Hair Care

This Is The Year to Make Peace with Your Hair Texture

Stop wanting what you don't have and learn to love your hair type

by Kristin Booker | COMMENT

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It's been commonly said that you always want what you don't have: girls with curls want smooth, straight hair; people with iron-straight hair envy curls and waves; limp hair wants volume; people with volume might want, well, less. Although so many of us are rocking what we've got, we still have moments of frustration when it comes to our hair type and texture.

"I think right now, the bigger conversation is someone not liking what their hair does naturally," explains celebrity hairstylist David Lopez, who says at least 90 percent of the models and stars he works with experience the same stress as the rest of us when it comes to their hair texture. "I don't even know if most clients have the words to say that it's the texture that frustrates them, they just say they don't like their hair, that it's got a 'weird wave' or it's too thick or the curls are too tight. All these things make your hair so beautiful."

Friends, let's make this the year we embrace our hair types once and for all. We've asked Lopez to give us some tips and tricks on how to handle some of the most common texture issues and he was more than happy to help.

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