Style -- 18 hours ago
Whilst the slick back, and the smooth side parting may have dominated the spring hair trends, they are just that – trends. They come and go each season with updates and variations, so when it comes to your summer hair, we say turn to the good old fashioned looks that never go out of style. One such style is beach hair (aka surf-hair). No matter how many summers pass, it’s impossible not to love this style – men and women included.
From Mike Hynson and Robert August of the of 1966 surf documentary The Endless Summer and 70’s surfing legends, Stephen Cooney and Terry Fitzgerald of Morning of The Earth, to Heath Ledger in Lords Of Dogtown and even McConaughey pre his renaissance when he starred in Fool’s Gold, the surfer style hair trend from the 60’s has always been a good look, and not to mention, has always been worn by the coolest of the cool. The reason that we can’t ever get enough of this hairstyle? Well, if we’re being frank – which today we think we will be – the observant of you will realise that surf hair isn’t far off bed hair, and when we say bed hair…we mean sex hair. It’s ruffled, with that whole you “just don’t care” attitude, and it screams sex appeal and as we all know, sex sells – simple as that. So put away your gel and comb, ditch the slick back and enter into the oh-so-rebellious realms of beach hair – you’ll thank us later. Trust me.
GET THE RIGHT CUT, If you have short hair, then get growing – now. It doesn’t need to be that long, but a grade 5 or below will not a surfer-style make. The trick to getting the right cut is to ask your barber for a ‘shag’ haircut, which involves cutting long layers all over the head to give movement and separation to your hair, for a perfectly imperfect deconstructed style.
BUY THE RIGHT PRODUCTS, , Luckily for you, you don’t need to be a surf board wielding hippy to achieve this look, nor indeed do you need the beach at all. It’s so popular in fact, that this look has its only wealth of products especially designated to it. A salt spray is your simplest solution to achieving beach hair. Take your pick form 3 of our favourites for an instant salt water infused, windswept look whether ocean bound or landlocked., L’Oreal, Matt & Messy Salt Spray, £3.75 – loreal-paris.co.uk – Murdoch Sea Salt Primer, £18, murdocklondon.com – Bumble & Bumble, £21, lookfantastic.com
STYLE IT RIGHT, Take your chosen products, simply apply to wet or dry hair and ‘scrunch’ it as it dries to achieve the perfect tousled locks. The beauty of this look is that it’s incredibly easy to maintain and requires far less washing and styling than most of the other trends out there at the moment – so there really is no excuse not to wear it this summer. Finally, wear your beach hair with a laid back attitude and ample amounts of bohemian sensibility.
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