Why is my hair so dry, and how can I fix it?

Have you ever wondered why your hair feels dry and brittle, no matter how much conditioner you use? You’re not alone! Dry hair can happen for various reasons, but understanding the root cause is the first step to bringing your locks back to life.

The Science Behind Dry Hair

Hair becomes dry when it doesn’t retain enough moisture or natural oils to stay soft and shiny. This lack of hydration can result from both internal and external factors that impact your hair’s health.

Common Causes of Dry Hair

1. Overwashing: Shampooing too often strips your scalp of natural oils, leaving your hair parched. Even the gentlest shampoos can take a toll if used daily

2. Heat Styling: Blow dryers, curling irons, and flat irons zap moisture from your strands, making them brittle over time.

3. Environmental Exposure to sun, wind, and dry air—especially in Utah’s desert climate—can lead to moisture loss.

4. Chemical Treatments: Hair coloring, bleaching, or perms damage the protective outer layer of your hair, making it harder to retain moisture.

5. Poor Diet or Dehydration: What you eat and drink affects your hair. Lack of essential nutrients like omega-3 fatty acids, biotin, or water can make your hair look dull and lifeless 

6. Underlying Health Issues: Sometimes, dry hair can be a sign of a medical condition, like hypothyroidism or hormonal imbalances.

How to Fix Dry Hair

The good news? Dry hair isn’t permanent. With the right care and products, you can restore your hair’s moisture and shine. Here’s how:

1. Hydrate with a nourshing deep conditioning treament or hair masque into your home routine that is appropriate for your hair type and texture. Not sure which is the right one for you? Ask your haircare professional at Zodiac Spa Beauty & Wellness in Herriman Utah. Hair masques are done once a week or once per month depending on your hair needs and wash/styling lifestyle. 

2.  Add a hydration serum treatment onto your next visit. At Zodiac Spa we offer a full range of amazing Goldwell Hydrating Serum Treatments. These treatments work by using a blend of moisturizing ingredients, often including milk proteins and a "microPROtec complex," to deeply hydrate and strengthen the hair fiber, particularly targeting curly or wavy hair, reactivating limp curls, controlling frizz, and providing heat protection while improving elasticity for a bouncy effect; essentially, they deliver moisture directly to the hair shaft to combat dryness and define curls without weighing the hair down.

• Explore the Serum range below and see how you can upgrade your services with the matching Goldwell Intensive Conditioning Serum. 
  • COLOR
    • Locks in color instantly
    • Keeps salon color vibrant for up to 22 washes
    • Provides weightless care and combability
  • BLONDES & HIGHLIGHTS
    • Locks in color instantly
    • Keeps salon color vibrant for up to 22 washes
    • Enhances contrast and highlights
    • Provides instant care and detangles
  • RICH REPAIR
    • Deeply nourishes and repairs the hair from inside out
    • For up to 95% less breakage
    • Instantly hydrates hair and provides a smoother hair surface
  • JUST SMOOTH
    • Deeply conditions and softens for up to one week of smooth, frizz controlled hair
    • Provides instant care to detangle with anti-humidity effect
  • ULTRA VOLUME
    • Instant weightless care for strengthened hair feel from roots to tips
    • Healthier-looking hair for up to one week
    • Ideal care foundation with heat protection
  • CURLS & WAVES
    • Provides improved elasticity for up to one week
    • Instantly moisturizes and nourishes the hair
    • Leaving natural and soft looking curls

Ready to revive your dry hair? 

Book a hydrating treatment as an add on with your next hair service or as a stand alone hair treatment, and start your journey to healthy, hydrated locks!