Since having my hair cut into the โbutterfly lobโ, I style my layers with a heated brush โ the Shark Smooth Style Hot Brush and Smoothing Comb, $129.99 โ which I love because it makes light work of blow-drying. Still, I worry about hair damage, so I put my query to Kingsley. โAnything that gets quite hot isnโt great,โ she told me, adding, โYou can treat your hair like a delicate flower all the time and that would be great for its health, but your hair is there to have fun with and if you want to style it, youโll want some heat on it.โ As such, a pre-shampoo conditioning treatment like Elasticizer โ used weekly โ can help maintain the integrity of hair while preventing breakage. I follow this with shampoo and conditioner as usual, then a generous amount of heat protector (Redken Quick Blowout Accelerated Blowdry Spray, $28), and my hair feels strong and soft. Kingsley advised paying special attention to the front of my hair, particularly my curtain bangs and top layer of my hair, which I subject to the most heat.ย
