If you’re looking to spend less, the Umberto Giannini grow long and smooth wonder blow dry spray is the way to go. With Moroccan argan oil extract, this unique styling formula defends against damage to the hair caused by hair styling. Without, the high temperature will dehydrate the cuticle, weakening strands, leading to dry, dull, frizzy hair that’s more prone to breakage and fallout. You know, minimizes frizz, smooths flyaways, amplifies shine, and protects hair from up to 450 degrees of heat damage, all thanks to a blend of plant oils and proteins.

Most heat protectants come in a spray, cream, or serum form, so you’ll want to choose a formula that best suits your hair type and texture. And while the latest game-changing hair tools can cleverly offer optimum styling temperatures, what they can’t do is actually protect your strands from the heat itself – that’s where heat protection sprays come in. Exactly what it sounds: nice smelling stuff put into cosmetic products so that the end product also smells nice.From the brand that makes it a priority to care for coloured hair, this spritz is multi-tasking hair care at its finest. We found it not only kept our tester’s blonde hair looking bright and fresh for longer, but kept frizz at bay and left stands with a soft silkiness to them. Complete with both styling and conditioning benefits, this award-winning formula infused with argan oil creates long-lasting smoothness, increases manageability, speeds up blow-dry and boosts shine! Perfect for anyone using any type of heat styling tool—from blow-dryers to crimpers, this product protects hair from the damaging effects of heat and leaves strands feeling soft and smooth with natural movement.

This heat protectant spray is designed for blonde hair, so it’s the perfect option for anyone who bleaches or lightens their hair. As for skincare, argan oil is loaded with lots of skin goodies (but so are many other plant oils): it contains 80% nourishing and moisturizing unsaturated fatty acids, mainly oleic (38-50%), linoleic (28-38%) and palmitic (10-18%). AQUA/WATER/EAU, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, GLYCERIN, ARGANIA SPINOSA (ARGAN) KERNEL OIL, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEED EXTRACT, CARRAGEENAN, PARFUM/FRAGRANCE, PEG-40 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, XANTHAN GUM, SILICONE QUATERNIUM-22, PPG-26-BUTETH-26, HYDROXYACETOPHENONE, BENZOPHENONE-4, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL, POLYGLYCERYL-3 CAPRATE, CITRIC ACID, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, CARNOSINE, PALMITAMIDOPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SD ALCOHOL 40-B (ALCOHOL DENAT.

Once the kernels are obtained, the oil is pressed out from them (the kernels contain about 50% oil). Fragrance in the US and parfum in the EU is a generic term on the ingredient list that is made up of 30 to 50 chemicals on average (but it can have as much as 200 components!

She has covered beauty for nine years at Cosmopolitan and has contributed to Women’s Health and Seventeen magazines as well. You can even read that argan might help acne-prone skin, but being a high oleic oil, we would be careful with that.On application, it seals the cuticle creating a protective layer around each strand that repels moisture from the air that causes it to pouf, as well as creating a protective shield for when heat is applied. It also contains a relatively large amount of antioxidant vitamin E (600-900 mg/kg, about twice as much as olive), small amounts of antioxidant phenols (including caffeic acid, ferulic acid, and epicatechin), as well as some rare sterols with soothing and anti-inflammatory properties. To help you pick the best heat protecting spray for you and your hair, we put the latest to the test. Our signature product, Moroccanoil Treatment, has now served as the perfect foundation for millions of people around the world for over a decade. The light mist works on all hair textures, shielding locks from high heat styling tools, as well as pollution and UV rays – we’re packing the travel size on our next sunny getaway.

Achieve salon-worthy results from home with Moroccanoil's Perfect Defense; a weightless, dry aerosol that hydrates, conditions and shields hair from styling damage. Many products with the Premium Beauty badge are also used by professionals in salons and spas but are designed and available for home use. It gets to work strengthening a weakened hair shaft, so the more you use it the healthier your hair will look and feel. After two weeks, we saw such an improvement to overall hair health hair with much less shower fallout from breakage. Not using one is like walking out into the sun without sunblock, says Castillo Bataille, a celebrity hairstylist and Matrix Brand Ambassador.

A heat protectant is usually applied to damp hair right after washing and before drying with a blow dryer and styling with a hot tool,” he says. So, argan oil comes from the kernel of the argan fruit that comes from the argan tree that grows only in Morocco.