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Keep your hair well-nourished.
By Aly Walansky — Written on Jan 11, 2019
If your hair is feeling drab and dry, normal conditioner may not be enough. Instead, you need the best hair mask for damaged hair. And lucky for you, you can find the best hair mask at all different price points.
Hair masks are intensive hair treatments made with fortifying, nurturing ingredients such as oils, butters and more sources of hydration that you give ample time to treat and absorb into your hair and scalp. That means the best hair mask will have major benefits and results after even one use, and that's exactly what we're looking for!
1. Evolis Professional PROMOTE Treatment Mask
This super-luxe hair mask has been proven to transform texture, condition and overall hair quality, while preventing damage and increasing hair length up. Key hair-loving ingredients include Baobab, Rosa Multiflora and Swertia Chirata.
(My Evolis, $40)
2. Amika Soulfood Nourishing Mask
Soulfood Nourishing Mask allows you to deeply condition, hydrate and restore dry hair to its natural vibrancy and health with its ultra-replenishing formula that contains Jojoba Seed Oil and Sea Buckthorn Berry. It works as either a weekly treatment or as an everyday conditioner.
(Love Amika, $28)
3. Grace & Stella Rescue My Hair Mask With Argan Oil
Add life and luster back to your locks! Has your hair been personally victimized by dyes, hot tools and overall rough treatment? Salvage and bring your hair back to life with Grace & Stella’s Rescue My Hair Mask. Made with Argan Oil, Sunflower Oil and Guava Fruit Extract.
(Grace and Stella, $17)
4. Kaleidoscope Hair Products The Answer
A 5-in-One Deep Conditioner and Hair Masque that is the actual answer to all your hair worries. It reconstructs, stops shedding, adds moisture to dry hair, adds protein, repairs damaged hair and deposits vitamins your hair needs to thrive.
(I Luv Colors, $17)
5. RICH Argan Color Protect Therapy Mask
Providing serious luxury at an affordable price point, this deeply hydrating mask contains Argan Oil and proteins to help repair and strengthen even the most damaged hair. Hair is left silky soft, moisturized and full of shine.
(Amazon, check for rates and availability)
6. Virtue Restorative Treatment Mask
A luxurious, deeply hydrating treatment mask (with Virtue patented Alpha Keratin 60ku™ technology) actively rehabilitates hair in need of extra care for an instant infusion of shine, moisture, and resiliency without weighing it down.
(Virtue Labs, $28)
7. Innersense Hydrating Hair Mask
This reparative formula features a rich concentration of Tamanu, Flaxseed and Monoi Oils to restore lost nutrients and repair the cuticle. A deep dose of quinoa protein rebuilds hair’s fractured and fragile cortex and ultra-smoothing emollients of shea butter, coconut and avocado oils return hydration to parched hair.
(Aillea, $30)
8. Rahua Color-Full Hair Mask
Infused with fragrant gardenia enfluerage, hibiscus extract and lavender essences, this rich, deep penetrating treatment is formulated to protect your color investment by encapsulating each strand of hair with the power of rahua, morete and flaxseed oils. This mask insures full spectrum color retention and vibrancy for all shades of color-treated or highlighted hair.
(Aillea, $62)
9. Rahua Omega 9 Hair Mask
This powerful professional-strength hair mask, sourced completely from plant-derived Amazonian ingredients, deeply penetrates the hair shaft and fortifies each strand from roots to ends. The fresh aroma of lavender and eucalyptus will calm and relax the senses.
(Aillea, $58)
10. BioSilk Hydrating Therapy Deep Moisture Masque
This deep moisture masque is formulated with the power of quinoa and silk to calm, hydrate and repair the hair. Bathe your hair in the intense, deep penetrating moisture of quinoa, the strength of silk and the protection of maracuja oil. This extra rich formula is sure to calm, hydrate and repair the hair.
(Biosilk, $19)
11. CHI Argan Oil Rejuvenating Masque
CHI Argan Oil is a luxurious hair care system featuring a unique blend of argan oil, moringa oil and CHI ceramic compound, naturally derived to rejuvenate and hydrate dull, frizzy and damaged hair. This masque deeply nourishes and repairs hair with essential vitamins and antioxidants that replenish moisture, restores shine and smooths frizz, while improving hair’s overall luster and appearance.
(Ulta, $21)
12. n:p beautiful Hydrating Conditioner
Harvested from a mix of nourishing dry apple extract, sustainably sourced raw lotus root and the brand's stem cell formula, it works around the clock to leave hair looking and feeling polished. Squeeze a generous amount of conditioner into your palms and comb through for maximum absorption.
(Amazon, check for rates and availability)
13. CALA Hair Conditioning Mask
This CALA Hair Conditioning Mask has jojoba oil and avocado oil, which helps nourish and repair dry/damaged hair. Activated with natural body heat, the formula restores and hydrates your hair, and is an easy way to give your hair some much-needed TLC.
(Cala Product, $4)
14. Drybar Mudslide Hair Mask
This deeply nourishing formula restores and revitalizes over-worked hair, improving resilience, leaving each strand stronger, and preventing future damage.
(The Dry Bar, $35)
Aly Walansky is a NY-based lifestyles writer. Her work appears in dozens of digital and print publications regularly. Visit her on Twitter or email her at alywalansky@gmail.com.
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