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If your summer social calendar is quickly filling up, you’re in good company. Summer is the season for everything from casual backyard barbecues to elegant weddings, making this the perfect time to explore new styles. A few stunning, go-to hairstyles can help you look and feel your best at every event your summer has in store. 

Preparation is everything when mastering a new hairstyle, so a bit of planning goes a long way. Here are four stunning hair looks to have on your radar, plus how to style them and where to wear them this summer. 

1. Visibly Healthy Hair 

Healthy hair comes in all textures and hues, from bouncy blonde curls to sleek brunette strands. Even though visibly healthy hair isn’t necessarily a hairstyle, happy strands are in vogue during any season, especially summer. Whether you’re going on vacation or heading to happy hour, strong, lustrous locks are your best accessory. Plus, when you love your strands, you can stick to a simple, nourishing hair care routine and easy styles. 

How to Wear It:

To keep your locks happy and visibly healthy throughout summer, refresh your hair care routine with products tailored to your hair type. A daily non-toning purple shampoo and conditioner can help natural and color-treated blondes keep their strands hydrated and nourished. Not blonde? No problem! Check out a trusted hair care brand to see if they have a system tailored to your locks, from fine hair in need of volume to curls. 

Speaking of…a curl-quenching leave-in product can keep textured locks bouncy and beautiful. And a protein-infused leave-in hair detangler safe for all hair types can infuse any beauty routine with a nourishing boost. Shopping with brands that offer tailored hair care systems can make it easy to find products that bring out the best in your unique strands.

Where to Wear It:

Nourished locks make any style look lovely, but healthy hair is especially perfect for summer events when you want a laid-back, casual look: think beach vacations, backyard barbecues, and everyday looks. When your hair looks and feels like its best self, thanks to a nourishing daily non-toning purple conditioner or other high-performance hair products, you can let your hair down with confidence. 

2. Beachy Waves 

Whether you’re in a coastal city or a landlocked state, those late summer sunsets and warm breezes might make you feel like you’re on island time. Beachy waves are the perfect summer style, since they’re relatively easy to achieve and give you a gorgeous, carefree look.

How to Wear It:
The best way to achieve beautiful, beachy waves depends on your hair type. Start by cleansing your strands with products tailored to your locks, such as a daily non-toning purple shampoo and conditioner for blondes, a volumizing shampoo and conditioner for fine strands, or a curl-quenching shampoo and conditioner. 

After gently drying your hair, spritz a natural sea salt spray throughout your damp strands, and scrunch gently. Air dry or diffuse your strands to reveal beachy waves with a tousled, matte finish. Short on time? Find a sea salt texturizing spray you can also apply to dry hair, so you can spray, scrunch, and go.

Where to Wear It:
Like your favorite sundress or chic sandals, beachy waves are incredibly versatile. Loose waves look lovely when styled with an elegant evening dress and heels or cutoff shorts and your favorite summer sandals. Since beachy waves can suit any summer occasion, feel free to wear them to casual outdoor weddings or sunny beach days. 

3. Bouncy Blowouts

One of the best parts of summer is rolling down the windows, turning up the volume, and singing along to your favorite songs as you cruise down a scenic highway. When you’re relishing those carefree summer vibes, you deserve a hairstyle that matches your energy. Voluminous, bouncy blowouts can give you a vintage, windswept summer look that makes you feel like your most vibrant self. 

How to Wear It:

A bouncy blowout starts with visibly strong, healthy locks, so start by curating a hair care routine that supports your strands. For blondes, this might mean using a weekly toning violet shampoo to keep your hue bright and beautiful, neutralizing brassy locks. For curly hair types, this may look like using a moisture-enriched curl cream to help nourish, define, and quench your coils. 

Once you’ve tended to your strands, grab a bristled round brush and your favorite volumizing styling spray. Section your hair, spritz a styling product that offers heat protection throughout your strands, and blow-dry with your round brush. Pay extra attention to your roots for a bouncy boost of weightless volume worthy of your favorite summer activities. 

Pro Tip: To give naturally curly hair a bouncy blowout without compromising your gorgeous texture, scrunch curl definers throughout damp strands before drying them with a diffuser. A high-performance product that nourishes your locks while fighting frizz can help give your curls stunning definition. Gently drying your strands with a diffuser locks in your curl pattern and adds a boost of volume. 

Where to Wear It:

Just like summer roses, blowouts are stunning but delicate. Whether you’re wearing your hair straight or curly, great styling products, such as a texturizing spray hair product that delivers a medium, workable hold and weightless volume, can extend the life of your blowout. 

Voluminous blowouts strike the perfect balance between elevated and carefree, making this a great style for summer events where you want to look sleek, but not overdone. Museum trips, reunions, and busy summer workweeks are great times to wear this lovely look. 

4. Sleek Ponytails

Whether you’re sipping a glass of chardonnay on a seaside balcony or strolling down the streets of a historic city, a sleek updo can help you feel like your most radiant self. Slicked-back pony tails and summer evenings are a match made in hair heaven; this tasteful style sweeps your hair off the nape of your neck and away from your face, making it a great way to look lovely throughout summer heat waves. 

How to Wear It:

Grab your favorite cleansing products, such as a daily non-toning purple shampoo and conditioner for blondes or a hydrating shampoo and conditioner designed for curls, and refresh your strands. Once your hair is clean and conditioned, blow-dry your hair into sleek, straight sections. Pull your locks back into a high ponytail, use a lightweight argan oil product to smooth down any flyaways (make sure it’s clear if you’re a blonde), and secure your style with an elastic hair tie. 

Where to Wear It:

A slicked-back ponytail is perfect for refined summer weddings, splashy date nights, and other lovely events. The straightforward, classic style will help you look effortlessly put together while keeping you cool.

With high-performance styling products and these four hairstyles, you can look and feel lovely all summer long.

All About UNITE Hair

Getting the look you want starts with loving the locks you have, which is why UNITE Hair crafts tailored styling and maintenance products. With six different systems that cater to the needs of distinct hair types, it’s easy to find luxurious products that help your hair look and feel its best. As a stylist-founded brand, UNITE Hair creates performance-driven products that make styling a breeze. Do you want to infuse your blonde maintenance routine with a daily non-toning purple shampoo and conditioner to visibly nourish your strands? Or, are you ready to step up your styling routine with a texturizing spray hair product that delivers weightless volume and a matte finish? Whatever your hair goals are, UNITE can help you achieve them with confidence and ease.

Find the perfect hair products for your favorite summer looks at unitehair.com.

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