With the weather finally starting to warm up, the last thing most of us want to do is spend hours with a curling iron or blow dryer. That’s time well spent outside enjoying the sunshine instead!
However, we do still want to look cute–we just we don’t want to work for it. While most people would scoff and say, “wishful thinking!” there are actually a few tricks you can keep up your sleeve to do just that. During the summer, you can look just as cute with beachy waves as you can with barrel curls — and spend half the time doing it!
There are several really great products out there for giving your hair that sexy, beachy vibe, but if you’d rather spend your money on cute dresses shoes, try these super simple steps to create your own ocean waves at home.
How to Make Your Own Beach Hair Spray
- Buy a plastic bottle with a spray nozzle.
- Fill with water almost to the top.
- Add a few tablespoons of sea salt (not table salt — that will just make your hair look gross).
- Add three small squirts of your favorite hair gel.
- A little bit of conditioner or coconut or olive oil to fight off the drying power of the salt.
- Shake all together, and then spray all over hair. If your hair is dry, spritz until really damp. If wet, just make sure it’s all coated well.
Now, the thing with beach hair is that you don’t want it to look too polished or perfectly in place, so it’s important to give it that kind-of gritty texture. You can do that by simply scrunching your hair if you already have natural wave. If you want more waviness, you can also braid your hair or twist it up in a bun until it dries. Then simply shake out your hair and ta-da!
(Side note: If you can’t help buying cute shoes, dress, AND hair products, check out Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray, Fekkai ‘Beachcomber’ Leave-In Conditioner, or C.O. Bigelow Kusco Murphy Beach Hair, recommendations courtesy of hamptons.guestofaguest.com.
So who is ready to give up the curling iron? Are you going to give beach waves a whirl? Tell us in the comments!
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my hairs pin straight, and belive me ive tried everythig and it won’t work
Hey Dominique! One thing I recommend for my straight-haired friends is to put the spray in when damp, braid, and then sleep on it. You can also blow-dry the braid before sleeping on it if you need extra staying power. If that doesn’t work let me know, and I’ll come up with some other things for you to try!
Totally agree with Laurie. I sleep with 2 french braids (only slightly damp) when I want lots of waves in the morning. I would also suggest using gel or mouse in your hair before you braid, if your hair has a hard time holding curl.
I would like to try this homemade hairspray! mmm essential oils, great idea!
Thanks for the tips Amy! The more hair tricks, the better! Let me know how the spray works for you! What oils are you going to try? (I’m thinking coconut for mine!)
I would definitely look for another leave-in conditioner.. Fekkai tests on animals which is just plain gross! Not Your Mother’s has a great sea spray, they’re cruelty free and it’s only 6 bucks!!
Oh, I didn’t see the Bumble and Bumble surf spray, they’re cruelty free too!!
They carry it at my local Walmart so I’d assume most Walmarts carry them. Your homemade one also sounds good I’m definitely going to try that!
Hey Gwen! Thanks for the heads-up! Where can you get Not Your Mother’s?
Awesome! I’ll take a look!
For girls with super straight fine hair, I would suggest omitting the conditioner or oil. We usually have somewhat oily hair as it is and adding more just makes it harder to hold the waves.
Awesome