How To Give Your Hair Sexy Waves
How to get sexy wavy hair like Jessica Simpson. It's the look of last year and this year and isn't about to go out anytime soon. Wavy hair is hot, hot, hot. Find out how to give yourself the red carpet look to die for.
Difficulty: Average
Time Required: 10-15 minutes, depending on amount of hair
Here's How:
1. Spray freshly washed roots with volumizing spray. I like Bumble & Bumble or you can try Aveda volumizing tonic .
2. If hair is naturally course or curly, work a straightening balm through hair. Here's a great list of balms.
3. Blow dry hair straight, starting at the roots to get extra volume. Hair must be completely dry for this look to work.
4. Blow cold air at the roots to add volume (cold air locks in a style, according to celebrity stylist Oscar Blandi)
5. Using a 1-inch barrel curling iron, take a 1-inch portion of hair and wrap around the barrel of the curling iron. You'll want to alternate the direction of the curl as well. (Wrapping hair is different from the traditional curling method. You don't want to 'clip' hair into the barrel). Wrapping allows you to curl all the way to the root. When you're curling, make sure to leave ends loose.
6. After curling each portion, roll & pin curls to your scalp.
7. Once curls have cooled, release them.
8. Remove nozzle from dryer & gently loosen waves with cool air. 'Let the wind separate them,' Blandi tells Us Weekly. You can also separate curls with your fingers, just make sure not to brush them out.
9. To add shine, spritz a hair serum. Or forego hair serum & spritz with saltwater spray. I like John Frieda Beach Blonde Ocean Waves Sea spray
10. Set with a spritz of hairspray. Just don't overdue it, you don't want to new waves to be 'crunchy.'
What You Need:
- Volumizing spray
- Straightening balm (if you have thick, course hair)
- Hair dryer
- A 1-inch barrel curling iron
- Shine serum
- Hairspray
- Saltwater spray