Hairstyling Tips to Beat the Humidity

Keeping your hair in place while there’s humidity in the air is not easy. In fact, it’s nearly impossible some days. When it’s super humid, I don’t even bother styling my hair sometimes because the second I step outside, it’ll curl and frizz right up. Humidity is the bane of my existence in the summertime, but there are plenty of ways to fight it. Believe it or not, you can control your hair when it’s humid or raining. You can avoid frizz and puffiness and all that bad jazz. Just make sure you’re not making the following mistakes:

#1. Washing Your Hair Too Much

Over-washing your hair strips the natural oils from your hair. And when your oils are stripped from your hair, it gets dehydrated. That leads to more frizz and makes your locks more susceptible to humidity.

#2. Not Rinsing Your Hair with Cool Water

Rinsing your conditioner out with cool water instead of warm water is crucial in combating humidity. This helps smooth your hair and keep it under control in gross weather. It also keeps your hair frizz-free when you’re styling.

#3. Not Hydrating Your Hair

One of the key factors that makes hair freak out in humid weather is dehydration. If you want your hair to stay calm, it needs to be well hydrated. And that means it needs to be well conditioned. Make sure you’re regularly conditioning your hair and do a deep conditioning treatment at least once a week to keep it healthy.

#4. Not Using the Right Products

A lot of people don’t realize that anti-frizz products are great for treating the other issues that come along with humidity. Hair doesn’t always get frizzy. It’ll often just get sort of puffy or won’t hold a style. Anti-frizz products help keep your hair smooth so it doesn’t frizz or reject your styling attempts.

#5. Towel-Drying Your Hair

Towel-drying your hair with a regular towel is basically like sticking your finger in an electrical socket. It creates massive amounts of friction, which leads to frizz. Opt for a microfiber towel or a cotton t-shirt instead.

#6. Brushing with Metal or Plastic Bristles

Brushes with plastic and metal bristles create friction, which creates frizz. To save your hair from humidity, use a brush with boar hair bristles or a wide-toothed comb.

 

How do you beat frizz?

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Angelika

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Hair: Air Drying Tips for Spring and Summer

Summer’s coming and you know what that means…..perfect timing for air-drying your hair and getting those gorgeous beachy waves all our favorite celebs are sporting. No matter what type of hair you have, short, long, thick, fine…no one wants to spend all summer long with the blow dryer and a flat iron – it’s much too hot for that! Plus – there’s many more important things – like spending the day by the pool or meeting your favorite gal pals for happy hour al fresco. Not sure you have the whole air-drying thing under control? Here are a few tips to get it just right:

 

Get those perfect beachy waves. Wash hair before you head to bed. Towel and air dry for just a bit until it’s no longer dripping and is just damp. Use a good amount of volumizing mousse throughout and put hair in a loose braid. Head to bed and let it dry overnight like that. When you wake up, shake out the braid for perfect beachy waves.

To control puffiness and frizziness (even with thick and curly hair). Add your favorite styling crème to damp hair, tousle it around to be sure the product is even distributed. Tie hair in a loose bun and leave it twisted until it dries. When it’s dry, undo the bun and scrunch the hair with your hands – you can even add a bit more product at this point. Once it’s all scrunched – you’re good to go!

 

For that ideal loose and little bend midway down, tuck damp hair behind your ears and use clips to hold it in place. Keep the clips there until hair thoroughly air dries. When it’s all dry, remove the clips, shake it out and mist with a light hair spray. You’ll love this easy style.

For textured and defined waves that stay all day. Spray hair down with your favorite sea salt spray and then braid damp hair into multiple (maybe 4-6) loose braids. Let hair dry completely and remove braids. Shake and tousle and you’re good to go!

What do you think? Will air-drying be your go-to hair solution this summer?

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Angelika
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Haartrend: Vokuhila

Man braucht nicht lange drum herumzureden: Diese Frisur hat einen Image-Schaden. Vorne kurz, hinten lang, das weckt in den meisten Köpfen ungute Erinnerungen. An die Fußballspieler der Achtziger, an Rudi Völler, an Toni Polster, denen damals beim Torejagen lockige Flokatis hinterherwehten. An Andre Agassi, der seinen irren Schopf mit bunten Bändern bändigte. An, ach ja, Dieter Bohlen, George Michael, Hartmut Engler oder Stadionrocker Bono. Und nicht zuletzt an die Krocha der späten Nullerjahre. Wenn man so will, setzten die dem Vokuhila ein trashiges Krönchen auf. Mit Neonfarben, Blondierungen und ausrasierten Mustern. Dem Selbstbräuner musste eben was entgegengesetzt werden.

