Thanks To Vegamour's New Hydr-8 Hair Mask, My Split Ends Are Nonexistent 

Anyone else neglect their poor, parched strands in the winter? Personally, I find it all too easy to stuff my tresses into a hat or slap on a pair of fluffy ear muffs and call it a “cold girl” look. But my hair isn’t so happy with the laissez-faire routine. In fact, I’d say it’s in dire need of some T.L.C. 

Think of hair masks as five-star meals for your strands: Standard conditioners feed the hair with nutrients, but masks really fill it up with vitamins, healthy fats, and moisture. 

And Vegamour’s Hydr-8 Mask has some stellar ingredients on the menu. There’s milk thistle to provide antioxidant protection and fend off UV damage and other environmental stressors, as well as cold-pressed, fatty acid-rich marula oil and moringa seed oil for that luxurious slip and shine. You’ll also find Karmatin, Vegamour’s signature vegan alternative to keratin and silicone. The biotechnology-derived ingredient (made from fermented silk protein) creates a mirror image of the amino acids that naturally occur in hair, and it remains attached to strands even after rinsing. 

You know when your hair feels like straight-up silk after leaving the salon? There are a couple reasons for this: Of course, the pros know the best methods to coax strands into touchably soft styles, but the wash itself does a lot of the heavy lifting. See, when the stylist washes your hair at the sink, your strands are steeped in that conditioner-infused water and simultaneously soak up all those nutrients. (That’s why "bowl method" routines have become so popular over on TikTok.) 

Why do I bring this up? Well, after using this hair mask for the first time, my hair felt just like I received one of those beloved professional washes—without dunking my head in the sink. I suspect the Karmatin had much to do with this glossy feel, since the silicone-alternative makes strands feel downright luxurious. But my hair also felt so healthy: My lengths had a natural, airy bounce, my split ends were practically nonexistent, and my color looked way more vibrant.