Hairspiration 2

I think i've always lusted after beach waves but I don't have the kind of hair that lends itself well to that effortlessly tousled fashion.

That niggling desire for carefree, casual locks has started haunting my dreams again and the more I think about it and the more images of luscious, sexy beach hair I see - I am starting to think it could be possible but maybe it just takes a little more effort than it looks.

Florence combines a block fringe and beach waves - perfect juxtaposition

I aim for a look like Drew - complete with hair feathers

Isla Fisher has beach waves down to a T

Christina Hendricks has a more glam approach

Oh, I did have beach waves once upon a time! ;)

Could it be that my aspiration for easy, breezy, beautiful locks take a lot more effort that meets the eye? 

I definitely don't have the type of hair that can be left to dry naturally.  Although I have natural waves, my hair needs a bit of teasing to keep it look thick and healthy, without that it would just look drab and lifeless.  

I have a couple of salt spray products in the form of Bumble and Bumble and Trevor Sorbie to try out and hope they will help my waves stay in place.  I also have the Babyliss waving wand for some extra oomph.  I think some thickening products also wouldn't go amiss. 

How do you achieve beach waves?

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Wavy hair woes ...

Today I headed to Argos and picked myself up my own Babyliss Wavy Wand. The downside to having a giveaway on your blog, you can't enter yourself!

I tried the wand out earlier and as much as the results are spot on in terms of waving the hair, I a) feel my hair is still a bit short to achieve the gorgeous waves I aspire to, and b) my hair looks and feels dry and frizzy.

Here are the results, I have shown you one side of my hair as it was just a quick trial and didn't spend too much time on the other side.
The shape of the wave looks just right although i'd prefer it if my hair was longer. Look at the photo below though ... my hair looks like a bag of straw. I think it may be due to the fact I have recently 'ombred' my hair but what can I do?
This is where I need your help. What are the best products to use on my hair before styling in this way? How can I make my hair look strong, shiny and irresistable again, short of dying it back to one block colour?

Will a bit of frizz ease solve this? Or will my hair need some serious TLC?

HALP?!

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Babyliss Wavy Wand WINNER!

Thank you all for your entries for the Babyliss wavy wand giveaway. The giveaway ended midnight on Friday night and this afternoon I collated all twitter and blog entries onto a spreadsheet and I waved my magic wand via Random.org.

Each entry was allocated a number and Random.org chose the winning digits ....
Which correlated to the following winner...
YAY! WELL DONE Somethingblue_2!!

Please email me at saskiathesalsafairy@yahoo.co.uk leaving me with a note of your address so the Babyliss Wavy Wand can be sent to you!

Thank you everyone for taking part, hopefully I will have another giveaway shortly :)

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BaByliss Wavy Wand - GIVEAWAY!

Now that I have my new ombre hair (which I am loving!), I find it generally suits a wave better than straight. These are the kind of Ombre waves I crave.

I am useless at creating waves and curls with my regular ghd's so I normally use a very old pair of Babyliss tongs. I have toyed with idea of getting a conical wand for ages and just when I had decided to part with my cash and buy one, Babyliss go and bring out another wonder tool to the market.

It's the Babyliss Waving Wand. It is similar to a conical wand but shaped slightly different. It comes with a heat protection glove and reaches a temperature of 200C but with 5 different heat settings which is perfect for us wanting to reduce the level of heat used on our tender locks.

There is no clamp on the barrel which always makes me wonder how long you have to sit there holding your hair in place over the heat but take a look at this video and you will see how fast and effective the waving wand is. You literally only hold it to your hair a few seconds and a wonderful wave is created. I NEED this in my life!

The Babyliss Waving Wand costs £30 and is available from Boots and Argos but you lucky things get the chance to win one for free! YAY!

Now there are 2 ways of winning this competition you can leave a message in the comments simply stating 'wave your magic wand Fairy!' or you can tweet me @Saskiafairy stating 'enter me for the waving wand #Babyliss'.

It would also be lovely if you were a follower of this blog otherwise you just look a teensy bit rude.

Please only enter once as multiple entries will not be counted. I will be using random.org to generate the winner.

The competition closes at midnight on Friday 8th October, winners will be announced shortly after!

Oh and if the waving wand is not for you, Babyliss have also brought out another 2 products; Big Hair and Root Boost.

You can win Root Boost on Girlinthecity's blog so swing on by and check that out if that's more up your street.

GOOD LUCK!

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