6 Hair Products You Should Always + Never DIY

Whether you’re bent on creating an organic alternative to harsh hair products or you simply like the personal touch of making your own, the hunt for the perfect DIY hair product recipe can be extremely overwhelming. There’s no shortage of tutorials out there in the Pin-iverse, and that makes it seriously hard to tell which DIYs are actually worth getting down and dirty with. So to save you the hassle, we tried to recreate six essential hair products every gal should have on hand, and the results were eye-opening. Wouldn’t YOUR peepers pop if you walked into a kitchen that looked like this?

After blending, soaking and mixing our hearts out to try to present the perfect all-natural hair remedies, we discovered two homemade recipes that are truly hassle-free and REALLY work (really!). As for the rest of the trial… whelp, it was SUCH a mess! So we found a few stand-up retail alternatives all free of harmful chemicals and each less than $20! We’ll get to the definitive “to buy” list in a bit, but first, check out the tutorials for the hair products you should always, always, ALWAYS DIY.

This spray is the key ingredient to getting those voluminous beach babe waves without ever setting your feet in the sand. We amped up the recipe by using black Hawaiian lava salt.

Always DIY: Sea Salt Spray

Ingredients:
– 3 tbsp Hawaiian lava salt

– 1/2 tsp vegetable glycerine

– lavender essential oil

– 1/2 cup hot water

Materials:

3 oz mister bottle
– measuring spoons

– measuring cup

– kitchen spoon

Add the black lava salt to your hot water and stir until the salt is fully dissolved. Then add vegetable glycerine for moisture — you can add more or less to the recipe depending on the texture and condition of your hair. Scent it with a few drops of lavender or the essential oil of your choice. I LOVE lavender though! There is something about the way the salt and the lavender blend together that creates a scent that’s to die for. Finally, give one last stir and pour into the mister bottle (this batch will fill two 3 oz bottles).

Four moisturizing oils join forces to give your hair serious shine. Plus, the invigorating scent of grapefruit essential oil livens up those locks!

Always DIY: Hair Serum

Ingredients:
– jojoba oil

– avocado oil

– olive oil

– vitamin E oil

– grapefruit essential oil

Materials:

3 oz pump dispenser

If you thought only using five ingredients is easy, then you’ll freak when we tell you this: You can totally eyeball it, too! So start by filling the bottle up a little more than half way with jojoba oil. Add the avocado oil until the bottle is around 3/4 full. Just add a smidge of olive oil (it can tend to make your hair look too oily if you over use). Finally, add a few drops of vitamin E oil and the essential oil of your preference. We used about five drops for a stronger grapefruit scent. Shake the bottle to blend everything and you’re done.

Our Lavender Lava Spray is a go-to for natural-looking volume, and our 5-Ingredient Hair Serum adds easy extra shine when you’re on-the-go. Each is ace on its own, but they make quite the dynamic duo when it comes to giving you perfectly wind-swept locks — even when you’ve got no time on your GCal for R+R.

1. Lightly mist the Lavender Lava Salt Spray all over your hair, focusing more on your roots. Scrunch it up and shake your fingers though your hair to get that beachy look.

2. Put a pea-size amount of 5-Ingredient Hair Serum on your fingers and apply to the ends of your hair for smooth, shiny and healthy-looking locks.

Ta-dah! A pretty messy style that’s to DIY-for.

Okay, speaking of messy…

Trust us: You’re just better off buying some hair products. We tried to hack hair spray, pomade, hair gel and mousse, and it was a total disaster (pantyhose + murky mason jar water = a scene you NEVER want to see on your butcher block!). But out of our hot mess comes recommendations for four go-to hair products to buy… and they’re each under $20!

This one was a deal breaker from the get-go. Once you melt the beeswax and use your mixer to blend in coconut oil, things just get real weird. The clean up is still a mystery to me — I’m pretty sure I will continue to find splatters of this mess for the next month! Why fuss when you can use this non-GMO Giovanni All-Natural Hair Wax? ($10). This pomade is blended with organic oils + ripe-harvested renewable plants and is cold processed to ensure maximum purity.

Don’t DIY: Beeswax Pomade

The whole flaxseed gel thing is insanely overrated. In the time it takes to squeeze the piping hot gel-like substance out of nylon you could simply add this cruelty-free Aubrey B5 Design Gel ($10) to your hair and style it out! This product is moisturizing and conditioning with vitamin B-5, aloe vera and rose mosqueta. It has no plastic compounds or hair synthetics. Boom.

Don’t DIY: Flaxseed Hair Gel

This one actually kind of works, but the second any humidity or moisture hits your hair, you are going to feel like a spool of cotton candy just melted off your head onto your face. NO THANK YOU! Try Andalou Naturals Perfect Hold Sunflower & Citrus Hair Spray ($16) that’s made of 71% certified organic ingredients.

