Heat tools damage hair. BUT, if you use the right products before you blow dry, you can minimize that damage. Before a blow out, Yoshi uses his specially pH balanced water (called Yoshi’s Magic Water, $14), which opens the hair shaft, allowing product to reach the core of the hair. Then, Yoshi applies a heat protection spray. He recommends KMS Free Shape Hot Flex Spray, $17.95.

Finally, after adding the product to your hair, “be sure to comb your hair out thoroughly,” says Yoshi, since you don’t want the product in just a few places on the hair.