beach waves

Casual seaside hair

Beach waves are a hairstyle featuring loose, tousled curls that evoke the natural texture hair gets after swimming in the ocean and drying in the sun.

The look is deliberately imperfect—relaxed and windswept rather than polished: I used sea salt spray to get those beach waves.

Various styling tools and products promise to replicate the effect without actually going to the beach.

Related
  • surfWaves near shore
  • oceanMassive saltwater body
  • curlsSpiraling hair sections
  • sandFine rock particles
  • saltSodium chloride compound

tides · crashing · foam · shoreline · swell · ripples · hairstyle · sea salt spray · texture · hair texture · beachy · sun · seashell · coastal · rolling · breakers · spray · tousled

Categories
Opposites
hair texture/style

beach wavestight curls

Hair in small spirals

ringlets · straight hair · blowout · silk press · slicked-back

styling effort/formality

beach wavesblowout

Sudden tire failure

formal updo · chignon · French twist · helmet hair · wet look

Family

beach, wave, beaches, beached, beaching, beachfront, beachside, waves, waved

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G