How to recreate beach waves at home without the salon or a week in the tropics.
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Sugar and spice and everything nice — but sometimes things can get a little salty. If it’s summertime and you’re at the beach, a little salt can mean sultry, sensual beach waves, and we all know how hot that look is. You might be wondering, though, if salt is really good for your hair It turns out, while it obviously isn’t the best conditioner for your luscious locks, it does make for a killer styling aid.
“Salt water is so great for the hair because of the natural hold salt gives to hair,” says celebrity stylist Anthony Dickey, who has played with the famous tresses of Sarah Jessica Parker, Kelis and Alicia Keys. “The salt combines with the water and moisture in the air (humidity) and makes for the perfect tousled look.”
The ‘beachy wave’ wasn’t originally a salon-crafted look, although many are flocking to them in hopes of a new, effortlessly sexy ‘do. But we forget that the style was spawned from the sandy beaches of vacay-lands, where the golden sun sets low upon the glittering waters. Alas, those lands are only within grasp a few lucky weeks a year (if that), but that doesn’t mean your hair has to wait that long.
You can recreate beach waves at home by making a simple salt-water solution: 1/4 cup water to 2 teaspoons salt. Grab a small spray bottle and spray, baby, spray! Your hair should be moderately drenched so you can work with it. Once you’ve gotten it nice and salty, start twirling and scrunching. Then leave it be! The style is meant to look natural; so too much fussing will ruin the ‘just-walked-off-a-tropical-land look’.
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July 20th, 2010 at 7:29 am
will the salt water be drying to the hair?
July 20th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
do I need to boil the h2o?
July 21st, 2010 at 2:06 pm
wont it be drying and damage the hair in the sun?
July 21st, 2010 at 6:21 pm
You don’t need to boil the water. And as far as drying to the hair – it really depends on how you hair is naturally. It obviously isn’t a conditioner so it may be a bit drying so try it once and go from there. It is meant to simulate the effect beach-wave products have on the hair