Can I use a heat protectant on color-treated hair?

Yes, and it's especially useful there. Heat can disrupt the hair cuticle and let color leach out, causing fading. A protective barrier slows that process and helps color hold longer between salon visits.

What Heat Styling Really Does to Your Hair

Q: What temperature should I set my styling tools to?

Both TO112 formulas are rated to protect up to 500°F, which covers the vast majority of flat irons and curling wands. Even so, using the lowest effective heat setting for your hair type will always cause the least long-term damage.

Understanding the Basics

What Happens to Hair When It's Heated

Have you ever stopped to consider what those high temperatures are doing to your hair each time you reach for a hot tool? In the pursuit of the perfect waves, curls, or sleek finish, hair quietly bears the brunt of it.

At a molecular level, hair is made mostly of keratin proteins held together by bonds. Heat from styling tools is intense enough to break these bonds temporarily, letting hair take on a new shape, and as it cools, the bonds reform and lock the style in place. Do this too often, though, and the bonds start breaking down faster than hair can repair itself, leading to lasting structural damage and breakage.

Already-compromised or fragile hair has less protein reserve to draw on, so the same heat weakens it further. Colour-treated hair is especially vulnerable: high temperatures can disrupt the cuticle, hair's protective outer layer, allowing colour to leach out and fade faster.

Why It Matters

Why You Need a Heat Protectant

A heat protectant forms a barrier over the hair's cuticle before hot tools ever touch it. That barrier slows down how quickly heat conducts into the hair fibre, distributing it more evenly across the shaft instead of letting it scorch in hot spots.

The result: less thermal damage overall, better moisture retention, fewer split ends, and hair that holds its structure through styling instead of fighting against it.

A heat protectant isn't an extra step, it's the barrier standing between your styling routine and the hair you're trying to protect.

Choosing Your Formula

Spray or Cream? Find Your Match

Choosing a heat protectant is simplest when you start with your hair type, sprays and creams are built for different textures and needs. Thick, coarse hair often does best combining both.

Fine Hair

Needs protection without weight. A lightweight mist disperses evenly and absorbs quickly, covering strands without sacrificing natural volume or movement.

Coarse or Curly Hair

Needs more moisture and is more prone to frizz and heat damage. A richer cream penetrates deeper, adding hydration and frizz control alongside protection.

Pro Tip

Have thick, coarse, or frequently heat-styled hair? Layer both — cream through mid-lengths and ends first, then a light mist to seal in shine that lasts through multiple washes.

The Formula

What's Actually Protecting Your Hair

The quality of ingredients in a heat protectant determines how well it forms its barrier, distributes heat evenly, and reduces moisture loss. Here's what's doing the work, in formulas rated to protect up to 500°F.

Tamanu Oil Smooths hair for manageability, hydrates lightly, and helps strands hold onto moisture without weight.

Grapeseed Oil Protects against breakage and seals in moisture while adding natural shine.

Black Seed Oil Keeps hair soft, hydrated, and shiny while supporting overall scalp and strand health.

Pomegranate Oil Antioxidant-rich; helps prevent hair loss, promotes healthy growth, and strengthens strands.

Camellia Extract A non-greasy, rich moisturizer that restores natural sheen and shields against environmental pollutants.

Dimethicone Copolymer Forms a low-thermal-conductivity barrier around each strand, protecting against moisture loss under heat.

The Solution

Your Heat Protection Duo

Two formulas, each built for a different hair type. Here's how to use each one, and where to shop it.

Best for Thick, Coarse & Curly Hair

Ultimate Hair Cream The 8-in-1 Heat Shield

A leave-in styling cream with 8 benefits in one, built on tamanu oil, camellia extract, and pomegranate oil. For blowouts, curls, and smooth finishing touches.

1

Towel-dry hairStart with towel-dried, not soaking, hair for the most even application.
2

Warm a dime-sized amountRub between your hands to emulsify, adding more as needed for length and thickness.
3

Coat mid-length to endsApply evenly and comb through before blow-drying or heat styling.

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Best for Fine Hair & Oily Roots

Superior Blowout Mist Humidity-Proof Shine

An award-winning, heat-activated humidity shield for glossy, frizz-free blowouts that last up to three washes, without weighing hair down.

1

Section damp hairWork in sections for full, even coverage from root to end.
2

Spray and comb throughMist each section, then comb through to fully saturate and distribute.
3

Blow-dry with tensionUse a round brush to smooth the cuticle as you dry, locking in shine and repelling frizz for days.

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Questions

Heat Protection, Answered

Do I really need a heat protectant if I only blow-dry my hair?

Yes. Blow-drying still applies concentrated heat to the hair shaft, especially with a brush creating tension. A lightweight mist like Superior Blowout Mist protects through the blow-dry itself without adding weight.

Can I use a heat protectant on colour-treated hair?

Yes, and it's especially useful there. Heat can disrupt the hair cuticle and let colour leach out, causing fading. A protective barrier slows that process and helps colour hold longer between salon visits.

How much heat protectant should I use?

For Ultimate Hair Cream, a dime-sized amount is enough for most lengths, adding more as needed. For Superior Blowout Mist, mist evenly section by section until hair is lightly saturated, then comb through.

Can I layer the cream and the mist together?

Yes. This is actually recommended for thick, coarse, or frequently heat-styled hair. Apply the cream through mid-lengths and ends first, then finish with a light mist for extra shine and hold.

What temperature should I set my styling tools to?

Both TO112 formulas are rated to protect up to 500°F, covering the vast majority of flat irons and curling wands. Even so, the lowest effective heat setting for your hair type will always cause the least long-term damage.

Is the cream or the mist better for fine hair?

Superior Blowout Mist is generally the better fit for fine hair, since its lightweight formula disperses evenly and protects without weighing down volume the way a richer cream can.