A friend of mine moved to Hawaii, to the island of Oahu, where she stayed for several years, and during all that time — years — whenever she went to the beach, she never went in the water, which just blows my mind!
Then again, I’m a water baby. I could happily paddle around on a surfboard all day long (assuming it’s in warm water, though, because I don’t do freezing surf!).
One thing I’ve always loved about the beach is the tousled beach hair, and new Playa, a new SoCal hair care line, has five products to give you Cali beach waves without any heat styling. So, basically, beach hair without the blow dryer. Or curling iron.
They use coconut water and sugar beet extract in their products, which range from $26-32, so around Bumble & Bumble/Ouai and R+Co prices. Most of their ingredients — they say between 96-99% — are naturally derived, too. The Dry Shampoo is the only one that doesn’t mention the percentage.

I tested their five-piece system, which includes their Every Day Shampoo ($32), Super Natural Conditioner ($34), Ritual Hair Oil ($38), Endless Summer Spray ($28) and Pure Dry Shampoo ($26), on and off for a month and got some pretty great hair days, with my naturally wavy mop looking casually messy and cool.
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