How to Prevent Static in Hair

You are at a party and 15 minutes in the door your hair looks like someone rubbed a balloon over it. A few pieces of hair flailing free above the surface of your head. Toward the end of summer and into the winter months static will become more of a challenge, but it is manageable. During the summer months we experience higher humid air (more moisture in the air), which allows the hair to transfer the static into the moisture. As the summer months come to an end the air gets a little more dry and that is when the static begins. According to http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html,

“When you rub a balloon over the surface of the hair, electrons move from your hair to the balloon. A static charge builds up and each of the hairs has the same positive charge. The hairs try to get as far from each other as possible.
As you walk across a carpet, electrons move from the rug to you. Now you have extra electrons and a negative static charge. Touch a door knob and ZAP! The door knob is a conductor. The electrons jump from you to the knob, and you feel the static shock.”

The Solution

  1. More moisture styling products & conditioning
  2. Fewer hats and balloons, or materials that can generate more imbalance of charges in the hair.
  3. Rubber soled shoes
  4. Tools with anti-static technology & avoid dry heat

1. More Moisture

Focus on adding moisture into the hair. It is easy to get away from this when the hair seems to be doing great without it. Shampoo with a low detergent shampoo and always use a detangling/ rinse out conditioner. Leave the detangling conditioner in your hair for 2-3 minutes. During the end of summer, when static becomes a bigger problem, use conditioning treatments weekly. Treatments are deeper conditioning for the hair allowing for the most moisture absorption. When possible rinse with cool water.

When styling the hair, use leave in conditioning or moisture based styling products. These will help add additional moisture allowing the hair to avoid excessive static.

2. Avoid Materials That Create Static

No balloons on the hair. Okay so that is obvious, but how about fewer hats, scarfs, cotton pillow cases (replace with silk or satin), and no hi collars. Keep the hair from rubbing against other materials this just generates unwanted static.

3. Rubber Soled Shoes

I know it’s comfortable in those leather soled sandals, but they are not helping your hair. Switch out to a rubber sole.

4. Tools

The tools are going to help you from the start. Get a blow-dryer with Tourmaline Ionic technology. Along with anti-static brushes and combs, you can reduce the static build upright at the beginning of your day.

When using the blow-dryer keep the air flowing in a downward direction. Along with holding the hair will allow more control over the hair and keep it from picking up additional static from the blow-dry. No blow drying upside down. This will encourage static.

For touch ups through your day, take a denman or small flat brush along with a dryer sheet with you to run over surface of hair in direction of styling, when the static begins. Yes a static dryer sheet is perfect for reducing static in the hair.

Some additional tips for reducing static hair:

  • Let your hair air dry occasionally, excessive heat from a blow dryer can encourage static
  • Use a Blow dryer that reduces static with Tourmaline Ionic Technology.
  • Fabric softener sheets
  • Occasionally static is encouraged by over drying the hair, so you may need to re-wet the hair and start over.
  • Spray your tools with hairspray to reduce static or rub the static free sheet over them.
  • STOP TOUCHING YOUR HAIR!
  • Use static free tools.
  • Wear rubber soled shoes
  • Condition the hair

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