A lightweight heat protectant spray designed to shield hair from heat damage up to 450°F before blow-drying or heat styling.
Aqua (Water), Vp/Methacrylamide/Vinyl Imidazole Copolymer, Alcohol Denat, Polyquaternium-16, Panthenol, Parfum (Fragrance), PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Cetrimonium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Benzoate, Disodium EDTA, Acetyl Glucosamine, Citric Acid, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Limonene, Linalool, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Hexyl Cinnamal, Citronellol, Coumarin, Citral
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Early verdict · Few reviews so farWhat the gurus are saying
This spray earns praise for being genuinely lightweight while shielding hair from heat damage up to 450°F. Dermatologists who reviewed it found it does the job without weighing hair down, making it a solid choice if you heat-style regularly and want a no-fuss protective layer before you blow-dry or use hot tools.
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Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.
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Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.
Source: DermNet
A lightweight heat protectant spray designed to shield hair from heat damage up to 450°F before blow-drying or heat styling.
Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 84%.
ghd Bodyguard Heat Protectant Spray holds a Guru Score of 84%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.
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