Revive your summer tresses with these post-sun potions.

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by Afterpay
Feb 22, 2023      3 min read

While you’re adding yet another SPF cream to your cart, take a moment to stop and listen to the sound of your hair screaming out for some attention. 


It’s the season for sun, swimming and oh-so-much styling, but this doesn’t have to spell hair disaster.  


Give your locks the love they deserve this summer with these must-have masks, treatments and scalp scrubs.

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Olaplex Hair Perfector No.3 Home Treatment
x4 payments of $13.50 via Adore Beauty

Olaplex Hair Perfector No.3 Home Treatment

The OG bond repairer, Olaplex No.3 rebuilds hair from its core, finding broken protein bonds and whipping them back into shape. It’s salon-level rehab for your hair.

K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Mask
x4 payments of $24.88 via Adore Beauty

K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Mask 

This damage-reversing molecular repair mask is packed with patented bioactive peptides. Translation: a heartfelt apology to your hair for all the colouring and styling damage you’ve put it through. 

ELEVEN Australia Miracle Hair Treatment
x4 payments of $6.99 via Adore Beauty

ELEVEN Australia Miracle Hair Treatment 

A frizz-fighting, volumising leave-in treatment that lives to create softness, elasticity, strength and shine. Don’t let the great price point fool you: this is a luxe experience. 

Kérastase Elixir Ultime Beautifying Hair Oil
x4 payments of $18 via Adore Beauty

Kérastase Elixir Ultime Beautifying Hair Oil

It’s rare to find an oil that’s light enough for fine hair but rich enough for coarse hair – yet here we are. Use this brilliantly versatile oil as a pre-shampoo treatment, heat protectant or leave-in conditioner. Winning. 

Christophe Robin Cleansing Purifying Scrub with Sea Salt
x4 payments of $17.75 via Adore Beauty

Christophe Robin Cleansing Purifying Scrub with Sea Salt 

If you weren’t aware that scalp scrubs were a thing, make this one your first foray. Purify, revitalise, detox and stimulate in one product. You won’t regret it. 

VIRTUE Recovery Shampoo
x4 payments of $14 via Adore Beauty

VIRTUE Recovery Shampoo

The perfect answer to product build-up, this shampoo repairs damage and hydrates while removing all the nasties. Clean, fresh and nourished with keratin? Yes please. 

evo Fabuloso Platinum Blonde Colour Boosting Treatment
x4 payments of $11.31 via Adore Beauty

evo Fabuloso Platinum Blonde Colour Boosting Treatment

Refresh your blonde in three minutes with this intensifying, colour-boosting conditioner. Turn yellow tones into sun-kissed softness, with the bonus of intense hydration and added shine. 

KEVIN.MURPHY Hydrate Me Rinse
x4 payments of $11.99 via Adore Beauty

KEVIN.MURPHY Hydrate Me Rinse 

If your hair has a little crunch to it, this hydrating conditioner is just what you need. Rich in essential vitamins and minerals, it not only deeply moisturises, but also smells like a meadow. Ten out of ten: would recommend. 

Aveda Suncare Hair Veil
x4 payments of $14 via Adore Beauty

Aveda Suncare Hair Veil

Stop the damage before it happens with this UV defence mist. With 16 hours of protection against sun exposure, you’ll minimise colour fading, damage and dryness. The upshot? Enjoy a longer-lasting ’do this silly season. 

R+Co SUN CATCHER Vitamin C Leave-In Conditioner
x4 payments of $12.25 via Adore Beauty

R+Co SUN CATCHER Vitamin C Leave-In Conditioner

This glow-up fave offers so much more than the leave-in conditioners of the past. Formulated to protect against colour fade and fragranced with hints of a European holiday, it can be used alone or layered with styling products for swishy perfection. 

Up next: Size-inclusive swim for every body.


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