Does Water Work Better Than A Hair Heat Protectant?!

Rebecka Larsson: can you try flatiron your hair (or the same hairs youve been using in these videos) with and without heat protectant and then use one of those microscopes that can zoom in around 400times and see if there’s any difference when you use them as they are supposed to be used? would be very interesting! and im so confused since you posted that last video haha!

alison0313: While this is interesting, I don't think any company would advocate using their product under such harsh conditions. We generally apply heat in short intervals or in a continuous motion where the hair is not under direct heat at all times. I'm just not convinced I should trash heat protectant completely, but I enjoyed your video :)

Milica Stankovic: This heat protectant saga is so eye opening. You should try with different oils as well, coconut, argan, Moroccan. I would love to see the results for these as well.

Carolina Espitia: I always thought I was crazy because I felt that when I applied my hair protector my hair felt drier and more mistreated, that confirms that I was right. Thanks for this video. Hello from Colombia

ChiTownGal: Heat protector has always been one of those things I just took as a given and never really questioned it, this series has def opened my eyes! We should really start questioning the efficacy of a lot of other products...

Sophie Hamilton: I love the idea of these videos but I think the premise is flawed. What you’ve really done is proven that heat protectant makes the hair dry faster than normal water, and thus it burns earlier. I’d also be interested to see the result in a sample which combines the damp hair with the heat protectant, since that’s the way it is designed to be used anyway. You’ve shown the effect of the protectant saturating dry hair, but if it’s designed to be used in conjunction with water (damp hair) you can’t really make inferences about the effectiveness of the product for its intended use. But still love your vids!

María León: I think heat protectant actually works because it delays burning compared to dry hair. Water needs to evaporate before doing any effect.

Denyse Ramesar: Love how thorough these tests have been. Your future kids are going to have awesome science projects

Maria Stoyanova: To be fair I think cosmetics companies assume users will apply heat tools once or twice for a couple of seconds on each strand, not actually burning it directly. Which might or might not make any difference. I am not a Physicist but I know thermodynamics can be tricky depending on too many factors

Cecile Steyn: It might be a good idea to compare different heat protectants and then compare the best one with water again! :)

zenofwater: I mist on a mixture of conditioner and water before I style my hair... My hair always feels shiny and soft

Lauren Nussbaum: Can you do a heat test with oils? I'd love to see what oils would work!!:)

angie pearson: could you try something like repeated use of a flat iron with heat protectant compared to water??

Lonkie Loosemore: Very interesting! I would love to know what happens to your hair with something like leave in conditioner. Ive never really used heat protectants, always felt that I should though. What an eye opener…. Thanks!

Tammy Renee Mc: Yes "wetness" helps keep the hair from burning, however water won't keep away frizz and static. I use heat protectant for frizz and static. I have ridiculously thick hair. My actual strands are thin, I just have alot of them. I don't dry, flat iron, or curl my hair much. But I use heat protectant as soon as my hair air dries to help with frizz. And I use an anti frizz shampoo and conditioner. And I use a anti frizz serum as soon as I get out of the shower lmbo. My whole life is circled around moisture and oils lol!

janet williams: But when you dry hair, you don't focus on one section that long. You constantly move the dryer. So would it damage the same?

Lady Laurel: Normally, I love your videos, but this time, I believe that this is a bit misleading. People aren't going to be holding a hot styling tool on the hair for extended periods of time..at least I hope not. Also, no matter if it is heat protector, or water..if a sizzling, popping sound is heard the hair is too wet, and is getting cooked.

morgan le: I would love to see how other products effect heat damage. Like "naked hair" vs leave in conditioners and other styling products that are recommended to apply before styling.

lady luck: Before watching this I'd say no due to a hairdressing course I went on many years ago where our tutor taught us to always dry hair before using heated tools. They simply boil the hair from within.

dhrachth1: As a person who flat irons all the time, I can testify to heat protectants being a racket. I tried heat protectants. I used up whole bottles of a couple different brands of heat protectant, but never noticed any difference in the quality of my hair. After I ran out of the last one, a couple years ago, I haven't bought more. My hair doesn't look any different. There might be some microscopic differences that would add up to something noticeable after years--but my hair isn't that long. It's going to get cut off before I see any difference.

terwya: I am 68 years old and have never used products on my hair until about 5 years ago when all these so called thickening, protectants, moisturizing products came on the market and I fell for it but never really saw any difference in my hair. So even though some people are skeptical I think you are right, save your money.

