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How-To: Liv Tyler's MTV Movie Awards Hairstyle

BellaSugar — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:00:29 -0700

Liv Tyler looked gorgeous last night on the red carpet. Her skin was pale, yet slightly dewy and radiant. Her makeup was minimal, and her hair looked relaxed in loose, effortless sexy, beachy waves.

I love a girl who can look comfortable at a big-time Hollywood event, don't you? If any of you are interested in re-creating this hairstyle at home, all you'll need is a product that provides slight hold, a hair dryer, a curling iron, and a wide-toothed comb.

For step-by-step directions, read more.

STEP 1: After you wash and condition your hair, gently towel dry and get rid of snarls and tangles by using a wide-toothed comb. Either get dressed or apply your makeup so that you hair has time to air-dry a little bit.
STEP 2: Apply a texturizing styling product such as Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray to your damp hair from roots to ends. Tip: Keep in mind that if your hair is slightly curly or thick, you'll want to apply product while your hair is still very wet, fresh from the shower. Also, if your hair is oily, only apply product to the lengths and ends, avoiding your roots.
STEP 3: Once you've applied the product, it's time to dry your hair. Set your hairdryer to the coolest, lowest setting and tousle hair until it's dry.
STEP 4: Since this is a sleeker version of the typical wavy, (slightly frizzy) beach hair, you'll want to add shine and refine the waves. Take a curling iron and use it like a flat-iron on the roots of your hair to make it smoother. As you get a third of the way down, curl hair around the barrel and let it sit for about 10 seconds. When you are finished with your entire head, shake out the curls, finger a few back into place and mist your entire head with a light-hold hairspray.

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Which Beach Babe Has Sexier Hair?

BellaSugar — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:40:22 -0700

Both of these ladies are known for their long, gorgeous brown and honey highlighted hair. Here are pictures of Gisele Bundchen and Jessica Alba both in Miami without any primping whatsoever. Who do you think has better beach hair?

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DIY Spa Treatment: Super-Sexy Beach Hair

BellaSugar — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:00:54 -0700

Fabrice Gilli, my amazing hairdresser and Creative Director of Frederic Fekkai Soho, has divulged one of his quick and easy, at-home recipes for beautiful beach waves. Since you already know how to create this look yourself, and you're aware of the various beach hair products on the market, thanks to Fabrice, you can save a few pennies and stock up on sunscreens instead! Here's an inexpensive way to attain sexy beach waves on a miniscule budget.

Step 1: Take an empty and clean spray bottle and fill it up with eight ounces of water.
Step 2: Add two heaping tablespoons of kosher or sea salt to the water and shake.
Step 3: Mix a teaspoon of your favorite hair gel to the saltwater solution and shake it once again. This will give hair a little bit more texture.
Step 4: Spray a liberal amount onto wet or very damp hair and do not brush through-finger-comb only if necessary. Scrunch hair in your hands to help curls form, or just leave it be and let it air dry naturally.

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Get Sexy Beach Hair in the City, Part II

BellaSugar — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:11:22 -0700

Welcome to part two of Sexy Beach Hair in the City. You all seemed to have enjoyed the first installment so much, I thought that I'd bring you more! Here are three more fab hair products that can help create the sexy tousled waves that happen naturally at the beach. Please let me know what you think of them!

Alterna Hemp Sculpting Putty, $18, is a tad bit unconventional because it's not a spray, but I am telling you - this is the perfect product for a beachy, messy, texturized look. It adds shine while giving hair a pliable, piecey look. It also sculpts, molds and spikes if you are looking for something that you can use on many other looks too.

Made with powerful hemp seed oil, it's rich in proteins to really help restore your hair’s strength and moisture from the inside out. Just apply to wet or dry hair and style without the need of heat.

To find a salon nearby that sells this product, go to Alterna.com and type in your zip code. Enjoy!

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Fekkai Summer Hair Beach Waves, $20, is a heat-activated spritz that helps create summer beachy looking waves. It also provides a UV shield to your hair and has a conditioning agent in it to keep it feeling soft and healthy.

Spray on dry or damp hair and then shape your waves by scrunching. Thanks for the suggestion quietriott!

Wella Liquid Hair Body Surf Beach Hair Styler, $16, is a non-aerosol spray that helps to add volume, body and a salty- texture to fine/normal hair. Work into dry or damp hair and then mold into waves using your fingers.

How-To: Sexy Beach Hair In The City

BellaSugar — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:15:55 -0700

Salty, wavy, thick beach hair is super-sexy - and it doesn't have to be something that you only achieve in the summertime by the sand. Here's how to achieve this faboo tousled wind blown look during the rest of the year.

First, shampoo and condition your hair before bed and towel dry your hair. Evenly distribute either a mousse or product with hold to it, in even sections throughout your hair. If you have thick or wavy hair, apply a relaxing balm to smooth your curls and tame frizz. Comb through.
Next, scrunch your hair before you fall asleep and when you wake, your hair will have great texture and volume.
To fix the front, just wet and blow out the pieces that are funky. Then take a large sized curling iron and wrap about ten different pieces around it to give your hair some freshness, body and bounce.

For some products to help you achieve sexy beach hair, read more

Kusco Murphy Beach Hair, $29, was created by Australian hair stylist, Kevin Murphy. It's what this pro uses on his cover girls for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. It contains crushed Bamboo (for volume), Stinging Nettle (for strength) and Coconut Oil with Bergamot (for texture).

