Sleek + Chic: 10 Products For Slick Hair Styles

Tights buns and sleek ponytails are a big look this spring. That means you want chic styles that are flawless, glossy, and gorgeous. That means adding a product to your hair arsenal that helps you achieve an immaculate ‘do. These hair products will help you achieve a fantastic look without frizz or flyaways. —Jenn Cox

Olaplex No. 7 Bonding Oil, $41

This is a highly concentrated, weightless styling oil for every hair type. Just 2-3 drops boosts shine and softness instantly. It strengthens to reduce breakage, and controls hair for sleek, healthy-looking styles. It also offers heat protection up to 450°F/232°C.

Designme Hold.me Styling Cream, $29

This multi-tasking styling cream smooths strands, controls frizz, and protects against heat damage, all in one easy step. It’s infused with nourishing aloe vera and argan oil, and adds weightless shine and softness for a polished finish. Lock out frizz, shield against humidity, and keep your style in place all day.

shu uemura Essence Absolue Pre-Shampoo & Nourishing Treatment Oil for Scalp & Hair, $70.50, available at Sephora Canada

This pre-shampoo scalp oil is infused with a blend of natural oils that soothes and moisturizes dry scalp. It was inspired by the ancestral Japanese beauty ritual of combing hair with camelia oil for its moisturizing and protective benefits. It gives hair an incredibly soft, shiny finish, the perfect starting point for a polished ‘do.

Aveda smooth infusion perfectly sleek, $50

If you have curly hair, you need this product! This heat-activated, silicone-free styling cream transforms naturally curly and coily hair textures into smooth, sleek styles, without permanently altering its curl pattern. It fights frizz and blocks humidity until your next wash day, nourishing and protecting during blow-outs or silk pressing. 

Bumble and Bumble Curl Anti-Humidity Frizz Gel Oil, $49

This frizz-reducing gel-oil hybrid adds bounce, shine, and moisture while nourishing and protecting against humidity. It’s ideal for coily to curly patterns seeking moisture, bounce, and shine. But what you’ll really love is the scent: Sparkling pink grapefruit and sweet lemons elevate the freshness of this signature floral smell.

Pureology Smooth Perfection – Lightweight Smoothing Lotion, $32

Smooth Perfection Light Lotion eliminates frizz on unruly, coloured hair. Its formula of camellia oil and shea butter facilitates brushing, resulting in smooth, controlled hair. It protects the shine of colour and safeguards against heat damage too.

Briogeo Style + Treat Yuzu + Plum Oil Hair Styling Sleek Stick, $32, available at Sephora Canada

This styling stick slicks hair back into the perfect ponytail or pulled-back style with a frizz-free finish and 24-hour hold. It tames flyaways and frizz with a nourishing formula of highly conditioning ingredients, and thanks to a proprietary blend of B vitamins, it also promotes healthy-looking hair.

Function of Beauty Anti-Frizz Hair Goal Concentrate, $4

When this concentrate is mixed into any Bond-Repair product, it helps with frizz-taming and humidity resistance, especially for those with wavy, curly, and coily hair. It’s made from 99% naturally- and plant-derived ingredients as well as water so it’s super natural, and it’s fragrance-free too. Easy, simple, and restorative.

BondiBoost Flyaway Wand, $16

Meet your on-the-go styling bestie. This convenient mascara-sized tube with a wand can glide across strands to tame frizzy bits and smooth down random hairs that spring up out of nowhere in sleek updos or polished blowouts. With a serum-like consistency, it gets your flyways on lock without ever making it crispy or stiff.

L’Oreal Professionnel, $45, available at Amazon Canada

The Absolut Repair Molecular is a leave-in hair mask that acts as a heat protectant. With a creamy texture but still a lightweight formula, it repairs damage and restores strength no matter what your hair type. It also offers heat protection.