Vogue India June 2019

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BIKRAMJIT BOSE

EXFOLIATE

WEEKLY

Chemicalpeelsforyour

scalpsoundbananasbut

makegoodsense.Dead

skincellslingeronyour

scalpbetweenwashes,

whichcanleadtobreak-

outsatyourhairlineand

flakinessat your roots.

“Plus,there’stheoilfrom

hairfollicles,theproducts

you’veused—ifyoudon’t

takeallof thataway,your

scalpandyourhairwon’t

beashealthy,”says

cosmeticchemistKelly

Dobos.Handily,thereare

scalppeelsandscrubs,

andyoucansimply

massagethemfromyour

hairlinetothenapeof

yourneckonceortwicea

week.Chemicalpeelswith

alphaandbetahydroxy

acids“speedupcell

turnoveronthescalp,like

theywouldforyourface,

whichhelpsmanage

flakes,” says Dobos.Try

theiconicChristophe

RobinCleansingPurify-

ingScrubwithSeaSalt

( 3,700)andAvedaInvati

AdvanceExfoliating

Shampoo( 2,350).

Outside of home, regular

visits to the salon to

cleanse, exfoliate and

protect will keep your hair

strong and healthy.

Jean-Claude Biguine’s

Trica Scalp Treatment

starts with a deep cleanse

to unclog pores and loosen

dead skin cells so the scalp

is ready to get exfoliated.

The scalp is scrubbed soft

with a clarifying solution,

followed by a massage to

get the circulation going.

A good shampoo-mask

later, a nourishing

protectant solution leaves

the scalp soothed.

DO A DETOX

New anti-pollution and

“day-after recovery” hair

masks aren’t just trendy-

sounding. “Think about

what it was like going out

to a bar before the

smoking ban. Maybe I’m

dating myself here, but

your hair would just reek

of cigarettes the next

day,” says Dobos. “There’s

your evidence that

particles in the air—like

polyaromatic hydrocar-

bons from cigarette

smoke—cling to your

hair.” For anyone who

wasn’t barhopping before

2000, there’s also this: A

study in the International

Journal of Cosmetic

Science found that

pollution sticks to hair’s

sebum, making strands

brittle and all-around

duller. “Hair masks are

borrowing kaolin clay and

charcoal from face masks

because those ingredients

are really good at drawing

out impurities before they

canweakenhair,”Dobos

says.WelovetheDavines

ThePurityCircle( 700);

it deepcleanswithmatcha

teaandbamboocharcoal

andcanbeusedbothasa

pre-andpost-shampoo

treatmentonthescalp

and the ends. Also find

theseinReneFurterer

CurbiciaPurifyingClay

Shampooing-Masque

( 1,900)andshampoos

likeDucrayArgeal

Sebum-Absorbing

TreatmentShampoo

( 1,300)andL’Oréal

ParisExtraordinary

ClayShampoo( 450).

“Weekly shampoos with

clay and charcoal tend to

give hair lots of volume

by absorbing grime and

oil,” says Wilson.

TOP IT OFF WITH

SUNSCREEN

“Just like your skin, hair

needs broad-spectrum

protection because it’s

susceptible to damage

from sun exposure—UV

rays cause changes that

lead to breakage, tangling

and fading colour,” says

Dobos. The tricky part is

that UV-blocking hair

products aren’t regulated

the way face and body

sunscreens are, so it’s

harder to tell which ones

are effective. What’s more,

their ingredients go by

different names than

traditional sunscreens.

“The FDA won’t let you

list the UVA fi lter

avobenzone on a hair care

label because hair care

doesn’t go through FDA

testing like sunscreen

does,” says Dobos. But

there are still UV hair

fi lters with solid science

behind them. Try

Cadiveu Sol do Rio

Re-chargeProteinRinse

OutMask/Leave-in

( 4,900) with Vitamin E

orMoroccanoilColor

CompleteProtectand

PreventSpray( 2,340) to

shield from and repair the

effects of harsh sun rays.