Make Your Own Sea Salt Hair Shaper

Written by Kari @ Living Strong Health & Wellness, Contributing Writer

I live in Colorado, so having wavy hair produced by the saltiness of the ocean is, well, pretty slim.

For people like me, who would prefer to live on an island surrounded by palm trees and the ocean, but actually live surrounded by mountains and pine trees, we have to create the ocean inside a spray bottle to experience the coolness of wavy hair.

I’ve seen many different recipes, have tried quite a few, but found that this particular recipe that works better with my hair type. I’ve seen some that use coconut milk in lieu of water and I’m tempted to try it out, but think it may be too heavy for my fine hair since these sprays are all leave-in!

Remember when trying some out for yourself, take into consideration your hair type. Is it thick or fine? Do you have a lot of hair, or is it thin? Does your hair tend to get oily fast? Keep all these in mind when adding the oil, gel or conditioner and then watch how much you spray on your hair. It doesn’t take much to do it’s job!

DIY Sea Salt Hair Shaper

What You Need:

• 1 tablespoon sea salt
• 1 cup of warm water
• 1 tablespoon conditioner, hair gel, moisturizing natural oil or a few drops of essential oil (if you have fine hair, or tend to have oily hair, decrease this amount or leave it out all together)

* I used coconut oil in my final recipe, but have also used Aveda Shampur conditioner as well

What You Do:

1. Place all the ingredients in a bottle with a fine mist sprayer.
2. Shake before each use. Here you have the option to adjust the recipe according to your specific hair type, condition and needs.
3. You can use this on wet or dry hair. Also, start with a little then add more if you want more wave. Starting with too much may end up leaving your head too oily or greasy!

*makes approximately 8 ounces

Go ahead! Even if you can’t get ocean wavy hair the authentic way – whip up some ocean in bottle and just go with it! You’ll look like you just stepped off a beach!

What’s your favorite go-to hair style for the summer?