I’ve tested the best hair masks – and these actually work

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Let’s be honest, most of us are guilty of putting our hair through hell, whether it’s using too much heat, slicking it back into a tight bun or bleaching it every few months. 

If you’re after something that you can add to your shower routine to help revive tired, dry strands, there are plenty of treatments that will give your hair an extra lease of life.

Spanning traditional masks that need to be applied to wet hair, left and rinsed out after shampooing, pre-shampoo treatments once a week or leave-in products that can be massaged into mid-lengths and ends before blow-drying,...