Style Envy: Beachy Waves

With spring almost over, and summer on its way here, the ever changing weather can often create problems for more structured hairstyles. Let's face it, blow drying your hair every day is a task most of us despise! Humidity and spring showers can often ruin all of the tough work we put into taming our tresses in fickle spring weather, which makes it the time of year to perfect those beachy waves! Use our how-to and some of these must-have products to obtain this highly desired look.

•Start with damp hair (about 75% towel-dried). For those of you that already have natural wave to your hair, blot the hair dry and be careful to not "rough" the hair up with your towel (an old t-shirt often works best).  Mist the beach spray liberally. Make sure it is applied evenly. Do not be shy around your roots, applying it here as well will create volume!

•Apply curl or smoothing creme towards your ends to tame frizz and fly aways, and give your waves a bit of definition. For thicker or more unruly hair types work your desired hair creme almost up to the base of your hair.

• Twist sections of hair away from your face (smaller sections for thicker/coarse hair, larger sections for fine, to medium thickness), and begin to scrunch from the ends. Work carefully as to keep your twists intact.

• Air dry, or to speed up the process use a blow dryer that has a diffuser on low heat.

• Once hair is dry, lightly mist the beach spray on again. A curling wand can be used to "touch up" any strands that are looking a little less than defined. You can also finish with an aerosol texture spray, or dry shampoo to add a bit of a "gritty" feeling like natural ocean water creates!

(From left) Oribe Apres Beach Texture Spray, $37 www.oribe.com; Sachajuan Ocean Mist, $28 www.woodleyandbunny.com; Bumble & Bumble Surf Spray $25 www.sephora.com, Kevin Murphy Hair Resort $34 (in salon only), Mermaid Mane Sea Salt Spray $22 www.catbirdnyc.com