Your Guide to End-of-Summer Hair Repair
“If there’s a time when you’re going to neglect your hair, it’s probably going to be in the summer,” says David D’Amours, Kérastase’s Canadian Editorial Director and owner of salon Privé par David D’Amours in Montreal. Whether your routine has taken a backseat to summer fun or you’ve spent a good deal of time in the sun and surf, your strands may have taken a bit of a beating over the past few months. Chlorine, sea salt and UV damage can all do a number on hair, leaving it dry and brittle. “It’s a build-up of everything,” says D’Amours. “It’s sun damage, it’s chlorine, it’s sea salt from the ocean, or you might not be washing your hair as often.” Add the heat of styling tools to that equation and the timing is just right by summer’s end to enter into restoration mode. “I see less breakage from the sun than I see breakage from people who don’t put heat protectors in their hair,” says D’Amours. “But it’s always good in the summer to have something that works like a sunscreen for ha...
