What is Your Travel Hair Regimen?

How will you wear your hair on vacay?

It's now or never for most summer travel plans.

But along with what to pack and what to wear, we also have to consider how to wear our natural hair -- will we implement water-friendly styles, heat-friendly styles, what products to bring, etc, and will our current products work as well in new climates?

So many questions. It's enough to make you turn your entire regimen upside down, but here are a few tips:

1. Consider your activities. If  you're hanging at the beach, scuba diving and parasailing, flat ironed hair probably won't work for you. Take a good look at what you will be doing and base your vacay hairstyles around your travel plans.
2. Take only the products you need. TSA ain't no joke; you can forget about taking that liter-sized bottle of your fave conditioner because there is still a ban on large liquids. This might actually be a good thing because it forces you to pare down your products, taking only what you need in travel sized containers. Less is more -- moisturizer, leave-in and styling product. Unless you're spending the summer in Brazil, you don't need your entire arsenal of hair products.
3. Adjust your expectations. What works well at home may not be effective on sea or coast. Keep this in mind when it comes to styling and products. If you know you're going to an area with more humidity than home, that wash and go just might look like an afro if you're walking around South Beach. Not that there's ever anything wrong with an afro, but you might be setting yourself up for a disappointment if an afro isn't the particular look that you're going for. 
4. Opt for low-maintenance styles. Who wants to spend their vacay spending all their time twisting, deep conditioning and braiding their hair?  The key is low maintenance, carefree styles.  Now isn't the time to try an elaborate style or keep up complicated and time consuming hair regimens, so keep it simple. A pony tail, wash and go, or quick updo are all good styling options. Choose styles that won't take a long time, both in terms of preparation at bedtime and daytime styling. Remember, you can resume your regimens when you're back at home. Just don't forget to pack your headwrap!