Summer Fine Hair Tips to Protect Your Strands

As of the writing of this post, the warm weather is upon us in many areas. Because of the increase in temperature and ultimately humidity, there are some things you need to do to protect your hair. The tips you’ll find below will help you manage your fine hair in summer so it’s protected.

If you have fine hair, then you know how easily it can be damaged. It doesn’t even need to be summertime. Any season with extreme weather can pose challenges. Employ some or all of these tips to help you care for your fine hair in summer.

Without further ado, let’s start with one of the most important summer fine hair tips.

Safety in Numbers: Keep Your Curls Clumped

You’ll likely wear your hair out more often in the summer. That’s OK. But the one tip I offer you is to keep your curls clumped.

I like to call clumping “safety in numbers.”

When you wear your hair curly, ensuring the individual hairs clump together will help to protect them from the elements. There’s also strength in numbers. Fine hairs individually are vulnerable but together, they protect each other.

Protective Styling Fine Hair in Summer

Protective styling is not just a cold weather strategy. Fine hair especially benefits from it in summer since the heat and sun can dehydrate your strands quickly. Tucking your hair away in braids, buns, or under a hat a few days a week goes a long way in keeping your fine hair protected and stylish.

Moisture Boosts for Fine Hair: Beating Summer Dehydration

Just like protective styling helps with preventing dehydrated hair, so does giving your hair periodic moisture boosts.

When the temperatures are very hot, especially in dry climates, fine hair in summer can quickly become dehydrated. Water is a great hydrator. So, consider giving your fine strands more frequent drinks of it.

Steaming is another method that tends to be reserved for the winter but can also benefit your hair in summer.

Ensuring your hair is adequately moisturized can help with frizz, too. Although frizz isn’t always caused by dry hair. It can actually give fine hair a boost of volume, but I digress.

Balance Moisture with Protein

If your hair is super fine like mine, regular weekly doses of light protein will help with maintaining your protein-moisture balance. This is super important in the summer because humidity can cause too much moisture and cause your hair to have too much elasticity.

Light Weight Products with SPF

Last but not least, I recommend using light weight hair products that contain some form of sunscreen (The Curly Hair Lounge shares a lot of information on Natural Sun Protection for Curly Hair here. Especially, if you don’t like wearing hats and intend to spend lots of time outdoors.

There are different types of hair products containing SPF that are fine hair friendly. In this article on Must Have Summer Products for Fine Hair, I recommend some.

Any season with extreme weather can pose challenges to fine hair. Employ some or all of these tips to help you care for your fine hair in summer.

Looking for style inspiration? Check out 25 Easy Summer Hairstyles for Fine Natural Hair.
If you have fine hair, then you know how easily it can be damaged. Building a consistent fine hair summer routine is the best thing you can do to protect your strands this season. Employ some or all of these tips to get started.