Don’t DIY: Sugar Hairspray

I have to admit, I was truly excited to recreate an at-home mousse that seems as though it would result in the fluffiest, most lightweight product to tame our locks with. BUT this was the least successful of the bunch :( Not once did my attempts get anywhere close to a mousse-like substance, not even a little. But no worries: Instead, try this organic botanical-enriched Giovanni All-Natural Hair Styling Mousse Air-Turbo ($19).

Don’t DIY: Shea Butter Mousse

Want to know what the best podcasts have in common? They're witty, captivating, and make you feel like you're listening to your best friend pontificate about everything from pop culture to first date horror stories. They may even teach you how to relax your mind or get a grip on reality because we know you tend to imagine worst-case scenarios (we do too!).

Since we love sharing our favorite TV series and books with you, we're getting even more vulnerable to share the podcasts we've been listening to so far in 2025. We just know everyone will be talking about them non-stop which is our goal!

Get to know the best podcasts you should be listening to right now!

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Yap City — Brit + Co's Podcast

Brit + Co has our very own podcast that features hot takes from hosts Chloe Williams and Kayla Walden! Want to relive hilarious moments from the Oscars or obsess about book-to-film adaptations? Or, maybe you just need to know if someone's as obsessed with Severance as you are. No matter where you fall on the entertainment spectrum, Yap City's got you covered!

We're Your Girls

We're Your Girls

Best friends Tiffani Singleton and Taryn Delanie Smith know that life's messy, so they're talking about it. We're Your Girls listens like a inside conversation that's been made public because, well, they're girls girls! Even when they have different opinions, there's no catty behavior that's reminiscent of something from the Real Housewives franchise. It's just good, unadulterated fun that'll make you hit favorite before you're done listening to the first episode!

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Call Her Daddy

Alex Cooper isn't here to give listeners more fluff that leaves them confused. Instead, she pushes the envelope and gently slides it back in a way that creates intrigue. For example, did you know you recently interviewed THE Monica Lewinsky to give her a platform to tell her unfiltered story? You may want to tap in if you haven't listened already because Ms. Cooper knows how to put on a show.

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Baby, This is Keke Palmer

Tell the truth — you can't stop thinking about Keke Palmer. From her hilarious one-liners to having several creative jobs, there's a reason she won Entertainer of the Year at the NAACP Image Awards. But you know what's on our radar? Her podcast Baby, This is Keke Palmer.

She brings her same energetic and engaging energy to her interviews, creating an environment where guests and listeners alike want to soak up her thoughts.

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Keep it Positive, Sweetie

Crystal Renee Hayslett isn't afraid to venture outside of acting to have healing conversations on her couch. With her rich and silky voice, she encourages guests to tell their stories without using rage-bait to pull listeners in. Sure, she doesn't mind saying the quiet parts out loud about being single or trusting one's career journey, but it always comes across as level-headed.

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Magical Overthinkers

We love Amanda Montell at Brit + Co so it makes sense her podcast Magical Overthinkers is on our list! Based on the title of her bestselling novel The Age of Magical Overthinking, you'll find topics about social media habits, doomsday topics, and more!

P.S. Revisit our interview with Amanda Montell for a taste of what to expect from Magical Overthinkers.

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Giggly Squad

Hannah Berner & Paige DeSorbo's Giggly Squad podcast is a welcome reprieve from all the chaos going on in the world. Whether they're dissecting their horoscopes or talking about relationship woes 👀, these besties are the girls you listen to when you want an escape from burnout.

P.S. Their book How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously hits shelves next month!

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Naked Beauty

The first time we heard Brooke DeVard Ozaydinli's words fill our ears, we immediately subscribed to Naked Beauty before knowing everything she'd talk about. Although she dives into all things beauty, she also includes pivotal conversations about love, motherhood, and career.

Whether she's interviewing Issa Rae or Dita Von Teese, Brooke's got something to say and we think you should be all ears!

I Hate It Here

I Hate It Here

Hebba Youssef created I Hate It Here because she knows work culture can be soul-crushing at time. As the Chief People Officer at Workweek, she's seen more than her fair share of HR horror stories so she knows what you're going through. Also, she knows you've probably been unfairly blamed for things that are actually above your pay grade. So, think of I Hate It Here as an inside look into the world of HR and the people who are just trying to navigate as best as they can.

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Well...Adjusting

What can't Iady Robin Hopkins do? As an author, actress, and lowkey comedian, she's bringing her familiar energy to Well...Adjusting because she knows some of us are surrounded by proverbial fire. When you're ready to stop pretending "everything's fine," she'll be here to help you lower your cortisol levels so you can get serious about setting much-needed boundaries.

