My Secret to Easy, Heatless Beach Waves!

My natural hair can be quite the nightmare. It’s not so bad on it’s own, really, but mix it with Mumbai’s ridiculously humid wether (it’s 55% humidity today!) & it has the tendency to puff up like a freshly washed poodle! Remember that episode of FRIENDS where the gang goes to Barbados & Monica’s usually sleek, straight hair starts to resemble Diana Ross from the 70’s? Yeah, I’d probably put her to shame! I have to blow dry my hair every time I wash it, just to make it behave better when I step out & not look like I’m wearing a freshly washed poodle on my head.

Growing up, my dream everyday hairstyle has always been beachy waves (think Gillian Zinser as Ivy in 90210). Matte, surfer-chic hair that looks messy but still has some definition & doesn’t just turn into a ball of frizz. Unfortunately for me,  every single beachy wave tutorial on YouTube seemed to include wrangling with either a hair straightener or a curler, & I don’t even make that much of an effort on special occasions!

L’Oréal Professionnel Wild Stylers Techni.Art Beach Waves Spray (150ml | ₹700)

And then this L’Oréal Professionnel Texturizing Sea Salt Spray landed on my desk. I was sceptical but I gave it a try & in the last 2 months this has become my go-to hair styling product!

In this time, I’ve tried a few different ways of using this & I found one that works quite well for me, so I thought I’d share a little tutorial on how I use this-

You have to use this on tower dried hair that’s still pretty damp, but not dripping wet. I just comb to detangle & part my hair (who am I kidding?! I never part my hair but you probably should, at this point!) Then I spray it all over & start grabbing little sections of hair & twirling them. You can scrunch too, but I feel like twirling gives a little more defined wave that I like better. It’s so easy to do, I don’t even have to look into a mirror. I usually just grab sections & twirl away from my face while binge watching some or the other TV show (currently it’s Monk).

Sometimes if I twirl tighter I can get more defined, large curls like this-

In both cases I haven’t combed my hair after it dried because I wouldn’t want to lose all the waves, but if you’d like to loosen the waves you can do so with your fingers. And I haven’t used hairspray either in the photos above, I find the waves hold up quite well on my shorter hair (they do loosen out by the second day) but I occasionally use some hair spray just to lock them in place for the day.

I love the Beach Waves Spray so much because it gives me the hair of my dreams with minimal effort & no heat. It also has a travel lock which makes it so handy to take on trips.

If you’ve always coveted beachy hair but are also a lazy girl like me, I’d definitely recommend this!