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3 Ways Even Your Stick-Straight Hair Can Have Beach Waves

The genius tricks you've never heard of for getting tousled, textured hair
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Grab Your Flat Iron
It seems counter-productive to use a flat iron to create curls, but Malafronte swears this method will create more modern, natural-looking beach waves than the big, bouncy curls you get from using a curling iron. Start by separating hair into one-inch sections. Next, Russo says to clamp down the flat iron approximately three inches from the root and rotate the iron in 180-degree turns about every inch as you go down the length of the hair. Finish by spraying with a stronghold hairspray like Rusk Freezing Spray Humidity-Resistant Hairspray Extreme Hold. Once you've conquered beach waves with Russo's techniques, may we suggest you take a week off? Might as well show them off on an actual beach.

Every summer, I'm bombarded with magazine spreads and YouTube tutorials on how to get the perfect beach waves -- and I devour every one of them. I buy salt spray and sit religiously in front of my vanity trying to create those perfectly undone, (seemingly) low-maintenance waves. Summer beach waves may be considered a "quick and easy" hairstyle, but my limp, un-waved hair insists otherwise. Enter the hair geniuses at Salon Mario Russo in Boston. Owner and lead stylist Mario Russo has created three out-of-the-box techniques for creating beach waves that will work on even the straightest hair, guaranteed. And get this -- you don't need a curling iron, wand or automatic machine doo-dad to get the look. Get ready to have your world rocked, and your waves turned seriously beachy.
BY HAYLEY MASON | JUL 21, 2014 | SHARES
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