How to Create Mermaid Hair
TO ACHIEVE A GORGEOUS MERMAID MANE, THE MOST important tip is to keep your hair as healthy as possible, with regular trims and conditioning. Here are some more suggestions for styling watery waves and curls:
Traci Hines’s flaming locks are positively Ariel-esque.
Benjamin Hines Photography
* Use a nonsilicone-based hair oil to make straighter locks shine or to achieve a wet look that makes you appear as if you’ve emerged straight from the sea. A shine pomade is another option to add a little more hold and a healthy sheen.
* Add highlights to get a sun-kissed look. If you’re seeking multicolored mermaid hair and aren’t blond already, go to a professional for bleaching so that you don’t damage your tresses.
* You can also create highlights with glitter. If your hair is dark, try some bold jewel tones; if your hair is light, pastel glitter can be stunning.
* For extra sparkle, try applying glitter eyeliner along your part. For a more emphatic effect, sprinkle extra glitter on top before the eyeliner dries.
* To get a more intense sparkle, use glitter hair spray or add glitter to hair gel (as much or as little as you’d like) and apply normally.
* Entwine ribbons through your tresses (and even add a shell or two) to create a seaweedy, I’ve-just-been-hanging-out-in-a-shipwreck look.
* Hair tinsel—thin, colorful strands tied around the roots of several hairs—can add mermaid bling. Try a bright blue or green for some seaside sparkle.
MAKE YOUR OWN SALTWATER SPRAY
The quintessential ocean tresses: blue, glittery, and flowing.
Angelina Venturella
SALT WATER MAY BE DRYING FOR HUMAN HAIR, BUT IT also makes it voluminous: think about how wild and sexy hair looks after a day at the beach. Many products are available that will give your hair a natural, tousled look. Here’s a do-it-yourself saltwater spray that gives tresses extra mermaid glamour. Be sure to condition your hair well after washing out this spray to counteract the drying effect of the salt.
MATERIALS
- 3-ounce spray bottle
- 3 ounces of water
- A few drops of rose or lavender essential oil
- A few pinches of fine sea salt
DIRECTIONS
- Fill the spray bottle with warm water.
- Add drops of rose or lavender essential oil.
- Add sea salt.
- Shake the mixture well.
- Spray sparingly on dry hair, then scrunch throughout.
- Store in a cool place out of direct sunlight.