Siobhán K.: I have naturally curly hair and try not to use heat on my hair that often. I do dry my hair with a diffuser but I use the dryer set to cool and hold down the cold shot button. I also make sure my hair is FULL of the right products to not only enhance my curl etc… but they have ingredients on them designed to keep the hair as healthy as possible. I have also found that if I do “need” a curling wand to touch up an uncooperative curl or two later in the week, that if i set the wand to the lowest number (200*) and just fix that piece of hair quickly my hair seems to be fine, and not receiving to much damage. That being said I would NEVER do it every day. Perhaps if you test things like leave in conditioners or oil that you allow to soak into the hair first and see how they do in the place of a heat protectant? just a thought, because i have found leave-ins and cream stylers work great at protecting my hair as far as I can tell.

nestlie1978: Thanks for doing these. I was wondering the same thing. Am not a big tool user on my hair, but to know that water can do the same as heat protector. Love ya, keep up the good work.

Ana Alice: this videos just made me feel so much better for never having spending my money on heat protectant

Sara Daher: Can you do this test with your dyson hair dryer and a typical flat iron? I wonder if distance of the hair dryer would have an impact. I was curious about the hot tool you used for this and the previous video.

TK: Well I think it varies from person to person that what they actually expect from a heat protectant. Curly girls want the heat protectant to protect hair from “heat damage” , that means to get their curls bounce back when comes in contact with water. Some people want to prevent hair from burning. Now for me, I don’t care about my curls bouncing back when wet, because I don’t believe it depends on products, it depends on temperature and hair type (I can guarantee that on the basis of my knowledge of elasticity as a mechanical engineer). As long as burning goes, human hair is strong enough to withstand 450•F (there can be few exceptions depending on an individual that how they handle their hair). Also pretty much any leave in cream/lotion/silicone serum/spray provide coating, hence protection to the hair. My hair is very fine and I can flat iron my hair at 450. My hair doesn’t burn and my curls come back after washing. What I actually believe that the job of a heat protectant is to minimize or slow down hair damage and by “damage” I mean “breakage”. Out of all the heat protectants I have tried so far including high end, tresemme heat tamer spray is the only one that significantly reduced my breakage. So my verdict- it works and nothing is comparable to this for my hair. (Sorry for the long comment)

Adriane Prater: You guys are so adorable! Love all your videos especially the ones with you and Andre.

Princess Apple Tree: Wait I thought you had to let the heat protectant that you already sprayed on your hair, to be dry in order to use a curling iron or straightening iron to your hair. Not, to use curling iron when your hair is still wet? I'm confused!

Amber Wayman: Have you tried a cream versus liquid heat protectant? Curious if there would be a different result.

Teresa Fuller: i'd be interested in seeing you test your fave brands. i'm considering briogeo brand products, and i've been checking out oribe, which i like. you tested tressame which i have used, and promptly threw away after this demo. now i need a protectant, if there is such a thing

Christi Blomberg: I would love to see this done with the chi keratin silk. I use it before blow drying and flat ironing my hair and it really seems to help with the frizz and condition of my hair. It would be nice to see how well it works for the heat protecting part!!

Kasey Mize: I’m interested in seeing a professional vs drug store heat protectant.

Julie Kozlowski: Great video! Just be careful with the heat don’t shampoo everyday use good hair products and condition regularly and you’ll be fine without so called “heat protectent".

NessNos: If you've only tested one heat protectant, then you can't really call these results entirely scientific. Maybe it's only Tresemme that doesn't work. Now that you have some controls to compare, you can take the next steps for science, though! Next video: compare heat protectants! :)

Sabina Hertzum: You Should recreate this test with the added effect of a microscope - to really show what happens!!

Ana De La Cruz: Can you do a video with other alternatives? Like safe oils(the ones that don't start frying hair) that provide a barrier. I've always just used a leave in conditioner as my "heat protectant".

