It’s summer and the living is easy… except on your hair. Summer is the most critical time of the month to baby your hair as chlorine, salt and UV rays can wrack serious havoc in your hair, resulting in dry, brittle, dull and frizzy hair.

Prevent damage come Fall and enjoy lustrous, healthy locks this summer by following these tips below.

1. Use Sun Protection – The sun can age and damage your hair as much as it can harm your skin. Protect yourself from the sun’s damaging UV rays – and prevent your beautiful color from fading into a orange-y blonde, mousy brown or lackluster red – during the summer by spraying a heat protectant in the morning, such as La Biosthetique’s Methode Soleil Vitalite Express Cheveux.

2. Deep Conditioning – By now, you are deep conditioning at least once per week (right?) to maintain your hair’s healthy texture, shine and manageability. In the summer, deep condition twice a week and try using a leave in conditioner during the day, such as La Biosthetique’s Structure Réparatrice.

3. Trims – Want easy to take care, wash and go hair during the summer? Nothing makes hair look healthier than getting rid of split ends – summer, more than ever, is one of the best time to be vigilant about getting regular trims. Bonus: Your beachy, carefree hair will look even sexier than ever!

Myth of the Month: Getting a haircut with ‘hot scissors’ (e.g. scissors heated to 154°C) will cure split ends by ‘sealing’ the cuticle or laying down the cuticular scales of the hair shaft.

Truth: Regular trims will get rid of split ends and there is no scientific evidence to support the use of heated scissors to prevent split ends. Our verdict? Save yourself the hype and extra $50-$125 extra for a hot scissors haircut.

Zone Hair Gallery is a highly rated downtown Vancouver hair salon located at 528 Homer Street, in the heart of the downtown area and close to Gastown.