Beachy look for straight hair?

[cho_chang]

Hello there, I don't believe I've posted before but I've had this account for quite a while :P

My question is, how can I get a slightly wavy, beachy look on straight hair without heat styling?

I have your typical straight Asian hair, but since it's heavily layered it dries...less straight. Depending how it air dries, I can get something like this :]

http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/ll393/ecai91/n1213030008_4216_.jpg

That happens very rarely though, it usually comes out straighter. So any tips on getting a bit of a noticeable wave in there (not just with luck)?

Buns and braids don't tend to work so hot for me, but I'm open to suggestions

Thanks in advance :)

[Leabhar]

Mini bee butt buns.

[eaglefeather71]

What about velcro curlers on damp hair? I think there's also a homemade Hair Gel recipe that is from boiled lemon or citrus peel that may assist you in keeping the curls once you figure out how to get them.

[tina1025]

This recipe was in my book. I have not tired it yet because i dont have sea salt but you can try it and let me know :)

Beach hair
Here's what you need:
1 cup of water
4 or 5 drops of the essential oil of your choice
2 teaspoons of sea salt
Mix these ingredients together and fill up a spray bottle with the mixture
Spray this stuff on damp hair and scrunch. Instant beach hair without the chemicals.

[GlennaGirl]

Two loose braids worn overnight. :)

[Elainehali]

I think I have your solution...

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/vbjournal.php?do=article&articleid=82

Here's an article I wrote one how to give hair waves overnight. =P my hair is straight as a ruler at NASA. I like this method because it curls right to the very end of the hair. (I just hate when the last few inches is straight. blah!)

Also I second the sea salt spray. It works better than most products I've used. Gives a good texture. Even I can get volume with that stuff. The only down side is it can be drying so use conditioner afterward.

[Peggy E.]

Okay, dumb question: What's wrong with your beautiful straight hair??! Why can't hair on a beach be straight???

Just curious....

[flapjack]

^ I agree, straight hair rules. But I'm bias, heh!


But on very rare occasions, when I do want a change, I just do braids. My hair is straight as a sheet and I get really loose waves or very tight waves that almost look like loose curls, depending on how I braid my hair. If you braid it when it's damp and put a tiny bit of coconut oil in it, within an hour of your hair drying, you will probably have some really nice looking waves.

[FallenAngel]

I think I have your solution...

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/vbjournal.php?do=article&articleid=82

Here's an article I wrote one how to give hair waves overnight.

:bigeyes:

WOW!

Those were beautiful waves/curls!

Now I REALLY want long hair, so I can get it to look like that. Very, very pretty!

[wintersun99]

................

[cho_chang]

thanks for the replies :)

and yes, I want to try something new for a change, occasionally ^^

[cho_chang]

oh, what are mini bee butt buns? just two buns? :P

[Auryn]

Okay, dumb question: What's wrong with your beautiful straight hair??! Why can't hair on a beach be straight???

Just curious....

I think she just wants to try something different. I've got naturally curly hair and there are times where I want it stick straight or slightly less curly..

The sea salt spray works really really well. I've always loved how my hair looks after I've been to the beach.

[Curlsgirl]

Hmmmm I wonder if the beach spray would work on curly hair as well???

[LawyerGirl]

This recipe was in my book. I have not tired it yet because i dont have sea salt but you can try it and let me know :)

Beach hair
Here's what you need:
1 cup of water
4 or 5 drops of the essential oil of your choice
2 teaspoons of sea salt
Mix these ingredients together and fill up a spray bottle with the mixture
Spray this stuff on damp hair and scrunch. Instant beach hair without the chemicals.

I've done this, I liked it. I always wondered if salt damaged hair though?

[Leabhar]

I love the Elainehali waves! I would do them for a more formal thing, I think. For that "windswept" casual look I would do the braids for a slight bit of crimp and wave or the curlers. More braids = more waves, and the tighter you braid the tighter the crimp, especially for straight Asian hair. I oil my hair before braiding if I want the kinks to stay a while and sleep on it.

Mini bee butt buns are two or more buns you make by wrapping each new coil around the base of the bun until you get a bun that looks like a bee butt, or a stack of coils. The more you do the tighter the curl.

Post pics of whatever you end up doing!

[tina1025]

hmm i will have to do some research on this.....
I've done this, I liked it. I always wondered if salt damaged hair though?

[Pinga]

I've always wondered how this style was done. My hair looks very similar to OP's and other than damp braiding , I haven't had much luck getting my hair to keep a wave or curl.

[Kerynna]

I have slightly wavy hair and I made my own beach spray a couple of weeks ago, but I added aloe vera to mine since I worried about the drying effects of the sea salt. It works marvelously for me! I can't believe the volume I get and the sexy, tousled waves. I love it.

[tina1025]

Hey Kerynna can you please share your recipe?

I made a hair gel with Agar powder and it came out very nice (Consistency wise). I will use it tomorrow and find out if it holds my curls. I have slightly wavy hair.

Agar(Vegetarian) is a substitute for Gelatin.

I really want to try sea salt because i think it may work better for my hair as i very oily hair but i need to go and buy it.

I have been reading articles and trying to find out if sea salt is bad for hair (besides the drying effect but it may be good for people who have oily, thin hair).


I have slightly wavy hair and I made my own beach spray a couple of weeks ago, but I added aloe vera to mine since I worried about the drying effects of the sea salt. It works marvelously for me! I can't believe the volume I get and the sexy, tousled waves. I love it.

