-- How I Do My Hair --

It's all about my favorite hair products today!

Listen, I have tough hair. It's extremely thick and really curly. Okay, it's REALLY curly in the back and on the right side and then the rest is wavy. Thank you children for making my hair even crazier than it was growing up. Pregnancy hormones are something else!!! Mama's do you hear me?!?!

This is me & this is my hair!

I don't know if this will help anyone but if you have similar hair to mine I wanted to share because I get asked a lot how I do my hair, so I figured why not make a blog post about it?!?

It's taken me a LOOOOONG time to be okay with my hair and find a style that works. I used to wish for fine straight hair. I would've done ANYTHING for fine straight hair. I'd straighten the crap out of my hair but it never looked the way I wanted it to because that just wasn't what my hair should be doing. My hair is thick and curly/wavy and I had to learn how to style it that way.

My hair routine is extremely simple now. I want to kick the old Kristen who took a solid 45 minutes to an hour to do her hair back in high school. 

I barely ever blow dry it. We're talking only blow dry it maybe 10 times a year. I already put enough heat on it with my curling wand. My hair is coarse and dry so the less heat the better.

I wash it with a Keratin De-Frizz Shampoo and Conditioner. I love this stuff and it leaves my hair feeling super soft! I do try to change up my shampoo every couple of months. Mostly because I'm never totally satisfied BUT lately I've been using these and I LOVE them!

Once I'm out of the shower I brush my hair out and then add a cocktail of products to it.


Lately I've been using THIS, THIS and THIS.

I just put a small squirt of each in my hand, rub it all together and then put it through my hair to the ends.



After this I let it air dry. I usually pull it all back into my signature messy bun and just let it do it's thing. 9 times out of 10 I shower at night. So I'll pull it back. Do my bedtime routine, watch TV with Mike and then when it's time to go to bed I let it down and just sleep on it damp.

When I wake up its a wild mess! LOL! So I do one of three things....


ONE
I put my Not Your Mother's Beach Babe Texturizing Sea Salt Spray. I LOVE this stuff! I've tried more expensive similar products and for me this one is the best! It doesn't leave my hair with an awkward film and doesn't leave it sticky at all! It does the trick and leaves me with awesome beachy waves. I spray it all over and then just scrunch it with my hands. Circa 2000 style....


TWO
I'll put some Argan Oil or Morrocan Oil in my hair (paying close attention to the ends), section my hair into three sections and then pull out half inch pieces and curl it with my curling wand. This is what I do more often than not and it works out best. A lot of people straighten their hair before they curl it which to me is silly. You're defeating the purpose and putting wayy too much unneeded heat on it. If you wrap your hair the right way it'll make your curls/waves nice and smooth.
I do however, sometimes I use my flat iron to straighten the top section if its too unruly but never my whole head. After that I use the Not Your Mother's Beach Babe Texturizing Sea Salt Spray. I scrunch it and mess up the curls, because I like it that way, and then go.


THREE
If my hair is not cooperating I pull it back up into my messy bun. My hair is my hair and some days it just isn't going to do what I want it to do so I surrender. No need to fuss and fight with it. I am just meant to be a messy hair girl and honestly I've learned to like it that way.



That last one took me a long time to come to terms with. I used to straighten and straighten and straighten my hair until it was totally fried. I wouldn't give up. Now you'll only see it straightened on the rare occasion that I shower, blow dry it and then straighten it. That OR when my amazing hairdresser, Jules, does it for me. Other than that it's one of the three options above. I beg my sister to give her hair a break from the flat iron. BEG HER! Someday she'll listen, I just know it!



That's it! Simple, right?

I really don't think anyone should be taking more than 15 minutes to do their hair. I've watched enough YouTube tutorials to prove that to me. Even the girls with the perfect curls don't take more than 15 minutes to do their hair. Figure out your hair style, texture and thickness and find a style abd the right products that works for YOU.




Okay, I hope this helped. Have a great day!!

xoxo, Kristen