Lightweight Hair Sprays for Summer – Get Glossy, Frizz-Free, Bouncy Hair All Day
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Sick of limp, frizzy hair in hot, humid weather? These summer hair sprays are the solution to your meltdown. These sprays are made to revive sweaty roots and flyaways or add sheen to your hair without a full wash, which means refreshing second-day hair! Maybe you need a little hydration, UV protection, or just a refresher with a clean fragrance; these mists do it all for you. Keep one at your office station or in your bag so when you're feeling gross, you're just a spritz away from refreshing yourself. From anti-frizz sprays to beachy sprays, we have rounded up the best summer hair sprays to keep your hair soft, refreshed, and moving this summer!
1. L’Occitane Rose Multipurpose Mist
Not only is this a facial mist, but it's a gentle refresher for hair, skin, and body. Infused with Rose Centifolia floral water sourced from Provence, France, it hydrates for up to 24 hours and leaves behind a soft, feminine scent with notes of green, fruity, and floral. This mist is ideal for invigorating your hair and instilling positive energy on hot, humid days.
Key features:
Rosa centifolia floral water
24-hour hydration (clinically tested)
Delicate fragrance with floral and fruity layers
2. Milk Shake Leave-In Conditioner
If your hair is dehydrated and damaged from heat or overstyling, this cult-classic leave-in spray will revive it. Packed with milk proteins, fruit extracts, honey and vitamin E, it helps restore the internal structure of your hair while conditioning its outer layer. Expect less frizz, more shine and a soft vanilla scent that lingers just right.
Key features:
Detangles and deeply conditions
Seals colour and adds shine
Rich in fruit extracts and plant-based oils
Ideal for normal to dry hair
Cruelty-free
3. Moroccanoil Protect and Prevent Spray
This nourishing argan oil-infused spray works as both a frizz-fighting shield and a styling hold mist. It creates a reflective veil to block humidity, pollution, and UV – leading causes of dull, frizzy summer hair. You have a soft hold and high shine, all with Moroccanoil's spicy amber and floral signature scent.
Key features:
Medium hold with natural movement
Argan oil-based shine and smoothness
UV and pollution protection
Humidity-resistant formula
4. Aveda Smooth Infusion Perfect Blow Dry
Creating a professional-level blowout at home, this heat-activated spray smooths frizz and seals out humidity for 72 hours. It contains a plant-based polymer shield, plus botanical oils—like Kalahari melon and Tamanu—which work together to achieve the best results with a blow dryer and achieve that sleek, salon finish without silicones or harsh chemicals!
Key features:
Anti-humidity shield with 3x smoothness
Works with heat to lock in style
Free of silicones, parabens, sulfates
Vegan and cruelty-free
5. Kevin Murphy Beach Resort Look Hair Spray
For slightly "tousled" surfer-girl waves, with no ocean, this texturiser is oil-free and creates windswept, undone hair in seconds. It will enhance curl definition and give hair some grit and hold. This product is ideal for transforming second-day hair into a more fun and messy style!
Key features:
Lightweight, oil-free texture spray
Adds body and beachy movement
Super-strong hold without stiffness
Sulfate- and paraben-free
6. Cotril Curl Reviving Hair Spray
Humidity can ruin your curls in just minutes—but not with this curl-reviving mist. This spray contains bamboo extract, vegetable butters, linseed, and chia seed oils to help redefine your curls, amplify bounce, and smooth frizz. The curl spray can also help improve your curls as a midday refresher for all hair types, from wavy to curly.
Key features:
Revives and redefines curls
Controls frizz and adds shine
Nourishes with bamboo, avocado, olive, chia, and linseed extracts
Leave-in, no-rinse formula
7. Innisfree My Hair Recipe Strength Tonic Essence
The heat associated with summer does not just affect hair; it affects your scalp. This lightweight tonic reaches deep into your scalp, providing total scalp care and nourishment to your roots. It is also great for soothing and strengthening weakened hair from the root up! You have some serious herbal muscle with the ginseng, sweet flag extract, and soybean ferment in this product.
Key features:
Strengthens roots and soothes scalp
Refreshing, oil-free formula
Targets dryness and damage
Lightweight and non-greasy
The final spritz
Whether it’s frizz, dryness or limp strands or sweaty hair, you can count on these summer hair sprays to be your no effort way to look (and feel) fresh. With options for all hair types—from straight and sleek to curly and wild—you will never be more than a few spritzes away from bounce, shine, and confidence smelling clean. Keep your favourite close by, and you’ll be making summer hair drama a thing of the past.