After the previous blog post I got to thinking about my own hair. I don’t really want a dramatic haircut, and I throw my hair into a quick “back-do” only when I work out or for very casual occasions. Most of the time I like to have hair around my face. I believe it’s the most flattering look for me, and I like the way it feels. But my bob takes a beating in summer’s sultry humidity.

Still, I realized that I don’t mind my summer hair, and that’s because during these months I have a higher tolerance for my natural curl. I said “curl,” not “frizz”! In the dryer winter, with the aid of a few products I can blowdry my hair into a nice, straight-hair bob that lasts all day. In summer? It lasts more like 20 minutes. But as long as I can tame the flyaways and define the waves a little, I’m okay with random shapes that move and sway—a style that changes daily and doesn’t have every hair in place or even know where each hair is supposed to go.

So if you have clients who feel the way I do, my suggestion is to play around with lots of pastes, gels and other finishing products to see how they work with different hair textures. Then show clients how to harness their climate’s humidity to help their hair blossom into a wavy, summertime look they can love just as much as their stick-straight winter bob.

Photo of model in summer/winter looks: photography by Steve Barston; hair by Dee Fortier for Eufora; makeup by Philip Luque for Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics; photostyling by Sharice Massehians.