by Bettina | Jul 23, 2026 | Hair care
By the middle of every summer, my hair used to reach a point I privately called “the straw stage” — dry, brittle, and dull from too much sun, sea, and pool. The first time I reached for a kitchen-made mask instead of an expensive salon treatment, it was...
by Bettina | Jul 20, 2026 | Hair care
I have wavy, frizz-prone hair, and for most of my life summer humidity turned it into a puffy halo the second I stepped outside. I’d spend an hour getting it smooth and watch it inflate on the walk to the bus. For a long time I assumed I was just stuck with it —...
by Bettina | Jul 16, 2026 | Hair care
“How often should I really wash my hair in summer?” is a question I asked myself for years before I worked out a sensible answer. Every June my reliable winter routine fell apart — between sweat, humidity, sunscreen, chlorine, and roots that turned greasy...
by Bettina | Jul 14, 2026 | Hair care
The summer I finally retired my curling iron from June to August, my hair thanked me — and so did my neck. I’d spent years adding heat on top of sun, chlorine, and humidity, and my ends were paying for it. Once I built up a little arsenal of heatless styles, I...
by Bettina | Jul 11, 2026 | Hair care
I came to my lazy summer hair routine the way most good things happen to me — by accident, and out of sheer exhaustion. One brutally hot July I simply stopped having the energy to wash, blow-dry, and straighten my hair every day, and within a couple of weeks it looked...
by Bettina | Jul 9, 2026 | Hair care
I learned how harsh summer is on hair the hard way, on a trip to the coast where I swam in the sea every single morning for ten days. It was blissful, right up until I got home, ran a comb through my hair, and felt it crunch. The salt and sun had left it so dry and...
