23 hair masks to revive dry, damaged and dull hair – and there's one for every hair type

There is plenty in the way of high-tech hair care these days, but K18’s Molecular Repair Mask continues to reign supreme for anyone with damaged lengths.

Working to improve the strength of each hair fibre, this mask goes the extra mile by actually repairing damaged strands rather than just glossing over them.

So, what's the magic? It’s packed with the brand’s patented oligopeptide which helps to refuse broken hair bonds after too much bleaching and heat styling. The peptide carries amino acids (aka the building blocks of your hair) to the core of your strands to heal them from the inside out.

Bouclème's Intensive Moisture Treatment is loved by Kara Kia, Beauty and Fashion Ecommerce Editor.

"I’ve tried dozens of deep conditioners over the years, and I keep going back to Bouclème’s Intensive Moisture Treatment – especially after heat styling. I have multi-textured hair, a mix of 3b and 4a, and using this mask once a week has made a huge difference with frizz, hydration, and definition. The ingredients are super-concentrated, the smell is slightly herbaceous, it has incredible slip for detangling thick and Afro hair, and it works beautifully as a leave-in conditioner without weighing down wavy or looser curls."

If you have curly hair and are looking for an affordable, low-maintenance hair routine, look no further than Garnier’s Method for Curls Mask.

The nourishing yet lightweight cream contains hyaluronic acid and shea fatty acids that instantly deliver moisture to dry curls. It also strengthens the hair's inner structures, helping to bring back definition and formation to the curl pattern. For something so affordable, this is a hard-working hydrator you simply can’t go wrong with!

Want your hair to look like a million bucks? This is the best one we’ve tried – hands down. Of course, it’s the brainchild of Chris Appleton (the mastermind stylist of the Kardashian clan), so it’s one you can place all your trust in.

The nourishing gel is enriched with sea kelp and algae to moisturise each hair cuticle, while the protein complex restores brittle lengths back to life. Your expensive, silky hair awaits.

Jen Atkin, hairstylist to the likes of the Kardashians, knows what she’s doing. This hair treatment uses concentrated ingredients to intensely repair, hydrate and protect your lengths. It’ll completely improve the appearance of split ends, reverse damage from heat styling and give your fine hair unreal swoosh and shine. How? By infusing shea butter and keratin to strengthen hair follicles and smooth all-round.

In the 70's, Audrey Hepburn asked Philip Kingsley for a reparative mask that would keep it healthy throughout frequent colouring sessions. That was how the celebrated Elasticizer was born.

This mask will give straw-like hair a moisture hit like no other, plus it protects against UV damage even after washing. If it's good enough for Audrey, it's good enough for us, right?

When a hair mask reaches TikTok fame, we know it’s worth the hype. Coco and Eve’s nourishing formula is a regular star on our ‘For You’ page, with users raving about its ability to bring life back to dry and malnourished lengths.

The cream is enriched with powerful conditioning ingredients – like shea butter and coconut oil – to rehydrate brittle stands that have been through the wringer, be that through heat styling or chemical bleaching.

When you're in desperate need of a hydrating mask before payday, turn to Garnier's Papaya and Amla Skin Food.

With change-from-a-tenner pricing, it's already a stellar budget buy, but you can also use it as a conditioner or leave-in conditioner to make your money stretch.

The cream is enriched with papaya and amla extracts to nourish the most brittle strands, leaving a salon-like glossiness in its wake.

Is there a high-street franchise as popular as Frizz Ease? We don't think so. The brand has recently expanded its range to include the Miraculous Recovery Deep Conditioner – and it's worth stockpiling if you want to reduce volume.

It harnesses the power of ceramides which is specifically formulated to combat frizz and smooth the hair shaft, creating a sleek and healthy result.

As soon as Olaplex hit U.K shelves, it revolutionised the way stylists approach hair colouring. It works by protecting strands during the bleaching process, strengthening, conditioning and literally reconnecting the hair's structure where broken. All that means no more damage when it comes to bleaching. Yes, really.

After your trip to the salon, the results of the treatment are prolonged with this at-home mask that offers continuous protection from ongoing everyday damage. It's the Rolls-Royce of hair masks.

Just like looking after the soil from which a flower grows, if you keep your scalp moisturised and clean, you can expect strong and speedy hair growth.

STRAAND's prebiotic conditioning treatment contains the brand's patented Defenscalp which works to keep the scalp's microbiome (essentially a fancy way of saying environment) in the prime condition for hair growth. Result.

This product may slip into the conditioner category, but it moonlights as a great leave-in mask for those with curly or coily hair types too.

It strikes the perfect balance between nourishing and conditioning, while still adding definition to curls. Lightweight in texture, it also means your hair is left feeling weightless and soft. See ya flyaways, we don't know ya 👋

This beauty editor favourite contains the brand’s own keratin, which is sourced from the protein that is naturally found in human hair (in an ethical way, obvs). This human-identical compound clings onto any areas of damage to help build stronger and softer lengths.

Whether you’re familiar with box dyes, or you’ve switched on the straightener one too many times, this repair mask provides some next-level nourishment that your hair will drink right up.

This mask does exactly what it says on the tube: it brings frazzled, dry, dead locks back to life. The smoothing nourishing formula tames and nourishes the most stressed-out strands, (think, bleached and broken). And, besides all this, it's also vegan, cruelty free and cheaper than a Friday night takeaway.

Unlike your traditional formulas that are applied post-shower, this mask is designed to be slathered on and left for five minutes before you shampoo.

Simply put, the formula is powered by citric acid, which targets damaged hair and helps to strengthen the bonds. It imparts a noticeable shine, with hair smoothed and frazzled ends noticeably more hydrated.

Follow up with the shampoo and conditioner and await stronger, healthier hair.

If you’ve got textured hair, you’ll know that it tends to struggle in the hydration department, which can encourage frizz and breakage.

So this budget-friendly mask contains the ultimate moisture-boosting recipe for type 4 curls: it’s packed with shea butter, honey and mafura oil to deeply condition, giving you softer and well-defined curls in an instant.

Bleach-blonde folk? Listen up. When you’re dropping hefty cash on transforming your hair, you need to keep it protected post salon. If you wanna keep the blonde, you have to control the breakage, so rely on this L’Oréal Professional mask to keep your strands looking and feeling healthy.

Team Cosmo adores Beyoncé’s hairline Cécred and with such high hopes for the brand, it’s certainly giving us everything we need and more!

This mask is great for all hair types, particularly anyone looking to repair damage from colour treatments, chemical treatments and heat styling.

Enriched with the brand’s patent-pending bioactive keratin ferment which repairs damage and reduces breakage, along with a blend of antioxidants and vitamin E, your hair will be left looking and feeling healthier.

If you regularly have your hair in a protective style, this is a great mask to add to your wash day routine.