How to make Hairspray
If you are looking for a natural Alcohol and Silicone free hair spray that is kind to your hair then try this natural sugar hairspray to help style your curl without damaging your hair. Finding Curly girl method hairspray is also very hard there are not many companies that make it.
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This Hairspray is made at home uses just two ingredients, sugar and water. This is the perfect recipe for curly girl method hairsprays.
Make your own Hairspray for the Curly girl Method with this quick and easy method
For my list of shop bought Curly girl approved Hairsprays see here.
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Why make your own hairspray?
Making your own hairspray is kind to your hair and the environment. It doesn’t contain aerosol propellants or artificial fragrances so it is also safe for people with allergies too. It does not contain alcohol or silicones and nothing that is harsh on your hair so perfect for the curly girl method also. There is no need to worry about any more harsh ingredients!
How do you use sugar water hair spray?
This Hair spray is made easily using just sugar and water and actually works! It sprays on wet but actually dries crispy just like hairspray. If your spray on dry hair it takes a little while to dry fully around 20 mins depending on how much you spray.
I find spraying whilst styling along with other products makes my hair crispier just like hairspray and adds hold. When learning how to make hairspray you can vary the amount of sugar to make your hairspray stronger or less so.
When wet the sugar hairspray does leave you hands sticky but once dry this disappears.
How do you use hairspray on curly hair ?
The great thing about a spray is that you can use it at any point in the drying process to. As your hair is drying if you feel like it needs a bit more hold you can spray directly on to the the hair without touching it. This means you will not add any more frizz to your hair but just add more definition.
See my Rice water treatment here.
Method of making Hairspray for the Curly Girl method
This is how to make Hairspray with only an only a few ingredients. The accessories needed for DIY Hairspray are:
- Water (preferably distilled)
- Sugar
- Mist spray water bottle
- optional orange, lemon or essential oils.
- pan for boiling
- Funnel
- sieve
Ingredients for sugar hairspray are:
- You need 200ml of water ( small cup )
- Two large tablespoons of sugar
- Sliced orange or lemon
Method of making your own hairspray.
- I used two slices of orange but you can also use lemon. You can also use any essential oils such as lavender or even rose water.
- Wash your sliced orange or lemon if uses to stop any bits.
- Bring water sugar and lemon to the boil to evaporate the sugar
- Wait for it to cool
- use a funnel and sieve to pour in to bottle
- Store in the fridge for up to seven days ( if it show signs of discolouration or mould discard!)
How to make your own Hairspray
Make this easy Sugar spray hairspray which is natural. Hairspray can be used while drying and styling your hair or after to preserve and hold your curls.
Materials
- You need 200ml of water ( small cup )
- Two large tablespoons of sugar
- Sliced orange or lemon
Tools
- Mist spray water bottle
- pan for boiling
- Funnel
- sieve
Instructions
- I used two slices of orange but you can also use lemon. You can also use any essential oils such as lavender or even rose water.
- Wash your sliced orange or lemon if uses to stop any bits.
- Bring water sugar and lemon to the boil to evaporate the sugar
- Wait for it to cool
- use a funnel and sieve to pour in to bottle
- Store in the fridge for up to seven days ( if it show signs of discolouration or mould discard!)
