Care for the length you’re growing.
Make tangles and daily snags easier to manage.

Start with the places that keep breaking

Rough handling, repeated heat and chemical services can leave lengths more prone to breaking. Work on the part of the routine that catches those areas. Use conditioner through rough sections, support them while combing and avoid repeated passes with a hot tool.

Compare length in the same hair state

Wet, stretched and curled hair can look different in length. If you want a progress photo, use a similar hairstyle, pose and light each time. Occasional comparisons are more useful than checking every day. Keep a care routine that already works.

The same ends keep knotting

• Smooth rinse-out conditioner through rough wet lengths and underneath each section.
• Detangle curls damp with conditioner, then rinse.
• For straight or loosely wavy hair, rinse and let it partly dry first.
• Support above a snag, clear the tips with downward strokes and stop at a tight mat.

Hair catches under straps or on collars

• Begin with dry, detangled loose hair and lift the lengths clear before putting on a bag or coat.
• Wear the smooth side of a scarf against the hair, or keep loose lengths outside it.
• A comfortable tie or loose braid can keep hair together.
• Release it if it pulls.

Long loose hairs look worrying at wash time

• Some daily shedding is normal.
• Keep washing when the scalp is oily or dirty, then loosen tangles in small supported sections.
• If the amount you shed has clearly increased, keep the timing with any other recent changes so you can explain what changed.

Split tips keep catching after conditioning

• A trim removes split tips and also removes some length, so tell your stylist how much you want to keep.
• Use hot tools less often and avoid repeated passes over the same ends.
• Discuss fragile bleached or straightened lengths before another chemical service.

Conditioner that helps you detangle gently

Work a wet-use rinse-out conditioner through reachable sections after shampooing. Share its total amount between them and reach the underside. Follow its waiting and rinsing steps. Judge both gentle detangling and the dried feel before trying another treatment.

Browse rinse-out conditioners. Tell the consultation what you want from a conditioner and what you disliked about previous ones.

An optional leave-in for rough areas

If the ends still feel rough after washing, try a little leave-in there at the next wash. Use the wet, damp or dry starting state on its bottle. Check the dried finish before adding more, and use less next time if it feels coated.

Browse leave-in conditioners

Support the section and clear the tips first

For curls, detangle damp with conditioner. For straight or loosely wavy hair, rinse out conditioner and let it partly dry. Support above a knot and comb the tips downward. Start higher only after the lower hair is clear, and stop if it hurts.

Reach underneath as well as the ends

After rinsing shampoo, separate wet hair into reachable sections. Smooth rinse-out conditioner through rough areas and their underside. The linked guide shows application and rinsing with a conditioner used on wet hair.

Keep reachable lengths loosely together

Start with dry, detangled hair that reaches over one shoulder comfortably. Divide it into three sections, cross the outside sections over the middle and use a soft tie. Undo it if it pulls. Support the hair and remove the tie before unbraiding from the bottom.

Prepare damp hair for a blow-dry

Use the pictured pump spray on damp, detangled loose hair before blow-drying, if its directions allow that. Reach inner sections and keep spray away from your face. Flat and curling irons need their own preparation on fully dry hair.

Signs that need more than routine care

• Speak with a medical professional if your part becomes wider or shedding clearly increases while you are growing your hair out. Bring when it changed and any recent changes in medicines or health. Ask before changing how you take a suspected medicine.