Protect Your Hair with Barex's Sun Essential Oil

Even though summer is slowly ending, the temperature and scorching sun is still going strong! It's very important to always protect your skin and hair all year long and every season.


The Barex's Sun Essentials Collection are free from sulfates and parabens. It's also environmentally friendly, biodegradable, and recyclable.

Try the Barex Sun Essential Oil by working it into your hair before hitting the beach, which will protect your hair from sun, salt and chlorine distress. The Sun Essential Oil protects color from oxidizing. It brightens and softens hair with an abundance of multi-vitamins, and adds lots of shine! The Sun Essential Oil contains water resistant anti-aging protection with UV filters and is formulated with rice, Vitamin E, and Meadowfoam oil to soften locks, and also smells divine!

Spray the Barex Sun Essential Oil generously onto your hair, especially the mid-shaft to the ends, and spread through with a comb. In case of lengthy exposure to the sun or frequent bathing, repeat the application. For best results wash out with Barex Sun Essential Hair and Body Shampoo, and condition with Barex Sun Essential Conditioner. (Beautyhabit.com)

Many celebrities use the Sun Essential Oil, such as Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, and Leighton Meester. It's also been featured in magazines such as In Style, Harper's Bazaar, and Vanity Fair.


*Here's another important POST-sun exposure tip! Before going into the ocean or pool coat hair from the mid-shaft to the ends with TRESemme Vitamin E Moisture Rich Conditioner or other mass market rich conditioners, if you're on a budget. The conditioner will protect the hair from sun, heat damage, and chlorine. You can also treat your hair after coming out of the ocean or pool especially if you have severely damaged, bleached, and overprocessed hair.

No Frizz Wave Shaping Curl Defining

If you have long, fine, curly hair, and touch it too much, it turns into a puffy, fluffy, airy mess? If you wear your hair down, do you have to either straighten it, or use a curling balm, which can sometimes be too thick for your hair?

Well, use this award winning, Allure magazine approved, No Frizz Wave Shaping Curl Defining styling spray from Living Proof. This spray was developed by a team of MIT scientists, uses the first new anti-frizz technology in 30 years to fight humidity and friction, and it actually works! Curls are more defined and less frizzy, and because their products aren't silicone based, you won't end up with the dreaded 90's wetcurl. The formula comes in fine to medium, medium to thick, and thick to coarse varieties to ensure a full-blown curl comeback. (4oz $24, livingproof.com)

Ecofriendly Hydrating Conditioner from Number 4 Haircare

Number 4 Haircare is a new line of beauty products that's just lovely. It’s eco-friendly, not tested on animals, and amazingly scented!

My personal favorite is the Hydrating Conditioner, which leaves hair super shiny and soft thanks to acai berry, vitamin B5, and jojoba. Visit number4hair.com for more info.

Frederic Fekkai Salon Glaze Clear Shine Rinse

"One reason celebrities always look good is that their hair is always shiny!" explains hair legend Frederic Fekkai. "Don't be afraid to claim your own spotlight!" Now, thanks to his Salon Glaze Clear Shine Rinse , you can have a rinse that boosts color and adds silky shine to your hair!

Frederic Fekkai Salon Glaze is a clear shine rinse inspired by professional salon glazing services. The rinse-off treatment binds shine, recharges color, and adds silkiness to the hair. It's clear gloss and conditioner in one, Salon Glaze is gives hair amazing shine without feeling oily, heavy, or generally icky thanks to the formula, which is packed with vitamin B5 and sweet almond protein.

The Salon Glaze has a non-chemical formula also contains a unique blend of conditioning and lightweight silicones that coat the cuticle to shine and condition the hair shaft. With its lightweight formula, Salon Glaze won't weigh your hair down like traditional shine serums. It works on all hair colors and types, and both non-colored and color-treated hair. Use it at home a couple times a week and you'll definitely see a difference. (5oz $28, Sephora stores)

Frederic Fekkai Moisturizing Conditioner

Frederic Fekkai Moisturizing Conditioner with Shea Butter is a intensive hydrating daily conditioner for hair that needs serious tender loving care. It's ideal for ultra dry, thick or unruly hair, damaged, virgin or color treated hair.

A rich, creamy product that's water-based, it includes shea butter extract to soften strands and lock in moisture. That makes it optimal for thick hair that's prone to tangles, as the softening power of this moisturizing conditioner will make hair easier to comb without snags, and the boost of smoothness that the shea butter lends to the outer cuticle will help stop strands from catching on each other, stopping tangles before they start. Use this with the Frederic Fekkai Moisturizing with Shea Butter Shampoo.(8oz $23, Sephora stores)

Beachy Waves with David Babaii for WildAid

David Babaii for WildAid Bohemian Beach Spray: Get beachy waves by spritzing your hair with this spray. Bohemian Beach Spray is an eco-friendly non-aerosol styling spray that works for all hair types, so it’s free of sulfates, parabens, or petrochemicals.

Only just arrived to Australia this natural product that is 100% cruelty free and is not tested on animals; it’s filled with natural ingredients that create a lustrous healthy effect for your hair. It can be used on wet or dry hair to create various hair textures and volume.


Globally sourced, Bohemian Beach Spray contains sea salt from the Dead Sea in Israel for naturally enhanced texture; it has mineral rich Volcanic Ash from the Vanauatu Islands of the South Pacific for increased volume; it also has a trio of Blue Algae, Mango and Kiwi that keep hair thoroughly hydrated. It also aids in moisture retention with Shea Butter, Jojoba Oil, Hemp Oil and Cupuacu Butter. This extraordinary blend works together to create texture or volume, while strengthening and moisturizing.


Also, ten percent of profits go to WildAid, a global wildlife conservation organization to help save endangered animals. David Babaii for WildAid also has Kate Hudson as a spokesmodel and has many fans of Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Katherine Zeta-Jones, and Jennifer Garner. ($12 at db4wildaid.com)

At Home Beauty with Ecobeauty

If you think you always have to splurge on beauty products, think again! In this book, EcoBeauty by Lauren and Janice Cox and you’ll be pleasantly surprised at all of the wonderful and easy beauty recipes you’ll come across that won’t leave you over budget. Here are two favorites!


Honey Hair Pack
Honey may sound great for topping off your oatmeal, but I had the feeling that saturating my locks in it would leave me in a sticky situation. This was not the case, however! Honey and molasses are both humectants, which mean they hold onto water molecules and add moisture to your hair. The honey and olive oil mixture should be applied to dry hair for 20-30 minutes before showering. At first, it's super sticky and you wonder if it will wash out easily, but when washing my hair the gooey honey feeling was completely gone and I was left with super-soft hair!
1 cup of honey or molasses
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

Lemonade Toner
Another favorite of mine was the Lemonade Toner. It consists of lemon juice, witch-hazel (you can find this in the skin care section of your market or drugstore) and distilled water. I actually strayed from the recipe a little and used lavender witch-hazel with aloe vera just because it smelled so good. Witch-hazel is a natural toner that is great for tightening pores and removing excess oil from skin, and the lemon juice helps to fade discoloration. This toner was so refreshing, smelled lovely, and I used the extra Lavender witch-hazel as an after shower moisturizer, a lighter alternative to lotion especially in the hot summer months.
1 cup lemon juice
3 tablespoon witch hazel
2 tablespoons distilled water

I don't want to give away too much more because this book is filled with fun recipes and helpful beauty tips. At the end of the day, this is an easy recession proof way to treat yourself, so head to the kitchen and whip up a little spa day. Enjoy!