Necessary Summer Hair

Hairstyles I prefer for summer involve no heat. It is often too hot to use hairdryers, curling irons, straighteners, etc. I look for cute and simple hairstyles. The following three are my go-to:

Beach waves

-I know that a lot of people use Bumble & Bumble Sea Salt Spray, but I prefer to use John Masters Organics Sea Salt Spray with Lavender. It doesn't make my hair feel as crunchy and the lavender helps moisturize and adds a nice scent. I spray it on when my hair is damp and then scrunch it. I have ridiculously straight hair, yet this still manages to add some volume to it.

-An alternate way is to loosely braid or twist your hair the night before. I get more defined waves this way. I use the sea salt spray, the pin up braids or twists (so I don't get the kinks from hair bands). I like to use slightly damp hair, because if it is too wet, it doesn't dry fully by morning.

Braids! (side, fishtail, Heidi)

- I alternate between a loose messy traditional side braid, a fishtail side braid, or fishtail pigtails (ha). I try to add a little volume to my hair before braiding it, so it does not lay flat. The sea salt spray is useful here. I usually add a floral headband (like the daisy one I mentioned in this post).

- I do two different types of Heidi braids. One way is to braid pigtails and then pin them up (folding the ends under) on top of my head. The second way is to french braid my hair around my head. It's easiest to do the french braid from one side and braid normally on the other side. Start at the crown or the side, work your way around your head, braid to the end of your hair and pin the braid to your head.

Top bun w/ style

-Finally, I often go to the old stand-by (particularly for HOT days) of the top-of-head bun. I give my hair some volume with the sea salt spray and then I usually like to messily wrap the bun and secure it with either a hair band or pins. Some alternate ways to style it include adding a floral headband (my fav), adding a bun bow (which you can make yourself if you don't want to spend $28 on one), or I will sometimes flip my head over and french braid the bottom half of my hair leading up to the bun.

Outside of the trusty ponytail, these are the hairstyles I rock during summertime.