Review: Pearlessence Sea Salt Spray Beach Wave Hair Mist

Sea Salt Beach Wave Hair Mist

“A light mist formulated with natural sea salt to infuse all hair types with oceanic waves for a breezy texture.”

Admittedly, I wasn’t always a fan of beach style salt sprays. I had very long and very thick hair for years and found the sprays heavy, wet, sticky, and hugely frizz accentuating to almost unbearable levels. In short, I looked like I’d been dragged through a hedge backwards. However, now that I am the proud owner of a messy long bob I have been taking the deep end plunge into all things texture-ized. The messier the better is exactly how I feel my hair recently; gone are the perfect blow drying days for a sleek and bouncy salon look that took me 45 minutes a pop. So here is my first review on a salty hair product.

I cannot deny the packaging drew me directly into this one. The minimal, simple, sleek, expensive looking bottle had me at hello. I am a sucker for a great font (and get massively turned off by a bad one) and along with the illustration of the waves; this guy really gives the poetry girls a run for their imagery. Well, slightly. I will add though that the bottle is glass. It gives me all of the English seaside vibes that I grew up knowing so well. Yes, the nostalgia created by the aesthetic appeal created true love. Completely ignoring the fact the product was actually “Made in the USA”.

It was whilst browsing the beauty shelves for a natural steal in T K Maxx that I discovered this guy. The brand Pearlessence is one that I hadn’t heard of before but I bought it anyway after I saw that it was fully cruelty free and had all vegan ingredients.

How I Use It

I spray this stuff into wet or dry hair and pretty liberally. I haven’t found it to be overly weighted and heavy, and neither does it make my hair crunchy. The crunch would happen though if you really really go to town, but that being said I do like a lot. I have previously been using this spray after styling my hair into beachy waves with my curling wand. However, it is quite wet and it can cause the curls to lose a tiny bit of shape while the product dries. Right now, as I am typing this, I am trying a new air dry waves technique as shown by Ashley Streicher in a recent Byrdie tutorial: click here (p.s. I am obsessed with Byrdie.) The trick is to let the hair air dry naturally without brushing or touching it. I plan to spray this hair mist through the hair when it finally dries.

Update: this technique worked amazingly and my textured waves are insane. Highly recommend.

Scent

The scent of this is amazing. It smells like pineapple and coconuts with added sugary sweetness but not like a piña colada. It smells like you walked straight out of a hair salon with the perfect Summer tan and a hot new love interest. Strange. You just really need to smell this stuff if you like sweet and magical scents.

Feel & Finish

This product makes you feel like you have walked straight out of the ocean except it is slightly lighter in weight. It adds great texture to the hair and doesn’t feel too crunchy at the same time. The finished texture is quite gritty, which is what I personally wanted from this product as the grit helps to also add volume t the hair as well as keeping the hair in the desired shape/style. I find that if you add enough of this product to begin with, then it lasts all day and doesn’t have to be reapplied. Luckily, it is also easy to brush and wash out and doesn’t cause a massive amount of build up. What is also great is that even though it is quite wet on the hair initially, it doesn’t feel heavy when it dries. So I really do love this stuff.

Additional Points

• The product doesn’t feel sticky on the hair but it does on your hands.
• The bottle cap where the product is dispersed has a tendency to leak.
• Bottle is glass and quite weighted so wouldn’t be great for travel.
• Product sprays a nice mist easily out of the spray top.

So To Recap:

• Great for short hair in my experience.
• Amazing minimal packaging and glass bottle.
• Affordable and available to by at T K Maxx.
• Smells like summer pineapples and coconut.
• Can be applied to wet or dry hair.
• Adds great texture without weighing hair down.
• Helps add grit and volume.
• Gives beachy ocean waves like it says on the label.
• Quite wet when first applied but doesn’t dry heavy.
• The bottle cap where the product is dispersed has a tendency to leak.
• Bottle is glass and quite weighted so wouldn’t be great for travel.
• Product sprays a nice mist easily out of the spray top.
• I would highly recommend this product to everyone.

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