Did you ever wonder how to get some of the most popular, desirable, sexy hair looks that you've seen in the magazines and on the runways, or in your popular guilty-pleasure tabloid, on the biggest stars? I know I have, and you can almost all the time mimic the look at home, you just have to have the right tools, the right products, and of procedure the right skills and direction to be able to mock the look in your own home rather than sit in a salon for a few hours, which is actually what some of these stars do.
While it is true that the right pro can give you these looks, and believe me, not even all professionals are good at giving you exactly the look you are requesting - it takes a special stylist to do that, you can assuredly do it yourself as well with a diminutive practice and patience.
The look I'm talking about today is the much coveted mess, beach wave, tousled look that has a piecey texture to it, and tends to look sexy because it alludes to the notion that you just rolled out of bad, or you just had a roll in the bed, if you know what I mean. It may look like you've just been on a windy ride in a convertible with the top down, or perhaps that you were just doing a photo shoot in front of a fan. You get the picture, now let's talk about how to get this magnificent, and deceptively easy look.
First, start off with washing your hair with your general shampoo and conditioner. I personally don't think that the shampoo and conditioner you use matter, the success is actually more in the products you use after you wash your hair. Once out of the shower, thoroughly towel dry your hair, first applying a leave in spray conditioner.
This helps to make the hair easier to detangle and more soft and shiny, which is the first part of the look, because you don't want hair that has tons of texture and body but looks dried out and dull, it sort of defeats the purpose. Then, when you have combed straight through the leave in conditioner, you will want to apply whether a spray wax or a texturizing cream.
Either one will work, you just have to find which one you like better in terms of how it makes you hair feel and look. For instance, if you can't stand the way a spray on wax hair product feels, then try a texturizing cream, one that advertises it will give you a great tousled, wavy and texture-rich look. You can also try one of the sprays that advertises it gives you beach waves. I know a few brands that offer sprays that contain "ocean water" salt or some sort of texturizing agent like that, those may work also.
Don't be shy, use the product generously, as this is what will conduce to that piecy, healthy wavy look you are going for. Now that you have the two products I propose in your hair, take your blow dryer and blow dry your hair until it is only slightly damp. You do not want any major wetness leftover, you just don't need to blow it dry thoroughly so it's straightened and smooth, just get most of the moisture out of it.
I prefer a good ionic hair dryer that uses tourmaline technology, coupled with ceramic plates to dry the hair, no matter what style you're doing since it imparts a beautiful, bouncy and weightless shine and great texture, but of procedure you can use anything hair dryer you have as well, you just may find you get first-rate results with a salon quality dryer.
Now, once you have most of the moisture dried out of your hair, take two long, curved bobby pins. I like to use the kind that are meant to be used as hair clips, not as curler holders, since the curved ones stay in the hair all night without budging, whereas general long bobby pins all the time fall out at some point.
You are going to put your hair in a very high bun. You can whether do one bun at the top of your head, twisted French style, or you can do two buns, one on each side of your head like Princess Leia in Star Wars. Just make sure you twist the hair as you roll it into a bun, that's the incommunicable to getting the waves you want. When you wake up in the morning, you can shake out the bun and you will see that you have a Ton of volume, and your hair will most likely look very curly. Don't worry, the curls will die down but the volume and the waves will stay.
I use a large 2 inch barrel curling iron to get any kinks out and to add a few more strategically located bouncy curls and waves, and then I am done. I normally will close it off with a spritz of shine spray or some sort of silicone polymer shine boost to add a diminutive more interest and depth to the look.
Hair How-To - Getting the Messy, Tousled Beach Wave Look
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