DIY : Wave/Beach Spray

I  don't know about you but I have wavey/unruly/kind of crazy hair sometimes and sticking it up in a ponytail just isn't cutting it for me anymore. I've previously talked about how I read the posts from The Beauty Department quite often and when I saw that they made a wave spray I decided to give it a try. Now TBD is great and has tons of great tips for the 'every-girl' but they're stuff can lean towards the pricey side. Often they cite a great makeup tool, or special ingredient that they 'just can't live without' and I'll tell you straight up: you can. But it'll take some compromise and a little thrifty-ness. So here's the spray I made using TBD's measurements and ingredients, but with a twist.

For the most part you can google, or check pinterest, on how to make a beach spray and they're all very similar with different people claiming a certain ingredient is great for them, but might not be so great for you. The basic formula is Leave-In Conditioner+Sea Salt+Coconut Oil+Gel. You'll see that basically anywhere. My hair is already a mix of wavey/spirally (thanks for the Irish heritage Dad) and the hair is fine, so I wanted to even out the texture with a spray. If you're hair is similar or you're just looking for a fast/cheap/easy way to get a wave then keep reading.

The Beauty Department's Spray:

Ingredients for the DIYkendra Wave Spray:

1 cup hot water

1 tsp coconut oil

1 tsp sea alt

2 tbsp leave-in conditioner 

I ended up skipping the water based pomade (which would act as the gel in the aforementioned formula) when I realized how expensive it was and how little of it I needed. If you have any lying around by all means use it.

Here goes!

Step 1: Have everything ready to go.

Step 2: Fill the measuring cup up with 1 cup of hot water. Enough to dissolve everything that's about to go into it.

Step 3: Add the seal salt and mix thoroughly until its dissolved. Some may fall to the bottom depsite your attempts and that's ok. 

Step 4: Add the leave-in conditioner. My sister has some serious extensions in her hair and has this special conditioner and it was the only one I had. But any one will work. 

Step 5: Add the coconut oil. This stuff is hard to dissolve so I would suggest running your tsp under hot water to help with the process. And of course give it a good stir to dissolve. 

Step 6: Mix it all up! Now pour into your spray bottle. Here I used a teal bottle from Dollarama.  

I ended up doubleing the amount in order to fill the bottle. No biggie just multiply everything by 2. 

Step 7: Spray lightly onto hair either dry or towel-dry. 

Now here is the before-during-and after photos!

Before: Dry har brushed out. 

During: A little damp now. 

 

Aaaaaaand after! I am very pleased with the result :) The leave-in conditioner makes the hair super soft. 

Hope you enjoyed the post and feel free the comment if you have any suggestions or questions!

-DIYkendra