Stop Staticky Silver Hair Now!

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Desert Living Equals Static

As most of you know, by now, I live in the great state of New Mexico. We are all too familiar with static.

The average humidity here is around 40%, but it can plummet to 4% in our driest months. It can do this in a very short period of time and last days and weeks.
Add in the wind and all the moisture is blown away.

It All Adds Up to Static:

• We fight static electricity here in our clothes, furniture, and our hair.
• Discharging yourself when you touch something is commonplace.
• It is often worse in the wintertime and/or if you happen to have carpet.

Static and Your Hair Type

Your hair type can make you more prone to static. While anyone can experience this no matter their hair type there are types more prone than others.

• Silver Hair
• Fine
• Thin
• Higher porosity hair

For those of us with silver hair our hair is naturally drier, it has a slightly raised and thinner cuticle, so it loses moisture quickly and easily. This makes it more prone to static.

If you have fine, thin, silver hair you will likely struggle with static in your hair.

The First Step to Stop Staticky Silver Hair – Is In Your Clothes

1. Synthetic fabrics will build up more static than natural fabrics.
2. One option is to skip the polyester clothing all together, which for me is the best option.
3. Use fabric softener and dryer sheets, (I prefer 7th generation and avoid mainstream dryer sheets because they are a major home air pollutant…I digress.)
4. Make your own anti-static spray for clothes and furniture with a 1:1 ratio of liquid softener and water.

The Second Step to Stop Staticky Silver Hair – Is Your Conditioner

I know a lot of people want to use shampoo only, but that is not recommended for silvers for several reasons and static is one of them.

1. Dry hair will make for more static.
2. Conditioners are often designed to reduce static.
3. If you have avoided silicones, this may be one reason to rethink it for silver hair.

Common Anti-Static Ingredients

Ingredients to look for in shampoo and conditioners that help reduce static include but are not limited to:

• Polymers
• Some Polyquaterniums or Poly-Quats
• Guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride
• Dimethicone
• Behentrimonium Chloride
• Cetrimonium Chloride

Do Oils Stop Static?

Not necessarily, using neat oils like coconut oil can actually make static worse by coating the dry hair and creating a barrier to moisture entering the hair.

Olive oil is good for static, but I would avoid it neat, as it is green and can stain silvers. Well-blended into a product, it may be colorless, and it won’t be an issue.

Hair Static Stoppers

• Conditioners and Leave-in Conditioners with anti-static ingredients.
• Make your own static stopping mist with water and your favorite leave-in cream.
• Hair spray stops static on hair and clothes.
• Pin a metal safety pin or metal-based costume jewelry onto a garment that makes static worse.
• Some people will rub dryer sheets on their hair, but I’d just go for leave-in conditioner it’s safer for your hair.
• Foil is a tedious option, and could damage your hair, but you can wrap small sections with foil and run the foil through the length of your hair.
• Spray your brush with leave-in and hairspray and then brush your hair.
• Use a silicone-based serum or leave-in.

Click any product to shop:

Leave-ins for Static

• Andalou Naturals Face Mist, Moisture Boost Facial Spray with Hyaluronic Acid & Collagen
• Seen Crèmes and Leave-In
• Seen Magic Hair Serum (silicone free)
• Loma Calming Crème
• Loma Nourishing Oil (contains silicones)
• LolaVie Perfecting Leave-In
• Biolage Hydra Source Dewy Moisture Mist for Dry Hair

Hold Products for Static

Most gels, hairsprays, and other hold products contain polymers that will block static:

• Loma Firm Hold Gel
• Loma Finishing Spray
• Giovanni LA Hold Hair Spritz
• Paul Mitchell Soft Style Soft Sculpting Spray Gel

…all top my list.

Get 20% off LOMA with code QSH20

Get 10% off SEEN with code QUICKSILVER10

Best Practices:

Using these products during your wash day and styling routine will prevent static, but if you have static come up regardless, you can use the products to block it. Sprays will be the easiest and lightest to use once your hair is dried and styled. If you make your own spray, use a clean bottle, distilled or filtered warm water, and your favorite leave in.

Static doesn’t have to ruin your good hair day all you need is a little preparation, the right clothing, and products.

If you would like to shop the products mention via Amazon you can go to the Anti-Static Shop.

I hope you found this post educational and helpful.

Thank you for reading. Please feel free to share.

As always it is about so much more than the hair.

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