Long, sideswept bangs and an imperfect, tousled texture keep this cropped style from seeming boyish.
Wash with protein shampoo and conditioner.
On damp hair, vigorously massage in volumizer; spraying hair at the roots gives you lift.
Blow-dry hair upside down while tousling.
Blow-dry strands and style them forward.
(Choose a slim model to help you avoid a burn.)
Finish with shine pomade.
Then gently ruffle hair back and forth with fingers and palms, starting in back and moving forward.
Smooth and separate pieces with fingers.
Scrunch it into hair and finger-comb through bangs.
If you have straight hair, continue scrunching while you blow-dry.
For curly hair, dry using a brush right away, or it may begin to curl and frizz.
Dry bangs downward, in front of eyes, slightly angled to the opposite side you usually wear them.
Doing so gives them volume, says Gretchen Monahan, a salon owner in Boston.
Use a tiny drop of pomade to avoid weighing them down.
Gently rub the ends together between fingers to help hold them in place.
Ruffle the rest of your hair at the roots while misting on a light hairspray.
Clean, silky hair is gorgeous but can be slippery when creating an updo.
Hold head upside down and apply a texturizer or hairspray all over for a matte finish.
Then lightly back-comb the top section.
Start at roots and move to ends.
Light teasing won’t damage hair, and it’s the best way to get oomph, Magallones says.
Lightly mist with a nonsticky aerosol hairspray for hold.
For a more casual look, pick out a few face-framing wisps.
Finish the style by pulling the elastic out from your scalp to loosen the ponytail a bit.
and natural-looking body are sultry, yet convey a cool, easygoing attitude.
Your goal: volume.
Detangle wet hair with your fingers; a comb slicks hair against your scalp, Monahan says.
Rub volumizing mousse between palms and apply to strands from roots to midlength.
Pull hair up and out to prevent globbing in one spot.
Keep mousse on palms, scooping up a little with your fingers as you go.
Brush out hair sections, drying along their length.
When strands are 80 percent dry, spritz roots with a pump hairspray for additional texture.
Finish blow-drying, section by section, with a brush as you pull hair upward.
(Small sections create more bounce.)
Direct heat at roots from all sides, which keeps hair from going flat.
Pull down the brush to untwirl and relax the wave.
For a curlier style, twist sections of hair around the closed barrel of a curling iron.
Keep ends straight so waves look unfinished.
Tousle and finish with shine spray.
MOUSSEHerbal Essences Body Envy Volumizing MousseBRUSHGoody Ouchless Hot Rounds brush with retractable bristlesHAIRSPRAYWarren-Tricomi Non-Aerosol Hair SpraySHINE SPRAYTresemm?
