Banish Bad Hair Days Forever

Easy professional tips for making morning tress tantrums and afternoon style slumps things of the past. Great-looking hair starts in the shower. Add volume to limp locks.

• Add volume to limp locks

In the a.m. 
Great-looking hair starts in the shower. Shampoo with a volumising product, then apply light conditioner to your ends only. When your hair is towel dried, apply five to 10 sprays of body-boosting spray to your roots. 

Then blow-dry hair, lifting sections with your fingers or a vent brush and aiming heat at your roots. Finish off.

Midday quick fix 
Lift your hair at the roots and spray with light, flexible-hold hair spray. Try a volumising spray that keeps the hair supple but natural looking.

• Get Rid of the Greasies

In the a.m.
Use a clarifying shampoo to get rid of styling-product build-up. A regulating shampoo that contains Vitamin A, will support the natural moisture balance of the hair.

Style your hair as usual, but avoid using shine-enhancing products. They can make greasy hair look stringy. Try a product that provides volume, gives the hair body and leaves hair looking natural and shiny but adding a good lift at the roots while blow-drying.

Midday quick fix 
Blot your scalp with one of those oil-absorbing sheets intended for your face like MAC Blot Film. 

Or, fake a sleek style. To do: Work gel from roots to ends, then slick hair back or pull it into a low ponytail.  Wet gels are a good way of creating wet looks, giving sleek styles whilst providing hold, body and super shine.

• Make Dull Hair Shiny

In the a.m.

After shampooing, use a colour-enhancing conditioner created for your hair's shade. When you get out of the shower, de-tangle your locks with a wide-tooth comb. Finish off with a color conditioning spray that does not need to be washed out but locks the moisture in.

If your hair is very thick and unruly, apply a drop of shine-enhancing serum or silicone cream to damp hair.

IF YOUR HAIR IS STRAIGHT 
Blow-dry while brushing with a boar-bristle brush. 
IF IT'S CURLY 
Blow-dry with a diffuser attachment. 

Midday quick fix 
Flat-iron straight hair, with Wella Proheat, or simply mist with a shine enhancing spray. 

• Smooth Frizz

In the a.m. 
Try moisturising shampoo and conditioner — avoid those containing protein, which can be drying.  Look for products that contain ingredients such as Almond Fluid and Vitamin E.

IF YOUR HAIR IS CURLY
Work ant frizz gel through hair and blow-dry using a diffuser attachment. 

IF IT'S STRAIGHT 
Apply straightening cream, then divide hair into sections. Using a big round brush to hold tresses taut, blow-dry each section, aiming air down your hair shaft. Try a styling hair and then start with the blow dry and use a flat iron spray before working the hair with Flat Irons – gives hold, protection and has  an anti-frizz effect (counteracts humidity)

Midday quick fix 
Rub finishing emulsion between your palms and smooth them over frizz.