Step 1: Using a small round brush, blow dry sections of hair and roll the brush away from your face.
Step 2: With a 3/4-inch curling iron, wrap 1-inch sections of hair from mid-shafts to ends only (leave the roots straight). Curl random sections of hair in different directions to create a more haphazard, rough texture. Step 3: Gently tousle your hair with your hands to break up the curls.
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Next: See how to style medium and long hair and all the finished looks
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For medium-length hair:
Step 1: Section your hair into 2-inch squares all over your head using zigzag lines to part. The zigzagged sections will help procure a more imperfect finish. Step 2: With each section, apply a dollop of mousse through it and twist the strand to wind it into a tight mini bun. Secure with a bobby pin. Create these mini buns throughout your head.
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Medium-length hair how-to continued:
Step 3: Blast each mini bun with a blow dryer, until your hair is dry and the bobby pins feel hot, Thomas says. This will take about 15 to 20 minutes. Let the buns cool down before removing the pins. Step 4: If you feel your hair is too curly, use a medium-sized round brush and a blow dryer to smooth out the hair that frames your face and the top layer of your hair around your part. Make sure to direct the hair away from your face. Step 5: With a 3/4-inch curling iron, wrap small sections of hair around the iron that are too straight or too curly. Just wrap from mid-shaft of the hair to the ends. Step 6: Smooth a dime to nickel-sized amount of styling wax on your waves to tame frizz and define strands. Tousle your hands through your hair as you apply.
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For long hair:
Step 1: Take 2-inch sections of hair and spritz with a lightweight hairspray, then blow dry the section using a medium-sized round metal brush (Thomas recommends using a metal brush because it heats up faster). Roll the hair up in the brush like it's a hot roller and hold it there while blasting it with the blow dryer for a few seconds. Step 2: Twist the brush as you unroll your hair then wrap the section of hair around your index and middle fingers. This will create a coil. Secure the coil to your scalp using a duckbill clip. Repeat steps one and two until all hair is secured into pin curls. Step 3: Let your hair set in pin curls while you finish your morning routine (do your makeup, brush your teeth, etc.). Step 4: Remove the clips and finish by gently tousling your hair with your hands to break up the curls, creating a more "lived in" look.
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Image via Eli Thomas of Thomas Chance Hairdressing
Flipping through a Victoria's Secret swim catalog is a surefire way to commit one of the seven deadly sins: envy. There's much to covet, but the one thing we want is the models' perfectly tousled wavy hair. Though we can't tell you how to get a VS Angel's body (or amazingly hot-in-pirate-attire actor husbands), we are absolutely sure about one thing: How to get tousled hair.
While this hairstyle has always been the classic go-to for beach hair, today it has become as pervasive as bellbottoms in the '60s. Virtually every celeb has tousled her hair for the red carpet, and the queen of pop, Beyonce wore it in her hot "Run the World" music video. That's good enough reason for us.
So we went to celebrity hairstylist Eli Thomas, owner of Thomas Chance Hairdressing in Santa Monica, Calif. to give us step-by-step how-tos for every hair length, whether it's short, medium or long. All you need is a blow dryer, some tousling hair products, an appropriately sized curling iron, or just bobby pins depending on your hair.
Maybe you don't have your own personal lighting director and wind machine following you around, but one thing's for sure: you can have tousled hair — with or without Victoria's Secret. Learn how to make this look your own now.
