Low maintenance doesn’t have to mean settling. 

You can still work your locks into an easy-to-manage and chic hairstyle without going to the salon or reaching for the curling tong and millions of clips. 

Just take your damp hair and divide it into sections (the larger the section, the looser the curls). 

Next, take each section, run a light styling cream through it and twist it away from your face, pinning it in place if you need to. 

Now simply go about your business and let your hair dry into cool, minimal-effort natural waves. 

The key to low-stress hair is trying to stay as true to your natural hair colour as possible in order to cut out multiple trips to the hairdressers for touch-ups. 

It’s for that reason that hair glazes are the go-to colour trend. Unlike hair dye, they act as a semi-permanent treatment that nourishes your hair and leaves it with a glossy shine while enhancing your natural colour to make it look more vibrant. 

Best of all, innovative products like Glaze Super Color Conditioning Gloss are super easy to use. Just pick the shade closest to your natural colour, whether that’s Honey Blonde or Luminous Liquorice (take your pick from the range of nine shades and one transparent gloss), and apply the product to sections of dry or damp hair. 

Leave for 10 minutes while you scroll TikTok, and then rinse thoroughly in the shower until the water runs clear.

No need to give your conscience a rinse though, as Glaze is also vegan, cruelty-free and comes in recyclable packaging as well as giving your hair nourishing shine.

Healthy hair is more manageable hair and when it comes to happy locks it isn’t all about looking after the hair itself. 

Make sure you’re building scalpcare into your routine, starting with a massage next time you shampoo your hair. 

Using either your fingertips or a shampoo brush, apply light pressure while moving in small circles all the way across your scalp. 

Scalp massage helps to clear away dead skin cells and product build-up so that new hair can break through. It also stimulates blood flow to allow helpful nutrients to reach the root.  

If your hair is dehydrated, chances are it isn’t going to do what you want it to do. 

It’s also more likely to look on the lacklustre side than the freshly lopped and washed low-maintenance side of things. 

Level up your hair mask and look out for ingredients like hydrating babassu oil. 

This haircare hero retains high levels of moisture and helps your strands hang onto it, all the while being less greasy than other oils. 

The result? Smooth, soft hair that’s easier to manage and style. 

Not only does using a load of heat tools on your hair take up valuable time that could be spent drinking mulled wine or watching Selling Sunset, it also causes a whole load of bother that’s the opposite of low maintenance. 

To get smarter about heat, use your hairdryer on the lowest setting and, of course, always use heat protection. 

When it comes to curling tongs or straighteners, try not to go over the same section of hair more than once and avoid styling your hair with heat more than once a week.