How to Combat Frizz Without Making Your Hair Look Greasy
Usually, frizz is a problem that’s experienced by people with dry hair. As a result, the majority of the anti-frizz products out there are formulated with silicones and other ingredients that weigh the hair down. Dry hair tends to tolerate these heavier ingredients quite well.
However, if your hair is on the fine side or happens to be naturally greasy, trying to tame that hair frizz can sometimes leave you with overly oily locks.
What can you do about this? Read on as Evalectric explains how to combat frizz without making your hair look greasy and limp.
Understand Why Hair Frizz Occurs
If you want to put a stop to frizz once and for all, you need to fully understand why it works. This way, you’ll be able to come up with a long-term game plan rather than reaching for the nearest quick fix in a panic.
Hair frizz is most commonly caused by a lack of moisture in your strands. This leads to your thirsty hair cuticles opening up in an attempt to absorb moisture from the environment around it, resulting in frizz.
Wondering why your strands sometimes look frizzy yet greasy at the same time? Again, this is due to a lack of moisture in your strands, but overactive sebaceous glands on your scalp. All of that excess oil produced by your sebaceous glands can leave your roots and the top half of your hair looking greasy, with the rest of your lengths parched.
Clarify for a Clean Slate
If you’ve been piling on the anti-frizz products in the hopes of calming some of that static, chances are that there’s currently a significant amount of product residue on your scalp and strands. Anti-frizz products tend to be loaded with silicones, which are notorious for building up on hair. Regular shampoos often struggle to shift these stubborn ingredients, which is where clarifying shampoos come in.
Clarifying shampoos are shampoos that provide an even deeper cleanse than a regular shampoo. They usually contain stronger surfactants, which is why they shouldn’t be used too often.
However, when your hair could do with a reset, the heavy-duty cleanse offered by a clarifying shampoo is exactly what you need. It will remove any product residue, along with excess grease, to give you a clean slate to work from.
Find a Hydrating Shampoo for Regular Use
While you’ll likely be undeniably impressed by the results of your very first clarifying cleanse, these shampoos, as we mentioned, shouldn’t be used regularly. This is why you’ll also need a shampoo that can be used at a greater frequency.
There are a couple of things to keep in mind when choosing a shampoo. In your case, you need a formula that’s powerful enough to clear away the excess oil that your scalp is producing, yet gentle enough to not strip away the protective coating that covers each strand of your hair. After all, hair frizz is down to a lack of moisture. The last thing you want to do is over-cleanse your hair, as this will only leave it even thirstier.
While that may sound like a difficult balance for a shampoo to strike, the Evalectric Moisturizing Shampoo manages to do so perfectly. Its hydrating ingredients will saturate your strands with moisture while its antioxidants will leave your scalp feeling less oily and better balanced.
Use a Lightweight Deep Conditioner
A conditioner is a must each time you shampoo your hair, no matter your hair type. However, if you’re trying to combat the appearance of both frizz and greasiness, choosing a conditioner becomes a little tricky.
Ideally, you want to find a formula that provides plenty of deep hydration. The more hydrated your strands are, the less hair frizz you’ll have to deal with. However, a lightweight conditioner is essential too. Avoid products containing heavy oils that could weigh your hair down.
How you apply your conditioner is also important. Avoid applying it to your scalp – this will only block your hair follicles and make your roots feel even oilier. Instead, concentrate your conditioner on the mid-lengths and ends of your hair as these are the sections that need the most moisture.
Dry Your Hair Carefully
Even with the right shampoo, conditioner, and hair washing techniques, people still end up exacerbating frizz when they dry their hair. With your hair being in its most fragile state when it’s wet, it doesn’t take much to cause damage and, subsequently, frizz.
The key is to be as gentle as possible. This starts with your choice of towel. Microfiber is much better than terry cloth – it’s more absorbent and won’t rough up your hair cuticles, especially if you dab rather than rub. Use your towel to dry your hair in sections, gently squeezing out excess moisture.
