Heat Styling: How to Protect Your Hair
How hot tools damage hair, the temperature to choose for your hair type, and the habits that keep heat styling as safe as possible.
By Arni Sun · 4 min read
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Hair care works best when it fits the hair you have. Straight, wavy, curly and coily hair need different amounts of washing, conditioning and handling, and the scalp has needs of its own. Our hair care guides help you to identify your hair type and porosity, to keep your scalp comfortable, to understand shedding, thinning and breakage, and to style and color your hair with less damage. Where hair loss or a scalp problem may need medical care, the guides say so plainly.
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How hot tools damage hair, the temperature to choose for your hair type, and the habits that keep heat styling as safe as possible.
By Arni Sun · 4 min read
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