Being confined to your home means that you can bid your heat-styling tools adieu and give your mane a much-needed break by letting it air-dry instead. Considered the simplest and healthiest way to dry your hair, air-drying helps your strands to retain moisture and prevents hair-breakage by giving your hair some respite from the vigorous combing or brushing under concentrated heat, explains Drishya Bhagyanath, hairstylist and owner of Trendy Hair and Beauty. However, if you don’t do it right, air-dried hair can also look messy and frizzy, she cautions.

Drishya Bhagyanath