If you enjoy hot weather, you should take care of yourself when staying outside not to overheat. Make sure to drink more, wear loose clothes of natural fabrics, use sunscreen and reapply it to your skin it when necessary and of course prep your hair for the hot day, especially if you have long or thick locks. Here are some tips to protect your hair on a hot day and some summery hairstyles that will keep you cool.
Beware Of The Sun
The sun can damage not only skin but also your hair, and it may look dull. To avoid it, apply something for UV rays protection. This is very important if you are going to be outside all day long.
Be Ready For Humidity
In many places in can be humid in summer, especially if there’s water body around. Leave-in conditioners and smoothing serums will help you tame frizz and fly-aways. Fine mists of hairspray will also help smooth down flyaways without weighing down your style. Still don’t use too many products on your hair because it may look greasy.
Deal With Sweaty Roots
Having sweat drip down your hairline and dampen the crown is inevitable in summer. To help absorb excess moisture, try lining your hairline with blotting/dry shampoo papers or sprinkle in some dry shampoo powder before styling. You can also incorporate a cute headband or printed scarf into your look to wick away sweat.
Skip Hot Tools
Hot tools like curling wands and straighteners should generally be avoided in summer’s peak heat and humidity, as they only add more heat stress to your strands and can create frizz. Or at least try. Instead, opt for updo styles that don’t require heat styling or air-dry waves enhanced with mousse, sea salt sprays and cold air from a diffuser.
Avoid Some Hairstyles
While they may look sleek, avoid hairstyles that hang heavily around your neck and shoulders during summer’s peak heat and humidity. Loose, straight styles like beachy waves, lobs, and long layers will stick to damp skin and make you feel sweatier. Always opt for an updo, braid or ponytail to lift hair off your neck.
Go For An Updo
An updo looks chic and stylish, timeless and elegant, whatever style you prefer. Another good thing is that it’s very long-lasting and your hair will look picture-perfect all day long. Plus it takes hair off your back, which means you won’t feel that hot. There are many options: knots, buns, and twists of all shapes and sizes, so you will easily choose what you like.
Sweat and humidity are the enemies of any intricate updo. To help your braided crowns and buns stay in place, lightly spritzing the hairline with a strong-hold, sweat-proof hairspray. You can also lightly tease crown sections with a comb to provide more grit and grip for pins and elastics. Avoid sleek, tight styles that easily slip.
Keep your hair securely up and off your neck and shoulders by twisting it into a low bun at the nape of your neck. This twisted updo looks chic yet keeps you feeling cool. Before twisting your hair into the bun, lightly tease or backcomb at the crown for added volume and airflow.
Fun and quirky, space buns are perfect for festivals and casual outings. Part your hair down the middle and create two high buns on each side of your head. This playful style adds a youthful and energetic touch to your look.
Get an elegant updo while keeping your hair completely off your neck and shoulders with a messy low chignon. For this romantic yet practical style, loosely twist your hair into a soft knot at the nape of your neck. Chignons look especially striking on sun-kissed summer skin.
For the best of both worlds, try a half up top knot! Gather the top portion of your hair into a high bun, leaving the bottom section hanging freely. This keeps the hair off your neck and face but still allows airflow while the lower layers create a cooling effect around your shoulders.
The messy bun may be the ultimate fuss-free summer hairstyle. Simply pull your hair into a loose, haphazard knot at the crown of your head, securing stray pieces with bobby pins. Not only does a messy bun keep you cooler by getting hair off your neck, but the undone look is meant to withstand frizz and flyaways.
A low bun is always a good hairstyle suitable for medium, long and sometimes even short hair, and it can be dressed up for many occasions if needed. There are many types of low buns like twisted or braided, and you can choose anything that matches your outfit.
A loose updo is a lovely hairstyle for a hot day as it will let air flow through the messy bump on top and the bun itself. Besides, it will keep your hair off the neck.
Turn up the heat-beating power of regular braids by doing a halo braid that wraps fully around your head like a crown! This intricate plait helps lift all your strands completely away from your face, neck and shoulders for optimum airflow. Halo braids can be done with regular three-strand braids, Dutch braids or fishtails.
A bubble ponytail makes any outfit a head-turner. To begin this creative do, put your hair in a high ponytail, and apply a bit of hairspray all over to keep the style intact. Take elastics and place as desired. For smaller rounds, place the elastics closer together. For larger, further apart. Keep going until you get to the end of the ponytail; to create the round shape, softly pull out edges of each hair section between the bands.
Try A Braid Or A Ponytail
Braids are very trendy today, and you can make it yourself without any help. Stick to loose ones to let the air flow. There are a lot of options here, you can accessorize them differently and all of them are heat and humidity-resistant. Ponytails are even easier to make and can be redone anytime on the go. Don’t make it tight, stick to messier options to again let the air flow and not overheat your head.
For a chic, polished hairstyle that still beats the heat, opt for a low, sleek ponytail. Pull hair into a tight pony at the nape of your neck and use a smoothing serum and bristle brush to slick back any bumps. A sleek pony looks sophisticated yet keeps you feeling completely non-frazzled on sweaty summer days.
Fishtail braids are the epitome of easy, breezy summer hair. Simply plait your hair into a sleek fishtail, then let it drape over one shoulder to avoid sticking to the back of your neck. For added heat relief, fishtails can also be styled into updos like a braided crown or side bun.
Milkmaid braids are the perfect summer style, boasting both form and function. Two braids woven across the front of your head help wick away wisps and baby hairs from your face, while keeping strands off your neck. Milkmaids also look equally cute dressed up for weddings or down for park hangs.
Elevate your look in less than five minutes with this sleek rope ponytail. Apply a styling gel to keep the base smooth and frizz free before creating the ponytail. Then split your tail in two and begin twisting each section around the other before securing with a hair tie.
A low ponytail is always a thing, it works for most outfits and is extremely easy to make, you can do it on the go. You may stick to a sleek version using a wax stick on the top of your head, or prefer a messy hairstyle.
A side braid that grazes over one shoulder is an easy way to keep hair from sticking to the back of your neck on sweltering days. Make it as loose and messy or as intricate and woven as you’d like! Side braids conveniently keep hair contained while still allowing cooling air to hit your neck and collarbone area.
