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How to Get Rid of Split Ends - A Complete Guide

Want to fix split ends? A split ends serum, a blow-dry mist, and hydrating hair-care routines – discover the ultimate split ends treatments from our new Nutritive range to provide a healthy ritual for dry hair from scalp to ends.

Before you give up and tie it back until your next haircut – or start wearing a hat – discover these hydrating, nourishing shampoos, conditioners and treatments for dry hair.


Kerastase’s Professional Hairdresser representative, Hovig – presenting the new Nutritive split-ends serum.

How to Get Rid of Split Ends


Fed up of split ends? Even if you don’t dye or chemically treat your hair, everyday blow drying and styling can have a detrimental impact on your hair; drying it out. Whether your hair is thick and wavy, super curly or straight and on the thin side, very dry hair often means that split ends aren’t far away.

Of course, a trim is the most effective way to get rid of split ends, but there are things you can do now (hint: starting with a split-ends serum) to improve the appearance of those forked tips, and to prevent broken ends in the future. Read on to find out how to put an end to those crunchy, split hairs and get back to healthy, shiny, manageable hair.

How to Get Rid of Split Ends

Kerastase’s Professional Hairdresser representative, Hovig – presenting the new Nutritive split-ends serum.

Fed up of split ends? Even if you don’t dye or chemically treat your hair, everyday blow drying and styling can have a detrimental impact on your hair; drying it out. Whether your hair is thick and wavy, super curly or straight and on the thin side, very dry hair often means that split ends aren’t far away.

Of course, a trim is the most effective way to get rid of split ends, but there are things you can do now (hint: starting with a split-ends serum) to improve the appearance of those forked tips, and to prevent broken ends in the future. Read on to find out how to put an end to those crunchy, split hairs and get back to healthy, shiny, manageable hair.



EDINE AHBICH –Scientific director, Nutritive quote.

Why Do I Have Split Ends?


First, let’s look at the science behind the dry, damaged hair that leads to split ends. When hair is healthy, the cuticle – the outer envelope of the hair shaft – lies flat and smooth, and hair is soft, shiny and manageable, right down to the tips. In addition to the cuticle, the lipids that coat the cuticle also protect the hair fibre from external damage that leads to damaged, split ends and broken hair.


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Over time, hair loses its substance – lipids and proteins – eroding the protective layer and chapping the cuticles. In its malnourished, weakened state, your dry hair is even more susceptible to damage from external aggressions like changes in the weather, chemical treatments and heat styling. It looks rough and dull and feels dry and brittle. And from there, split ends aren’t far away!



Why Do I Have Split Ends?

EDINE AHBICH –Scientific director, Nutritive quote.

First, let’s look at the science behind the dry, damaged hair that leads to split ends. When hair is healthy, the cuticle – the outer envelope of the hair shaft – lies flat and smooth, and hair is soft, shiny and manageable, right down to the tips. In addition to the cuticle, the lipids that coat the cuticle also protect the hair fibre from external damage that leads to damaged, split ends and broken hair.


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Over time, hair loses its substance – lipids and proteins – eroding the protective layer and chapping the cuticles. In its malnourished, weakened state, your dry hair is even more susceptible to damage from external aggressions like changes in the weather, chemical treatments and heat styling. It looks rough and dull and feels dry and brittle. And from there, split ends aren’t far away!




Kerastase’s Professional Hairdresser representative, Hovig – presenting the new Nutritive split-ends serum.

The Solution to Split Ends? Nutrients!


Hair that isn’t properly nourished is vulnerable to external damage, so do your hair a favour and put it on a new healthy ritual for dry hair that fights dryness and split ends.


Kerastase’s Professional Hairdresser representative, Hovig – presenting the new Nutritive split-ends serum.

The Kérastase Nutritive range is one of the best ways to nourish and hydrate dry hair, right down to those tips. Target dry ends with a treatment, the Nutri-Supplement Split Ends Serum, (a split ends concentrate that’s enriched with polymers and lipis) is what your hair needs to repair split ends, seal the tips and stop the ends of your hair from splitting in the first place. A nourishing oil, the serum works to fill the lipids your damaged hair desperately needs, reducing breakage and restoring shine.

Users of Nutri-Supplement Split Ends Serum saw a significantly lower number of split ends than before application, and it is also proven by science! Instrumental tests shown the ability of this serum to reduce visible split ends by 2 times*. Applying the product also helps strengthen hair by up to 99%**.

*Instrumental test vs untreated hair
**Combing test, vs classical shampoo on sensitised hair


The Solution to Split Ends? Nutrients!


Kerastase’s Professional Hairdresser representative, Hovig – presenting the new Nutritive split-ends serum.

Hair that isn’t properly nourished is vulnerable to external damage, so do your hair a favour and put it on a new healthy ritual for dry hair that fights dryness and split ends.


