Every season comes with its personal grooming pitfalls. In summer you're sweating everywhere, and in winter your face is all dry from getting blasted with cold air and your hair gets all screwed up from the wind. Or your hat cancels out any products you might have applied. Plus the frigid, dry air can leave your hair parched, brittle, and hard to tame.
Whether your hair is short or long, these problems can easily be fixed with the right products. Here are the ones we rely on most and that you’ll benefit from, both in fall and winter.
For windswept hair…that’s also wind-proof
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If you’ve got medium or long hair, then you’re the first to fall victim to the changing seasons. Your hair is hard to keep under control unless you tie it back or wear a hat…unless you use the right hair spray to keep it under control. R+Co’s is perfect because it doesn’t lock the hair into place, but it does prevent it from blowing every which way. Instead, it moves more like the tide, in unison, so that you don’t have to find a mirror as soon as you get indoors.For re-workable texture
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If you’ve got short or medium hair and are going to face the wind, then an oil-absorbing paste will work hard to protect your style. Redken’s boosts volume and texture, so that the hair is already fortified against any crosswinds. Even if you catch a strong breeze, you can quickly tousle and re-style your hair into place.For re-styling hat hair
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Dry shampoo paste is an effective volumizer, but you can’t really re-style it after wearing a hat. That’s where powder comes in: Osis is great to apply before putting on a hat, so that it prevents everything from getting too greasy and amorphous under the lid. Or, sprinkle some in after removing your hat (once you arrive to work, for example), to soak up any grease and allow for a quick tousle and re-up. It gives you excess volume and texture for up to 24 hours after application.For keeping your hair healthy in the cold
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Your standard hair-care regimen should include conditioner, even more than shampoo. Shampoo removes excess oil and grime—and should only be deployed a couple times a week—whereas conditioner adds nutrients back to the hair, and is safe (as well as recommended) for daily use. V76’s conditioner is especially hydrating, with ingredients like sage leaf extract, chamomile, and vitamin E to restore hair’s vitality on a daily basis. Whether you’ve got damage from the cold weather or the hot shower, this product will counter any strainFor dry hair restoration
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In the autumn and winter, your hair takes a beating from the wind and cold temps. Sure, it’s smart to use products during the day that minimize the effects of the elements, but it’s simply genius to use a hair mask once or twice a week after a wash. Klorane’s mango-butter mask should be worn for 10-15 minutes after shampooing, then rinsed away. In this quarter hour, it deeply penetrates the hair to restore suppleness and vitality to dry, weather-damaged hair.For instant hydration and taming
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You might think it’s weird to apply oil to your hair. After all, aren’t we always trying to make it less oily? These are two different things: The sebum created by your scalp is different from the oil you apply to your skin and hair. And Jack Black’s nourishing oil is both a hydrator and a tamer, keeping flyaways in check after a pesky breeze, or allowing it to flow steadily in place so that you don’t look like you just stuck your finger in a socket. Best of all, its 10-oil roster of ingredients keeps hair conditioned, which the subtlest hint of luster so that it never goes (or looks) dry.