by Jenna Wroblewski

Created on: January 16, 2009

Do you strive for that beachy hair look? The look that swimsuit models have? Basically that look that makes you look like you've been out at the beach all day sun bathing, snorkling, and rock collecting, with the wind throwing your hair back into a sexy tangle of waves and slight curls. If so, you've come to the right article! Im here to tell you how to get that " just been at the beach all day" look. No matter if your hair is thick or thin, theres always a way to wave it up.

If you have hair that is thick, curly or coarse try...

Before bed, shampoo and condition as you normally would, then, with towel dried hair, i would recommend a "relaxing balm" ( at any retail store or salon ) to calm any frizz or untamed curls. Then, after you wake up in the morning take a medium curling iron to your hair, curling away from your face. After your curls have cooled, run some grease-less smoothing serum through your hair with your fingers to relax the curls. ( The trick is to make it look natural, not " Miss America " fake. ) After that, mist it over with some hair spray to lock in the look. Enjoy!

If your hair is fine to normal try...

As directed above, shampoo and condition your hair as usual at night. Then, with towel dried hair, apply a conditioning mousse in sections throughout your hair, then comb it through. After, scruntch your hair and go to sleep. In the morning you should have volumized voluptuous hair. Then, take your curling iron, and as directed above curl away from your face, let cool,and take some grease-less shining serum to your hair, to relax those lovely year-round curls!

For the beach fishtail braid.

For a day at the beach, or a casual summer day, the fishtail braid is the way to go, it's practical and very easy! Not to mention beautiful and more complex looking then the french braid! After following these directions, you too can look beautiful in the fishtail braid.

First things first, part your hair down the middle so you have two, workable sections of hair, when regular braiding you would normally have 3 sections. NOTE: ( Add texture boost or wait a day to make sure your hair is not slippery. ) Second, pull one 1/4-1 inch piece of hair from either section of your parted hair, then cross it over to the opposite section of hair, and hold it in that opposite section. Then repeat with opposite side, exchanging pieces of hair from one section to another, ( The thinner section of hair you grab, the more intricate the braid will appear. ) Continue this all the way to the end of your hair and tie with elastic. To finish off the look, tame any fly aways with hairspray, or push your hair back with bobbi pins or a thin headband.

I hope all you beautiful ladies out there enjoy this advice! Its so easy to have year-round beach hair!

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