When hair is already dry, apply a small amount onto your hands and scrunch your hair from the tips towards your roots. The more you use the stronger the effect. Then, continue to mold your hair until you are happy with the shape.

Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray, $21.50, is a seaweed extract based product that gives your hair a sexy, salty "sea" texture.

Spray a couple of spritzes all over your hair and then scrunch away. To refresh your hair throughout the day, continue to spritz and scrunch!

GHD Sea Spay, $23.95, is made of Dead Sea salts to add amazing matte texture and hold to your hair. It helps to create curls and surf-style waves. It also contains UVA protection and helps lock in the natural moisture of your hair.

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Can't Do Bedhead? Try These Five-Minute Curls Instead

BellaSugar — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:00:31 -0700

For times when the sultry bedhead hairstyle or tousled beach waves aren't what you're going after, why not play up the sexy side of curls with something a bit more mellow? You can still rock a come-hither look, without going the route of the old-timey roller set-style, either. At Milan Fashion Week, Hilary Swank looked stunning with waved hair that avoided being too prim and proper. What I like most about her loose, softly rolled curls is that they're not perfectly pouffed, but they still have that sensuous factor without being too in-your-face sexpot. This is a look I do about once or twice a week when I've got about five extra minutes in the morning, and by nighttime, it's perfectly tousled for cocktail hour. To find out some tips on how I do it, just keep reading.

Reader Review of the Day: Frederic Fekkai Beach Waves

BellaSugar — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:00:00 -0700

What's just as hot as bedroom hair? That's right - it's beach waves. Now that we're entering the season(s) of rising temperatures, perhaps you're thinking that a tousled, sexy look is in your near future. Recently, reader Countchocula reviewed Frederic Fekkai Beach Waves ($23), a spray that creates beachy texture in the hair. Here's why she liked it:

I love this product! My hair has natural waves and this product gives me a fresh-from-the-beach look and controls my out-of-control frizz. I recommend it because it doesn't make the hair sticky or stiff, and for a hair product, it smells great. I've run out since I bought a couple of bottles last Summer and I can't wait until Sephora and Ulta stock their shelves with this. The price is definitely worth it.

If you'd like to review products, it's quite easy. Just go to our Product Reviews website and review to your heart's delight. Plus, you could be featured on this daily post, leading to worldwide fame and fortune. (No guarantees.)

Bella Bargain: 40 Bucks Lets You Play It Safe(r) in the Sun

BellaSugar — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:00:14 -0700

Little secret: I love the beach. That's not to say I'm soaking up the rays for hours each day with no sunscreen. (You know me better than that.) Just because the weather's heating up, that doesn't mean you need to hole up at home, and Allure has a new set to help us play it safe(r) in the sun. Just $40 gets you a bundle of full-sized products for glowing, sun-shielded skin.

Some of the items included in Allure's Beauty Box of tricks are Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Fix, Aveeno Continuous Protection Sunblock Lotion with SPF 70, Jane Iredale Facial Blotting Papers, Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm, Healthy Sexy Hair Soy Tri Wheat Leave-in Conditioner, and Arbonne No Sun Intended Bronzing Powder.

As if you needed another reason, five bucks of your purchase will go toward The Skin Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to the prevention, detection, and treatment of skin cancer. Act fast, though - this $150 value is good only while supplies last!

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Remington's Airwave Dryer Creates Beachy Waves

BellaSugar — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:01:02 -0800

Whenever I think long hairstyles, TeamSugar is one of my favorite go-to gals. Remember her Angelina Jolie-esque bun? This time, TeamSugar volunteered to try out the Remington Emi Airwave Anti-Static Style System ($25), an ionic blow dryer that uses a nifty little attachment to create beachy waves. It sort of reminds me of the twirling action of a vacuum cleaner, without the scary factor.

After giving the Airwave a whirl, our lovely model was pleased with the results. The attachment helped her to create non-pouffy ringlets on her naturally curly locks; She even preferred the contraption over a diffuser. Since this dryer was easy to use, didn't take long to dry her long hair, and reduced static overall, it gets her seal of approval. Check out the gallery below for more pics, and learn how to create TeamSugar's sexy style after the jump.

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For TeamSugar's how-to, read more.

Step 1: Comb Jonathan Product Condition Leave-in Gloss Creme ($22) through the hair. Using fingers, spread evenly.
Step 2: Twist a section of your hair and place in the blow dryer attachment. Blow-dry until semi-dry (dries better when partially damp to avoid the frizzy look). Continue to twist and dry until you’ve done your entire head of hair, leaving the crown to dry naturally.
Step 3: Spray Frederic Fekkai Luscious Curls Wave Creating Spray ($20) lightly over entire hair. Separate the curls/waves with your fingers to break up the style.
Step 4: Go over any areas that need more waves. "Your hair will fall nicely with a 'just got off the beach and looking glamorous' look the entire day," she said. Woot woo! (That's my attempt at a whistle.)

2009 Grammy Awards: LeAnn Rimes

BellaSugar — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:54:52 -0800

It looks like LeAnn Rimes hair stylist could have reached for Bumble and bumble's Surf Spray to create her sexy, beach-y waves. It's the perfect style to complement her gently sun-kissed tan. And though it seems a little more pretty than rock-and-roll chic, LeAnn pulls it off. Her makeup is just as simple and lovely. She wears a pale pink lip with barely there cheeks and a little blue and gold shimmer at the eyes. But my favorite thing? Her bold eyebrows. What do you think of LeAnn's look?

Vote on all of my Grammy Awards polls here!

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