A DEEP DIVE
ON SEA SALT SPRAY
Few hairstyling products have garnered as much attention over the past few years as Sea Salt Spray — and for good reason.
The biggest style trend to emerge this decade is that everything is loose and flowing. Shirts have gotten bigger and boxier, denim has gone back to more relaxed cuts, and pleated trousers have reclaimed their rightful place in your wardrobe.
The same applies to your hair — long, flowing, and natural looks are where it’s at.
Hanging ten on a longboard in Malibu? That’s timeless cool. And looking like you just spent the day hot-dogging in the surf with the light offshore winds blowing your hair into messy windswept perfection is equally as timeless (and cool).
This is where sea salt spray comes in. Sea salt spray gives your hair just a touch of hold. It’s enough to set your style, but unlike pomades or clays, sea salt spray leaves your hair soft and free to move.
And a bottled sea salt spray gives you and your flowing locks all the benefits of a day swimming in the ocean with a lot less of the drawbacks — crowds, sunburns, and sharks. Plus, bottled sea salt sprays aren’t full of the kelp beds, floating trash, and fish poop that make you want to wash your hair as soon as you get home.
Seems like sea salt spray is a win-win, right?
Naturally, the rise in popularity has also led to an assortment of questions — most notably — is it even a good idea to be putting salt in your hair? After all, when we think of salt, we typically think of it as a dehydrating mineral. So wouldn’t salt suck the moisture right out of your mane?
It’s a fair question.
To answer that question, we did a deep dive on sea salt spray to help you decide if it’s a styling product that will be a good fit for you.