Our Best Products for Dry Hair - Shampoos, Conditioners and more
When your hair is dry, it not only looks dull and lifeless, gets frizzy and flyaway, and is difficult to style – it can end up with split ends, and ultimately, hair breakage. What’s behind it? Well, you probably have a few theories of your own. External aggressions - heat-styling, damaging chemical treatments, weather – as well as internal stresses like poor diet, are some of the causes of dry hair.
But what you really want to know is what moisturising products to use. Before you give up and tie it back until your next haircut – or start wearing a hat – discover these hydrating, nourishing shampoos, conditioners and treatments for dry hair.
Dry Hungry Hair Needs Nutrients!
Avocado toast is a start, but what about the nutrients your hair is getting from the outside? Or in the case of dry hair – not getting. Nutrient-deficient hair means the external and internal structures of the hair can break down, and the cuticles lift, causing the surface of the hair to feel rough.
And when hair is malnourished, the negative impact doesn’t stop there. On the scalp, a lack of proteins, fatty acids and vitamins leaves the scalp feeling dry, itchy and tight. Along the lengths of your hair, a lack of nutrients leads to a weaker protective barrier and chapped cuticles, making your hair feel like straw – rough, dull and lifeless. And at the ends, your hair suffers the most; leaving the ends feeling crunchy and splitting or breaking.
Nutritive: The Nutrients Your Dry Hair So Desperately Needs
Just like the superfoods you eat for healthy, glowing looking skin, superfood shampoos, conditioners and treatments give you gorgeously healthy looking, shiny hair. The Kérastase Nutritive range is like a superfood for hair– delivering that delicious dose of moisture and nutrition your dry hair is craving.
Plant-based Proteins and More: The Ingredients That Restore Thirsty Hair
So, what’s in it? Enriched with plant-based proteins– wheat, corn, and whole soy grains – act like a nourishing supplement to hydrate parched hair. As for the other ingredients, fatty acids boost the formula’s nutrition, and niacinamide, a derivative of vitamin B, helps to strengthen the hair fiber.
Intense hydration is only one of the benefits – once it gets its nourishment, your hair will be supple, silky, soft to the touch and much easier to style. From nutrient rich creams to oils and protective sprays, read on to learn about the best shampoo, conditioners and treatments for your type of dry hair.
The Best Shampoos for Dry Hair
To decide which is the best shampoo for your dry hair, start with your hair type. The Nutritive collection considers the needs of different types of dry hair, from highly porous curly parched hair, to fine dry hair. Nutritive is entirely suitable for colour-treated hair but check out the Kérastase Chroma Absolu collection – specially formulated for colour-treated hair.
This dry hair shampoo is ideal for dry hair. You want a shampoo that nourishes and strengthens dry hair, but without weighing it down or making it feel greasy. Nutritive Bain Satin by Kérastase is a protein-rich shampoo that gently cleans dry hair, increasing moisture retention, while leaving it soft and manageable.
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This dry hair shampoo is ideal for dry hair. You want a shampoo that nourishes and strengthens dry hair, but without weighing it down or making it feel greasy. Nutritive Bain Satin by Kérastase is a protein-rich shampoo that gently cleans dry hair, increasing moisture retention, while leaving it soft and manageable. And shiny – instrumental tests showed up to 45% more softness immediately after application of Bain Satin.
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Bain Satin Riche is a very dry hair shampoo that is super moisturizing and packed with hair nutrients. Whatever your hair type, if it’s extremely dry, then this rich shampoo will replenish its moisture, leaving your hair light and manageable. And because the best way to fix dry hair is to start at the scalp, Kérastase Nutritive Bain Satin Riche is very gentle on the scalp too. All of this is what makes it one of the best moisture repair shampoos to try.
BUY NOWBain Satin Rich is a very dry hair shampoo that is super moisturizing and packed with hair nutrients. Whatever your hair type, if it’s extremely dry, then this rich shampoo will replenish its moisture, leaving your hair light and manageable. And because the best way to fix dry hair is to start at the scalp, Kérastase Nutritive Bain Satin Riche is very gentle on the scalp too. All of this is what makes it one of our best moisture repair shampoos to try.
BUY NOWThe Best Conditioners for Dry Hair
Again, choosing the best conditioner for your dry hair starts with considering your hair type – frizzy, curly, fine, medium, coarse, etc. – how dry it is, and going from there. These moisturizing conditioners from the Nutritive range will keep your dry hair hydrated and healthy looking in between salon visits.
Lait Vital
Lait Vital detangling conditioner for fine to medium dry hair contains anti-dryness polymers that give your hair a nutritious shot, smoothing and detangling it. So, if your hair is fine to medium, and you want to deep condition your hair without weighing it down, this rinse-off conditioner is for you.
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Lait Vital detangling conditioner for fine to medium dry hair contains anti-dryness polymers that give your hair a nutritious shot, smoothing and detangling it. So, if your hair is fine to medium, and you want to deep condition your hair without weighing it down, this rinse-off conditioner is for you. Instrumental tests showed an 85% increase of immediate hydration after application.*
*Instrumental test results on 59 people, immediately after application of Lait Vital
Masquintense
This super nourishing hair mask for fine to medium very dry hair supplements the fiber with essential nutrients, going straight to the core to ensure your hair gets back its strength and bounce. A soft, creamy mask, Masquintense also leaves a protective film to stop chronic dryness in dry fine hair or medium hair.
