It can seem nearly impossible to keep your summer hairstyle intact while you’re sweating through hot and humid days. For one thing, getting your hair wet with sweat or humidity usually ruins your style and can cause it to become frizzy and limp.
Here are some tips on how to keep your hair looking good during the summer months.
Use hair oils: Swap your usual hydrating products for an oil when it’s super-hot and humid outside. Oils can smooth your hair without breaking down from moisture caused by sweat or humidity. Pick a product that nourishes the hair, rebalances moisture and even comes in travel size which is perfect for the beach or for on-the-go throughout a humid day.
Wear creaseless elastics: If you know you’re going to sweat and don’t want to ruin your style, creaseless hair ties and the ‘pineapple’ method will work to your benefit. Gather your hair into a pony tail on top of your head, bring it all the way through the hair coil once, and then bring it through the coil again but just half way — resulting in a faux-bun or pineapple shape. Bringing it up high on top of your head will keep your face framing tresses natural and full of body.
Keep conditioning: Just as your body needs water to survive, your hair must replenish its moisture to stay healthy. Conditioner for hair is like water for the body: You’re always going to need it. So if you’re a dry-shampoo fan, add moisture, even if you’re not washing. The time-saving formulas of dry shampoos are designed to soak up oil, leaving hair lackluster. To rehydrate without wetting, spritz a dry conditioner on thirsty ends every two days.
Lower the heat: The summertime is ideal for air-drying hair to reveal its natural texture, but if you must blowdry, make sure you’re using a nozzle. If you don’t use a nozzle, there’s no protection—the metal mechanism is right next to your hair. The damage it can cause can result in hair that looks broken down, frizzy, and thin because it’s singed. Blowdry the hair on your arm. If it’s burning your skin, it’ll burn your hair.
Try dusting: Sometimes hair is so hopelessly dry and damaged, only scissors will help. In such an instance, there is a treatment called dusting where a small amount of hair is trimmed so that it floats through the air like dust. It’s like pruning a flower—you can do it yourself. Snipping the ends creates strength. Every three weeks may seem often, but you save an inch overall because you don’t have to lop off long split ends.
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