Whether you wear your hair pixie-short or ultra-long, there’s nothing better than high-gloss shine for a head-turning look. From quick-spritz stylers that provide instant gleam to deep-conditioning treatments that deliver glossy results, there’s no shortage of hair care out there. To help you on your journey to a shinier mane, we’ve pulled together some dermatologist-approved recommendations, including:

• How to get shiny hair

• The best shine sprays for hair

• The best shampoo for shiny hair

• The best conditioner for shiny hair

• The best hair treatment for shiny hair

• The best hair oils for shiny hair

How to get shiny hair

First things first: What makes hair shiny? We asked Drs. Joel and Daniel Schlessinger, the board-certified dermatologists, Mohs surgeons and cosmetic surgeons behind Schlessinger MD, to drill down to a microscopic level to help explain.

“Whether hair looks shiny or dull has everything to do with the hair cuticle, which is the protective layer on the outside of each strand of hair,” says Dr. Daniel Schlessinger, LovelySkin Medical Director. “When the cells that make up the cuticle are damaged by heat styling, dry weather or mechanical stress like tangling or brushing, those cells start to stick out rather than lie flat, which can make hair look dull and limp.”

Using hair care products that temporarily smooth the cuticle with oils, silicones or other moisturizing ingredients can help give hair a glossy appearance. You can also keep your hair looking healthy and shiny with hair treatments formulated to repair your hairs’ damaged cuticles.

“There are also innovative active ingredients on the market right now that improve the health of damaged hair, such as bis-aminopropyl diglycol dimaleate in OLAPLEX products,” says Dr. Joel Schlessinger, LovelySkin CEO. “This ingredient works by repairing the broken disulfide bonds in hair that can contribute to dullness and frizz.”

The best products for shiny hair

There are four major categories of products that can help give your hair a glossier finish: shine sprays, shampoos and conditioners, hair treatments and hair oils. Take a look at some of our best recommendations below and you’ll be well on your way to shinier hair.

The best shine sprays for hair

Easy-to-use shine sprays get glossy hair instantly. From heat-activated formulas used pre-blowout to finishing sprays that set your style, here are a few of our favorites.

Kenra Professional Shine Spray

This shine-enhancing hair spray adds a glossy finish to any hairstyle, from a bouncy blowout to a sleek ponytail. Smoothing silicones tame frizz and flyaways while a sunscreen ingredient called octinoxate provides UV protection to help prevent color fade.

Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray

If you want to increase your shine quotient while blow drying, give this shine spray a test drive. It contains hair-smoothing polymer technology activated by the heat from your blow dryer and the tension from your hairbrush. The result is glossy, frizz-free hair that lasts for three to four shampoos.

Rene Furterer Texture Spray

If you’re after increased volume and texture as well as shine, this hair styling spray does it all. Jojoba extract and vitamins B3 and B5 help repair and nourish hair for a shiny finish. It also gives hair the grip needed for updos, braids and tousled hairstyles.

The best hair treatment for shiny hair

If your hair is looking dull and feeling frizzy and unmanageable, you might benefit from an intensive hair treatment such as these three from OLAPLEX, Moroccanoil and Surface.

OLAPLEX No. 0 Intensive Bond Building Treatment + OLAPLEX No. 3 Hair Perfector

This two-step treatment is the cornerstone of OLAPLEX’s hair repair line, which features bis-aminopropyl diglycol dimaleate to strengthen and repair broken disulfide bonds in your hair, causing it to feel healthier, shinier and more manageable. Before shampooing, you’ll first saturate your dry hair with the No. 1 primer spray and leave it on for ten minutes. Then, you’ll add the No. 3 treatment and let them both process for another ten minutes before rinsing and washing your hair per usual.

Moroccanoil Treatment

This shine-boosting blend of argan oil, flaxseed oil and smoothing silicones is the flagship formula in the Moroccanoil hair care line. It smooths and nourishes all hair types when used on either wet hair prior to heat styling or air-drying. When applied to dry hair, it also tames flyaways and achieves a glossy finish.

Surface Blowout High Gloss Rinse

If a glass-like blowout is what you’re after, look no further than this luminizing hair rinse. Like many of Surface’s signature products, it contains babassu seed oil, which is known for its ability to nourish and soften hair without weighing it down. It also features ceramides, rice protein and hydrating glycerin to give your hair the glossiest shine after heat styling.

The best shampoos and conditioners for glossy hair

If you’d like to add shine but don’t care to add more steps to your routine, you can see some notable benefits just by switching your shampoo and conditioner to one of these shine-boosting duos.

L’ANZA Keratin Healing Oil Lustrous Shampoo & Conditioner

This shampoo and conditioner from the L’ANZA Healing Oil line work together to nourish dry hair with coffee seed oil, babassu oil, acai palm oil and abyssinian oil. The addition of keratin amino acids helps leave your hair looking smoother and shinier with every wash.

Verb Glossy Shampoo & Verb Glossy Conditioner

Peach oil, rosehip oil and squalane star in this gentle shampoo and conditioner, which work especially well for coarse, dry or damaged hair. When using both products in third-party lab testing, shine increased by 126% and frizz lessened by up to 79%.

Philip B. Forever Shine Shampoo & Conditioner

Formulated for all hair types, including color-treated hair, this shampoo and conditioner pairing from Philip B. promises to quell frizz and boost shine with vitamin B5 and time-released safflower oleosomes.

The best hair oils for shiny hair

Chock full of nourishing lipids, hair oils help your hair look glossy by smoothing the cuticle and locking in moisture. Here are three of our go-tos.

PHYTO Elixir Absolute Nourishment Care Oil

French beauty brand PHYTO is all about botanical hair and scalp care formulas, and this nourishing oil features no less than seven plant-derived oils from coconut, meadowfoam seeds, castor beans, avocados, jojoba seeds, rose petals and camelia flowers. In a week-long consumer study, 100% of participants reported their hair was shinier after using this hair oil. You can use it either as a pre-shampoo treatment to nourish hair before washing, or you can smooth it onto dry hair for a silky finish.

Augustinus Bader The Hair Oil

In addition to a roster of nourishing oils—baobab, argan and pomegranate seed—this hair oil features TFC8, Augustinus Bader’s patented blend of amino acids and vitamins that helps boost cellular renewal in hair and skin. It also features rose and geranium oils for a light floral scent. You can apply a few drops to towel-dried hair after washing or use as needed, two to three times per week, on dry hair to tame frizz.

Ouidad Mongongo Oil Multi-Use Curl Hair Treatment

This hair oil boosts shine in all curl types, from loose to coiled. A blend of oils derived from mongongo nuts, palm, safflower, sunflower and broccoli seeds helps restore shine without weighing your curls down. You can use this multitasking product as a leave-in conditioner, a heat protectant while blow-drying or a finishing oil for hair-dried curls.

Looking for more hair care intel? You can check out our favorite deep conditioners, sulfate-free shampoos and dandruff solutions on the LovelySkin Blog.