The best detangling sprays you can buy

Why you'll love it: The DevaCurl No Comb Detangling Spray detangles even the toughest knots, leaving you with smooth, shiny, and frizz-free curls.

If you have curly hair that is prone to tangles and snarls, give the DevaCurl No Comb Detangling Spray a try. The silicone-free spray conditions hair while it untangles all your knots and snarls.

Besides detangling your hair, this leave-in spray also adds shine and eliminates frizz, leaving your curls looking and feeling soft and smooth. The detangler is made without parabens and sulfates and features a refreshing lemongrass scent.

The detangler is a favorite among shoppers and beauty editors alike. It has been featured on both Bustle and The Zoe Report’s lists for best detangling sprays. And if you peruse the reviews on Sephora, where the spray has more than 2,200 likes and an average rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, you'll see shoppers praising how quickly the product detangles hair.

One reviewer wrote, “This is the best detangler I’ve ever used. I have thick, wavy hair that I only brush through when wet. This helps the comb glide right through without catching on tangles. It used to take me 15 minutes or longer to comb out all the tangles in my hair, but now with this, it only takes a minute or two.”

Pros: Specially formulated for wavy and curly hair, adds shine, eliminates frizz, leaves hair soft, detangles quickly

Cons: Pricey

Buy the DevaCurl No Comb Detangling Spray from Sephora for $20

Why you'll love it: The Kinky Curly Knot Today Detangler smooths and restores hair cuticles while detangling knots and snarls.

The Kinky Curly Knot Today Detangler is specially formulated to remove tangles from textured hair. It is filled with organic fruit extracts and herbs that work together to naturally moisturize hair and fix broken hair cuticles.

This creamy detangler is dual-purpose and can be used as a rinse in the shower or can be left in if your hair needs a little extra attention. The product is free of parabens, sulfates, and ethyl alcohol, so there’s no need to worry about chemicals messing with your strands.

Allure magazine included the detangler in several of its natural hair guides including the How to Style Tight and Kinky Curls and How to Detangle Curly Hair Without Damaging It stories. Shoppers are also a fan of the product. The detangler has a 4.4-star rating on Amazon with almost 1,000 reviews.

One shopper named Margaret raved, “Thank goodness...finally a product that can wrestle with my thick, wet, natural hair. I am so glad that this product is not oily or greasy. It helps with loosening the tangles of my wet hair and highly coiled strands. This product has enabled me to comb through my hair more easily while it is wet and prepare it for either blow drying or twisting.”

A few customers warned to not over apply the product as curls can feel crunchy once they dry if you use too much of the detangler when it’s still wet.

Pros: Natural ingredients, dual-purpose, detangles fast, smooths hair cuticles,

Cons: Curls can dry crunchy if too much product is used

Buy the Kinky Curly Knot Today Detangler on Target for $11.99

Why you'll love it: If you are looking for a detangler that will improve your hair’s health, try the Amika The Wizard Detangling Primer.

The Amika The Wizard Detangling Primer is a multipurpose spray that not only detangles hair but also provides heat protection, reduces blow dry time, and nourishes hair. It works on all hair types, including damaged hair that has been color-treated, Brazilian-treated, and keratin-treated.

The nutrient-packed formula’s key ingredient is sea buckthorn berry which keeps free radicals at bay and promotes the production of collagen. It also includes provitamin B5 which restores hair’s resilience, protects against breakage, and reduces split ends and avocado oil which nourishes and smoothes hair.

The detangler is paraben, sulfate, and phthalate-free and is made without any formaldehyde or artificial colors. Buyers seem to love that it is also vegetarian-friendly and cruelty-free. It has a 4.4-star rating and has over 9,000 likes on Sephora

One Sephora shopper wrote, “I instantly fell in love with this product. My hair is very long, easily tangled and a bit damaged. It takes me forever to brush my hair out and blow dry it. This definitely helped to detangle my hair. It smells so good, I wish it were a perfume. My hair did dry faster and had a very noticeable shine and healthy appearance after blow drying as well. Love love love this.”

Pros: Detangles fast, provides heat protection, works on treated and damaged hair, cuts down blow-dry time, promotes collagen production

Cons: Expensive

Buy the Amika The Wizard Detangling Primer from Sephora for $25

Why you'll love it: Your comb will never get stuck in thick tangled hair again, if you use the Beauty Protector Protect & Detangle Spray.

The Beauty Protector Protect & Detangle Spray is a deeply nourishing detangling spray that helps smooth out even the biggest knots in a snap. It features hydrolyzed wheat protein which helps strengthen hair and panthenol which softens and moisturizes locks.

It also works to protect hair from UV damage, moisture loss, and it helps prevent color fading. Shoppers not only love how soft and tangle-free the spray leaves their hair, but they are also obsessed with it’s gentle, floral scent.

The detangling spray is a cult favorite among BirchBox shoppers, where it has a 4.5-star rating with more than 140,500 reviews. One reviewer wrote, “I love this spray! My hair is thick, wavy and prone to fly away/frizz but it’s behaved like new hair with this.”

