Summer may bring glorious visions of natural highlights and long windblown hair. The reality is that summer sun and humidity can damage your hair's cuticle and result in dry, drab, split, brittle or frizzy hair and ends.

Sunlight can be just as damaging as a hot blow dryer. Naturally curly hair is often a major victim to summer frizzies.

Consider some of these other tips for great summer hair care:

1. Prevent static electricity when you shampoo by applying a rinse out hair conditioner that instantly adds moisture and shine. If your hair is fine or thin, you may wish to skip the rinse out conditioning step and apply a "leave-in" conditioner instead.

2. After towel drying tresses apply a drop or two of a great leave-in product, to the palms of your hands. Rub your hands together and then distribute the leave-in product throughout your strands.

3. Hair care products that advertise "replenishment" are designed to add moisture back to dry strands. Products advertising volume enhancing benefits are designed to add body.

Hair care products designed to add shine, may only add shimmer but not necessarily add moisture. Be sure to read all ingredients on the hair product labels to understand what benefits the product is designed to provide to your strands.

Consider these additional summer hair care tips:

* If you normally use hot hair tools (blow dryers, hot irons, electric curlers) every day, try and give your hair a break during the summer months. Consider letting your air dry. Take a break from hot curling.

Hair braided when wet will air dry into beautiful waves.

* For sun exposed or sun damaged tresses perform regular deep hair conditioning treatments utilizing fabulous hair repair products such as Phytokarite Intensive Treatment, Phytocitrus Mask or Rene Furterer After Sun Repair Mask.

* Jojoba oil applied to the ends of your strands will help soften them. Jojoba oil also works wonders on frizzy hair. Jojoba oil can also be utilized as a pre-shampoo treatment or applied to dry strands for protection during the day.

* For extra conditioning treatment apply a deep conditioner to damp or dry tresses, wrap in plastic wrap or a shower cap just before bedtime. Allow the deep conditioner to soak into damaged hair sections overnight for extra repair and re-moisturizing benefits.

* When you find yourself out in the sun, at the beach or at the pool without pre-planning, reach for a hat to cover delicate strands. If a hat won't do, great the next best thing which is the sunscreen.

*Slather a regular SPF product on your tresses making sure to concentrate the product onto your scalp as well as your tresses. Although not a perfect solution, it will help save your tresses from major sun damage.

* If you are wedded to your blow dryer, use a leave- in conditioner designed to protect your hair when blow drying.

* When the summer heat is hottest contain potential frizzies by wearing your hair up in a knot, bun or braids.

* Be careful using shine products to control frizzies. They often contain silicone and can coat your hair after just a few times. This will only make the problems worse in the long run.