DIY Hair - Sea Salt Spray

In my last post, Festival Fever, I mentioned possibly using "Sea Salt Spray" as a way of creating an easy and laid-back but pretty beachy do.

While of course you can buy a Sea Salt Spray straight from the shops, it's always more fun to create your own products.

So here is my own DIY recipe for a simple and easy Sea Salt Spray that you can use time and time again and it'll barely cost you a penney!

By the way... how hot does Mandy Moore look here?!!

Sea Salt Spray Recipe

What You'll Need:

• An empty squirt/spray bottle, (you can get these in places like Penneys or Boots in bottle travel packs)
• Sea salt
• A nice smelling oil - coconut or almond for example
• A small amount of hair gel - you can steal your boyfriend's/brother's/dad's etc ;) 
• Warm water
• A tablespoon
• A measuring cup

How to Make It:

In your measuring cup, add enough warm water to fill the spray bottle. It's important the water is warm so that it allows all the ingredients to dissolve fully.

Add one tablespoon of sea salt, half a tablespoon of the oil of your choice, and half a tablespoon of hair gel to the water and mix well until fully dissolved.

Since salt can be drying on your hair, the oil aims to reintroduce some moisture. Coconut or almond oil also give the spray a gorgeous smell so your hair won't only look good, it'll smell good too! The hair gel aims to add a little extra holding power to the spray.

When the mixture is well dissolved, mixed, and has cooled, you can pour it into the spraying bottle. Make sure to shake before every use.

How to Use It:

Use this spray on dry hair, that has been sectioned into 3 or 4 parts. Evenly distribute light sprays over each section and then "scrunch" the hair, emphasizing volume at the root. For girls with naturally curly hair, this is probably enough to create a beachy look. For those with more naturally straight hair, you can take one inch sections of the hair and wrap around a 1-2inch curling tong to create a few strong curls to pull the whole look together. When you're happy with the amount of curls, spritz with some hair spray to reinforce and you're good to go! 

If you use this spray on freshly washed hair, it's likely you could get two days out of this Sea Salt look. Just top up with the spray and possibly the curling tongs when you feel you need it!

So there you have it - a recession friendly solution to getting instant beach hair!

Until next time, i'll leave you with some beach hair inspiration. Xo