Jennys Soapbox: Great video! I cant look at me tresemme heat tamer ingredients right now. One of the reasons i use it other than supposedly protecting my hair is that my hair is very hard to curl and doesn't hold a curl so the heat tamer helps lock it that curl/wave for at least part of the day. Im guessing it has alcohol or pvp or something else in it that is damaging to my hair.

Jessica Solis: I love all your videos so much!! Super creative and interesting. Love your channel

misssophiamae: Maybe “heat protectant” is really for helping heat distribute more evenly through out your hair so when you flatiron a chunk the inside gets some of the heat too? That could help prevent damage to the outside strands by making fewer passes necessary

Mandi Chalmers: Never used heat protectant in my life, and i always get comments on how silky smooth my hair is. I curl it every second day, but never leave the barrel on long. I dont colour my hair either, but overall, for never using heat protectant, i have very healthy hair.

Rhys F: I don't feel like this was an accurate test. Who soaks their hair with these products and then just hold the heat in the same place? Maybe you should team up with an hairdresser who's trained in the science behind hair and these products. I really like the idea behind this video, but I think it needs a do over.

N C: Letting the heat sit (hair iron, even when blow drying) in same spot will damage your hair. You wanna pass through hair quickly.

Free Range Diva: In life, I would use a heat protectant on wet hair or on dry hair with much lower heat. So if I blow dry my hair w/ just a conditioning leave-in it would make sense that I wouldn't need a heat protectant. But if I flat iron on dry hair, based on your previous video, a heat protectant is not needed. Here's my question - are all heat protectants composed of the same basic ingredients? The one I currently use is quite oily because it has argan oil in it, and there are also some silicones in it as well.

Larochelle Mae: I know that heat tools changes the color of hair especially color treated hair. I am curious how heat protectant would play on this experiment. Or maybe water is still going to perform better lol

Sara Báez Castiblanco: You're so cool,I love your channel,you have teach me how to style my hair and I appreciate that cause there's no one here on YouTube who shows so much versatility in hairstyles for short hair ever. Also ,can you teach us how to do a certain hairstyle?y have seen a lot of your videos but I haven't seen a hairstyle I recently fall in love with and I would be so grateful if you help me with that. The hairstyle is from Nicki Minaj in the music video of Idol ft BTS,her wig is sooooo beautiful and I want to know how to get my hair done like that. Love you so so much,Sara.

Anne P Conley: Wow, I wonder if the companies who produce these products know this. My guess is yes.

Karen1Nicola: Never used a heat protectant in my life (i have an MSc in Chemistry, i know my shit!), my hair is ass length and super healthy & shiny. Blow dry once to twice a week. Coloured 2 or 3 times a year. Styled with hot tools maybe once a month. Pretty much the only product i use on my hair is a leave in conditioner on the lengths and ends (and normal shampoo & conditioner in the shower obvs). Nothing more needed.

Lia Angel Travolta: Wow! This is crazy!! My hair is very similar to yours, I don’t use a heat protector because I seemed to get more split ends. I use a spray in conditioner for the top and use some macadamia oil for the middle and also i drench my ends with it.

emilywinters: I like the concept of the video but why don’t you try a salon grade heat proctectant? Tresemme and other drug store brands are filled with waxes, fillers and watered down so try a good quality hair product. Probably get a different outcome.

Barbie: Well, yes, heat is bad for hair. I would be also curious about to compare hennaed hair VS dry and soaked in water hair.

Kate Grosso: I’ve never used a heat protectant. I figure if you have conditioned and used some kind of styling product that’s enough protection from heat. Plus you should never use heat on the highest setting. There’s no need.

Rara Avis: Hm...what you did basically mimicked blowdrying, so water would protect the hair from burning until it’s evaporated. No surprise there. But that doesn’t mean it would be a good idea to wet your hair before using a curling or flat iron. The water isn’t just ‚on‘ the hair in wet hair, it’s ‚in‘ the hair. If you heat it so suddenly that it turns to steam while still in the hair, it might actually damage the hair structure. Kinda like a tomato ‚exploding‘ in the microwave. I would be very careful with that. I would also love tests with other kind of hair products like smoothing/curling lotion, if you feel like going on with this series. I’ve never used a separate heat protectant, but smoothing lotion seems to help with keeping the hair nice and flat. Would love to know, if it’s more harmful longterm than just clean, dry hair. Great idea testing this, in any case

Gladys Morin: Omg! This was genius. Can you do one on leave in conditioner vs hair oil vs water

dreamcapture_healing: Oh my goodness, so does it work or does it not?? I’m so confused. Can you please do more videos related to this? Love your videos.

