15 Best Heat Protectant Sprays for Wet and Dry Hair (2025)

Other Heat Protectants We Tried

R+Co Bleu Hypersonic Heat Styling Mist for $36: This high-tech-looking aerosol successful a recycled aluminum vessel was a favourite during the aboriginal weeks of testing—I liked its extortion up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit and its frizz-fighting properties. However, it does usage a polymer and resin analyzable to creaseless hair, and implicit clip I noticed it was leaving a sticky residue connected my hands and vigor tools.

Sutra Heat Guard Blowout Cream for $24: I emotion Sutra’s IR2 hairsbreadth straightener, truthful I had precocious hopes. This heavy and astir fragrance-free pick is meant to support up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit and trim drying time, but my hairsbreadth felt dried retired aft use.

Moroccanoil Perfect Defense Heat Protectant for $15 (2 ounces): All of Moroccanoil’s products travel infused with argan oil, and this spray that protects up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit is nary exception. It tin beryllium utilized connected bedewed oregon adust hair, and it’s highly lightweight—I thought it felt and acted similar a airy hairspray, for amended oregon for worse. I didn’t emotion the scent oregon the super-fine, alcohol-based mist—in fact, I was disquieted it would adust my hairsbreadth out, but it didn’t.

Pureology Instant Levitation Mist for $32: Pureology is known for its formulas made specifically for color-treated hair, truthful I was hoping this would beryllium a great-performing solution for those who don't privation to hazard ruining their costly highlights oregon balayage. However, it seemed to permission a dull residue, and neither I nor my short-haired tester recovered the volumizing diagnostic to beryllium precise effective.

IGK Good Behavior Spirulina Protein Smoothing Spray for $38: This aerosol felt similar it dried my hairsbreadth retired a bit, and it has the aforesaid unpleasant scent arsenic the 4-in-1 (above). I didn't attraction for it successful a liquid spray, but it was overwhelming successful aerosol unreality form.

Milk_Shake Lifestyling Amazing Anti-Humidity Spray for $28 and Smoothing Cream for $24: I emotion Milk_Shake arsenic a brand, and these products were conscionable fine, but didn't basal retired capable to suffice arsenic apical picks.

Sutra Heat Guard Heat Protector for $18: Imperceptibly scented and light, this pump spray seemed promising for usage connected adust hair, but it had the aforesaid contented arsenic Briogeo's Farewell Frizz. Even aft aggregate passes astatine precocious temperatures, my hairsbreadth was unmanageable and would not cooperate with the level iron.

Milk_Shake Lifestyling Thermo-Protector for $40: I usually emotion Milk_Shake products, but this aerosol spray felt similar it dried retired my hairsbreadth and amplified my already hard-to-handle frizz aft blow-drying. It besides did not adhd a discernible magnitude of radiance arsenic promised.

FoxyBae Cool AF Heat Protectant + Biotin for $16: I similar the cheery plan of this pump spray bottle, arsenic good arsenic the information it tin beryllium utilized connected bedewed oregon adust hair. However, it didn’t look arsenic effectual arsenic different brands and was greasy erstwhile utilized connected adust hair.

Biolage Thermal Setting Spray for $28: I similar the Biolage brand, and the information that this tin beryllium utilized connected either damp oregon adust hairsbreadth (though it doesn't springiness a somesthesia limit). However, whether I utilized it bedewed oregon dry, I recovered it near parts of my hairsbreadth stiff. Some online reviewers, though, recovered they rather liked it for mounting curls.

Briogeo Farewell Frizz Blowdry Perfection & Heat Protectant Creme for $26: I person thick, unruly hair, and this pick protectant felt similar it really made my hairsbreadth unmanageable and harder to style. It whitethorn talk to its effectiveness, but I felt similar I had to instrumentality excessively galore passes with a titanium level robust turned up to max temperature.

Reverie Milk Anti-Frizz Leave-in Nourishing Treatment for $44: I loved this cream's spicy botanical scent, stylish solid bottle, and the information that it protects up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit (according to Reverie; it does not accidental truthful connected the bottle). It worked OK, but unfortunately, determination are conscionable excessively galore amended options for fractional the price.

Cloud 9 Miracle Repair 3-in-1 Leave-in Conditioning Spray for $28 and Cloud 9 Blowout Blow Dry Serum for $26: People rave astir Cloud 9 online, and I truly similar genitor marque Beautopia's vibrating hairsbreadth straightener, but neither of these products did overmuch to chopped down frizz during my tests.

Hairstory Primer Smoothing & Protecting Mist for $36: This leave-in mist protects up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit and is designed to enactment with the full Hairstory New Wash Method ($64), which involves a detergent-free “cleansing cream.” I tried it and it reminded maine of the full “no ‘poo” question of the aboriginal aughts, wherever partctioners eschewed modern shampoo for much earthy options similar baking soda. This method is not for everyone, but if you bash effort it, I don't deliberation the mist adds capable to warrant the cost.

Chi 44 Iron Guard for $19: This drugstore stalwart works good to support from vigor portion besides tamping down frizz, and the caller Botanical Bliss scent is an betterment implicit the archetypal formula's. However, it near a sticky residue connected my hands and vigor tools.

R+Co Chainmail Thermal Protection Styling Spray for $36: I appreciated this spray for its quality to adhd tons of disposable shine, but the aerosol nozzle was not arsenic targeted arsenic I’d person liked, creating specified a wide-ranging, fine-mist fog that it was astir intolerable not to respire it in. I besides recovered the cologne-like scent overwhelming.

FAQs

How Do Heat Protectants Work?

Ingredients vary, but astir vigor protectants enactment overmuch the aforesaid way: by deploying ingredients similar copolymers oregon silicone that overgarment the hairsbreadth shaft to dilatory (though not wholly stop) vigor conduction. Many vigor protectants besides see moisturizers to assistance seal and creaseless the cuticle to trim frizz. Because vigor protectants tin lone slow, not wholly stop, vigor damage, it's inactive important to usage the lowest vigor settings you tin for your hairsbreadth for the slightest magnitude of time.

How Do We Test?

I lavation my 3a curly hair doubly a week, past blow-dry and travel up with a straightening iron. I interaction up my hairsbreadth with a straightening iron regular successful between. I tested the vigor protectants successful this usher successful the people of my mean day-to-day beingness implicit a play of 4 months. I utilized each merchandise connected either damp hairsbreadth earlier blow-drying oregon connected adust hairsbreadth earlier the straightening iron—whichever was indicated by the instructions. If a merchandise could beryllium utilized connected damp and adust hair, I tried it some ways.

What's Up Next to Test?

I'll beryllium investigating Tresemme's Protecting Heat Keratin Smooth Spray, Redken's Quick Blowout, and products from Neqi.

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