A few of you lovely readers have written to me asking for product recommendations for everything from hair gels to flat irons. We are all so individual in our needs and our approaches to hair care, that a product that works wonderfully for me may do nothing for your hair.

Your journey should be an adventure of discovery of your hair’s likes and dislikes and to a certain extent, a journey of self discovery too that lets you bring out qualities that you didn’t even know you possess (a jar of patience anyone?).

That being said, I think there is a fair way to present product recommendations without being biased as to just what works on my own hair and that would be a compilation of top products across all categories based on sales from fellow readers of BHI.

As a general rule products with high re-order rates are usually pretty good. Of course this doesn’t guarantee that they will work for you but it’s a pretty good first point of call when looking for recommendations.

So here are the top products in each category based on popularity.