Love your hair

Keeping it clean
Once a client has coloured her hair, Steinberg says it's essential to buy salon-quality shampoo and conditioner that specialize in holding the colour. Another shopping tip he suggests is to buy both the shampoo and the conditioner from the same company, rather than mixing brands. "They're formulated to work together," he explains.

Once you have the shampoo and conditioner, Steinberg recommends heading outside on a sunny afternoon with regular conditioner still in your hair to let the product really do its job.

"Summertime is a great time to get your hair in condition," says Steinberg, "because if you have a great haircut you can let it dry on its own."

Heating it up
Despite Steinberg's suggestion to put the blow dryer in storage for the summer, it likely won't happen anytime soon. A study for ThermaSilk revealed that one quarter of Canadian women spend as much time with their blow dryer as they do cuddling with their partner. That's a lot of together time, as 40 per cent of repondents said they blow-dry their hair at least five times a week.

Steinberg encourages women who do blow-dry to hold the dryer away from the brush -- not directly on it and on the hair.

"To make things a lot quicker," says Chong, "towel dry as much as you can. Then go through it with a blow dryer until it's about 80 per cent dry. Then start styling." He also suggests keeping the dryer moving. He says frizzy or flyaway hair is caused by overdrying one area.

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