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Okay, we already know that Nobody Wants This season 2 is on its way, and that it's going to feature a new love interest for Morgan (bye bye Sasha!), and on March 7, Netflix gave us a brand new piece of info: the series is now filming! And Kirsten Bell and Adam Brody are getting cozy — not that I'm surprised.

Here's what we know about Nobody Wants This season 2 filming.

Kirsten Bell and Adam Brody are back as Joanne and Noah!

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Nobody Wants This is in production as of March 7, 2025 — and new episodes are set to premiere on Netflix this year! Two seasons in two years? We are so back.

In the first production image from season 2, Joanne and Noah are lying on the couch with Noah's arm wrapped around Joanne. Joanne's wearing a navy and red jacket while Noah's opted for a dark gray hoodie. Cozy!

Nobody Wants This season 2 was renewed in October of 2024. Creating Nobody Wants This will forever be a career highlight for me," creator and executive producer Erin Foster said in a statement. "The incredible cast, crew, producers and executives all made this into the show it is today, and to experience viewers' reactions to this series now that it's out in the world has been more than anything I could have dreamed."

Executive producer and showrunner Bruce Eric Kaplan added that the rom-com TV show "is such a unique and beautiful show and I am already having the best time working on it.”

We've had a blast watching it — and I know viewers are going to enjoy all the new episodes.

Where is Nobody Wants This season 2 filming?

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Season 2 is in production in Los Angeles, California, where they filmed season 1.

Check out 11 Romance TV Shows You Can Stream On Netflix Right Now for what to watch this weekend.

If you're a loyal fan of Yellowstone and its gripping mix of drama, family dynamics, and Western grit, then you're probably familiar with the genius behind the show: Taylor Sheridan.

As both a writer and director with a ranching background, he's perfected a unique style that blends heart-pounding action with complex characters.

But while Yellowstone has undoubtedly made its mark on television, Taylor's talents extend beyond the small screen. If you can't get enough of his storytelling, here are six Taylor Sheridan films you need to check out.

Scroll to see which Taylor Sheridan movies you should watch if you love YellowstoneASAP!

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1. Sicario (2015)

Sicario is one of Taylor Sheridand's standout works. This crime thriller features FBI agent Kate Macer, played by Emily Blunt, as she's selected for a top-secret task force to win the war on drugs. She goes to the United States-Mexico border to tackle the cartel, working alongside a team of shadowy operatives.

Much like Yellowstone, Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve, thrives on suspense, intense violence, and morally complex characters.

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2. Hell or High Water (2016)

If you're looking for a Sheridan film that most closely mirrors the world of Yellowstone, this movie might be the answer.

Hell or High Water is a neo-Western that follows Toby, a father struggling to save his family's ranch from foreclosure, who teams up with his ex-convict brother to rob banks in a desperate attempt to keep their land.

It blends classic Western themes with modern drama and explores deep family bonds amidst the harsh realities of financial hardship.

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3. Wind River (2017)

Taylor Sheridan both wrote and directed Wind River, which features Cory Lamber (Jeremy Renner), a wildlife officer, and FBI agent Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) as they investigate the murder of a young woman on a Native American reservation.

This film marked his directorial debut and showed off his skill in blending suspense with themes of prejudice, Native American struggles, and the violence of the American West.

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4. Sicario: Day Of The Soldado (2018)

In this follow-up to the original Sicario, agents Matt Graver and Alejandro Gillick return to the United States-Mexico border when the cartel starts smuggling terrorists into the U.S. The situation escalates when the agents kidnap the kingpin's daughter as leverage.

This sequel definitely didn't receive the same love as its predecessor, but Sicario: Day Of The Soldado is still a strong Saturday night movie pick for people who love storylines and character types like those in Yellowstone.

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5. Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)

Those Who Wish Me Dead follows Connor, a boy who's on the run from two hitmen during a wildfire. He teams up with a female smokejumper, trying to contain the flames as the killers pursue them.

This action-packed thriller has some of the same rural charm that fans love about Yellowstone, but presents a totally different narrative. It's tense, rated R, and stars Finn Little, Angelina Jolie, and Jake Weber, just to name a few.

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6. Finestkind (2023)

Last but not least, Finestkind is based on two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks who reunite during adulthood in Boston. As they grapple with personal struggles, they turn to an organized crime syndicate for help and end up in a risky situation.

Given its urban setting and different character types, this movie might not seem anything like Yellowstone. Nonetheless, it shares key themes of family and moral conflict. Oh, and did we mention Jenna Ortega's (Wednesday, You) in it?!

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