Bye-Bye Bad Hair Days: How to Fight Summer Frizz

July 13, 2009 — -- With the temperature rising, discover how your hair can beat the summer sizzle and the frizz it causes.

Allure Magazine beauty editor Kristin Perrotta gives tips and best products for prevention, styling and treatment.

Preventing frizz really starts in the shower. The more you can lock down the cuticle, the less water will be able to penetrate during the day.

Look for shampoos labeled "smoothing" or "frizz-fighting" and that contain reparative ingredients like keratin.

Allure magazine loves the Sunsilk Hydra TLC shampoo and conditioner, which is $4.50. It works to smooth your hair and protect it from heat damage.

Remember to leave the conditioner on for a full five minutes before rinsing.

Using the right towel is important.

A microfiber towel is more absorbent than a cotton one, which means it cuts down on drying time and damage.

Allure magazine likes the Aquis Microfiber Hair Towel, which is priced at $18.

You should stay away from products that have alcohol in them, like hairspray, because they can cause the hair cuticle to swell.

Serums and taming creams should act as a lightweight glue to lock down the scales of the cuticle as much as possible and to keep out those pesky water molecules in the air.

One of the best products is from No Frizz. It was developed by an MIT engineer who found a formula that plugs the gaps in the hair cuticle like spackle.

No Frizz costs $14 to $48. It coats and soaks into each hair strand, making it repel moisture more effectively, even after shampooing and between applications.

It also doesn't make your hair greasy like many hair tamers. It works on all hair kinds of hair.

If you have thick hair, Allure magazine suggests The Body Shop Coconut Oil Hair Shine. It costs $10. And, for fine hair, the magazine chooses Dove Frizz Control Therapy Taming Cream. It is priced at $4.75.