by Bettina | Aug 16, 2026 | Hair care
I have wavy, slightly porous hair, which means for most of my twenties a humid day and I were not friends. I’d flat-iron it sleek, step outside, and within about ninety seconds I’d have a soft frizzy halo and a sinking feeling. What finally changed things...
by Bettina | Aug 8, 2026 | Hair care
Every July I quietly retire my flat iron. Somewhere around the first proper heatwave I realised I was standing in a sweltering bathroom adding more heat to my morning, only for the humidity to undo the whole blowout the second I stepped outside. So I built myself a...
by Bettina | Aug 4, 2026 | Hair care
Every September I have the same reckoning with my hairbrush. The tan is fading, the pool bag is finally put away, and my hair is sitting there pale, crunchy, and snapping at the ends like it’s holding a grudge about the whole summer. The first year it happened I...
by Bettina | Aug 3, 2026 | Hair care
A few summers ago I came back from a week at the coast with what I can only describe as hay attached to my head. My ends were pale and crunchy, my color had gone brassy, and the frizz started about four seconds after I stepped out of the shower. I’d spent the...
by Bettina | Jul 30, 2026 | Hair care
By the end of every August, my hair tells the whole story of my summer — the beach trips, the pool afternoons, the days I forgot a hat. Faded, dry at the ends, frizzy, and a little brittle. The first year I panicked and booked a big chop; the next year I tried...
by Bettina | Jul 25, 2026 | Hair care
For years I avoided hair oil entirely, convinced it would turn my fine hair into a greasy mess — and the one time I slathered coconut oil through my whole head before a party, it did exactly that. Summer makes the dilemma worse: my ends are dry and thirsty from sun...
