You Love your Heat Styler

You Love your Heat Styler

BUT THE PROBLEM IS: Blow-drying, flat-ironing and curling can all cause hair’s outer layer the cuticle - to lift up, releasing valuable moisture and leaving shafts brittle.
YOU’RE IN TROUBLE WHEN: You run your fingernail from root to end (as if curling a ribbon) of a strand, drop into water - and it doesn’t uncurl. Shows hair has lost elasticity.
DAMAGE-CONTR0L PLAN: Discard any heat styler over five years old - the older it is, the more likely its temperature gauge is gone kaput. Use a blow-dryer with nozzle: it cuts down cuticle ruffling. Buying a flat iron? Pick one with ceramic plates (they heat evenly, straighten fast and won’t stick to or singe hair). Before ironing or drying, use a protective spray or serum with dimethicone.