DIY Friday: Sea Salt Spray

If you're like me, and I assume you are, you are always on the hunt for a good sea salt spray. And then when you find one, you are dismayed to see the exorbitant price tag attached. I mean, who wants to pay $40 to replicate the messy hair you get at the beach? And when I say "you" I definitely don't mean me. I never had good beach hair. I'd be the girl with braids in her hair to try to capture the salt water and then go home and spend a good hour just trying to untangle the mess. I'm still pretty jealous of the girls you see coming off the beach with their whimsical waves and sun kissed skin. But back to my point, a good sea salt spray is hard to come by. Until now. I've seen a lot of posts on Pinterest about making your own sea salt spray, but something was always missing for me. I'd follow the recipe and then end up with a spray that made my hair crunchy, sticky, or the worst, greasy. What I figured out is that while the ingredients are the same, there needs to be a level of customization.

Basic Ingredients:
Sea Salt
Coconut Oil
Leave in Conditioner
Hair Gel
water

I've created a few customized recipes that I believe will have the best result judging from my own experiences making these sprays. You know your hair better than I do, so if you know that leave in conditioner makes your look greasy, skip it! Use your own judgement with these guidelines and hopefully you'll end up with perfectly messy hair.

Fine hair/ very straight hair:
You might as well almost skip the coconut oil all together as it will weight your hair down and leave it greasy. Instead, focus on two parts water, one part salt, one part strong hold gel, and a TINY little half part light weight leave in conditioner. Shake it up in a spray bottle and then spray up towards the ends of your almost dry hair while you scrunch. When your hair dries, use a dry shampoo at the roots for volume.

Thick Hair/ Strong Curl:
Unlike fine hair, we need to weight yours down a tiny bit for the beachy waves look. You will be wanting 2 parts water, 1 part everything else with a little extra salt. Shake it up and spray at level with your hair while it is still damp, then scrunch the ends. Spray more when your hair dries to style and add control.

Weird hair (mine):
My hair never really decided what to be. It is curly on the bottom and does weird waves throughout with annoying kinks near my face. I made a very thick spray using 1 part water and 1 part leave in conditioner, 2 parts salt and gel, and then a tiny bit of coconut oil. I scrunch in my hair while it was damp, let it air dry, and then use my straightener to make some of the crazier pieces less crazy. Then I sprayed a little more and messed it up to give it a beachy vibe.

I hope you try to make your own sea salt spray so you can comment below and tell me how it worked for you. If you know of any other secrets to achieving beach hair, let me know. I live in Florida so it's a constant expectation.
Have a wonderful weekend!