You Can Leave Your Sunhat On!

With the Summer holidays fast approaching one of the key features of any girl’s suitcase is her vanity case. Packed with all the necessaries... Nivea, Immac, Paracetamol, Autan… most of us take up about half of our luggage allowance with our health and beauty essentials! It has been drummed into us that the most important thing is to stock up on suntan oil in order to protect our skin from the rays, but many of us fail to realise that our hair is just as worthy of our protection.

Luckily, Daniel Galvin is here to give us some tips on how to keep our hair looking fresh and healthy this summer: “Elements such as sunshine, salt water and chlorine each take their toll on the hair, leaving it knotty, brittle and lifeless. My key tip for the season would be to keep the head continuously covered; whether this be by a summer hat or by a hair masque or milk. When you have been in the swimming pool or sea, make sure that you rinse out the water after you get out. You should then apply some sort of hair protection masque or milk.

“For me there are three top-quality products to choose from when packing your vanity case this summer:

1. The Kérastase Aqua Seal is a highly protective fluid cream. It is waterproof (which means that it doesn’t need to be applied quite as often – but don’t think that means that it’s unnecessary to re-apply!) and is a leave-in treatment. It protects you from the sun as well as being ultra-hydrating.

2. My colour team’s brand of the year has definitely been Moroccan Oil. Their fabulous products leave the hair feeling smooth and silky and their Intense Hydrating Masque is no exception. As its name suggests it hydrates from root to rip and restores strength and vitality in dry, damaged hair.

3. Back to Kérastase, and their Soleil Lait is another fabulous product. It contains UVA and UVB protection and nourishes each strand of hair, and should be applied after a day in the sun.”

Kérastase and Moroccan Oil are both sold at Daniel Galvin’s George Street Salon. For more information please call 020 7486 9661.