If your hair stands on end through the winter season, you have staticky hair. If you've ever been shocked by touching a doorknob, you are familiar with the power of static electricity. Static electricity can cling to your clothing, particularly when humidity is low. This static can transfer to your hair, making it look frizzy, wild and messy. If flyaway hairs are creating a halo around your head, you can help tame your locks using some simple items.
Step 1
Switch brushes and stick with boar hair bristles or wooden bristles, recommends Susan Cernek of "Glamour" magazine. If your brush has plastic or synthetic bristles, you may be attracting more static to your hair every time your brush it.
Step 2
Glide a dryer sheet over your hair. Dryer sheets can help reduce static on your hair the same way it keeps your clothes from clinging together.
Step 3
Use a silicone-based conditioner, recommends Valerie Monroe of "O, The Oprah Magazine." Silicone coats the hair and reduces the electricity surging through your hair.
Step 4
Rub lotion on your hands, then run your hands through your hair. If you're in a pinch, grab the hand moisturizer from your purse, make a light, even coating on your hands and smooth your hair with it to help reduce flyaways.
Step 5
Cut back on styling products that contain alcohol. Styling products, like hairspray, gel and mousse, can dry out hair if they contain alcohol. Stick with alcohol-free products, or go without hairspray on particularly staticky days.
Tips and Warnings
- Hair sheets, available at drugstores and beauty supply stories, can help smooth down your wild hair.
Things You'll Need
- Brush with natural bristles
- Dryer sheet
- Silicone-based conditioner
- Lotion
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