Tame Hair Static In It's Tracks

Hair got a life of it's own?  
​Here's how to stop static its tracks, once and for all.

How to tame your hair and stop static once and for all

How it starts
Here's the science bit: when hair is unusually dry it attracts a positive electric charge that causes strands to repel each other, like magnets pushing each other apart. That positive charge sneaks in under a few clever guises: most commonly as the friction caused by plastic brushes, combs and synthetic hats, and from the air around us when it’s ultra dry (particularly during the cold winter months).

What to do about it

1. Your brush:
‘Swap from a synthetic brush to one with boar bristles,’ says super-stylist George Northwood. ‘As well as cutting down on static, it will help improve the quality of your hair in the long run, because natural fibres don’t degrade and rip your hair cuticles in the same way plastic ones do.’

2. Your products:
‘Feeding your hair with moisturisers makes a big difference,' says George. 'Apply conditioner to the full length of your hair, not just the mid-lengths, and follow with a hydrating styling product before blow-drying.'

3. Your drier:
Another trick we’re evangelical about is investing in an ionic hairdryer. These blast hair with air passed through a tourmaline filter - a mineral material with a negative charge that cancels out the positive electricity that contributes to static. They also dry the outer hair cuticle in record time, preventing the inner shaft from losing too much moisture.

4. Your hand cream (really):
If static strikes despite your best efforts, and there’s not a hair-specific unguent in sight, rummage around in your handbag or desk drawer for some hand cream. A small blob, rubbed between palms and smoothed lightly over your hair, can immediately knock out flyaways.​

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