I Destroyed My Hair So You Don’t Have To

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Rachael Griffiths, who writes about all things grooming and beauty for us, has subjected her hair to e-girl streaks, Future Nostalgia half-and-half bleach jobs, and lashings upon lashings of her current cherry red. “To put it simply, my hair has been abused,” says Griffiths. All that experimentation has led to an in-depth knowledge of hair-care products that’s “as personal as it is professional.” For our regular “How I Pick My Picks” series, she shared her hair wisdom as well as her all-time-favorite products: a $10 heat protectant, this color-safe shampoo, and the dry shampoo she’s willing to pay $50 for.

Also on the site: Erin Schwartz took a seam ripper to a Dickies work shirt and created the perfect button-down; Brenley Goertzen and Jeremy Rellosa added a few new things to our “Menswear 100,” including a “light-as-air long-sleeved shirt” from Bandit and a “thicker-than-average” hoodie that’s good for fall; Arielle Avila rounded up all the best new stuff (see Nike x MoMA socks); and these are the best studs, according to people whose taste we trust. —Ashley Wolfgang, newsletter editor