Cosmopolitan India

Are we killing our hair with kindness?

You have probably heard the phrase ‘the skinification of hair’ by now, or noticed how many more hair products include ingredients you recognise from skincare. Maybe you have spotted a sharp rise in scalp products on the shelves, or all the different treatments going viral on social media (we see you, rosemary oil). Reader, as a curly girl, I knew exactly where this was going.

In my most haircare-obsessed days, I had a seven-product routine that involved endless sectioning and combing, as well as overnight masks. Now, I

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