3. Once your hair feels dry, use a flatiron to flick and twist out any pieces that aren't quite right. If your hair is wavy or curly, add polish and texture with a 1"-2" curling iron (depending on your curl size) to define various sections.
4. For a more natural look, keep the pieces twisted off or back from your face, and keep your curls random and sparse -- not uniform.
5. Optional: If you want to add additional oomph now that your texture is out in full force, try one of these amazing braids.
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Slick It
Great for: Long hair
Lopez, who helps make the "Glee" cast look spectacular, says this is a great way to make a simple ponytail look modern and fun. To recreate this:
2. Blow dry while smoothing hair back into a ponytail shape with a boar-bristle brush. (Tip: Get those hairs at the nape of your neck to cooperate by blow drying them upwards while your head is turned upside down.)
Next: Step 3
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Slick It
Great for: Long hair
3. Once your hair is dry, spray a brush with hairspray and start smoothing your hair into a ponytail with it. Secure with a small, snag-free elastic. (Try Goody Ouchless Mini Gentle Elastics, $2).
4. Wrap 1" sections of your pony around a curling iron to give it more bounce.
I fell in love with this hairstyle when I saw it on the runway while covering Fashion Week. I didn't have time to wash my hair the next day, and it was a rat's nest, so I thought, "I'll just go with it!" To recreate this style:
1. Tease it ... a lot. Grab 1-inch sections on the crown and sides of your head, spray them with strong-hold hairspray, and tease them from roots toward tips with a fine-tooth comb. If you really want to go for it, tease the back too. You should resemble the Bride of Frankenstein at this point. (Don't worry, it gets better.)
Next: Step 2
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Tease It
Great for: Most lengths
2. Using your comb, gather all your hair to the side, then roll inward to form a French twist, securing the roll with 8 to 10 bobby pins that point downward into the twist at 45-degree angles. If the tips of your hair stick straight up at the top, roll them and pin them into the top of the twist.
4. If you want to add a romantic touch, pull out a few tendrils at the nape of your neck and curl them with a curling iron. Or stick them in a decorative headband.
Bad hair days. We've all been there ... and it's so frustrating. When I had long hair, I wanted to cut it because it was way too heavy, greasy, and flat. So I cut it short ("low maintenance, here I come!") and was thrilled until pieces started sticking out every which way. Now, while it's growing out, it just looks dented and weird most days.
Don't get me wrong; if I bother to take the time to style my hair, it looks just how it's supposed to. But what's a girl who's crunched for time to do with hair that's just not cooperating? Call up an expert stylist and ask for help, of course! So, that's what I did and now you don't have to.
I collected the styling tips from celebrity stylists Jet Rhys and David Lopez to find the easiest styling 'dos to bail us out of bad hair days. See if any of them will work for you!
