Editors' Pick Winner: Fekkai PrX Reparatives Instant Repair Leave-in Conditioner Spray
Why: This multipurpose product makes hair instantly softer, shinier and easier to manage with its detangling properties, while also preventing future damage with added heat protectant ingredients.
Honorable Mention: Kevin Murphy Leave-in Repair
Readers' Choice Winner: Macadamia Natural Oil Nourishing Leave-in Cream
Why: This changed the health of my hair. Before, my strands were dry and frizzy. Now, my hair is so soft, shiny and frizz-free.
Honorable Mention: Nexxus Humectress Luxe Lightweight Conditioning Mist
Why: This multipurpose product makes hair instantly softer, shinier and easier to manage with its detangling properties, while also preventing future damage with added heat protectant ingredients.
Honorable Mention: Kevin Murphy Leave-in Repair
Readers' Choice Winner: Macadamia Natural Oil Nourishing Leave-in Cream
Why: This changed the health of my hair. Before, my strands were dry and frizzy. Now, my hair is so soft, shiny and frizz-free.
Honorable Mention: Nexxus Humectress Luxe Lightweight Conditioning Mist
Editors' Pick Winner: It's a 10 Potion 10 Miracle Repair Mask
Why: A product truly worthy of a name with miracle in it, this deep conditioner smooths and repairs like no other. With this hair-care all-star in your arsenal, you can go to bed with a wet head and, miraculously, wake up to perfect hair.
Honorable Mention: DHC Q10 Revitalizing Hair Care Deep Repair Mask
Readers' Choice Winner: L'Oreal Paris Hair Expert Total Repair 5 Damage Erasing Balm
Why: My hair feels like satin after rinsing, and it doesn't feel heavy or greasy. Dead ends and flyaways are less visible, and hair is shiny. One of the best deep-conditioners I've used in ages.
Honorable Mention: Moroccanoil Intense Hydrating Mask
Why: A product truly worthy of a name with miracle in it, this deep conditioner smooths and repairs like no other. With this hair-care all-star in your arsenal, you can go to bed with a wet head and, miraculously, wake up to perfect hair.
Honorable Mention: DHC Q10 Revitalizing Hair Care Deep Repair Mask
Readers' Choice Winner: L'Oreal Paris Hair Expert Total Repair 5 Damage Erasing Balm
Why: My hair feels like satin after rinsing, and it doesn't feel heavy or greasy. Dead ends and flyaways are less visible, and hair is shiny. One of the best deep-conditioners I've used in ages.
Honorable Mention: Moroccanoil Intense Hydrating Mask
Editors' Pick Winner: Tigi Bed Head Big Head Volume Boosting Foam
Why: Ready for weightless volume? Distributed evenly through hair, this provides a subtle, long-lasting lift to your everyday hairstyle without leaving hair tacky or sticky.
Honorable Mention: Kristin Ess Instant Lift Volumizing Mousse
Readers' Choice Winner: Sexy Hair Big Sexy Hair Root Pump Plus
Why: This really pumps up thin, bodiless hair and adds fullness that other products can't, without making it heavy or losing shine. Two thumbs up!
Honorable Mention: Nexxus Mousse Plus Volumizing Foam
Why: Ready for weightless volume? Distributed evenly through hair, this provides a subtle, long-lasting lift to your everyday hairstyle without leaving hair tacky or sticky.
Honorable Mention: Kristin Ess Instant Lift Volumizing Mousse
Readers' Choice Winner: Sexy Hair Big Sexy Hair Root Pump Plus
Why: This really pumps up thin, bodiless hair and adds fullness that other products can't, without making it heavy or losing shine. Two thumbs up!
Honorable Mention: Nexxus Mousse Plus Volumizing Foam
Editors' Pick Winner: Shu Uemura Urban Moisture Hyrdo-Nourishing Shampoo
Why: Revive dead ends, and welcome healthy bounce back into your hair with this moisturizing shampoo. A blend of moringa and red micro algae extracts repair dryness and eliminate frizz.
Honorable Mention: Herbal Essences Argan Oil of Morocco Shampoo
Readers' Choice Winner: Pantene Pro-V Ice Shine Shampoo
Why: After I'd mistreated my hair with flat irons, curling irons and other styling tools, this shampoo revived my stressed hair and gave it great shine.
Honorable Mention: Herbal Essences Smooth Collection Shampoo
Why: Revive dead ends, and welcome healthy bounce back into your hair with this moisturizing shampoo. A blend of moringa and red micro algae extracts repair dryness and eliminate frizz.
Honorable Mention: Herbal Essences Argan Oil of Morocco Shampoo
Readers' Choice Winner: Pantene Pro-V Ice Shine Shampoo
Why: After I'd mistreated my hair with flat irons, curling irons and other styling tools, this shampoo revived my stressed hair and gave it great shine.
Honorable Mention: Herbal Essences Smooth Collection Shampoo
Editors' Pick Winner: IGK Down & Out Dirty Spray
Why: Grip, texture, volume -- this dirty texturizing spray leaves hair tousled in a DGAF, cool-girl way. Add the tiniest bit to hair, starting at the ends and working up, to create a perfectly executed bedhead hairstyle.
Honorable Mention: Davines This Is a Dry Texturizer
Readers' Choice Winner: Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray
Why: This is a great fresher-upper for your hair. It smells amazing, adds great volume to limp locks and holds all day.
Honorable Mention: KMS California Hair Play Sea Salt Spray
Why: Grip, texture, volume -- this dirty texturizing spray leaves hair tousled in a DGAF, cool-girl way. Add the tiniest bit to hair, starting at the ends and working up, to create a perfectly executed bedhead hairstyle.
Honorable Mention: Davines This Is a Dry Texturizer
Readers' Choice Winner: Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray
Why: This is a great fresher-upper for your hair. It smells amazing, adds great volume to limp locks and holds all day.
Honorable Mention: KMS California Hair Play Sea Salt Spray
Why have a good hair day, when you can have a great hair day? That was our philosophy when testing these hair products for the 2017 TotalBeauty Awards. When it comes to your hair, you should never have to settle. From hair products that simplify your life to devices that make it look like you just walked out of the salon, these are the hair innovations you need to make room for in your bathroom.
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