The beach spray didn't curl my hair

[janiejones]

Do I need to let my hair air dry to a curl, then touch it up with the beach spray? I was hoping to pull a quick one on my showered and straightened yesterday hair.
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Help!!

[alzi]

I spray it when wyet and let it curl. I don't think it would curl my dry straightened hair either.

[janiejones]

Sept 1, 2014 12:56:26 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

Wait.. I'm using Not Your Mother's Beach Babe Texturizing Sea Salt Spray. Is that the right one?

Yes, same.  I made my aunt's MIL drive it up from Jersey for me.

[thelurkylulu]

Didn't curl my hair either but it did make my hair really big.

[karmasabiotch]

It doesn't work for me either.

[missanne]

It didn't work for me either. I have thick, long hair.

[alzi]

Sept 1, 2014 13:06:05 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

I miss the John Frieda beach waves or whatever it was called. Every spray I've tried since then (high end, low end) has been a cheap imitation.

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That stuff is the best. Davine's sea spray is the best I've found but it's not cheap.

[steph96]

When I just sprayed it in my hair, it didn't really work.

If I spray my hair and then twist it in sections or braid it, it looks great once it has dried.

[oliviapope]

I have curly hair and all this did was make it look and feel like straw. Good thing it was cheap.

[celeste]

I just got a bunch of long layers cut and the beach babe spray now works really well, wet or dry (I have some natural wave but no curls). When my hair was all one length, it didn't work at all. It definitely wouldn't have worked on straight dry hair.

I wash, brush, let it air dry for a few minutes, put in some Aveda Be Curly, and finish off with the spray. I can refresh the waves the next day with some more spray, if necessary.

[bania]

Sept 1, 2014 13:00:52 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

I wish I had taken a pic, but I kid you not.. it came out almost exactly like this:



Which is really weird, because I have fairly curlyish hair to begin with.

Yes to all of this. It made it less curly than it naturally is. Lol. Also frizzy.

[pandorica]

It curled the front of my hair, but not the hair at the back of my head... and didn't seem to stay too long.

[Deleted]

It makes my hair a stiff frizzy mess. No me gusta.

[urbancowgirl]

It didn't work for me, either. I have long, straight, thick hair. The only beach spray that worked for me is Charlotte Ronson's and I think they stopped making it.

[DotAndBuzz]

oh no! My hair is kind of layered, and I finger comb it through when it's sort of half dry, half wet, after some leave in conditioner. If my hair isn't cooperating, I sometimes twist it like someone else mentioned.

[juliagoulia]

When I shower at night I brush it out, twist it up in a high bun (still wet) and sleep like that. Then in the am it will have sorta dried (about 30% maybe?) so I take it down, spray it in, then scrunch and use my hair dryer with a diffuser attachment to dry it the rest of the way. The curls then stay very well all day. I use a large toothed comb or brush to soften it after it's dry so it doesn't look gross and crunchy.

I have very thick hair but lots of layers, so maybe that's why it works? If I don't have layers my hair gets too heavy and my natural curls are weird.

[celeste]

Sept 1, 2014 13:38:40 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

So, the people that it works for.. How much exactly do you use? It says to use generously, and I have a lot of hair so I use a lot of it.. maybe I'm using too much?

My hair is just below my shoulders. I use 10-15 sprays, maybe? That's after my curl enhancing cream. Then I scrunch periodically until it's dry.

[LoveBug]

I definitely wouldn't use it on dry straightened hair. spray it on while hair is wet and let it air dry. I also used it to touch up my hair the next day by spraying a little water on my hair then adding some more product.

Eta: I don't scrunch after I initially apply it. I find my hair gets frizzy and unmanageable if I scrunch too much.

[tacocat]

Sept 1, 2014 13:06:05 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

I miss the John Frieda beach waves or whatever it was called. Every spray I've tried since then (high end, low end) has been a cheap imitation.

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I decided to try to find this online. $200!!!!!



www.amazon.com/John-Frieda-blonde-Texturizing-Styler/dp/B0009F3N7I

[tacocat]

Sept 1, 2014 14:32:30 GMT -5 chilerellanos said:

Sept 1, 2014 14:30:36 GMT -5 tacocat said:

I decided to try to find this online. $200!!!!!



www.amazon.com/John-Frieda-blonde-Texturizing-Styler/dp/B0009F3N7I

Why do companies stop making popular items???

I don't know, it is super frustrating. 

FYI, this is my favorite stuff for waves. Really cheap too.

www.suave.com/product/detail/662505/captivating-curls-whipped-cream-mousse

[BaliHai]

I haven't used Not Your Mother's, but I really like the Organix version. Granted, my hair is wavy/curly to begin with.

[janiejones]

Sept 1, 2014 14:37:57 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Sept 1, 2014 12:58:39 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

Really?  You guys don't have a Walgreens?  Lol, that's a nice aunt's MIL!  

lol I thought this was a dig at Jersey hair

Ha! Not at all.

Canadian Target doesn't have this brand, and when my aunt came herself last month I didn't make the request and was kicking myself.  She emailed me to say her MIL was going to visit my parents for a week and did I want anything, so I asked for a bottle.

[janiejones]

Also, my hair is fine, wavy and newly short (a bob with long layers).

I'm going to try showering at night, sleeping on my hair to get curl, then testing beach spray.