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...
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...
