Best Redken for Damaged Hair: Shampoo, Masks & Leave-Ins

Best Redken for Damaged Hair

This is the best Redken for damaged hair, pulled into one page so you can build a routine without scrolling through the full Redken range. You'll find shampoo, conditioner, masks, treatments, leave-ins and a few styling products, all picked for hair that has been coloured, lightened, heat styled or just pushed too hard for too long.

Start with what caused the damage

Damage isn't one problem, so it doesn't have one fix. Before you buy, work out what got you here.

Colour and lightening. Bleach and permanent colour open the hair up. Lightened hair tends to feel rough, tangle easily and snap when it's brushed wet.
Heat. Daily straightening or blow-drying on high dries the ends out first. You'll see it as split ends and a frizzy, see-through finish at the bottom.
Wear and tear. Tight styles, rough towel drying and brushing from the root down all add up, even on hair that has never been coloured.

If it's colour, you need products that are gentle on the colour as well as the hair. If it's heat, focus on the ends and what you put on before styling. If it's wear and tear, changing the habit matters as much as changing the bottle.

Shampoo: keep it gentle

A damaged-hair shampoo should clean without leaving the hair squeaky. That squeak means the lengths have been stripped. If you colour, a redken shampoo for colour treated hair is the safer pick, because you're protecting the colour and the condition at the same time. For a closer look at the cleansing step on its own, see the best redken shampoo for damaged hair. Shampoo the scalp, not the lengths. The suds that rinse through are enough for the ends.

Conditioner: every wash, no skipping

Damaged hair needs conditioner after every shampoo. Work it through the mid-lengths and ends, comb it through with a wide-tooth comb, and leave it a minute or two before rinsing. Our best redken conditioner for damaged hair page breaks the options down by how heavy or light they feel, which matters if your hair is fine.

Masks and treatments: once or twice a week

A mask goes deeper than a daily conditioner and stays on longer. Use one in place of your conditioner once or twice a week. More often than that and fine hair can start to feel heavy and limp. Thick, coarse or very lightened hair can usually take it more often.

Leave-ins and styling

A leave-in makes wet hair easier to detangle, which is where a lot of breakage happens. If you heat style, use something on the lengths before the tools go anywhere near them. Keep the heat setting as low as gets the job done.

If dryness is your main issue rather than breakage, our best redken for dry hair is the better place to start.

Buying smarter

You don't need every step at once. A good shampoo and conditioner pair is the base. Add a mask next, then a leave-in if you style with heat. If you want to compare Redken with other brands, browse the best shampoo and conditioner for damaged hair, look at our repairing shampoo range, or see all our products for damaged hair.

One thing worth saying straight: no product glues split ends back together. Products make damaged hair softer, easier to manage and less likely to break further. If the ends are badly split, a trim is the honest fix, and the products help keep the rest of your hair in good shape.