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Styling Options for Your Hair

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There are so many different options of products on the market for all your individual styling needs its difficult to know what's the best choice for you. We asked all the product companies to submit their options for the styling issues listed so that we could put them through our vigorous testing (the girls in the office, the guys at the gym etc) and we have broken it down as follows. All prices are in $AU and correct as of 27/2/2006.

Products for straightening hair with flatirons

With the introduction of ceramic technology flat irons became the must have appliance for both sleek straight and curled or flicked looks. But even with all this new technology your hair can start to suffer from the heat so here are a few product and our notes on their best uses :

Brand	Product line	Name	RRP	Notes	Image
L’Oreal Pro	tecni.art	hot style iron finish	$24.95	Perfect smoothness leaving your hair with a silky feel
KMS	flatout	Hot pressed spray	$24.95	Straightens extremely curly hair
Goldwell	Straight	Flat Marvel	$19.50	Defrizzes and tames your hair. Use when blow drying or flat ironing
Ghd		Non-oil formular iron oil	$35	Thermal protection that is totally non-greasy

Products for straightening hair using a blow dryer

If your blow drying your hair straight you need a good brush, plenty of practice and the right product for your hair type :

Brand	Product line	Name	RRP	Notes	Image
L’Oreal Pro	tecni.art	hot style constructor	$24.95	Spray on damp or dry hair for protection form heat and volume and texture
ARTec	Kiwi	blow serum	$25.80	This is to help your brush glide through your hair whilst blow drying and to help repair it
L’Oreal Pro	tecni.art	liss control	$21.95	A gel cream with anti humidity and UV protection
Garnier	Garnier Fructis	Style Smoothing Milk	$8.99	This nourishing formula creates an instant smooth style without weighing hair down. Can be applied to dry hair or on damp hair prior to blow-drying.
Goldwell	Straight	Flat Marvel	$19.50	Defrizzes and tames your hair. Use when blow drying or flat ironing
Garnier	Garnier Fructis	Shine Smoothing Serum	$9.99	Leave-in protection against dampness and humidity causing frizz and flyaways. Apply to damp hair and let dry naturally or use whilst blowdrying with gentle heat
KMS	flatout	Hot pressed spray	$24.95	Straightens extremely curly hair
KMS	flatout	straightening crème	$34.95	A concentrated curl controller for a straight smooth finish

Products for smoothing out any frizz in straight or curly hair

Frizz is the biggest problem of them all and the long term fix is plenty of treatments to keep your hair healthy but what we really want is no frizz right now and that’s where these styling products come in :

Brand	Product line	Name	RRP	Notes	Image
ARTec	kiwi	blow silk	$26.85	Controls flyaways and adds shine without weighing your hair down
L’Oreal Pro	tecni.art	liss control	$21.95	A gel cream with anti humidity and UV protection
L’Oreal Pro	sèrie expert	liss extreme shine perfecting serum	$19.15	For unruly hair needing shine, control and suppleness
Garnier	Garnier Fructis	Long & Strong Anti-Split Ends Serum	$9.99	Frizz can be about split ends and that’s where serum comes in
Garnier	Garnier Fructis	Fortifying Smoothing Mask Anti-Frizz Sleek & Shine	$9.99	A treatment/styling product in one you can leave your hair to dry naturally or blow dry/iron
Garnier	Garnier Fructis	Shine Smoothing Serum	$9.99	Leave-in protection against dampness and humidity causing frizz and flyaways. Apply to damp hair and let dry naturally or use whilst blowdrying with gentle heat
KMS	Flatout	Smoothing serum	$24.95	Not suitable for fine or normal hair this is for coarse, curly, frizzy hair only giving amazing shine and smoothness

Products for enhancing curl whether leaving in hair to dry naturally or scrunch drying

What ever type of curl you have its never the right one! So try out one of these or look to the straighten in products if you want to soften your curl a little :

Brand	Product line	Name	RRP (AU)	Notes	Image
L’Oreal Pro	tecni.art	curl memory down cream	$21.75	Loosens your curls providing definition and shine
L’Oreal Pro	tecni.art	curl memory up spray	$21.75	Re vitalizes your curls (puts the spring back) plus anti frizz
Garnier	Garnier Fructis	Style Curl Control Mousse	$5.99	Defines and boosts curls and adds shine while controlling frizz and taming flyaways.
Goldwell	Curl	Dynamic Loop Curl Spray	$19.50	Use on wet or dry hair when you want gloss and curl
KMS	curlup	Hot spiral spray	$24.95	Enhances soft curls
KMS	curlup	Bounce back spray	$22.95	Creates dramatic curls

Creating Volume

As big hair makes its presents felt in all of the latest looks those of you with fine hair will need one of these :

Brand	Product line	Name	RRP	Notes	Image
KMS	Add volume	Styling foam	$24.95	Gives texture and body whilst protecting your hair from heat damage
KMS	Add volume	Root and body lift	$24.95	An aerosol light weight spray foam that lifts roots and builds body and texture
KMS	Add volume	Blow dry lotion	$24.95	This alcohol free gel is for soft natural volume
Goldwell	Volume	Lagoom Jam Volume Gel	$19.50	For wet and dry hair this is a great option for short styles
Goldwell	Volume	Big Finish Volume Spray	$19.50	If you prefer to create volume with hair spray at the end of blowdrying dry this
Goldwell	Volume	Power Whip Volume Mousse	$19.50	Mousse is a very versatile product for all your styling needs but this one has the extra boost
Goldwell	Volume	Double Boost Rootlift Spray	$19.50	Use on damp hair for max root lift when blow drying
L’Oreal Pro	tecni.art	volume lift	$21.75	A spray mousse for roots lift and control throughout your hair
ARTec	Kiwi	blow-up volume	$25.80	Adds density and body to colour treated hair

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