Treating Your Hair Properly Can Be Transformative—These Are The 9 Habits Hairdressers Want Us To Leave In 2026

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Are you guilty of trimming your own fringe, skipping heat protection or curling your hair more often than you know is good for it? I’d put money on your hairdresser wishing you’d break that habit.

Now, look, nobody is perfect, and most of us can probably admit to neglecting our usual healthy haircare steps from time to time. But if there’s one group of people who know the best hair practice inside out, it’s professional hairdressers. And just as make-up artists will tell you to clean your brushes regularly and nail techs will stress the importance of daily cuticle oil for nail health and longer-lasting manicure, hairdressers have a wishlist of things they wish their clients would stop doing.