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The key to getting it right: Show up at the salon with freshly air-dried, totally unstyled hair.
Your true texture will be easier for your stylist to spot.
Ask your stylist to feel the shape of your cranium.
The heat opens up hair’s cuticles, so your conditioner sinks in more deeply.
Best Product for Straight Hair
Limp hair can make you feel lackluster.
Work a volumizer through the rest, then put it up in a claw clip until dry.
Then finger-comb hair into a high ballerina bun, grab a latte, and walk to work.
Twirl sections and pin them in place.)
An hour later, let out the knot or pins, flip your head and shake out hair.
Waves fall flat by happy hour?
Massage a shot ofSally Hershberger Style Primer for Wavy Hair, $13, into hair to revive bounce.
Best Product for Curly Hair
Curly girls, meet your new BFF: a heavy-duty leave-in conditioner.
Apply to towel-squeezed tendrils, then finger-comb and twist half-inch sections of hair to form smooth curls.
To further thwart frizz, do this outside a steamy bathroom if you’re free to.
At-Home Straightener
Spending too much time and money getting your style chemically straightened?
Summer is the best time to space outor even phase outpricey treatments.
It has keratin and coconut oil to relax curls and defrizz for an entire month.
Tend to be greasy?
The miracle worker helps deslick by redistributing your natural oils.
The best part: It works for 25,000 strokes!
When hair is still damp, secure face-framing pieces along your hairline with duckbill clips to add body.
After hair is dry, unclip and work a dry wax through with your fingers.
TryJoico Dry Spray Wax, $19.
Best Style for Medium Hair
Mila KunisFinallya funky (and cool!)
style for the ubiquitous shoulder-length bob.
Mist a day-old ‘do with a volumizing dry shampoo to pump up texture.
Make a side part and pull hair into a pony behind your ear on the opposite side.
Twist the tail into a piece-y bun and secure with U-pins.
TryMarc Anthony 2nd Day Clear Dry Shampoo, $10.
Best Style for Long Hair
Gillian JacobsTaking long hair from sporty to spectacular is a cinch.
Start by raking pomade through damp strands to help your style last.
After air-drying, secure hair in a high pony.
Fasten ends in place with a clip.
TryAveda Brilliant Humectant Pomade, $19.
