Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Frizz Tamer gives you portable hair smoothing on the fly.
If you’re a member of the frizzy-haired sisterhood, you know your hair will sproing into an untameable beast and you will become this Roz Chast cartoon (crazy eyes optional) the minute you leave the air-conditioned splendour of your home and go outside in this weather.
Even diligent use of hair-smoothing shampoos and conditioners can’t overcome the sheer power of “it’s 28°C but with the humidity it feels like 40°C”.
Years ago, John Frieda sold hair-smoothing serum in a tube with a mascara wand applicator, but as much as I loved it, it was too silicone-y which can make your hair look greasily lank if you use too much. I used too much.
New Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Frizz Tamer ($14, Shoppers Drug Mart) is probably meant for young girls (by which I mean anyone under 45) who want glossy, sleek ponytails and tamed baby hairs, but it is an excellent purse addition for when you catch your reflection in a shop window and the Roz Chast cartoon lady is staring back at you. With its mascara wand applicator and hair-smoothing plant keratin and argan oil, Fructis Frizz Tamer will gently wrestle the frizzy bits into something a little less crazy cat lady. Best of all, it contains no silicone, so you can’t overdo it.
And, like lip balm and sunscreen, you need one for the house and one for your purse, so you can whip it out for instant hair-smoothing when the weather, or store mirrors, demand.