Hair to Beat the Heat

Hey beautiful dolls!

So if any of you have hair like mine (aka a frizzy long lions mane with a life of it's own -- and when I say lions mane I mean it literally because I have red hair!) summer heat is not always the easiest. As someone with long thick wavy.. errr more frizzy hair I've had to learn how to keep it at bay! And don't even get me started when the humidity rolls around. My lions mane then goes from 1 to 10 in about 2 minutes! 

So over the years I've learned that when the hot hot hot days come around my days of wearing my hair are over!

What I have done is created  a pretty extensive repertoire of hair dos for me to fall back on!

I will admit it's taken me a little while to get the hang of doing cute up dos to myself but thanks to the millions of YouTube gurus out there and all their tutorials I've gotten half decent!

Here are some of my fav go-tos that I rely on a lot for day to day during the hot hot hot days when my hair just CAN NOT be down!

Braided Mid-height Bun

(photo from Pinterest)

Low Bow

(photo from Pinterest)

Sleek Bun

(Photo from Pinterest)

A Simple Twist

(photo from Pinterest)

Messy High Bun

(photo from Pinterst)

These are my go-to up dos to keep my hair out of my face when the heat just makes it more of a frizzy sticky mess than it is on its own!

So the next time you can't handle all that hair all up in your face try one of these up dos, they haven't failed me yet!

Xx

Rei

Beach Wave Hair

Living in Dallas, our springs and summers bring a lot of humidity.  As women we all know what this means for our hair: straighten it, it gets frizzy.  Curl it, it goes flat and frizzy.  So our focus today is making the perfect beach wave hair, without even being close to the ocean.  There are products out there that can help get that beach wave look, Victoria's Secret Beach Hair Wave Spray, Oribe - Après Beach - Wave and Shine Spray or Bumble and bumble Surf Spray, just to name a few, but there are other options if you do not want to spend $25 on a 4 oz bottle of wave spray. 

Wellnessmama is a great recipe of DYI Beach Wave Spray:

Ingredients:

•  1 cup of hot water (not boiling)- Can also use strong Chamomile Tea as the base if you want to lighten hair or black tea as the base if you want to darken hair, but you will need to keep in the fridge.
• 2 tablespoons epsom salts (or more for extra texture)
• 1/2 tsp Himalayan or Sea Salt (optional but adds stiffness- I get it here)
• 1 teaspoon aloe vera gel (I get it here)
• 1/2 tsp conditioner (I’ve used this Organix coconut one and Dr. Bronners Lavender Coconut ) or a few drops of almond oil or jajoba oil
• optional: a few drops of essential oils or a spritz of your favorite perfume for scent- Lavender and citrus are great options
• optional: 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon vodka or alcohol- if you want to lighten hair (the lemon juice lightens and the alcohol preserves)

Instructions:

Get a spray bottle that holds at least 10 ounces. I used a glass bottle made from an old apple cider vinegar bottle and a regular spray top. I also tripled the recipe to accomodate the size of my bottle. Put the hot water (or tea) in the spray bottle and add the epsom salts, sea salt (optional), aloe vera, conditioner, scent (optional) and lemon juice/vodka (if using). Put the cap on the bottle and shake for 1-2 minutes or until epsom salts and sea salt are dissolved. Store in the fridge if using lemon juice or tea base, or at room temperature if you aren’t. Will last 3-4 months or longer.

Directions:
Spray on damp hair and scrunch with a towel to dry for loose beach waves.
OR
Spray on dry hair and on roots for volume and texture without the waves.

We hope you love the beach wave as much as we do!  If you have any other recipes or information on perfecting these, we want you to share them!