No matter the change in hair style the last few years, I still seem to pick a style that requires me to flat iron my hair.  I've tried various heat protectant sprays over the years along with these styles. Heat protectants provide a supposed barrier between your hair and the very high temperatured flat iron and try to minimize the damage and drying to your hair. It's a product I've always typically used in one form or another since I've started using a flat iron.

One of the products I purchased was John Frieda Frizz Ease Heat Defeat Protective Styling Spray.  John Frieda seems to have a knack for making products that sound like I need to have them!  This long winded named product basically is a spray you spritz on to towel dried hair before blow drying and flat ironing.  You can also use this spray as a step after blow drying and directly before using the iron.  I've tried using it both ways.

This product comes in a white plastic spray bottle with easy to use spray nozzle.  It is approximately 6 ounces worth of product.  It claims to have "ThermaGuard Complex" which "protects against damage for up to 24 hours."  24 hours, I just want it to work the first 5 minutes when I straighten my hair.

The product is easy to use and has no particular smell. It sprays easily and I can them comb in through my hair in no time at all. I've used it on both towel dried and dried hair - though I prefer it on towel dried hair. I find that on dried hair, by spraying this product section by section into my hair might get a "straight" look but it also often gives me a too straight/weighed down/greasy look that I don't prefer.  I've read that you can spray your hands with the product as well, and then apply to your dry hair and straighten, but I don't particularly prefer that method either. 

So I find that the towel dried method works best.  I feel kind of average about this product.  I find that it is not often my #1, first pick.  If I use this product and this product only daily, after a few days my hair just feels dry and like it's not getting enough protection.  I have a few other more "oily" products that I use that I prefer --- but I have found that I really, really do like to use this John Frieda Frizz Ease Heat Defeat Protective Styling Spray every few days as a change up from the heavier oils that I use. 

So I am quite undecided about this product overall. I'm almost to the end of my spray bottle, and I'd hate to not replace it.  I like having it around as an alternative ... but only that. If I didn't have it, I'd have to go shopping around for another spray that could work as an alternate.  Still, I cannot use this consistently and it's not something I reach for daily ....

so I like it "in" my hair straightening arsenal, but it's not a top choice.

Ingredients: Water, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Alcohol Denatured, Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil (Jojoba), Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, PG Propylsilanetriol, Retinyl Acetate (Vitamin A), Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis) Extract, Chelidonium Majus Extract, Rosa Canina (Rose Hip) Fruit Extract, Acrylamidopropyltrimonium Chloride/Acrylamide Copolymer, Bis PEG 10 Dimethicone, Polyquaternium 7, Sodium Laneth 40, Maleate/Styrene Sulfonate Copolymer, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Polysorbate 20, Disodium EDTA, Fragrance, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Diazolidinyl Urea

Recommended: Yes