WHY IS MY HAIR SO FRIZZY?

Bad hair days are a girl’s worst nightmare. And if you’re waking up frequently to an unruly mop of frizzy hair, your nighttime habits could be to blame. Luckily, the secret to waking up with smooth, silky hair is as simple as changing up your nighttime routine.

Fighting frizz overnight comes down to two key things: keeping your locks hydrated and reducing friction. By adding the right products to your nighttime hair care routine, you can fix frizz overnight. Here’s how to tame frizzy hair while catching your zzzs so you can wake up smooth and stress-free.

Here are a few of the most common culprits of frizzy hair:

1. Dryness and dehydration causing your hair to absorb excess moisture. Curly and wavy hair is more prone to dryness, which means it’s more prone to frizz. When your hair is dry, frizz can happen when it absorbs moisture from the environment. Even for healthy hair, high humidity environments can lead to frizz when your hair absorbs excess moisture.


2. Over-styling damaging the hair cuticle and causing frizz. Heat damage and styling is another common culprit of frizzy hair. The high heat from blow-drying or flat-ironing can damage the hair’s cuticle, causing frizz. Dying, bleaching and other chemical treatments also damage the cuticle, causing brittleness and breakage, a recipe for frizz.


3. Friction lifting the hair cuticle and creating frizz. If your hair is curly, wavy, or prone to frizz, brushing when it’s dry is a big no-no. Brushing lifts the cuticle, creating frizz. Sleeping on a rough cotton pillowcase or vigorously towel-drying can also ruffle the cuticle layer.

If your hair is damaged by heat or over-processing:

1. Take a break from coloring. Bleaching, dyeing, and over-processing hair lead to inevitable damage. If your hair’s looking a little fried, lay off on the color sessions for a while and try a deep conditioning mask instead.


2. Go easy on the heat. Flat irons, hairdryers, curling wands—they all burn your hair’s cuticle. If you must use heat tools, use them on the lowest setting. If you blow-dry your hair, use a diffuser to limit direct heat. A good heat protecting spray can create a barrier against heat damage, locking in moisture for softer, more lustrous locks.


3. Get regular trims. Sometimes a little trim is all your hair needs to eliminate breakage and split ends. Looking for some haircut inspiration? Take our haircuts for frizzy hair guide with you to your next visit to the salon.

If you’re creating frizz by causing too much friction:

1. Avoid brushing dry hair. Instead, use a wide-toothed comb on damp hair and work your way up from the ends to minimize breakage. If you absolutely must detangle dry hair, apply a detangling leave in conditioner and use a natural boar bristle brush to help minimize frizz.


2. Towel dry gently. Vigorous rubbing with a rough cotton towel can ruffle the hair’s cuticle. Instead, use a soft cotton t-shirt or a microfiber towel for a gentle way to remove excess moisture from your mane.


3. Pick up some silk or satin sheets. Standard cotton sheets can be too rough on your delicate strands. The coarse cotton fibers pull at the hair strands, resulting in a frizzy, tangled mess in the morning. Switch to silk or satin pillowcases to reduce friction and tame frizz.

Looking for more tips to eliminate frizz for good? Here are a few of our favorites:

1. Combat humidity and bring flyaways to heel with a clean mascara wand coated in an anti humidity hairspray.


2. Apply a nourishing serum to soaking wet hair to help seal your hair’s cuticle, repel humidity and instantly tame frizz.


3. Minimize heat damage by air-drying your hair 90% of the way before using a blow dryer on the lowest heat setting.


4. Use a round, natural boar bristle brush when blow-drying to help smooth the hair cuticle and carry oils from your scalp down the hair shaft to the ends.


5. Tame unruly curls and frizz by finger-combing your strands with a curl defining foam.


6. Deep-condition your hair weekly with pure coconut oil or a repairing hair mask formulated with avocado oil.

Now go rock that frizz-free mane! Loving your smooth, shiny locks? Check out more John Frieda hair care tips.