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Our Favorite Products For Frizzy Hair Under $10

When you’re having a good hair day, your hair may be full of body and have beautiful waves. On the flip side, though, is the dreaded frizzy hair day, which is most likely to happen when the humidity is high. You can employ some well-known frizz-fighting tricks, like not brushing dry hair, combing wet hair with your fingers, and using too much heat to style your hair. But if you’re tired of having days when your hair looks like a giant puff ball on your head, you need to tame your frizzy hair with the right products. Here are our favorite products for frizzy hair under $10.

Conditioner

Your hair needs moisture more than anything else. Choosing the right product depends a lot on your hair type and the amount of humidity in the air.

If you have dry hair and there is little humidity in the air, you’ll want to use a conditioner that has humectant ingredients like panthenol, glycerin, or hydrolyzed silk protein. Humectants attract water, which helps dry hair to keep moisture from evaporating in dry air. But humectants will make your hair look worse and will contribute to that not-so-cute poodle effect if there’s a lot of humidity in the air. One of the best products for frizzy hair under $10 is Suave Professionals Deep Moisture shampoo and conditioner.

Alcohol-Free Products

A lot of hair styling products contain alcohol, especially hairspray. Hair products that contain alcohol are bad news when you have frizzy hair because alcohol dries out the hair even further. There are plenty of great hair products for frizzy hair under $10. Alcohol-free products can be harder to come by in drugstore and mass market brands but L’Oreal has a few in their product line. If you have color-treated hair, check out L’Oreal Paris EverPure Sulfate-Free Color Care System Moisture shampoo and conditioner. You can also get salon hair products from brands like Biolage and Redken to avoid alcohol.

Pomades & Smoothers

Hair pomades are the kind of product where a little goes a long way. And “too much” is way too much. A tiny amount of hair pomade, rubbed between your fingers, will smooth the hair’s rough cuticle and make your hair look silkier and better managed. Try Optimum Care Amla Legend Treasured Temple Edge Tamer for one of our favorite products for frizzy hair under $10.

Heat Protectant

Heat styling is the enemy when you have frizzy hair, but sometimes you can’t avoid it. When you have frizzy hair, using a heat protectant spray or cream before blow drying or using the flat iron will save a lot of damage. Check out John Frieda Frizz Ease Heat Defeat Protective Styling Spray to get one of the best heat protectant products for frizzy hair under $10.

Complete Product Lines

If you mix and match your shampoo with a conditioner from a different brand and styling products from another line altogether, you’re not alone. Many people don’t have that kind of loyalty to an entire product line. But being a true-blue fan of one product line and using the shampoo, conditioner, and all the styling products really can make a difference in managing your frizz.

Many products are designed to work with each other for maximum results. Committing to a product line may put you outside of our favorite products for frizzy hair under $10, but if you’re serious about taming your hair then they’re worth the price. A lot of people swear by the Living Proof product line, whether the general-purpose Perfect Hair Day line or the frizz-busting No Frizz line.

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