Once your hair is about 75% dry, you can then move in with a blow dryer. Pick one that has a powerful motor, like the Evalectric Pro Beauty Dryer. This will enable you to finish drying your hair much faster, saving your hair from unnecessary heat exposure. Heat damage = hair frizz, so this is a crucial tip to keep in mind.
Explore Heatless Styling Methods
As we mentioned above, heat damage quickly leads to frizz. If you’re someone who relies on your heated styling tools, spend some time exploring some of the many heatless styling methods out there. While you don’t need to ditch your flat iron or curling wand completely, giving your hair a break every once in a while from the high levels of heat produced by those devices will help to counter both frizz and greasiness in the long run.
One popular heat-free way of managing frizzy hair is wet-setting. As the name implies, this is when hair is styled while it’s wet, allowing it to dry and set into your chosen style. Whether you use rollers, pins, or anything else, spend some time reading up on techniques, as getting this wrong will leave you with hair frizz once again!
Be Smart When Heat Styling
There’s nothing wrong with heat styling every once in a while. Yes, excessive heat causes damage, but being smart about how you go about your heat styling efforts will drastically reduce this.
One of the most important things that you can do for your hair before heat styling is apply a heat protectant. This will go a long way in helping your hair to preserve its natural moisture while also preventing heat damage.
Choosing the right heated styling tools will make a big difference too. Some tools are much better than others when it comes to minimizing the appearance of heat damage. Take the Evalectric Ocean Blue Classic Styler, for example. It has ceramic plates, which are known for being gentle and kind to the hair. It also has an adjustable temperature so that you don’t need to scorch your strands with an overly high heat. The fact that infrared heat is used is beneficial too, as is the negative ion technology that this flat iron comes with.
Instantly De-Frizz With a Hairspray and a Toothbrush
While the tips that we’ve shared above will help you to prevent hair frizz in the long run, what should you do if you’ve spent ages styling your hair to perfection, only to notice frizzy static quickly appearing?
To fix your look, all you’ll need is a clean toothbrush and some hairspray. Some hairsprays can exacerbate frizz, so pick one that won’t, like the Evalectric Extreme Hold Hairspray. All you’ll need to do is spritz some onto the toothbrush and then gently run the brush over any frizzy flyaways. This will encourage those hairs to lie flat, saving you from having to deal with that dreaded frizzy halo. It’s much more effective than applying the hairspray directly to your strands.
Stop Touching Your Hair
Do you often find yourself touching or playing with your hair? If so, this could be contributing to both hair frizz as well as greasiness.
How? Firstly, each time you touch your hair, you’ll be disrupting your hair cuticles. This causes them to lift, resulting in frizz. Your hands, like the rest of your skin, will also be covered in oil, even though they probably won’t actually feel greasy. Touching your hair transfers this oil over to your strands, leaving them looking dull and limp.
If you frequently touch your hair, it’s time to break this habit. Pay more attention to where your hands are during the day and keep them away from your strands as much as possible. If you find it difficult to resist playing with your strands, make an effort to keep your hands clean. This will reduce the amount of oil that transfers over to your hair with each touch.
Avoid Hot Water
Last but not least, let’s talk about hot water. While you may enjoy a steamy hot shower each day, this isn’t doing your hair any favors. Each time your hair is exposed to hot water, your hair cuticles expand, making them more susceptible to frizz. Hot water also melts away your hair’s natural oils, leaving them dry and, as you may have guessed, frizzy!
If you want to keep frizz to a minimum, turn the temperature down each time you shower. Lukewarm is the best temperature for both your hair and your skin.
Summary
There’s no denying that hair frizz can be frustrating to deal with. While it can be tempting to slather on layer upon layer of anti-frizz products, these can often make things worse, leaving the hair looking greasy and lackluster. Instead, if you want to put a stop to frizz for good, start by following all of the tips that we’ve shared above. Caring for your locks in the way that we’ve advised will help to keep your mane feeling hydrated, healthy, and smooth.
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