Davines SU Hair Mask — an aftersun nourishing hair mask with Regenerative Organic Certified™ Bitter Orange Extract that deeply conditions and revitalises dry, sun-exposed hair, replenishing lost moisture while restoring softness, strength, and manageability after salt, chlorine, and UV exposure.
The Moda Team Review: For Hair That Has Had a Summer
Summer is hard on hair in ways that daily conditioner was never designed to address. Sun dries the cuticle from the outside in. Chlorine strips protective proteins. Salt water raises the cuticle and leaves it rough and dehydrated. The SU Hair Mask is the answer to all three — a weekly reset that goes deeper than a conditioner can in 30 seconds and actually rebuilds the moisture and softness that seasonal exposure takes out.
The Bitter Orange Extract is a Davines Regenerative Organic Certified™ ingredient — sourced from Mrs. Paola Nastasi's farm in Avola, Siracusa, Italy — and brings a high concentration of flavonoids and antioxidants that support hair health at the fibre level, bringing balance and resilience back to hair that has been progressively stressed through the season. The mask deeply conditions and revitalises dry, stressed strands, making it the ideal post-sun treatment to restore the hair's natural feel and manageability.
The particular clients we recommend this for are the ones whose hair deteriorates noticeably through summer: colour-treated hair that fades faster and feels increasingly porous by August, swimmers whose ends are always dry and rough, and anyone who notices their hair behaving differently in July than it does in November. Used consistently after sun-exposed days, it maintains the hair's structural condition at a level that makes a visible difference by the end of the season.
Why Moda Carries This
Davines is our foundation brand at Moda — the only professional line we use across every service. The SU Hair Mask earns its place on our shelves because it solves a specific problem that most haircare ranges do not acknowledge: the cumulative, seasonal damage that builds up over a summer. We recommend it to clients the way we recommend any Davines treatment — because we have seen the result on real hair, and because the ingredient story behind it is consistent with why we chose Davines in the first place.
Key Active Ingredient
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Regenerative Organic Certified™ Bitter Orange Extract (Citrus Aurantium Amara): Sourced from Mrs. Paola Nastasi's farm in Avola, Siracusa, Italy. High in flavonoids and antioxidants that neutralise UV-caused free radicals built up in the hair fibre during sun exposure. Provides anti-inflammatory action that calms dehydrated, stressed hair while deeply conditioning and restoring softness, strength, and manageability.
Moda Pro Tip
Use a generous amount — not a conditioner-sized portion. The mask needs coverage to work. Apply on freshly cleansed hair, focusing from mid-lengths to ends where sun damage is most concentrated. Leave on for the full five minutes rather than rinsing immediately. Apply immediately after shampooing while the hair is still warm from the shower — the cuticle is most open at this point and the actives penetrate more effectively than they would into hair that has cooled. Rinse with cool water to seal the cuticle and lock in the softness.
Not the Right Fit If...
Not the daily conditioning step — the SU Hair Mask is a weekly intensive treatment. For daily summer conditioning, follow with SU Hair Milk (leave-in) between mask days. If hair damage extends beyond seasonal exposure to chemical processing or bleaching, the SU Mask can be used alongside a dedicated repair line such as Davines NOUNOU.
How To Use
- Shampoo with Davines SU Hair and Body Wash and rinse thoroughly.
- Apply SU Hair Mask generously from mid-lengths to ends.
- Leave on for 5 minutes.
- Rinse thoroughly with cool water.
- Follow with SU Hair Milk on towel-dried hair before styling for continued UV protection and softness.
