5 Habits to Protect Your Curly Hair in Winter

When you see the sheer number of posts and articles online about curly hair, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Between sometimes contradictory advice and overly complicated routines, it’s enough to make you feel lost — or even want to give up altogether.

To help you avoid information overload, here are 5 essential no-gos for curly hair. These simple guidelines will help you care for your hair while you take the time to discover the routines and habits that truly work for you.

1. Choosing the right products and techniques

Using products that are not suited to your hair structure or porosity can weaken your hair in the long term. If you’re unsure how to choose the right products, opt for formulas made with natural ingredients and free from sulphates, parabens and silicones.

Curl-definition techniques can be real allies, especially in winter. They help reduce excessive manipulation, as touching your hair daily can damage the hair fibre. Between cold weather and humidity, curly hair is already exposed to enough external stress.

Heat styling tools: enemies of our curls?

Flat irons, hot-air hair dryers… frequent and prolonged use of heat weakens, dehydrates and damages the hair. And damaged hair means dull, lifeless curls with less bounce.

Important: this doesn’t mean you should completely stop straightening your hair! The key is to protect your hair from heat using heat-protectant products and to limit how often you do it.

At Sanganni, we don’t believe in rigid hair rules, but in a kind and balanced approach: learning to love your hair in its natural state, while still allowing yourself the occasional hair experiment.

Inès’ note:“There’s nothing wrong with wanting to straighten your hair from time to time, just for the pleasure of changing your look. Once a year, I go through a straight-hair phase for one to two weeks. I prepare my hair with a heat-protectant product, and afterwards I follow up with a nourishing and detox treatment to maintain my curls.”

3. Using the wrong towel to dry curly hair

Classic terry towels are not suitable for curly hair: they absorb too much water, dry out the hair fibre and encourage breakage and frizz.

Instead, choose a microfibre towel, bamboo fibre towel, or simply a cotton T-shirt (easy to find in your wardrobe). These alternatives are much gentler on the hair and reduce friction.

Combined with the plopping method, this technique helps retain moisture while allowing curls to keep their natural shape and definition.