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Best Color: Clairol Perfect 10 by Nice 'n Easy Even apprehensive first-time colorists were surprised by the ease and efficacy of this at-home coloring kit. "I thought I'd make a gigantic mess trying to do this myself, but the coloring cream wasn't at all watery or drippy," said one tester. And due to a high-tech formula that contains fast-acting lightening molecules, your new hue is ready in just 10 minutes. "The color I got looked exactly like the model's on the box," said a Shape editor.
($12; at drugstores) |
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Aussie Opposites Attract Strong Hold & Touchable Feel Spray Gel Strong hold is not normally synonymous with soft, touchable hair-unless, of course, you're using this spray gel. "My hair looked incredibly smooth after styling," said one tester. "But it never felt stiff or crunchy." Designed to work on all hair types (oily, dry, or normal) and textures (curly or straight), this gel also features nourishing botanicals, like mango extract, that keep tresses healthy and strong.
($3; at drugstores) |
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Tresemmé Touchable Curls Shaping Milk Our curly haired testers responded passionately to this lightweight cream styler, which gives natural curls better definition and also keeps frizz to a minimum, even on high-humidity days. "It helped me get full, healthy, absolutely flawless corkscrews," said one. "I could finger-style my hair into place in the morning and not have to worry about it again for the rest of the day," said another.
($4; at drugstores) |
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Biolage Styling Shine Endure Spritz Think of this finishing spray as a two-in-one product: It shields hair from the damaging effects of heat stylers and prevents future fraying and split ends with special polymers that adhere to and strengthen hair. Testers loved that it upped their sheen quotient and held their styles all day. "I sprayed it on in the morning, and by dinner my hair was just as shiny."
($14; biolage.com for salons) |
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Aveda Smooth Infusion Shampoo and Conditioner Testers loved that this duo left their hair softer, smoother, and more manageable. "Together they tamed my worst case of the frizzies," said one tester. Both lightweight formulas contain an infusion of organic aloe, maize, and guar bean, which work synergistically to seal cuticles and de-fuzz frazzled hair strand by strand.
($20 each; aveda.com) |
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Garnier Fructis Shine Burst Fortifying Shampoo and Conditioner Often, shine-enhancing products will give your hair some gleam, but because they contain waxes, they'll also weigh it down. This cleaning and conditioning pair takes a different approach, relying on cyclodextrin, a lightweight, sugar-based substance, to magnify the shine you have rather than coat your strands with heavier sheen-boosting ingredients. Both also have a blend of vitamins B3 and B6, plus fructose and glucose to nourish even the most parched hair. "The creamy formulas gave my dry, curly hair the extra hydration it so desperately needed," noted a Shape editor.
($7 each; at drugstores) |
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