6 Ways to Get Shinier, Healthier-Looking Hair

No matter your hair type, how you treat it at home—with clean treatments, masks, serums, and deep conditioners—can make a huge difference in how it looks and feels. How often you wash your hair is different for everyone (curly and kinky textures are drier than straight hair and can typically go longer between washes). But whether you’re looking to repair heat-styling damage, increase shine and bounce, or balance your scalp for overall healthier-looking hair, these are the at-home essentials everyone’s talking about—and they really work.

This flexible palm-size brush from Manta molds to the shape of your hand and scalp, creating less tension than conventional brushes, while its bendy, forgiving bristles minimize snags. Manta’s founder, Tim Binnington, a British hairdresser, created it for his wife when she was growing her hair back after an illness and was worried that brushing was causing breakage. Use it to detangle in the shower, comb damp hair, or brush out dry hair. Guys love it, too—it feels truly wonderful on the scalp.

Smooth frizz, detangle, and protect your color with this leave-in treatment spray that’s ultramoisturizing and light as air. Made with rahua, ungurahua, and morete oils plus protein-bonding organic mango sugars—all of them wild-grown, hand-processed, and sustainably sourced from the Amazon rainforest—it smells beautifully of mango and passion fruit extracts. Spritz it into wet hair to soften and smooth instantly; as your hair dries, expect bouncy, shiny, manageable, healthy-looking hair.

The secret to your shiniest, softest, healthiest-looking hair is this preshampoo serum that works like a dream. “It’s kind of a miracle on my hair,” says Gwyneth. “I leave it in for 20 minutes before I shampoo (I sneak in a workout while the serum soaks into my hair), and it smooths frizz and damage, softens and strengthens my hair, and leaves it so shiny.” Made with cuticle-sealing vitamin C, omega-rich sea buckthorn oil, and shine-boosting plumeria monoi oil, it’s a simple prewash ritual that discourages frizz, ramps up both shine and texture, moisturizes, and helps detangle, no matter your hair type or texture.

This is the hair mask the clean beauty space has been waiting for: an ultraluxurious salon-level deep conditioner that leaves your hair nourished, healthy, and full of shine. With tsubaki seed oil for deep hydration and yuzu fruit extract to smooth the cuticle, it’s lightweight and smells amazing—that’s the Crown Affair signature scent of yuzu, lemongrass, and bergamot. To apply it, use a wide-tooth comb (like the one in the Crown Affair set) to distribute it evenly. Leave it on for 5 to 15 minutes, depending on how dry or damaged your hair is, in place of or in addition to your regular conditioner.

Made with exfoliating mineral-rich pink Himalayan salt, nourishing cold-pressed moringa oil, and pure unfiltered rose hip oil, this unique whipped shampoo purifies and detoxifies at once. The scrub cleanses the hair and scalp of product buildup, dirt, and oil, leaving both clean and refreshed. The cleansing scent—rosemary, geranium, orange, and peppermint—lingers subtly in hair (and smells amazing as you wash).

The lather and fresh frankincense-sandalwood scent are gorgeous—but the glossy, bouncy, smooth results are why we’re obsessed. The blend of shine-boosting amino acids, hydrolyzed pea protein, and nourishing botanicals leaves hair of any texture healthy-looking and supple. (Use the shampoo with the Amino Acid Shinebath Conditioner for next-level luster.)