Kerastase’s Professional Hairdresser representative, Hovig – presenting the new Nutritive split-ends serum.

The Kérastase Nutritive range is one of the best ways to nourish and hydrate dry hair, right down to those tips. Target dry ends with a treatment, the Nutri-Supplement Split Ends Serum, (a split ends concentrate that’s enriched with polymers and lipis) is what your hair needs to repair split ends, seal the tips and stop the ends of your hair from splitting in the first place. A nourishing oil, the serum works to fill the lipids your damaged hair desperately needs, reducing breakage and restoring shine.

Users of Nutri-Supplement Split Ends Serum saw a significantly lower number of split ends than before application, and it is also proven by science! Instrumental tests shown the ability of this serum to reduce visible split ends by 2 times*. Applying the product also helps strengthen hair by up to 99%**.

*Instrumental test vs untreated hair
**Combing test, vs classical shampoo on sensitised hair




Essential Nutrients for dry hair and split ends


The Kérastase Nutritive range is formulated with the kind of essential nutrients your hair needs to stay strong, healthy and easy to handle, between salon visits.

Kerastase  New Nutritive Range - Ingredients

Plant-based proteins. Wheat, corn and soy whole grains act like a nourishing supplement, feeding your hair right down to those extra thirsty dry tips. The plant-based protein complex in Nutritive Nutri-Supplement Split Ends Serum contains 17 amino acids that are naturally present in the hair fiber. They work to enhance the proteins after chemical damage, and repair split ends and aids in hair repair.

Niacinamide. This derivative of Vitamin B3 helps to strengthen the fiber. Once reinforced, the hair fiber is more resistant to breakage from aggressive combing, brushing and styling.



Essential Nutrients for dry hair and split ends

The Kérastase Nutritive range is formulated with the kind of essential nutrients your hair needs to stay strong, healthy and easy to handle, between salon visits.

Kerastase  New Nutritive Range - Ingredients

Plant-based proteins. Wheat, corn and soy whole grains act like a nourishing supplement, feeding your hair right down to those extra thirsty dry tips. The plant-based protein complex in Nutritive Nutri-Supplement Split Ends Serum contains 17 amino acids that are naturally present in the hair fiber. They work to enhance the proteins after chemical damage, and repair split ends and aids in hair repair.

Niacinamide. This derivative of Vitamin B3 helps to strengthen the fiber. Once reinforced, the hair fiber is more resistant to breakage from aggressive combing, brushing and styling.



Preventing split ends


The best way of fixing split ends? Prevent them from forming in the first place. Keep your hair healthy and free of broken ends between haircuts with a healthy diet, and a nutrient-rich hair care program. Read on to discover some new ways to take care of your hair.

Healthy hair starts at the scalp

Healthy hair starts at the scalp

Kerastase’s Professional Hairdresser representative, Hovig – washing client’s hair with Nutritive product

Take a holistic approach to healthy hair – root to tip – by using a moisturiSing scalp serum like Nutri-Supplement Scalp Serum. Regulating and protecting your scalp’s skin hydration levels will not only increase the comfort levels of your scalp if it’s dry, but it will also create a healthier start for new hair growth. Enriched with niacinamide, Nutri-Supplement Scalp Serum delivers nutrition to your hair, so it grows nourished, shiny and healthy. Making split ends a lot less likely.


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Protect your hair from heat styling

Protect your hair from heat styling

Kerastase’s Professional Hairdresser representative, Hovig –treating client’s hair with Nutritive product

Nectar Thermique is an anti-frizz blow-dry milk for medium to thick dry hair. (Don’t worry – there’s a blow dry protector for dry fine hair too). This beautifying hair milk protects dry hair from heat, and the damage caused by blow-dryers and straighteners. It also reduces frizz and flyaway hair, and enhances the suppleness and shine of dry hair too.


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A Split Ends Hair Care Routine for Your Type of Hair


Whether you have dry thin hair, dry medium hair or dry thick or curly hair, there’s a Nutritive split ends routine that can work for you. Nutritive is one of the bestselling Kérastase ranges, specifically formulated for thirsty, malnourished hair. It goes beyond basic nutrition to feed hair with a super dose of the nutrients it needs, so hair is hydrated, nourished and glossy. And split ends are a thing of the past.

To Conclude...

Not sure exactly what your hair type is or how to diagnose its concerns? Understanding your hair’s texture and condition, and what might impact its health, is key to choosing the right hair care program. Take our quick and fun online quiz and find out the right care routine for your hair.

HAIR QUIZ

Not sure exactly what your hair type is or how to diagnose its concerns? Understanding your hair’s texture and condition, and what might impact its health, is key to choosing the right hair care program. Take our quick and fun online quiz and find out the right care routine for your hair.

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