The 10 Best Hair Products of 2026

Words by Verity Clark

No matter your hair type, style or colour, your haircare and styling products are the building blocks for healthy tresses. Whether you’re planning on styling a big and bouncy blow-dry ahead of an important summer party, introducing a slick up-do for upcoming wedding nuptials, or just needing some serious post-holiday hair TLC, only the best hair products will suffice. But considering that we all have different hair types, colours and styling preferences, it can be tricky to narrow down what will work best for you. That’s why we’ve curated an edit of the 10 best hair products that we’ve tried and tested this year that are not only worth the hype and deserve a spot in your haircare arsenal but will transform your strands.

Best For Mature Hair

Kérastase Chronologiste Overnight Youth Serum

When it comes to how we choose our skincare, we often pick a product according to our age; younger skin requires different ingredients and textures compared to more mature skin, for example. When it comes to our hair, however, it is rare that it is given the same consideration, with many women using the same product in their forties that they were using in their twenties. But, just like our skin, our hair changes as we age, often becoming finer and drier. It makes sense, then, that to keep our hair in its healthiest looking condition possible we should reconsider the products we use as we age. Enter Kérastase’s Chronologiste three-step range (a shampoo, mask and serum) that helps target five major hair concerns: dryness, lack of thickness and volume, dullness and frizz. Powered by two key ingredients: Pro-Xylane & Ochrophyta Algae. After one application of this serum applied to hair and left overnight helps to make hair feel revitalised and smoother.

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Best for Holiday Hair

Philip Kingsley Swimcap Water Resistant Mask

If you’ve ever noticed the damaging effects that salty and chlorinated water have on your hair, then rejoice at this hardworking conditioning treatment from British haircare brand Philip Kingsley. After dedicating more than 60 years to improving the health of hair and scalps, this is a brand that is always pushing boundaries when it comes to innovative formulas, and it is their conditioning treatments in particular that have positioned Philip Kingsley as a leader in haircare. Sun, sea, humidity and chlorine are no match for this clever mask, which has protective filters to save your tresses from the usual holiday hair culprits. As well as protecting hair, it nourishes it too thanks to an ultra-hydrating ingredients list including olive oil, castor oil and vitamin E which leave hair bouncy and shiny with none of the usual holiday hair crispiness. The best part? It can be worn while swimming, so you don’t have to spend time treating your hair after a day at the beach. A certified holiday beauty essential.

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For Thinning Hair

CurrentBody Skin LED Hair Growth Helmet

Over the past few years LED face masks have become a mainstay of skincare and self-care, and the benefits that red and blue light have on aiding clearer skin have been well documented. While LED technology has long been used for hair restoration, its benefits for scalp health are far less widely known. CurrentBody Skin, a long-established trailblazer in the beauty tech space, brings that same expertise to scalp health. The sci-fi-looking helmet is designed to treat the entire scalp in just 10 minutes and the red-light-emitting device delivers multiple benefits – from faster hair growth and improvements in thickness and density to reducing scalp redness and inflammation. As with any LED product, consistency is key if you want to see results and it's recommended that you use this as often as possible.

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Best for Damaged Hair

Flora Flora À Borneo Miracle Repair Serum No. 5

Flora takes skincare-grade formulas and applies them to haircare for truly results-driven products. Biometric peptides and amino acids are the stars of the show here, working to repair broken bonds for hair that, yes, looks smoother and shinier but over time becomes healthier too. But this is not just a hair serum – you can opt for part perfume too, with seven fragrance options all created by Flora’s exclusive perfumer, Clemence Besse. Flora takes its scents as seriously as its science, and this sunny fragrance instantly transports you to the fresh wilderness of the volcanic island of Borneo.

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Best For Heat Styling

Oribe Gold Lust Dry Heat Protection Spray

Regardless of whether you are a special-occasion-only kind of hair styler or you don’t step out the door without a blow-dry, heat protection should be non-negotiable if you want to swerve dry, brittle and even broken hair. Oribe has long been considered the gold standard when it comes to heat protection, thanks to products that not only do their namesake job but also work to repair already damaged locks. This multi-functional heat spray has become a staple in hair stylists' kits because it can be used on dry hair, leaves hair soft and even doubles up as a finishing spray.

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