While you can always embrace a slicked-back look, we asked experts how to lift some of the grease and salvage your style. Ahead, find the best tips to mattify your ‘do: Next, spritz on some flexible-hold hair spray and gently blow dry your strands using a paddle brush. “This will help you restore some bounce and remove some of the weight the oil left behind,” Oriol notes. Make sure to use a low-heat setting on your blow dryer, or feel free to use completely cool air—it’s more about diffusing the product than molding your strands with heat. Even with a lightweight formula, though, your application matters. Oriol recommends placing a few drops of oil into the palm of your hand, then rubbing your hands together for around 10 seconds. “This is going to warm up the oil and will assist when rubbing into the hair for a more even application,” she says. “Comb out your hair first and place hair into four sections. Then work the palm-warmed product over each section in a downward motion, focusing on moisturizing the ends.”
