Fresh Style Ideas For Your Curly Hair

Getting your curly, thick or frizzy hair safely (and beautifully) through the summer is always a bit more challenging than the other seasons. There’s the humidity that tightens up your hair into retro sausage rolls or a big fuzz ball. Splashing in the pool, lake or sea is fun until you check your hair the next day. And the sun’s heat sucks whatever moisture is left out of your already dry, brittle locks.

Protection

Make it part of your daily routine in summer to use only hair products with an SPF (sun protection factor) of 15 or higher. Use a sulfate-free shampoo so blow drying doesn’t strip your hair. And when heat styling, use only ceramic curling or flat irons to avoid breakage.

If you know it’s going to be an active, outdoorsy kind of day, go one step further and apply a leave-in penetrating conditioner that morning. When the day’s fun is over, reward your hair with a moisturizing treatment.

Products

Unless you’re 100% thrilled with the hair you were born with – and what woman is? – you’ll have learned the importance of finding and using the right products... especially when it comes to managing coarse or unruly hair.

Here is Fritz Clay’s recipe and style idea for achieving soft and sexy waves with products that he developed for curly hair:

1.After shampooing and conditioning, use a foam setting lotion like HairPlay’s SET or your favorite styling product. I recommend products without alcohol that dry with a shiny finish.

2.Part your hair into five or six sections. Split each section into two, twist those two strands together, and use a hair tie to hold the ends together. Repeat for all sections.

3.Use a diffuser or portable dryer to dry the sections of hair.

4.When dry, undo the twists, apply a weightless shine serum such as SEAL by HairPlay, and finger style your soft new waves.