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This super nourishing hair mask for fine to medium very dry hair supplements the fiber with essential nutrients, going straight to the core to ensure your hair gets back its strength and bounce. A soft, creamy mask, Masquintense also leaves a protective film to stop chronic dryness in dry fine hair or medium hair.
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Is your hair medium to thick, and very dry? Give it back its essential nutrients. The ultra-concentrated Masquintense Riche is a very rich hair mask for thicker hair. This mask’s thick creamy texture is packed with essential nutrients that boost the formula’s ability to nourish and reinforce the hair. A special very dry hair mask, it leaves your hair more supple, shiny and with a satin feel.
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Is your hair medium to thick, and very dry? Give it back its essential nutrients. The ultra-concentrated Masquintense Riche is a very rich hair mask for thicker hair. This mask’s thick creamy texture is packed with essential nutrients that boost the formula’s ability to nourish and reinforce the hair. A special very dry hair mask, it leaves your hair more supple, shiny and with a satin feel.
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The Best Serums for Dry Hair and Scalp
Choosing the best hair serum for your thirsty hair? What do you want to focus on – your scalp or your split ends? Or how do you feel about a leave-in hair serum that works its magic overnight? These hair care treatments are all formulated to moisturize dry hair.
Regardless of your hair type, when your scalp isn’t getting its proteins, fatty acids and vitamins, it can be dry, itchy and tight. You need a dry scalp serum. Nutri-Supplement Scalp Serum saves your scalp with its nutrient-rich formula for all hair types. And when your scalp is moisturized and nourished, your hair is hydrated and healthy, making Nutri-Supplement one of the best serums for dry hair too.
BUY NOWRegardless of your hair type, when your scalp isn’t getting its proteins, fatty acids and vitamins, it can feel dry, itchy and tight. You need a dry scalp serum. Nutri-Supplement Scalp Serumcan saves your scalp with its nutrient-rich formula for all hair types. And when your scalp is moisturized and nourished, your hair is hydrated and healthy looking, making Nutri-Supplement our best serum for dry hair too.
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When you have malnourished, dry hair, it’s generally your ends that suffer the most. Low levels of nutrients leave the ends extra dry and crunchy, and often broken and split. Whatever your hair type, an oil and vitamin-infused split ends serum can make a positive difference, sealing dry split ends and locking in nutrition.
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When you have malnourished, dry hair, it’s generally your ends that suffer the most. Low levels of nutrients leave the ends extra dry and crunchy, and often broken and split. Whatever your hair type, an oil and vitamin-infused split ends serum can make a positive difference, sealing dry split ends and locking in nutrition. The vitamin-in-oil formula of Nutri-Supplement Split Ends Serum delivers up to 4 times the split ends prevention.*
*Instrumental test results after application of Split-Ends Serum
8H Magic Night Serum by Kérastase is an overnight high-nutrition serum for dry hair of any type. Like its name suggests, this overnight serum works like magic during the 8 hours you slumber to hydrate brittle hair and repair damaged hair. Instrumental tests show that after the first application of this night hair serum, there was 84% less frizz instantly.
BUY NOW8H Magic Night Serum by Kérastase is an overnight high-nutrition serum for dry hair of any type. Like its name suggests, this overnight serum works like magic during the 8 hours you slumber to hydrate brittle hair and repair damaged hair.
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The Best Pre-Styling Products for Dry hair
If your hair is finer, try Lotion Thermique Sublimatrice by Kérastase, a detangling blow-dry mist for fine to medium dry hair. This hair mist for dry hair is full of nourishing lipids and other essential nutrients that deeply condition hair and rebuild the hair fiber. Hair is detangled, heat-protected and instantly suppler and more radiant.
If your hair is finer, try Lotion Thermique Sublimatrice by Kérastase, a detangling blow-dry mist for fine to medium dry hair. This hair mist for dry hair is full of nourishing lipids and other essential nutrients that deeply condition hair and rebuild the hair fiber. Hair is detangled, heat-protected and instantly suppler and more radiant.
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Do you have medium to thick dry hair? Protect your dry hair from heat styling with Nectar Thermique, an anti-frizz blow-dry milk. Like the rest of the Nutritive dry hair care range, this creamy hair milk is a nutritious and beautifying product with anti-dryness polymers that detangles, smooths and restores shine to dry hair strands, as well as protecting it from your daily blow-dry or straighten.
Do you have medium to thick dry hair? Protect your dry hair from heat styling with Nectar Thermique, an anti-frizz blow-dry milk. Like the rest of the Nutritive dry hair care range, this creamy hair milk is a nutritious and beautifying product with anti-dryness polymers that detangles, smooths and restores shine to dry hair strands, as well as protecting it from your daily blow-dry or straighten.
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Just like your body, your hair needs nutrients – fatty acids, niacinamide and plant-based proteins – to be its healthy looking, glossy best. The Kérastase Nutritive range of hair products delivers those essential nutrients to your hair, leaving it moisturized, silky and manageable. Before you hide your dry, unmanageable hair under a hat forever, try these super nourishing shampoos, conditioners and treatments for dry hair.
Or head to a Kérastase salon for an expert consultation. Your pro hairdresser will assess your scalp and hair to tailor a routine exactly for your hair type and hair concerns.
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