Easy Summer Hair

Summer brings a host of pleasures—days at the beach, languid afternoons and casual dinners alfresco. It’s also a time to simplify your beauty routine so you can clock more hours relaxing. One way to pare it down is to embrace what the weather can do for your hair, says celebrity hairstylist Serge Normant, who created the carefree styles shown here on Jessica Alba. We call these soft, ultrafemimine looks Fantastic Four(also the name of the movie Alba stars in this July) because they take so little time to create and work best after a day out doors, when the wind or the surf have given your strands a little texture. “You can skip a shampoo and your hair will end up looking even sexier.” says Normant. A global creative consultant for John Frieda. Normant knows a thing or two about gorgeous hair. He frequently styles Julia Roberts’s and Julianne Moore’s tresses. But don’t take this word. Try these looks and see for yourself how effortlessly gorgeous your hair can be.