Hairstylist Mark Townsend started by raking a palmful of hydrating mousse through her damp hair.
He shook them out after an hour for the easy, unfussy look.
“If I did one bun, I’d get one weird, big bend,” she says.
“Four buns give me pretty waves around my face.”
“It’s a trick we use backstage all the time,” says Cranford.
“Nine hours later, the process is over.”
That’s because twisting braids makes the waves smoother and prevents hair from puffing up as it dries.
But it needs some taming," says hairstylist Mara Roszak.
(That’s her in the photo.)
“I think braiding is key for a nice, pretty texture.”
“I don’t touch them again until they’re dry, to avoid frizz,” she says.
Then he pins her hair up in little twists.
“Think Gwen Stefani in the ’90s,” he says.
“Twist each section back and away from the face and leave it for about 20 minutes.”
He uses a styling cream on the ends and a silicone-based smoothing serum on the length of dry hair.
His fave isWella Professional Velvet Amplifier.
“It creates a nice separation and bumps up the shine,” he says.
“Otherwise, my hair dries straight on top and curly on the bottom, like a poodle.
