While we all may be dreaming of summer days spent idling away at the beach, with salt in our hair and the sun on our skin, that’s just not the reality for the majority of us. We’re more likely than not still spending our days at an office or behind a computer screen. But that doesn’t mean we can’t pretend. Salt sprays have long been the answer to beach-y hair without the beach, and while they do deliver that just-out-of-the-ocean feel, spritzes of this sort also have a reputation of being drying and dehydrating. Luckily, there are a handful of products on the market today that deliver A-grade windswept texture without the grit of earlier iterations.
Here’s what to reach for this summer to get beach-worthy waves without the added sodium:
Muroto Hydro-Texturizing Mist
($42, Shu Uemera)
Salt sprays can be particularly tricky to use on fine hair, which can easily get weighed down. Shu Uemera’s Muroto range was developed for those of us without the thickest of manes and this texturizing mist is proof. Using their proprietary “depsea” water—first introduced by the brand back in 1998—it delivers all the texture of a sea salt spray without any of the weight (or the brittleness). It also happens to smell like an ocean breeze, with its blend of white marine florals.
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