Split Ends Hair Guide

Split ends are a common problem that stops many of us from reaching our hair goals of healthy, shiny, soft and luscious hair. This Split Ends Hair Guide is designed to help you overcome this problem.

“How do I prevent split ends?”, “What is the best split ends treatment?” and “How do I get rid of split ends?” are three of the most often asked questions of hairdressers.

This Split Ends Hair Guide aims to answer ALL your questions about splitting hairs including: What are split ends, what causes split ends, how to prevent split ends in hair, what is the best shampoo for damaged hair and split ends, what is the best conditioner for split ends, what is the best split end treatment and how to get rid of split ends.

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Split Ends Hair Guide

What Are Split Ends?

In layman’s terms split ends occur when one hair strand becomes damaged and literally splits or divides into more than one bit. This often happens at the ends of our hair but can also happen anywhere along the length of the hair.

What Causes Split Ends?

Split ends can be caused by a number of factors including friction, dryness, heat damage and chemical damage.

Luckily there are a number of simple steps that can be taken to prevent, and if necessary treat split ends.

How To Prevent Split Ends In Hair

Start from the ends of your hair and work your way up. Gently de-tangle any knots with your fingers.

The best quality brushes for using on your hair, as recommended by hair dressers, are Mason Pearson brushes.

4. Minimise Your Brushing/Combing
Do not over brush your hair. Once your brush/comb glides through your hair with no obstructions, stop. You don’t need to brush or comb any more.

5. Avoid Rough Styling
Don’t regularly tease/back comb your hair as this can cause breakage.

6. Sleep on a Silk Pillowcase

To avoid friction on your hair at night while you sleep use a silk pillowcase. Silk pillowcases reduce the development of split ends overnight. They also reduce bed hair and frizziness.

Best Shampoo and Conditioner For Split Ends

7. Use a Good Quality Shampoo & Conditioner
Dehydrated hair is more prone to breakage and damage. It is important to use a good quality shampoo and conditioner that will nourish and ideally strengthen your hair without applying any chemical nasties to it.

My holy grail best shampoo and conditioner for split ends is bhave Rescue Intense Repair Shampoo and bhave Rescue Intense Repair Conditioner. These products nourish, strengthen and repair hair. They are infused with Replicine Functional Keratin and Argan Oil to reduce hair breakage. Like all bhave products they are free from any chemical nasties including parabens and sulphates, as well as sodium chloride.

Best Hair Mask For Split Ends

8. Apply a Deep Conditioning Hair Mask

The best hair mask for split ends is the bhave Deep Intense Conditioning Masque. I use this hair mask at least once a fortnight to provide intense moisture to my hair to help keep it healthy, moisturised and damage free. This product is particularly good for those of us with coloured, heat stressed or damaged hair.

Best Hair Treatment For Split Ends

9. Apply a Deep Conditioning Hair Treatment 

The best hair treatment for split ends is the bhave Leave-In Creme which contains macadamia nut, jojoba and certified organic argan oil. It provides hair with an extra conditioning boost and protection, and thus makes it less susceptible to breakage. 

 More Split Ends Hair Prevention Techniques

Heat weakens your hair shaft thus making it prone to breakage. Styling your hair using heat tools, such as straighteners, curling wands and curling irons are common causes of split ends and hair damage. Try to avoid or at least minimise these methods of hair styling.

If you are unwilling to give up these hair styling methods then make sure you use a heat protectant on your hair such as GHD Heat Protect Spray. My personal favourite heat protectant which I’ve using for over three years isKMS Free Shape Hot Flex Spray.  Please note the packaging of this product has changed since I took this photo.

Another method I’ve used to minimise the amount of time I use my hair straightener is to undergo the bhave Smoothe Treatment. I’ve previously blogged about this treatment here. The bhave Smoothe Treatment lasts for up to 4 months and  has dramatically decreased the amount of time I spend straightening my hair and thus the amount of time I’m exposing my hair to damaging heat.

How To Get Rid Of Split Ends

bhave Fresh Ends is a relatively new product with revolutionary Raw Natural Keratin Technology which has the ability to penetrate the hair shaft and rebuild hair damage from the inside out while slow releasing ceratonia peptides, keratin and certified organic argan oil smoothes, seals and controls misbehaving split ends.

This product is definitely one of the best split end repair products I have come across. It  improves the strength and elasticity of hair, and smoothes and continually repairs split ends damage without product build up. If you continue to regularly heat style your hair, even if you use a heat protectant like I do, I’d strongly recommend adding bhave Fresh Ends to your hair care routine. It’s simple, effective and a little of this product goes a long way!

 

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* Note: I have been using bhave products for numerous years now, well before the photographed bhave products 

were kindly gifted to me. All opinions are my own. This post contains some affiliate links. Full disclosure policy here.