Baby, it’s cold outside. It’s snowing, or rainy, or windy. You know, it’s winter! And if you weren’t sure, check your Instagram or Facebook feed. I’m sure there’s quite a few weather forecasts floating around.
Just because you’re suffering with all of the freezing temperatures, why should your hair suffer too? It really shouldn’t! Don’t let the winter weather break down your hair & make it look unhealthy. So today I have a few things you can do to maintain that beautiful mane through the winter months.
7 tips for winter hair care
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Braids
Hair tossed around by the wind & getting all ratted up isn’t healthy. But we want to stay cute! Braids are a perfect solution during the winter months. It’s cute & your hair won’t be beaten up as much. I shared three different ways to braid your hair over at Rags to Stitches this week, you can check out the tutorial there!
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Buns
I know what you’re thinking. But your ears will be cold! Not if you have some super cute ear warmers! Then you can rock your regular top knot, you hair is protected, and your ears are warm. I got the braided ear warmer I’m wearing courtesy of the Knitting Nannies.
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Hats
They really make sense. Keep your head warm & your hair safe? Yes please! But really, by wearing a hat you are protecting your hair from the wind & ice & snow or rain. You can also try wearing a hat with a side braid or ponytail (like the ones I shared above) to keep it all wrapped up.
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Moisturize
In winter the weather drys you out. It drys your skin, your lips, and even your hair. So keeping it moisturized is a must! This Curl Junkie Smoothing Lotion comes highly recommended. I have used this Orofluido Elixir and it made my hair so soft & silky! Ouidad also has some amazing products. They cater to women with curly hair, but anyone can use it. This moisturizing styling gel would be a great one for winter.
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Deep Condition
Going along with the fact that your hair will dry out during winter, it is probably good to give it a good deep condition every once in a while, depending on how dry it is. You could head to the salon or DIY that baby at home. Ouidad has a good 12 minute deep treatment.
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Lay off the Heat
It’s actually a tough balancing act. You don’t want to subject your hair to more heat than necessarily which means more air drying, but you don’t really want to let your hair air dry because you don’t want to be sick during the winter months! Try washing your hair less (enter dry shampoo – here’s a good one) and blow drying a bit at the roots at night & sleeping with a braid.
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Static guard
Say what? Static guard? Yep. You know when your hair gets all static-y and you look a little bit like Medusa. Just me? Well try spraying a little static guard on that bad boy, patting it down & rockin it. Sounds crazy, but it’ll work!
Well, that pretty much sums it up! I hope these are helpful tips during these very cold winter months. Have any tips of your own? Leave them in the comments!
Natalia
@NataliaLSimmons
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You know we don’t have cold winter weather here, our coldest day may be 40, but the heater on at night dries my hair out like crazy!! I have honestly never thought of putting a little static gaurd on it! I am definitely going to try it. I do try not to blow dry too much, as it’s already pretty scary and dry. And I switched to a moisturizing shamp/cond that has helped alot as well.
Thanks for such good tips!!
-april
That’s funny, because I’m from Cali originally so before moving here I didn’t experience cold cold winter! I really hadn’t thought of something like this until recently! But it does help, I know my hair can become a ratted mess, so I try to keep them up! Thanks for your comment
You are So. Pretty. My fave is the ear-warmer with bun. I do that one a lot because it keeps everything out of my face!
You’re so nice, thank you! I am chopping my hair off next week!! YIKES!
These are so dynamite! You look fabulous… how is it being overseas???
Thank you, Danielle! Overseas this year is going really well. I like our city, it’s small & I can walk most places. The weather is cold, but not horrible, and we’re really close to Paris! All in all, we’re doing good! I hate missing out on things back home, but I’ll just have to capitalize on opportunities when I come back in May! If you’re ever in So Cal again, I’d love to hang out! It was so fun/inspiring the first time!
I really need a good smoothing/silkening product because my hair is super harsh and frizzy, but I don’t really want to pay a huge amount of money just to give something a try and possibly not have it work for me. Do you have any cheaper products to recommend? Oh my gosh I’m so cheap!! Ha! And are these pictures of your new haircut? I am loving your bangs!! I have a hair apt tomorrow and I kinda want to get something super awesome instead of just a trim!
Hi! Actually these pictures are old, this was my hair last year on a visit to Sweden. And another product I use that is inexpensive is John Freida frizz ease – I think I got it at CVS. I’m pretty cheap too, haha, so I understand! Here is a link too: http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?productId=xlsImpprod2360071 hope that helps!
i want to do the braids! i need to teach myself!!
xo,
Sandy
Sandy a la Mode
So easy, Sandy, promise! One of them isn’t even a braid!
i pretty much live in braids and buns:)
Amen sista! Sportin’ a bun right now!