This tin foil hair hack has been blowing up on TikTok.
Every day hundreds of hacks appear on our TikTok feeds, however, this particular one has stuck with viewers.
The latest life hack promises to de-frizz your hair with the everyday household item from your kitchen.
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TikTok creator @laurentpreble revealed that she received the comment to “use tinfoil” after complaining about the static in her hair.
Before following the advice, Lauren explained: “Normally when I run my fingers through my hair it just flows better, but today it’s just static-y and annoying, so let’s see if it works.”
Proving the hack works, after sliding a sheet of foil across her hair, she exclaimed: “Are you absolutely kidding me, this looks phenomenal.”
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Since then, thousands of other creators have put it to the test, including @sidneyraz who showed users how well it worked on his freshly washed hair.
Sidney looked shocked as the life hack worked immediately: “Whaaaaaat?! It totally works.”
This theory is not only believed by content creators but is also backed up by science.
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Static occurs in hair when it builds up an electrical charge due to friction or changes in its surroundings, such as humidity.
This situation causes the strands to repel each other making them fly away.
The tin foil helps to neutralise the static since it’s metal and a conductor, it transfers those extra electrons away, making the hair smoother.
Physicist Antonio Checco told the Department of Energy in 2022 that he covered his desk in tin foil to counteract the static built up around his microscope caused by friction from walking on the plastic floor.
Why not give it a go yourself?