[Kerynna]

Sure, it's really not much of a recipe, more of a crazy experiment using things I had lying around the house. I used about a cup of water, and 2 teaspoons of sea salt (approx., I didn't measure). Then I wanted to add aloe vera gel, but I didn't have any; however, I have a large aloe vera plant that is threatening a hostile takeover of our kitchen window sill, so I cut off a long leaf from it and scraped the gel into my mister bottle with the water and salt.

That's it. I couldn't get over the volume my hair had after I misted with this. Later, I added a bit of Jessicurl Celebration spray for scent and more moisturizing ingredients, but I think next time I'll just leave it the salt and aloe.

(I should add that I only use this mist about once a week, and I don't saturate my hair with it, just enough to make it damp enough to scrunch.) There's a photo in my album of my hair after using it.

[cho_chang]

ooh I did not realize this community doesn't alert you to followups lol. thanks again to everyone who replied :)

I found a couple pics of what I'm looking for:
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/30/filedown2rf7.jpg
http://i26.tinypic.com/n3vx49.jpg

[Ms. Hollywood]

Try loose pin waves

[manderly]

Ah! I can give you those!

Check out the second link in my signature :D

[Katze]

Those look like pin waves or maybe foam curlers could do the trick, though I bet the ladies in those last two pics have used curling irons...

My hair is wavier and finer than yours so it "takes suggestions" more easily, but when I plop and "scrunch" my hair with hair gel, I get waves like this. The longer I go without washing my hair, the more waves I get, and putting it up in a claw clip vernight also helps my waves look like that. I had no idea they were "beachy" though...having not been to a real beach in a long, long time... :D

[cho_chang]

haha thanks :)
I will check out manderly's artcle, and also ~ I'm a total newb, what are pin waves? :( Sorry for the stupid quesitons

[cho_chang]

Manderly, I read your link and it sounds so promising, but how in the world do you get the twists to stay? :P It disappears and untwists the instant I release it :[

[manderly]

Even when your hair is damp?

I twist mine every few minutes while it's damp, focusing on the ends. I tend to comb it out before the entire length dries so I have soft waves with curled ends instead of stronger waves up to my ears.

Once it dries in this twist it kind of stays that way until I shake it out.

[Comfrey]

Hi :)
I saw that you have virgin asian hair. If thats the case its often notoriously hard to wave.

I can see pics of what you are aiming for, but without seeing your hair to begin with, its hard to give the correct advice. Sorry :rolleyes:

[Akiko]

I am Asian and have typical Asian straight hair. I have tried and tried to create the look you want for years. Something like this (http://www.rasysa.com/special/200811001/)? They are all permed. It used to be called digital perm. This new thing is called air wave.

I used a hair iron, heat rollers, velcro rollers, you name it, because I did not want to get perm. I used all sorts of spray, gel, etc., etc. If I sleep with curlers on, then curls last longer. But over all, I realized I cannot make my curls stay longer than a few hours at best without perm. Well, but you can make them stay for a few hours. Maybe that's long enough for you just to change the look temporarily.

I read this thread (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=17578) about making own curlers. I might try some day. There is another one (http://lifewithmonkey.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/hair-curler-sewing-tutorial/) you can sew. Maybe I will make long curlers, more like rods. That might work better. Of course, you can buy cloth curlers. That might be more comfortable to sleep. Wrap your hair on curlers. Curlers need to be positioned vertically. Look at the photo (http://www.rasysa.com/special/200811001/pro/) in the link. Sorry it's in Japanese. But you see how rollers are positioned.

This is not the answer you are looking for, I know. But I realized my Asian hair wants to stay straight... Really. I think straight Caucasian hair can be manipulated a lot more easier and curls stay longer than ours. Your hair is so healthy and silky. Enjoy your great asset!:)

[Akiko]

I just saw this YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ35GL4JPXU&NR=1). I have never seen Curlformers (http://www.sallybeauty.com/Curlformer-Rollers%20For-Perfect-Curls/HAIRFLAR01,default,pd.html?cgid=Hair14-01). But these curlers might work... I wonder if anybody has used them?? They come in different sizes and are sold at Sally's. Might be more comfortable than other rollers.

[Eryka]

Lifes a beach.

(Oh come on, someone had to.)

[lapushka]

These vids might help!
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=W2ZNsudkM6k
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ltn810hQXKE&feature=related
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=50yw2W5F_z8&feature=related

And this article:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/vbjournal.php?do=article&articleid=82

[JamieLeigh]

Braid it in two French braids while it's wet, and sleep in them! :D

[Katze]

Can someone explain why it is called 'beachy'? this term has been coming up a lot lately...

[Jamme]

I guess it refers to the look *some* get after getting their hair into salt water. The humidity makes it wavy and the salt makes it a bit thicker and gives volume (and makes it, well, dull as well).

[sandigirl]

I am still a bit perplexed by "beachy". I thought it meant kind of wavy and highlighted from the sun.

[manderly]

No, going Jamme is correct. Being at the beach with the salt water and the wind whips up your hair into a wavy, curly, thick, and un-shiny (mess in my opinion) 'do.

It can be pretty, but the real deal causes difficult knots and tangles for most. So people like to re-create the look of it.

[cho_chang]

thanks all, will check out those videos!

and I'm not sure why it's called beachy, I've just seen that used ot describe the somewhat messy, slightly wavy look...like you just went to the beach :P I guess haha

also ~ manderly, I can't quite get tight coils to get many curls, but I can kind of do your method now, and am kind of getting waves. I need more practice though XD

[cho_chang]

(although I don't think I really mean "beachy"...it's hard for me to come up with the right word. because, yes, I also think "beachy" implies messy, crunchy, un-shiny...which isn't what I want. ah well. I guess I should just post pics next time :P)