Design Essentials Agave and Lavender Blow Dry Styling Primer 8oz
A blow-dry primer is the step people skip, and then wonder why the blowout took forty minutes and fell apart by Wednesday. This is an 8oz bottle of light conditioning mist that goes on before any heat gets near the hair.
- Weightless mist that does not weigh the roots down
- Heat protection rated to 420°F
- UVA and UVB filters, which matters on colour-treated hair
- Frizz control rated at up to two weeks
Design Essentials rate the heat protection to 420°F, which covers a dryer and most flat iron work, and they put the drying time at half, because the mist softens the cuticle rather than sitting on top of it. Less time under heat is the real benefit there. Agave and lavender do the smoothing, and the frizz control is rated at up to two weeks, so a blowout on 3C curls or a stretch on 4B coils holds through more than one wash day.
Made for textured, curly and coily hair that is going under heat, which is the hair most likely to pay for it later.
Aqua (Water), Isopropyl Myristate, Polysorbate 20, Glycerin, Cetrimonium Chloride, Propylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Castor Oil/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Polyquaternium-11, Phenyl Trimethicone, Simethicone, Agave Americana Leaf Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Benzoic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycereth-2 Cocoate, Parfum, CI 60725 (Violet 2)
- 24-hour delivery
- Every brand we carry ships within 24 hours, not just the hero lines. Order before 2pm and it leaves the same working day.
- Free over £40
- UK delivery is free on orders over £40. Below that it is a flat rate, shown at checkout before you pay.
- Tracking
- You get a tracking link by email the moment it is picked up.
- 30 days
- Send anything unopened back within 30 days for a full refund. No explanation needed.
- Opened it and it is wrong for your hair?
- Tell us what happened. Curl products are hard to judge from a photo, and we would rather swap it than have you stuck with it.
- We price match
- Find it cheaper somewhere else and we will match the price.
Application tips
This goes on wet, before anything else. Mist over the whole head after towel-blotting, lifting sections so the roots get covered too, then comb it through so nothing sits in a stripe.
Leave it a minute to sink in before the dryer comes out. Work in sections with tension, and keep the nozzle moving. If you flat iron afterwards, do that on completely dry hair, never on hair still damp from the mist.
Results
Hair dries faster and takes less pulling to smooth, which is the part you feel in your arms by the end. Sections come out sleek rather than fluffy at the root.
The finish is light. Nothing sits on the surface, so the roots keep their lift and the ends move. On colour-treated hair the primer also keeps the tone from going dull and dry after repeated heat sessions.
Composition
- Agave
- Softens the cuticle so the brush glides and the strand smooths quicker
- Lavender Oil
- Calms frizz and keeps the finish smooth once the heat is off
Full ingredients list
Aqua (Water), Isopropyl Myristate, Polysorbate 20, Glycerin, Cetrimonium Chloride, Propylene Glycol, Hydrogenated Castor Oil/Sebacic Acid Copolymer, Polyquaternium-11, Phenyl Trimethicone, Simethicone, Agave Americana Leaf Extract, Lavandula Angustifolia (Lavender) Flower Extract, Phenoxyethanol, Benzoic Acid, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycereth-2 Cocoate, Parfum, CI 60725 (Violet 2)
