Hello monsoons, and hello frizz! The rainy season might be a blessing when it comes to keeping the scorching heat at bay, but it doesn’t quite do any wonders to your hair. It’s that time when no amount of hair care products or heat-based styling can keep the frizz completely in check. It’s a ticking time bomb, just waiting to explode. The high humidity levels, along with the incessant moisture, often leave your mane a tad bit unruly, no matter what your hair type. Baby hair, flyaways, and untamed frizz create an invisible halo around your locks and, with the slightest hit of rain, poof, they appear for the world to see.
So, how to manage frizzy hair during the monsoon? Is it just a myth? Well, no! While you can’t banish the frizz, with the right kind of routine, hair care products, and a few hair tips, you can temporarily prevent Medusa from showing up the moment it rains.
#1 - Squish-to-condish
This trending hair cleansing technique is one way of managing monsoon frizzy hair. It involves washing your hair with shampoo but not wringing out the water once the product is rinsed out. Instead, you let your hair be soaking wet while you coat it with conditioner. When applying the conditioner, however, you squish the product into your ends while squeezing the water with the conditioner—this helps cover each strand, locks in the moisture, and conditions hair thoroughly. Post this step, rinse off the conditioner as usual. This technique is great for reducing frizz and works particularly well with wavy or curly hair.
#2 - Ice dip
Did you know that rinsing your hair with cold water just before you’re done with your shower helps lock in moisture? Yes, this hair tip is a game changer. Take a large bowl of cold water with a few ice cubes and dip the ends of your hair strands into the bowl. Let it sit for 2 to 3 minutes, and then take it out and pat dry. This technique is a sure-shot way to hydrate dry ends and leave your hair looking soft and shiny, especially during the monsoons. Throw in a hair serum and you’re good to go.
#3 - T-shirt drying
Throw in the towel…literally! This popular hair hack pushes you to use a cotton cloth or a cotton t-shirt to dab your hair dry. The fibres in a towel often create friction and therefore pave the way for frizz once dry. So the next time you wash your hair, try patting it dry with a cotton tee instead.
#4 - Tissue paper
A quick hair hack for when you’re strapped for time and need to really get over the frizz, the tissue paper hair tip is easy and effective. Take a section of your hair and wrap it in tissue paper. Move the tissue paper from top to bottom (like you’re wiping away the frizz in one swipe). Repeat twice, and voila, bye-bye frizz. The contact between the tissue paper and hair removes static friction and therefore reduces the appearance of frizz.
#5 - Foil wrap
Working on the same concept of anti-static, this hair tip is also popular. Sandwich a section of your hair between a sheet of aluminium foil and move it from root to tip. In a similar fashion to the tissue paper, the foil also removes static and, therefore, controls the frizz.
#6 - Dental floss
This one is for those who suffer from baby hair and flyaway frizz on the front and crown of their hair. Place a dental floss strand on the top of your head, gently press it down, and move it downwards. The tension from the dental floss, along with the wax present on it, pushes the hair shaft down and gives you a mild frizz-free effect.
