Hair sins and saviours
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By Donna Chapman
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With long, luscious locks at the centre of attention this summer, we take a look at the best treats, trouble-shooters and tamers to transform your hair in time for holiday season. You\'ll look and feel better for it and best of all, there\'s minimum effort required.
Hair sin: Build-up
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shampoo products
A surfeit of stylers can leave a residue on the hair, making it look dull and feel lifeless. Have a detox session with a build-up blitzing shampoo. These contain higher concentrations of cleansers than normal types and chelating ingredients to remove collected minerals.
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Hair saviours: Pantene Pro-V Clarifying Shampoo, £1.89, Boots.com, Tara Smith Big Baby Shampoo, from £2.25, Tesco, John Masters Organics Herbal Cider Hair Rinse & Clarifier, £17, spacenk.co.uk
Hair sin: Dehydration
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hair hydrating products
Long and coloured hair is particularly prone to feeling brittle and central heating has a detrimental effect on all hair types. Boost suppleness with hydrating formulations to help dried out hair bounce back from blow-drying.
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Your hair saviours: Philip Kingsley Elasticizer, £20 philipkingsleyproducts.com, Aveda Dry Remedy Moisturizing Shampoo, £16.50, aveda.co.uk, Pantene Pro-V Smooth & Sleek Intensive Treatment, £3.99, Boots.com.
Hair sin: Cutting corners on conditioning
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conditioning hair products
Conditioning is crucial and if hair is dull and lifeless looking it\'s essential it receives appropriate emergency treatment to get it shining with health for spring.
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Hair saviours: AngelFish Silky Fish Nourishing Leave-in Conditioner, £4.99, Boots, angelfishsoho.com, Charles Worthington Time Defy Protein Fortifying Masque, £5.49, ESPA Pink Hair and Scalp Mud, £29, espaonline.com.
Hair sin: Rushing brushing
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hair brushes
If your limit is a couple of swift strokes you\'re missing out on a basic beauty secret. Brushing regularly stimulates the scalp\'s production of natural oils and distributes them throughout the hair helping to boost condition. Poor quality brushes and damaged combs are doing your crowning glory no favours - backcombers especially mend your ways.
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Hair saviours: Kent Finest Pure Bristle brush, £16, Corioliss Professional Ceramic Ionic Radial Brush, from £9.99, corioliss.com, bnatural Paddle Hairbrush, £6.99, Tesco.
Hair sin: Hot and bothered
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heated styling tools
Full on blasts of burning hot air are bad. Switch to a lower heat and power setting on your hairdryer or invest in one boasting ionic technology. Make amends for the season for heat styling abuse by restricting your use of styling irons to every other working day with weekends off.
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Hair saviours: Sassoon Hair Hydration Wide Extreme Conditioning Straightener, £44.99, Argos and Boots, Toni&Guy 2000 Watt Joystick Control Dryer, £34.99, leading electrical retailers.
Hair sin: Washing coloured hair way too often
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coloured hair products
Chemical colour fades because some of the colour molecules wash out with every shampoo. Hang on to your hue for longer by always using products specifically created for coloured hair.
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Hair saviours: RUSK Sensories colour brightening shampoo, £7.99 RUSK1.com, Body Shop Bilberry Colour Protect Detangler, £7, thebodyshop.com, Paul Labrecque Color Style Fade Prevention Foam, Selfridges nationwide, £18, beautyexpert.co.uk.
Hair sin: Trailer trash roots
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root touch up products
If your roots are showing, but your funds are virtually non-existent, disguise regrowth with a zigzag parting instead of a straight one It\'s a short-term fix for breaking up the tell-tale block of darker colour making it less obvious and will tide you over until you next see your colourist.
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Hair saviours: Nice ‘n\' Easy Root Touch Up, £4.29, Boots Colour Root Touch Up, £2.69, Trevor Sorbie Colour+ Root Touch Up, £6.99.
Hair sin: Ruff treatment
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anti dandruff products
Black may be on-trend but it\'s not flake friendly. Try one of these miracle products to keep embarassing dandruff outbreaks at bag.
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Hair saviours: Philip B Anti-Flake Relief Shampoo, £32, spacenk, Head & Shoulders Citrus Fresh Anti-Dandruff Shampoo, £2.35, Matrix Biolage Cooling Mint Conditioner, £8.25, matrixhaircare.co.uk.
Hair sin: Frizzy finish
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anti frizz curl products
The humidity of spring and summer can result in the dreaded frizz particularly if your locks are naturally curly, nip dry, parched hair in the bud with a good back to basics shampoo and conditioner.
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Hair saviours:TIGI Foxy Curls Frizz-Fighting Sulfate-Free Shampoo, £8.10, tigi.co.uk, Jo Hansford Colour Care Anti Frizz Conditioner, £16, 0207 495 7774, johansford.com. Bumble & bumble Curl Conscious Calming Crème for coarse curls, £21, 020 7836 0818.
Hair sin: Split ends
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damaged hair products
Split ends spell damage and weakness and there\'s no real remedy other than a trim. However knackered you are don\'t make a habit of going to bed with your hair pinned up or tied-back as the added tension will encourage breakage.
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Hair saviours: Angel Fish Sleek Fish Smoothign Serum, £4.99, Boots.com, Wella Professionals Lifetex Extra Rich Hair Ends Elixir £7.95, wellaprofessionals.co.uk.
Hair sin: Dirty stop out locks
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dry shampoo
Party girls and slug-a-beds alike know what it\'s like to face the world with dirty, greasy, smoky smelling locks. Get rid of oily roots with a quick spritz of every beauty ed\'s favourite product, dry shampoo.
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Hair saviours: Narciso Rodriguez For Her Hair Mist, £22, House of Fraser, 0870 160 7258, Batiste Blush Dry Shampoo, £1.99, James Brown Shine & Fragrance Mist, £5.99, Boots.
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