Das alles wollen wir jetzt aber einfach mal vergessen. Und uns stattdessen an die anderen, die frühen Vokuhilas erinnern. Die Modebranche ist nämlich wieder einmal mit dem Vokuhila ins Geschäft gekommen: Seit einiger Zeit geistert das Prinzip "vorne kurz, hinten lang" durch die Kampagnen und über die Laufstege.

Einer dieser modischen Überzeugungstäter ist der bald 82-jährige Karl Lagerfeld, der sich mit seinem Zopf zumindest dem "hinten lang" ja auch persönlich verpflichtet fühlt. Er warb Kristen Stewart, die sich zuletzt 2009 mit einem beeindruckenden Vokuhila in der Öffentlichkeit blicken ließ, für eine Chanel-Kampagne an. Darin posierte die amerikanische Schauspielerin mit locker durchgestufter Mähne.

Auch H&M ließ gerade erst Edie Campbells blonden Vokuhila für eine Kampagne ran. Vorne kurz, hinten lang, vielleicht wäre das ja was für den Herbst.

 Was meint Ihr ? xo

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Angelika

www.styleupbyangel.com

Pump up your hair

If you finding yourself struggling with lack of volume in your hair – first of all – you aren’t alone. There’s a whole world out there of ladies who have fine or thin hair and finding the volume they want (in spite of humid summer weather) is a real challenge. From curls that lose their luster to an all-around flat look, finding a way to add a little volume can feel like winning the hair styling lottery! Ready to learn a thing or two? Here’s a roundup of great tricks and tips to give flat hair a boost of volume.

Hot rollers are your best friend. One of the best solutions for providing volume to already dry hair, hot rollers often take backstage when curling irons are around. But, hot rollers are great! Throw in some hot rollers to your already dry hair and finish putting on your makeup and getting ready. When you pop the rollers out, you’ll have instant volume. What could be easier?

Teasing – or better phrased as “back brushing” can offer immediate satisfaction in the volume department. There’s no need to go wild with this one, but a small amount of back brushing on the under layers of hair can offer a great amount of lift for minimal effort. Add a quick spritz of hairspray, like thos one with volumizer from Fixx, to hold it all in place and you’re good to go.

Get to the root of the problem. Often, a boosting spray or a bit of hair spray at the roots can provide long-lasting, but subtle lift – and, enough to last all day. Try blow drying locks upside down to give your hair even more of a root lift.

Give dry shampoo a try.  Dry shampoo is the best solution for those days when you just don’t have time to wash and style your hair, but it moonlights as a volumizer. Even if your hair is totally clean, using a light spray of dry shampoo at the roots and in the under layers of hair will give you immediate satisfaction with some pretty awesome lift.

Change your part. This sounds so easy – and it is! For an instant lift and a bit of a change, switching your natural part to the opposite side will help provide an immediate lift of the locks. If you take it one step farther and go for a deep part toward one side of the crown of your head – you’re in luck – on the spot volume and a cool new look.

Do you struggle with flat hair, especially during the humid weather of summer? What tricks do you have to add a little volume?

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Angelika

www.styleupbyangel.com

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Hairtrend: Shades of Red

Love red hair? Me too! If you’re thinking of dying your hair red, it can be easy to get stressed out by all the different shade out there. Light red? Highlighted red? Natural red? What’s a girl to choose? I know it’s tough, lady, but I have got you covered. Below are some of my favorite shades of red from dark to au natural. Pick your favorite and let me know in the comments what you think! Are you going to be showing any of these shades to your hairdresser?

Dark Shades- I love a dark shade of red. It’s sexy, mysterious and very Jessica Rabbit. Go for it, if that’s your

Natural - If you already have tones of red in your hair, do something natural to push it to the next level. A natural redheaded shade is truly an amazing color.

Ariel Status - This color is vibrant, bright and no for the wallflower. Want to stand out? Go for this shade of bright, bright red.

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Angelika

www.styleupbyangel.com

(credit: L.R.)