Beach waves may be on trend, but the sun and salt/chlorine water can wreck your hair during the summer. Overexposure to heat can lead to dry and brittle hair where breakage and split ends can occur. Ick! But between expensive deep conditioning treatments and oil hailing from Morocco, the process of keeping your hair healthy can be daunting and expensive. We’ve scoured top beauty blogs and Youtube channels for the best advice on how to keep your hair in top shape all summer long without spending buku bucks.
1. Swap Your Daily Wash with Dry Shampoo
As any hair stylist will tell you, the number one hair mistake you might be making is over-washing. For healthier hair, it’s best to wash every 2-3 days so that the natural oils have a chance to nourish the strands. Try using dry shampoo (the best invention ever) to keep your roots from looking greasy. Christina from hair-spiration gold mine Hair Romance believes that your hair is your best accessory, and we totally agree! Check out her dry shampoo tips and you’ll be a dry shampoo pro in no time.
2. Put it Up
Another dirty hair styling option is to style it in a top-knot. This Kortney Kardashian inspired hair tutorial from beauty vlogger and hair fanatic (she has dozens of tutorials for hair styles alone) Its Judy Time is a great alternative for a simple top knot. All you need is a hair-tie, bobby pins, and two products, it’s that simple!
3. Go Sulfate Free Recent studies have shown that sulfate, the chemical that makes your shampoo lather up, dries out your hair and can cause an itchy scalp. G, blogger behind the drugstore beauty review blog Nouvea Cheap, found an amazing and budget-friendly sulfate-free choice through her numerous reviews of sulfate-free shampoo and conditioners: Finesse Clean + Simple. She raves that this line mader her hair “clean and light feeling” after washing. Read her full review here.
4. Buy Youtube-Tested Drugstore Products
Although designer hair products can work wonders on your mane, they can also be extremely price-y. Although she’s most known for her flawless skin foundation routine, model and Youtube beauty guru Cassandra Bankson has put together her top 5 drugstore hair products that are inexpensive, and really do the trick. We can persoanlly vouch for the Aussie 3 Minute Miracle!
5. Heat Protecting Spray
Using a blow-dryer, curling iron, or straightener are some of the main culprites to dry, brittle hair. Ingrid Nilson recommends using the TRESemme Heat Tamer Spray to protect your hair before any heat styling, and with a beauty and fashion Youtube channel that boasts 2.5 million subscribers, she must know a thing or two about the best beauty techniques. At $3.98 a bottle, this is a product we can definitely get behind!
6. Heat-Free Styling
Better yet, skip the curling iron and style your hair heat free! Elsie from DIY beauty and lifestyle blog A Beautiful Mess shows us how to use rag curls to create luscious waves sans iron. Click here for the step-by-step guide.
7. Protect from the Sun
The sun burns your hair just as it does your skin, so before hitting the beach, protect your hair with a cute and inexpensive scarf. Hair guru Mimi from amazing hair tutorial channel Luxy Hair, demostrates 4 different ways to tie a head scarf in this video.
8. Do an At-Home Hair Mask
Here’s a hair mask that you can recreate with just the contents of your pantry! Beauty/lifestyle blogger and new mommy Anna Saccone demonstrates how this unbelieveable cheap and easy hair mask will make your hair super shiny and silky smooth. Anna wins for easiest and most inexpensive way to get your hair more healthy with this one.
9. Do an Herbal Rinse
Yet another all-natural tip, these herbal rinse recipes from all natural hair blog Black Girl Long Hair are inexpensive and convenient. A happy scalp means happy hair, because “Herbal rinses can help with circulation in the scalp, aiding in the stimulation of the hair follicle which leads to hair growth”. Click here to discover how dried sage, apple cider vineger, and ever beer can cleanse and clarify your hair.
10. Trim Your Own Hair
Okay this one might not be for everyone, but if you’re super confident with your skills in the scissors department, then you might try giving yourself a trim. Long haired beauty blogger Farah Dhukai demostrates how she trims her hair between haircuts to keep the ends healthy and feathered. Gorgeous!
So there you have it. Have you tried any of these tips before or do you have any other tricks on how to keep your hair healthy on a budget? Tell us your thoughts via Twitter @Dealspotr!
