What Works For Me: Marc Anthony Beach Spray

(Marc Anthony Beach Spray.)

I have naturally curly hair, and I always wear it curly.  Truth be told, I don’t even own a straightener (I have no idea how to use one) and I only break out my really cheap hair dryer on really cold days when I’m in a hurry (in which case I scrunch my hair as I dry it).  When I get my hair cut and colored, my lovely stylist dries it straight, then cuts it so she can see the layers.  That means I leave the salon with perfectly styled, perfectly straight hair that everyone around me loves and compliments, until I wash it again the next morning.  (See an actual picture of me with straight hair here.)

I have nothing against straight hair, but it’s just not me.  When my hair is straight, it feels weird, like I’m bald or something, and I don’t feel that familiar, fuzzy halo around me.  When I was a girl imagining my grown-up self, I always had straight hair, for some reason.  But I came to embrace my curly hair years ago and I love it.  Also, I’m really lazy.  Scrunch and Go is my motto.

But I do think a lot about my hair, and you know I keep it colored and cut regularly, especially as I’m getting more greys and growing it out at the same time.  And I’ve mentioned before that I go to a Paul Mitchell salon, so I use their products to keep my color looking its best between appointments.  I also use a lot of products to control frizz and dryness, both issues that naturally affect curly hair.

More recently, I discovered a great, inexpensive spray by Marc Anthony (the Canadian hair stylist, not the singer) called Beach Spray.  I first tried this out for fun when it was featured in my Winter Luxe Box by Loose Button, and I was truly impressed with its ability to make actual “beach waves,” a term I never really understood until I saw them in my own hair.  I use my regular styling products, still including my beloved Hair Nectar of the Gods in a Pretty Pink Bottle, and then I spray my hair a bit with Beach Spray.  As it dries, I get a very distinct curl pattern that is loose and wavy, just like my hair might be if it dried while I walked upon the beach.  Hence the term, “beach waves.”  And I actually think it helps preserve my color a tiny bit longer, too.

Best of all, Marc Anthony’s Beach Waves is less than $10 and sold at my local Walgreen’s!  I’m a drugstore junkie, but I’ve never had much luck with their hair products, so this purchase always makes my day.  My hair stylist has no idea I use this stuff (just like she thinks I often wear my hair straight), but she always compliments me on my curl pattern.

I won’t tell if you won’t.