Ann Krause
Aug 6, 20212 min
Anyone else have hair that frizzes and puffs out while completely losing the beautiful loose waves that you just styled within 15 minutes of stepping outside??? I know I'm not alone here, and it just so happens that we are heading into a weeklong stretch of high humidity as I type this.
Read on for my best tips for styling waves that will hold up. They key here is changing your products and adjusting your technique a bit.
First of all- let's ditch the texture spray and the flexible hairspray that we love 3/4 of the year. What we need now is a STRONG HOLD hair spray. I prefer Kenra's 25 Volume spray with "super hold".
Like usual, we will approach our styling broken into manageable sections like usual- but the difference here is that we are really going to blast our hair with this strong hold spray.
Then take a moment to brush the hair so that the spray is evenly distributed. This also gives the spray the 3 seconds it needs to dry. We don't want to hear a "sizzle" when we put your hair in the iron in a moment!
When we use our iron, we want to clamp down on the hair (for added smoothness & reinforcement with heat) and take our iron all of the way to the scalp. Even if we don't want to wave the hair that high- we still want to slide the hair through- just like you would with a flat iron.
Then I like to blast the hair with my strong hold spray again once curled, and work up to the top with my Spray, curl, spray routine.
Then I spray it again when finished. Your waves should feel stiff and crunchy. This is your "set". Meaning; not the desired end result- but an over compensated- more intense version of your style. We can leave your hair hang out in this state for awhile if you have time.
If my plans involve being outside for hours, I will leave my hair exactly like this. It only takes a little while outside for this crunch look to soften.
If I am taking an Uber somewhere and spending minimal time out doors, I will break it up just a bit with my wide tooth comb so I don't look crazy when I arrive at my destination.
But don't be afraid to leave your hair waved a little tighter that your desired look.
The idea here to expect your hair to still loosen a bit when you're outside.
And even with some frizz activating you will still have a loose wave that looks intentional because of your strong set in the beginning!
I hope you found this helpful! Enjoy this beautiful weather, Ladies!
xoxo,
Ann