From Wonder Water to the new Olaplex rival: home hair treatments to get you through to April 12
Rosie Fitzmaurice
April 12. The sacred date is circled in your diary, when our beloved hairdressers can finally reopen. But even if you were lucky enough to snap up an appointment, six weeks feels like a long time, especially if your hair is in dire need of a cut. Here is how to hack your way over the finish line.
The high-tech home treatment
Longing for shiny, swishable locks? Look to rebuilding treatments that will strengthen strands from within. Olaplex, which uses a patented formula to reconnect broken hair bonds deep in the shaft, is widely used in salons, but its at-home products No.0 Intensive Bond Building Hair Treatment (£26) and No.3 Hair Perfector (£26) are game-changers for dry or damaged hair and can be used on all hair types. British brand The Inkey List, known for its single ingredient skincare formulations, entered the haircare scene last year and its new PCA Bond Repair Hair Treatment (£12.99) is being hailed as a rival to Olaplex. “PCA stands for pyrrolidone carboxylic acid,” Inkey co-founder Mark Curry explains. “This patented technology can penetrate deep into the cuticle and get to the hard-to-reach bonds to protect and strengthen the hair and can be used on all hair types, from fine to curly or texturised hair.”