It's a mixture of two things – humid or hot weather, and how moisturised your hair is to start with. The main cause of frizz is a lack of moisture in your hair. This causes your hair to seek out and absorb moisture from the air, causing frizz - which also explains why humidity can make frizz even worse.
If you notice your hair is frizzy after you apply conditioner, this may be because you haven't applied it on soaking wet hair. Your hair may also feel frizzy due to a lack of moisture, so you want to apply a deep conditioning masque that will help to prevent dryness.
Deficiencies in any of the following vitamins and minerals could manifest as conditions including generalized hair loss, frizziness or brittle hair: Biotin (vitamin B7): Biotin activates enzymes that break down the carbohydrates, fat and protein necessary for hair production and reducing frizz.
Frizz occurs due to a lack of moisture in the hair. This causes hair to seek moisture from the air around it, which is why humidity often makes matters worse. In addition to the weather and hair's lack of moisture, there are a number of factors that can leave your hair more vulnerable to frizz.
Simply, put, porosity refers to your hair's ability to absorb and retain moisture. If the cuticles of your hair are tight, moisture will find it difficult to penetrate your hair. If your cuticles are open, hair absorbs moisture more. Cuticle layers are typically raised and do not tend to lay flat on curly hair.
Your hair feels limp when you put too much conditioner on your hair. As over-conditioning adds too much moisture to the locks, your hair becomes very soft, looks sticky, and loses its natural volume. Also, it will look thin and feel heavy due to a lack of volume.
Because hair is not a living tissue with regenerative ability, it cannot heal and repair. You can use oils, conditioners, hydrolyzed proteins or other ingredients to disguise the issues temporarily but it's akin to using makeup on the face.
Moisture overload occurs when there is too much moisture and too little protein. This is the second kind of imbalance your hair can experience. Moisture overload tends to affect those who have high hair porosity, causing it to look limp, stringy, and even greasy.
The simplest option is to take a wet or dry strand of hair and gently stretch it. If it barely stretches and snaps, you need more moisture and might have too much protein. Also, if you brush your hair and strands fall out, you need protein. Equally, if your strands feel dry, you are likely lacking moisture.
Signs that you may be suffering from moisture overload are if your hair feels excessively soft and mushy, if you're noticing that your curl pattern is looser, or if your hair strands stretch but don't revert or bounce back. It can also lead to excessive split ends, limp or dull hair, a lack of volume, and more.
Dryness: Hair that is lacking moisture may feel dry and brittle to the touch, and may be prone to breakage. Dullness: Hair that is lacking moisture may appear dull and lackluster, with a rough and uneven texture. Fizziness: When hair is dehydrated, the hair cuticles can become raised, leading to frizz and tangles.
Why does hair get dry as we age? As we get older, our hair texture changes dramatically. Hair will slowly become drier, coarser, and thinner over the years. The truth is that as we grow older, the oils that our scalp relies on for nourishment decrease, resulting in drier, frizzier hair.
Straw-like strands may also be the result of daily heat styling, overuse of hair products, and even changes to your diet. You can resolve these issues head-on by making small changes to your routine.
Moisturizing ingredients, such as jojoba oil, coconut oil, and glycerin, are great for dry hair. Just be sure to consider your hair type before treating strands since certain ingredients may be too heavy for certain hair types.
Damage is an issue, because it means the hair cuticle isn't functioning as it should and isn't offering the protection the hair shaft needs. Damaged, unhealthy hair can't retain moisture, is more difficult to manage, and appears frizzy, dry, and dull.
Using too many products to style your curls can cause an overload of buildup, which can leave your roots greasy and your ends frizzy.
A professional hair stylist will be able to diagnose your hair's condition in more detail, but in general, damaged hair breaks easily when pulled and has visible split ends (due to fragile bonds), while dry hair is often accompanied by white flakes of skin and a coarse, rough texture.
Take an inch of your hair and stretch it, if it doesn't stretch or breaks, feels dry and rough, it is brittle/damaged and needs moisture treatment. If the hair stretches far and does not return and/or breaks, feels mushy, gummy or cotton candy-like, your hair needs protein.