uneven and weak.
2. Air drying with a heat activated product. No dryer, no tension, no activation. The product cannot do its job without heat.
3. Touching and flipping the hair while it cools. Hands add moisture and friction. Let the hair set first, then style it.

The complete routine

For a full routine, pair your wash day with your blow dry day. Wash with a gentle shampoo and conditioner that rinse clean, so nothing builds up on the strand. On blowout days, apply the anti-humidity treatment as above. Between blowouts, a kale based leave-in supports strength, because frizz and breakage usually travel together, especially on lightened hair.

That pairing is exactly what is in The Frizz-Free Ritual, our kit with the Dream Coat Supernatural Spray and the Dream Cocktail Kale leave-in, $50.40 for the kit, regularly $56 for both separately.

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