How to... Festival Hair Styles

I know that we are about half way through the festival season but I was thinking about the upcoming festival I am going to and thinking about what to do with my hair. Festivals are difficult when it comes to your hair and appearance as you want to look nice but you don't want to spend forever doing your hair in the morning or having to use heat as a) you probably won't have easy to use electricity and b) it will make your hair frizzy in the heat and humidity. Due to these points I have decided on a few different hairstyles to do when I am at Reading. 

1) Salt spray waves:

This is such an easy style to do if you have longish hair that has some random curls/waves in like mine. All you have to do is brush you hair, flick your hair over your head so you can see it and its all together and spray the salt spray on your hair. Then, all you have to do is scrunch. This will give you wavy and messy hair which lasts and looks good without looking like you've tried to hard or that you care too much (you're supposed to be carefree at festivals). 

2) Plaits:

Plaits are so easy to do and looks so good with so many different variations it looks good on nearly everyone. One of my favorite plaits to do is a side plait as I have a side parting and long hair so it suits my hair type. It also doesn't make you look about five years old which is good. To do a side plait just pull your hair to one side of you neck, section it into three parts and start plaiting with the section nearest your neck so there aren't as many fly always. Another easy style you can do is have two plaits either side of your head although you have to be careful as it doesn't suit everybody and can make you look like a toddler. 

3) Buns:

I am awful at doing buns but they are easy (if you can do them nicely) and quick.

4) Ponytail:

A simple ponytail can be quite effective if you have wavy/messy hair and can't be bothered to do anything else. As long as it isn't tightly tied back it can look good and natural. 

I hope this has helped if you are off to a festival and I also hope you have a good time :D (sorry for the bad photo's, I tried :D) and  credit to my friend Abi for taking the photos

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How To... Make Your Hair Grow Faster Naturally

This is going to be the first of my 'How To' posts and is going to be about increasing your hair length quicker than normal while being totally natural. 

 First of all, you want to make sure you are drinking lots of water as it flushes away all of your toxins which will slow hair growth. If you don't drink much water at the moment, increase the amount you drink slowly as you'll end up going to the toilet a lot and it will keep you up all night, but 4-8 glasses a day is recommended. 

 It's a good idea trim your hair every 6-8 weeks as this will remove any damaged split ends and enables your hair to grow healthier and quicker. 

 It may be hard to cut down the use of heat products but it really pays off, even if you only use heat for 5 out of the 7 days in the week, it will improve the look of your hair and decrease the damage. I only use a hair dryer nowadays and barely use my straightners and, since I have stopped, my hair is a lot softer. However, it is also important to let your hair dry naturally a few times a week as blow drying will cause more split ends to appear.

 About once a week, to keep your scalp healthy, you should condition your scalp as a healthy scalp produces healthy hair. Also, while doing this, you should massage your scalp as it will stimulate growth.

 Wash your hair every other day as when you wash, you are removing the natural oils which help growth. After washing, always comb the hair rather than brushing as when your hair is wet, its more prone to damage and a comb will decreases the damage to your hair.

 Try to style your hair in relaxed styles so they don't pull on your roots and weaken them. The styles can be down or a loose ponytail. Plaits are also good and, apparently, increases hair growth but I'm not sure if this is true.

 Another way to promote hair growth is to increase the amount of protein you eat as protein is good for growth and repair, especially in your hair. Also, you should make sure you are getting all of your vitamins as they will supply your hair with the oils they need to grow.