Time to ditch the scrunchie and get your hair prepped for going out again. Our resident hair care expert Dylan Bradshaw has some advice for getting your hair used to socialising again.

We have been lounging around in tracksuits or pyjamas with the hair thrown up in a bobbin for some time now that it might take a bit of an adjustment to get our hair ready for meeting others. 

Everyone wants fabulous hair for those long awaited lunches and brunches so here’s a quick refresher on ‘going out’ hair. 

So what’s in right now and do you get that look? At the moment we are seeing a lot of 90’s style hair. So big, messy, voluminous hair is all on it’s way back to us. The most important thing, however, is the health of your hair. Why? Because healthy hair is easier to style, it will last longer and overall looks better. You don’t want to spend time trying to achieve a certain look for the hair to still look dull, dehydrated and neglected.

Shampoo & Conditioner

Firstly, let’s focus on shampooing, conditioning or treating the hair. Depending on what it is your hair needs make sure you choose a gently cleansing shampoo to cleanse the hair without drying it out or leaving a build up of nasty ingredients behind. Choose a moisturising shampoo for dehydrated hair, rebuilding shampoo for damaged and brittle hair or volumizing shampoo for fine flat hair. For your conditioner or masque I would focus on what the mid lengths and ends or your hair need. Maybe your roots get oily so a cleansing shampoo would be best for that, but your mid lengths to ends are dry so a moisturizing conditioner or masque would be perfect once you are keeping it away from the root area.  

Style & Protect

Next you need to prep the hair to be dried. A heat protector is a must. Whether you blowdry your hair with a hairdryer, straighten your hair with a straightener or curl your hair with a wand or tongs you need heat protection. You can find a heat protector for your hair type from our Online Boutique. The great thing is most heat protectors continue to work after they have been styled into the hair. In other words, if you apply your heat protection and blowdry your hair, when you go and straighten or curl over your blowdry the protection is still in place therefore it is not necessary for you to reapply. 

Finish & Hold 

Once you have your hair styled as you like now it’s time to add your finishing products to hold and make the hairstyle last. Yes, hairspray is great, but spraying it all over the hair is not always necessary and can take away from the hair having some natural movement. A volumizing dust will keep your volume until the next time you shampoo. Simply shake or puff the powder into the root area and work it in with your fingers. A wet or dry texturising spray, depending on your desired finish, will add gentle hold, volume and texture to curls or waves without restricting movement in the hair. 

TOP TIP

A little trick you can use if you have a busy weekend or few days ahead of you and you want your hairstyle to last is to use a small amount of dry shampoo straight after you have styled your hair instead of waiting until the hair needs I a couple of days later. This will give soft hold and stiffness to the root area and it will prevent it from becoming oily too quickly.

Some of my go to products are Shu Uemura Muroto Volume Shampoo and Conditioner for fine flat hair, OWAY Color Protection Veil as a heat and UV protector on all hair types and L’Oreal Super Dust and Morning After Dust to adding root lift, hold and for helping your style last longer.

If you have any questions or if you are looking for any advice on Hair Care please do not hesitate to reach out to myself or my team on Instagram @dylanbradshawdb or @dylanbradshawdublin, over the phone on (01)6719353 or through email at reception@dylanbradshaw.com