Holly E: Bless your heart Milana, sounds like you picked up our good ‘ole middle Tennessee allergies since y’all been here. Lol. Mine are horrible at the moment! Gotta love it lol.

Skdarc: Usually when I blow dry my hair I use a heat protectant over damp hair. So does that make it better, or not

Mizzz Licia: I do it with water and I never had a problem with it, I just try to oil my scalp a little then spray because the protectant usually adds shine where water is just that. Or you can do it after if you want but generally it's a cheap and basic way to get the job done

Amelia Black: My hair is very healthy. Sometimes too soft & healthy. I only rarely use a heat protectant if it also serves as a hair spray. But it takes the right one and the right amount. I've also had it weigh my hair down & pull out the curl worse than it would with no product.

Lore Guerrero: Milabu I don't use anymore heat protectant and my hair is perfectly healthy, just saying... I only use argan oil and I love more than ever my hair, thank you so much for this video!!

Vaishali Sharma: I am really curious to see oil (light oils like a lill bit avocado oil/coconut/jojoba oil) vs heat protectant. ..I am using oil instead of heat protectant recently and it gives an additional shine when I heat style my hair; doesn’t make my hair look greasy either. Loved the video btw.

janet williams: I would like to see a flat iron test. Or a test using oils. Or what IS the best protection for hair

Tine Sørensen: I dont use heat protector, and blow-dry my hair about 75% of the times I wash my hair. My hair is very healthy....  I dont really know what more to say

Daffodil Flowers: Yes, all I use is water on my hair and my hair is very healthy. I normal shower to condition well, towel dirt and while lightly damp I straighten or curl. The end result is soft hair. For years I tried using a heat protectant and it just made my hair feel heavy and dirty. I’m showing my friend who have shamed me for not using a heat protectant this video. I have been right all along

Shannon Cain: I wonder what would happen if you mixed water with some organic Argon Oil and sprayed it lightly!

Grace Roman: What about coating your hair in heat protectant and letting your hair air dry... then comparing it with dry hair or wet hair w/ HP :)

Jen Picou: I think the point of heat protectant is to dry the hair faster so that the heat is not on the hair as long. I think the true test would be to test how fast the hair dries with just water vs heat protectant.

sammylee369: you should try an experiment with hair oils and or serums vs dry/wet and heat protectant. i’ve almost always used hair oils before straightening in attempt to kind of “seal in” the oil and i always get shiny and soft hair. as far as damage i haven’t noticed anything to the point of making me stop using it. but i am just curious to see the damage incase i have been causing damage to my hair and it has gone unnoticed all these years. thank you! btw i love this little experiment series! keep it up❤️❤️❤️❤️

K. B: Wow you two are brave and brilliant ! well done you guys Liverpool u.k x

Naomi Kawai: Hmmm I don’t know about this test. So do you soak your hair with water when you use a hair iron? Probably not. Your your hair was soakin wet, you wouldn’t be able to style your hair at all. You have to have almost dry your hair first.

Ana Siqueira: Water took longer to completely burn but I have the impression that the early stages of burning, water hair was darker than the heat protectant...but it can also be just a statistically insignificant difference between them that still doesn't justify buying a heat protectant...

edie: Love your videos so much gorg

Aussie Mum2014: Now I’m so torn! I just bought my Aveda heat protectant. UGG Ok Milibu! Test all the other products that companies swear we need! I’m starting to become skeptical! Open those worms girl!

Stevie Lyons: Can you do an experiment with a heat protectant that is serum based? Because my hair dresser always told me not to use the spray protectant because they have alcohol In them. I am betting that’s why the heat protectant isn’t holding up. I only use the serum or oil based ones

Cavaliers In Need: Unreal, to think of the money I’ve wasted on products that don’t work!

