10 best anti-frizz products for sleek and glossy hair

Best: Overall

Rating: 10/10

Think of this as an invisible spray-on rain mac to protect your strands. It’s designed especially for porous hair types that are vulnerable to humidity and, therefore, frizz. But it’s not one for those that like fuss-free styling and would rather wash and go. Activated by heat, this is best suited to those that like to blow-dry or straighten their locks.

We found that for best results, you have to spray liberally to sections of damp hair before sealing in the product by applying tension to strands with a brush while blow-drying. With so much product we expected a stickiness or even greasiness to the strands, but this wasn’t the case. It made our hair feel silky soft and, best of all, strands stayed smooth with long-lasting results that lasted up to three washes – so you don’t have to use it as often as other frizz-fighting products.

Best: For in-between washes

Rating: 8/10

Reach for this dry conditioning spray when you need a quick fix on non-wash days. Using a sweeping motion, this lightly mists strands with a blend of 5 oils that work to mimic natural hair oils. After smoothing hair with hands or twisting if you’re blessed with curls, you’ll find frizz and flyaways tamed instantly. It’s literally a frizz eraser in a bottle that promotes a smoother, silky soft and shiny mane.

If you’re blonde, like our tester, use sparingly and avoid roots or you can quickly end up looking greasy rather than glossy There’s a travel-sized version to try it out for yourself too.

Best: Shampoo and conditioner for mild frizz

Rating: 8/10

This caused quite the buzz in native New Zealand and Australia on launch last year – selling six months’ worth of stock in its first four weeks. Since then, the Monday Haircare brand has gone on to sell seven bottles every minute in North America, and has finally graced the UK beauty shelves.

There are four lines of shampoo and conditioners to choose from hoping to disrupt the hair care industry with affordable and effective products. The Instagram-worthy, sleek pink packaging the pump bottles not only look high-end, but the actual products inside feel it too; with a subtle floral, gardenia fragrance and creamy texture that’s SLS free.

We found the smooth duo left our hair feeling well-hydrated and soft with no frizz in sight, thanks to moisturising ingredients such as vitamin E and shea butter. Huge bonus points for the bottle being 100 per cent recyclable and with refillable options in the pipeline, these are going to fly off the shelves here too.

Best: Shampoo and conditioner for unruly frizz

Rating: 8/10

The latest cleansing duo from the brand well known for its anti-frizz collection promises not only longer-lasting smoothness – up to 72 hours to be exact – but better results the more you use it. Enriched with keratin drops, the protein is synonymous with the semi-permanent salon smoothing treatments. It is in fact a protein that helps strengthen strands and smoothes down the hair cuticle to create a barrier to block out frizz-inducing humidity.

We found after just one wash, our mane was much easier to style and manage with ongoing use. Our hair can’t be pushed to three days without washing, but it did stay smooth for two days until the next shampoo.

Best: For curly hair

Rating: 8.5/10

From Kérastase’s new curl collection, comes this impressive daily moisturising leave-in treatment. It’s enriched with moisture-boosting ingredients like manuka honey and glycerin, as well as hair strengthening ceramides to protect the hair type that is often on the fragile side.

It’s light without the crispiness you sometimes get with leave-in conditioners, and the beautiful floral fragrance with notes of white musk and honey pleasantly lingered throughout the day. Our natural waves stayed smooth and well-nourished both with and without the use of a diffuser.

Best: For towel drying

Rating: 9/10

Hair is much more susceptible to damage when it’s wet and in a fragile state, so rough drying with an abrasive towel is a guaranteed way of roughing up the cuticle and producing frizz. Aquis has a range of kinder-to-strands hair wraps that are made with a special Aquitex fabric that wicks away excess moisture without any rubbing: minimising frizz and damage. They work in a similar way to clever workout fabrics that keep your body dry when exercising.

The latest to the collection is this terracotta shade that’s woven with copper for its natural antimicrobial and antibacterial properties proven to repel bacteria, so it stays odourless and you can wash it less. It’s silky soft with a button for easy turban-style wrapping, and when using it just once, expect to notice the difference if you’ve been relying on a towel in the past. We’re hooked.

Best: Styling cream for air drying or blow-drying

Rating: 10/10

While this has an expensive price tag, it’s worth every penny when you weigh up its versatility and performance. And when you consider the size of the tube it’s not any more expensive than some of our other favourites.

We applied and left our strands to air-dry on one of the hottest days of the year, and where it would normally turn into a fluffy mess, our hair looked nothing but smooth and glossy. With strengthening and moisturising ingredients, such as a vegetable-derived protein that helps strands to retain moisture, our strands did feel and look much healthier after just one use. It’s super lightweight, so brilliant for finer hair types too as it doesn’t weigh strands down. The same excellent results were found when we used it as a blow-dry cream.

Best: For dry and damaged hair types

Rating: 9/10

Designed to repair damage from colouring, heat styling and other aggressors, this trio uses the help of citric acid, an alpha hydroxy acid, to strengthen and protect weak and broken hair bonds. Olaplex fans will see the line-up is clearly made to give their favourite products a run for their money, and that is exactly what they do.

Our tester is used to seeing fall out in the shower from regular breakage and noticed much less with results getting better and better with continued use. Its moisture-boosting powers also ward off frizz, leaving strands oozing shine and health. Best results were seen using all three products together, but we found the leave-in treatment works brilliantly on its own too at banishing frizz.

Best: Hair mask

Rating: 9/10

A moisture-boosting hair mask should be sitting ready in your shower for twice a week use if you’re prone to frizz. This bottle proves a good hair mask doesn’t have to cost the earth or be awkward and time-consuming to use, as we can all find an extra 3 minutes in our morning routines no matter how busy we are. A cocktail of nourishing and moisturising superfood ingredients, including avocado and macadamia nut oil, make up this rich and creamy mask that leaves hair feeling healthy, strong and frizz-free after just one use.

Best: For unmanageable hair types

Rating: 8/10

Coarse and rebellious hair types that need something packing a little more of an intense punch should try this frizz controller. Blended with the brand’s signature ingredient, argan oil, it’s rich in hair-strengthening and hydrating vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Use it as a companion to your blow-dry for a more manageable mane with a smoother, shinier finish, but it equally makes a brilliant finishing product on strays and flyways.