A few customers with fine hair mentioned the product left a little residue behind and weighed down their roots, so they suggest spraying the product just on the ends if you have very fine hair.

Pros: Detangles fast, nice floral scent, protects from UV damage, strengthens hair, moisturizes hair, prevents color fading

Cons: Can weigh roots down on very fine hair

Buy the Beauty Protector Protect & Detangle Spray from Birchbox for $23.50

The best anti-frizz hair products you can buy

It's not just the summer heat and sky-high humidity that can wreak havoc on your hair — Rain and even damp weather can turn it from fabulous to frizzy in an instant. It's important to be prepared and have a good anti-frizz product in your beauty arsenal to stop yet another bad hair day.

To save you time and money on products that don't work, as well as researching hundreds of expert and consumer reviews, our team of frizzy-headed testers has put the best anti-frizz products on the market to the test to come up with the best of the best for all hair types and budgets.

Here are the best anti-frizz products you can buy:

• Best for curly and wavy hair: Ouidad Advanced Climate Control Heat and Humidity Gel
  
• Best for coarse hair: John Frieda Frizz Ease Extra Strength 6 Effects + Serum
  
• Best for fine hair: Kenra Platinum Luxe One Leave-in Miracle Spray
  
• Best for dry, damaged hair: Moroccanoil Treatment
  
• Best for straight hair: Garnier Fructis Style Frizz Guard Sleek Anti-Frizz Dry Spray

The best dry shampoo you can buy

Some days you just run out of time to wash your hair, but that doesn't mean it has to look greasy. Dry shampoo is here to save you from a bad hair day. Of all the dry shampoos around, R+Co's Death Valley Dry Shampoo is the best because it makes your hair look like new. Here are the best dry shampoos you can buy:

• Best overall: R+Co's Death Valley Dry Shampoo
• Best cult classic: Batiste Dry Shampoo
• Best drugstore option: Dove Volume & Fullness Dry Shampoo
• Best high-end option: Oribe Gold Lust Dry Shampoo
• Best powder formula: Bumble and bumble Prêt-À-powder
• Best foam formula: Ouai Dry Shampoo Foam

The best shampoo for any hair type

Impossible as it might be to find a shampoo that works for every hair type, Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Shampoo comes pretty close. That's why it's our top pick — Living Proof's basic formula really works and it might even help you wash your hair less often. These are the five best shampoos for all hair types:

• Best overall: Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Shampoo
• Best dry shampoo: Batiste Dry Shampoo
• Best for hydration: Pantene ProV Daily Moisture Renewal Hydrating Shampoo
• Best for exfoliation: Briogeo Scalp Revival Micro-exfoliating Shampoo
• Best for curly hair: DevaCurl No-Poo Original Zero Lather Cleansing Conditioner

The best hair conditioner you can buy

Hair conditioner is a necessity if you want soft, silky strands. Out of thousands of bottles, shoppers agree that Silk18 Argan Oil Hair Conditioner is the best — no matter your hair type.

You might also like the DevaCurl One Condition Original Daily Cream Conditioner, the It's a 10 Leave-In Conditioner, the Redken Color Extend Conditioner, or the Pantene Pro-V Moisture Renewal Conditioner depending on your hair needs.

The best hair masks you can buy

Hair masks are an affordable and easy way to give your hair a salon treatment from the comfort of your own home. Here are the best hair masks you can buy:

• Best overall: It's a 10 Haircare Miracle Hair Mask
• Best for damaged hair: Arvazallia Hydrating Argan Oil Hair Mask
• Best for overnight: Sephora Collection Hair Sleeping Mask
• Best for strengthening: Olaplex Hair Perfector No. 3
• Best for deep conditioning: Briogeo Don't Despair, Repair Mask

The best heat protectant hair products under $25

If you style your hair daily with a blow dryer or curling iron, your hair needs protection from heat damage. The Tresemme Thermal Creations Heat Tamer Spray will protect your hair from heat damage without weighing it down, keep frizz at bay, and give you silky hair at an extremely affordable price. Here are our picks:

• Best overall: Tresemme Thermal Creations Heat Tamer Spray
• Best for straightening hair: HSI Professional Argan Oil Heat Protector
• Best for curling hair: Matrix Biolage Thermal Active Setting Spray
• Best for fine hair: Kenra Professional Thermal Styling Spray 19
• Best for thick hair: Redken Pillow Proof Blow Dry Express Primer Spray

The best hair volumizing products you can buy

If you have flat, fine hair with little volume, more often than not, adding hair products to your routine just makes matters worse, that is, unless you're using volumizing products.

Here are the best hair volumizing products you can buy:

• Best shampoo: Nexxus Diametress Volumizing Shampoo
• Best conditioner: Nexxus Diametress Volumizing Conditioner
• Best treatment: John Frieda Luxurious Volume 7-Day Volume In-Shower Treatment
• Best mousse: Redken Guts 10 Volume Spray Foam
• Best powder: Big Sexy Hair Powder Play Volumizing Powder
• Best spray: Living Proof Full Dry Volume Blast
• Best gel: L'Oreal Paris Volume Filler Densifying Gellee