Mariel H: I'm confused now, in the previous test the hair did not change color as quickly and the dry hair burned a lot slower at 600 degrees than with the heat protectant.

A Ogórkowa: Maybe the results depend also on what heat protectant is used?

Brandy Freeman: Can you do a video testing the Chi Volcanic Lava Spin N Curl? I just read an article today about it & I'm curious to see if it works

issrabi: AYYY WATER! Who needs to spend more money just use some water! Thanks for your experiments! I love you gurl!

Kirsty Macfarlane: I use an oil, serum or cream. Sprays do nothing for my hair, in fact it feels drier and gets dirty quicker. My hair is in good condition. I think using a good conditioner makes a lot of difference. Very insightful video

shauna aghasi: Uhhhh absolutely not! By putting water on it you’re just boiling your hair

rosalaerke: Maybe the theori of heatprotectant is that it gives the results of styling much faster, so that you dont run the iron through your hair as Many times because you see the result after fewer Strokes. Then maybe the the little more Damage you get from using heatprotectant is still less than what you get from using more heat to achieve the result.

鄭怡: All I wanna know does it make less damage on my hair with heat protectant when I flariron/curl it . Could you please make a video about it ?

Tatjana Loncar: I don't ever use hear protestant. I wanted to but keep forgetting to buy. I just use a leave in conditioner and a touch of oil after . My hair still looks great.

Jayne Karinova: Well, I dunno.... I recently bought a heat protectant that I haven’t tried yet. It says it protects up to 450 degrees. I guess anything after that and you’re on your own lol

Estelle Sooy: I have always straightened my hair when damp or wet and it always seems to come out shiner and softer (and less staticy!) when it was wet. I've actually never heard of heat protectant until your videos. Thanks so much for all your fun styles and how you always have fun presenting them!

Natalie Raine: I love your channel soooo much my hair is so short and I have learned so many hairstyles from your videos!!!!

riafem: is it possible that the heat protectant evaporated faster, making the hair reach the "dry" state earlier? the hair is no longer protected earlier than it did with the water.

Domingo Garica jacinto: I've always just wahed my hair and go on with my daily routine since I was in high school and my hair healthy

LA Dance Academy: I've never used a heat protector. I've always flat ironed or curled with dry hair. My hairdresser has never made a comment about the condition of my hair....

Alycia W: Thoughts on the "no poo" (not using shampoo) method?

Lindsay: So glad I've never bought heat protectant!

Kim Radomsky: Very interesting ... I think I just might switch back to water(like in the olden days) after I use up the “alleged” heat protectant that I still have left ... thanx ...

KirstenGlae Parker: This is so disheartening!!! So like 10-15 years ago, none of us used primer (for our eyelids or face) OR heat protectant. Now it’s pretty much a staple in most consumers’ (especially women) everyday routine. We’ve all been duped, and billions have been made..... It just really proves that the bottom line is always money. I fell for it too, without even questioning it. I wonder if there are any heat protectant brands that actually work??

Sherrilyn M: Doesn't surprise me since they make wet to straight straighteners I've used one for years and don't use heat protector my hair is healthy as my friend who always uses a heat protector so I think its personal preference

Shannon VanFleet: I just sent you a link in your Instagram DMs to a scientific article from the National Center of Biotechnology Information on pretty much every hair product type, ever. Lol didn’t want the message to get filtered away so I’m letting you know about it here too!

Shirlene Higbie: I would like to see the difference with Heat Protectant and Conditioner and Hair spray .... I condition my hair and use a Hair spray when I style my hair with a blow dryer and metal based brush .... rarely use a protectant ..... Thanks for sharing ...... Hugs ...... Shirlene

layal: that weird moment when you're watching three strings of hair burning in silent

Michelle Coburn: !!! Could you test out leave in conditioners and oils? Thanks!

Sky: wow! I would think the heat protectant would work just a little, but no its actually worse. Mind blown.

Each: first off, this isn't really a good way to determine if heat protectant work or not as this isn't how it's used. But, your last video was all about how the hair with heat protector always burned before dry hair. In this video the dry hair burns before the one with heat protector so they really contradict eachother