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As the cool fall weather turns to winter, it’s high time to consider adding a hair mask to your beauty regimen. “Keeping hair moisturized and healthy always makes your hair look better,” explains Stephanie Brown, NYC-based master colorist at IGK SoHo. “Masks keep your hair strong and healthy.”
Regular masking every one to two weeks can also help prevent damage, improve the health of your scalp (avoiding seasonal dryness, flaking, and itching), and preserve dyed color longer. The celebrity colorist, who works with Kate McKinnon and Melissa Villasenor, notes that ingredients like coconut oil, argan oil, jojoba, shea butter, and linseed extract are especially great for color-treated locks.
Not sure what kind of hair mask is right for you? We’re sharing expert-recommended hair masks for different hair types below.
Dry Hair
Kopari Coconut Melt $28
The vitamin E mixed with coconut oil in this organic formula protects and moisturizes dry hair. Plus, you can even drop a dollop in your bath for smoother, softer skin.
Moroccanoil Intense Hydrating Mask $35
Enjoy this burst of hydration for dry or brittle hair in just five to seven minutes. The argan oil treatment is excellent for elasticity, texture, and manageability and can be used once or twice per week.
Curly Hair
DevaCurl Melt Into Moisture Butter Conditioning Mask $35.99
Help keep your curls intact. Matcha butter, sweet almond oil, and beer root oil helps to seal in moisture within this vegan, paraben-free, and sulfate-free formula.
amika Soulfood Nourishing Mask $28
Sea buckthorn berry and jojoba berry tackle split ends and transform your locks using omegas as well as vitamins C and E.
Damaged Hair
Briogeo Don’t Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Mask $36
The cult-favorite deep conditioner uses the brand’s NOVA Complex in its formulation to reduce breakage by up to 75% in just three uses.
Olaplex No.3 Hair Perfector $28
The bond-restoring treatment works best as a trio along with the shampoo and conditioner. It works like magic to restore the structure of damaged hair, including hair that’s been bleached.
Arvazallia Hydrating Argan Oil Hair Mask and Deep Conditioner $12.95
Argan oil deep conditions locks, revives texture, improves elasticity, and deeply moisturizes parched strands. Users will find that their hair is significantly easier to manage.
All Hair Types
IGK Expensive Amla Oil Hi-Shine Topcoat $29
Apply this gloss-inducing amla oil treatment while in the shower to soften and strengthen strands. It also contains ingredients like sea kelp extract and sunflower seed oil to prevent damage and frizz.
It’s a 10 Miracle Hair Mask $31.99
This deep-conditioning mask delivers antioxidants, moisture, and vitamins with ingredients like oat kernel extract, apricot kernel oil, and sweet almond oil.
xx, The FabFitFun team
