If you wear SPF daily, you're on the right track, but if you're not protecting your hair the same way you do your skin, you could be subjecting your strands to some serious damage. "UV rays can weaken hair and dull your hair color, even uncolored hair," says Danai Schulte, hairstylist and owner of Maven Beverly Hills in California. She suggests using hair products that contain UV protectants. "Additionally, you'll want to use a water filter if your tap water is filled with hard minerals (a very common problem in L.A.)." Think of how your shower fixtures look dull with mineral buildup — it's the same for your hair. "It prevents conditioner from penetrating, causing hair to dry out, and it makes hair color look brassy," she says. Schulte also prescribes her clients a clarifying shampoo or hair rinse once or twice a week to remove buildup for shinier, more pliable hair.

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Making sure your hair has all the vitamins and minerals it needs to keep growing strong and healthy is important. That's why Koye recommends that his clients pop two to three chewy hair vitamins a day, depending on the brand, to provide their body everything it needs to have healthy happy hair. Most notably, the best supplement for skin, hair and nails is biotin, a B complex vitamin. Another goodie is vitamin D, a key nutrient that aids your body's absorption of calcium, another essential nutrient. You can take individual supplements for Biotin or vitamin D or score a women's multivitamin or even a hair-specific supplement like Nutrafol that contains all the right amounts of what you need.

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Advances in technology make for hot tools that are less damaging than ever before but you're still exposing hair to extreme heat, which is never a good thing. That's why it's still best to let your hair air dry as often as possible. "Excess heat, including blow dryers, dries out the cuticles, making it rigid and brittle," says Schulte. When you do use heat tools, always apply a heat protector, like Rene Furterer Lissea Thermal Protecting Smoothing Spray, to limit any heat damage and try not to go over each section more than once.

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Think of a hair mask as a conditioner that possesses 10 times the conditioning quality. These hydrating masks put in serious work and contain concentrated ingredients that are incredibly beneficial for your strands, such as coconut, almond and argan oils that reconstruct and strengthen stressed out and damaged hair. Nate Bova, of Warren Tricomi Salon in New York City, recommends Hello Hair's Hydrating Mask for color-treated and bleached hair, chemically treated hair and hair that is regularly exposed to heat from the sun, blow-drying or straightening. "The fresh scents of lime, grapefruit, vanilla and coconut will have you island dreaming in an instant," he adds.

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No matter how young you are or how thick your hair is, experts say it's important to be gentle with strands of all sorts. First: Avoid rubbing your hair roughly when you towel dry your hair, as Schulte says this roughs up the cuticles and can lead to hair breakage. Also, you'll want to avoid pulling your hair back into tight ponytails, as this constant tugging can actually destroy hair follicles, lead to thinning hair or even traction alopecia. "If you do opt for ponytails, consider using a scrunchie," adds Schulte. "The soft fabric doesn't snag or tug your hair and it comes off the hair without pulling any hair out. Plus, they're totally in style!"

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