Beat humidity with these five anti-frizz summer hair routines.
Summer humidity, salt water, and chlorine team up against your hair all season, so a single anti-frizz serum usually isn’t enough to fight back. The fix making the rounds on TikTok right now is layering, pairing two or three products that each handle a different part of the frizz problem, from the cuticle to the surface finish. These five hacks cover every hair type, curls, waves, straight strands, thick hair, and fine hair alike.
Below, you’ll find the exact product combinations and techniques stylists and creators are using this summer, with the key reasons why each pairing works better than just one more product added to your already crowded routine.
The most-saved version of this routine pairs a lightweight leave-in spray with a smoothing leave-in cream, applied in that order. Start with Pantene Sunkiss Glow leave-in spray on damp hair to seal in moisture and add a UV filter, then follow with L’Oréal EverPure Iron Sleek Coat to smooth the cuticle and tame flyaways.
The spray hydrates first, so the cream has something to grip, meaning less product overall and a finish that holds through humidity, salt water, and chlorine instead of breaking down by midday. This combination works best on wavy to straight hair that frizzes mainly at the surface rather than the root.
Missing your usual blowout this summer? This three-step layering routine recreates that finish without the frizz rebound. Start with Color Wow Dream Coat spray on damp hair for anti-static, anti-frizz protection from root to end. Work Kerastase Elixir Ultime through the mid-lengths and ends for shine and softness, then finish with Briogeo Farewell Frizz on the surface to lock every strand in place.
Apply all three on damp hair before blow-drying, since sealing already-dry hair traps less moisture and humidity sneaks back in faster. Each product is doing a different job here, the spray controls static at the cuticle level, the oil adds slip and shine, and the finishing product seals the surface against humidity.
Naturaly curly hair frizzes differently than straight or wavy hair. This routine swaps sprays for clumping products that lock curls into place while they’re still soaked. Start by applying your curl cream and Cake Curl Whip mousse to hair that’s fully saturated, since clumping wet strands together helps each curl dry as one defined unit instead of separating into frizz. Both products stay lightweight enough not to weigh curls down or leave them stiff.
Once the products are worked through, scrunch gently with a T-shirt or microfiber towel rather than a regular bath towel, which roughs up the cuticle and creates frizz on contact. From there, don’t touch your curls again until they’re dry. Diffuse on low heat, or let them air-dry, and you’ll get definition that survives a humid afternoon.
This hack isn’t a single product combo so much as a rule for picking the right one for your density. If you have thick hair that puffs up the moment humidity hits, a smoothing balm’s waxy texture has enough hold to flatten flyaways without sliding off by noon. Fine or thin hair needs the opposite, a lightweight styling oil, applied as just two drops to the frizziest sections, smooths the surface without weighing strands down or looking greasy.
The thickness-matching matters more than the brand, a balm on fine hair reads heavy and flat within an hour, while an oil on very thick hair barely registers against the volume of frizz it’s up against.
If your hair is naturally wavy, brushing is usually what turns your waves into frizz in the first place. This routine limits brushing to two moments only, right before you shower, and in the shower while conditioner or a hair mask is still in. From the second you step out, no brush touches your hair again.
Instead, apply curl cream to soaking-wet hair and scrunch with your hands to encourage the wave pattern to clump rather than separate. Diffuse on low heat, then finish with a few drops of styling oil for shine and a smoother surface.
Not sure which combination matches your texture and density? TheRightHairstyles try-on tool and the HairHunt app (iOS, Android) let you preview different styles on your own photo before you commit to a new product lineup, so you can see how a sleeker, frizz-free style would look on you.
