Hairstyle – This Is How We Style Ourselves Casual Beach Waves In Summer

Even if the vacation is still far away – we already get that beach feeling. A hairstyle that conjures up sun, sand and sea straight into our hair: the Beach Waves. For everyone who wants to feel like a surfer girl at home, we have the best tips and tricks and precise instructions on creating the summer hairstyle easily.

The Essentials In Brief

• Beach waves are THE summer hairstyle par excellence.
• They suit everyone and give you the perfect beach look. • They can be styled both with heat and without heat.

What Exactly Are Beach Waves?

The Beach Waves are probably one of the most popular hairstyles and an absolute long-runner. They exude a real holiday feeling and whet the sun, sea, and beach appetite and not only in summer.

The gentle waves in your hair look as if they were created by the salt water and the sea breeze as if by themselves and without much effort. But don’t worry: even when the sea is far away, you can conjure up those casual curls with a few tricks at home. We’ll explain how this works below.

Who Are Beach Waves Like?

The best news: Beach waves suit everyone! No matter whether you have long, medium-length or short hair. Especially in the bob, they look great and provide more movement and swing in the otherwise rigid bob.

However, they work best on medium-length hair. The gentle waves come into their own here and hold even better than in long hair. Incidentally, the Beach Waves also look great with a stepped cut. Here the curls look even wilder and more voluminous.

Color highlights in the hair also emphasize the beach waves. The lush waves look particularly good in combination with the color trend balayage. Here the hair looks like it has been naturally faded by the sun. The highlights bring an additional summer feeling and create a real surfer girl look.

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Make Beach Waves Yourself: Step by Step Instructions

Beach waves are not difficult to make yourself, and there are several ways to style them: whether with the straightening iron, the curling iron, with the wave iron, overnight without heat or just with a little salt spray. You can find a rough guide here.

By the way: The magazine Beauty Report has explained all variants in detail and step by step with photos. Here you can find all the important tips and tricks for styling beach waves, as well as recommendations on which styling devices and products are best suited for beach waves.

Beach waves with the straightener

A straightening iron can be found in almost every home. With it, the hair can not only be perfectly straightened but also curled. The Beach Waves can also be styled very easily and quickly with a straightening iron. It is only important that a straightening iron that is not too wide with rounded edges is used to have no kinks in the hair. And that’s how it works:

• Use a heat protectant, make sure your hair is completely dry, and comb it thoroughly to prevent hair breakage. You should also divide the hair into individual sections to work your way up to piece by piece.
• Now you put the preheated straightening iron on top of an approximately 2 – 3 cm thick strand, close the plates, turn it once around itself and then slowly slide down without too much pressure. Leave the last 2 – 3 cm of the tips uncurled. In the end, it looks a little less prepared and makes the beach look perfect. Then let the strand cool in your hand for a few seconds.
• The strands on the right and left of the face should be turned backward (away from the face). Then you can vary the direction and alternately turn towards the face and away from the face. This creates more fullness in the hair, and the hairstyle looks a little less trimmed.
• Work your way up to section by section until all your hair is wavy at the end. Finally, you can pull out 3 – 4 very thin strands of the top hair per hair side and curl them in alternating directions. If the strands are not uniformly thick, the hairstyle looks more natural.
• Then gently loosen the waves with your fingers. Finally, you can use some hair oil for shiny tips or salt spray for a better grip and that real beach feeling.

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Beach waves with the curling iron

A curling iron is the perfect styling tool for beach waves. The hairstyle is quick and easy. A conical curling iron (also called conical), which has a tapered shape, is particularly suitable. The diameter should be between 20 and 30 millimeters, depending on the length of the hair. And this is how the hairstyle works:

• Use a heat protectant, make sure your hair is completely dry and comb it thoroughly to avoid breakage. You should also divide the hair into individual sections to work your way up to piece by piece.
• As soon as the curling iron is hot, you can attach it to the first strand. This should be about 2 – 3 cm wide. The handle of the curling iron points upwards and the tip downwards. Then you wrap the strand around the rod and let the last 2-3 cm of the tips out. Leave the strand wrapped around the curling iron for about 10 to 15 seconds, and then let it cool in your hand for a few seconds.
• The strands on the right and left of the face should be turned backward (away from the face). Then you can vary the direction and alternately turn towards the face and away from the face. This creates more fullness in the hair, and the hairstyle looks a little less trimmed.
• Work your way up to section by section until all your hair is wavy at the end. Finally, you can pull out 3 – 4 very thin strands of the top hair per hair side and curl them in alternating directions. If the strands are not uniformly thick, the hairstyle looks more natural.
• Then gently loosen the waves with your fingers. Finally, you can use some hair oil for shiny tips or salt spray to better grip and the right beach feeling.

Beach waves can also be designed very easily with a so-called wave iron. This simple styling is ideal for anyone for whom using a straightener and curling iron is too complicated. The two opposite heating plates of corrugated iron have a wave shape, and the strands are placed between the plates and so curled piece by piece. Here is the exact application:

Use a heat protectant, make sure your hair is completely dry and comb it thoroughly to avoid breakage. You should also divide the hair into individual sections to work your way up to piece by piece.

Take the first strand. This should be about 2-3 cm wide. Now you place the waving iron on top of the base of the strand, hold the waving iron horizontally and clamp the strand between the heating plates. Hold the iron closed for about 10 to 15 seconds and then set it a little further down and repeat the whole thing. So you work your way down piece by piece to the tip of the strand. Work your way up to section by section until all your hair is wavy at the end. Finally, you can use some hair oil for shiny tips or salt spray to better grip and the right beach feeling.

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Beach waves without heat

Styling heat is harmful to the hair and should, of course, be avoided as much as possible. It’s great that Beach Waves also work without any heat. For this, the hair is shaped before going to bed so that it is wonderfully beachy curls the next morning. This works best after showering on towel-dried hair. There are these possibilities:

• Braiding: Put some salt spray or mousse into your hair before going to bed and braid two very simple and very loose braids on the left and right. Let the tips out of the braid again. The next morning, open the braids and wash your hair.
• Bun: You can also tie your hair in a DuR overnight. To do this, knead some salt spray or mousse into your hair and twirl your hair. Then tie in a loose, high neck and tie with a spiral elastic band. So there are no kinks in the hair. The next morning open the DuR and wash your hair.
• Sock curls: The current trend on social media is to use socks to curl your hair overnight. The strands are wrapped around socks and loosened up again the next morning.

Conclusion

It is THE hairstyle of summer that exudes a real holiday feeling – even if we can only go on holiday on the balcony because the Beach Waves conjure up the sea breeze and the sun’s rays on our heads and give us a real surfer-girl look.

Beach waves can be styled with a straightener, a curling iron or a wave iron, and overnight without any heat or with just a salt spray. According to our expert, it is better not to use hairspray for the perfect finish. This makes the waves stiff. Hair oil or some salt spray is better.