How To Get Wavy Hair

How to style your hair wavy and wild

Wavy hair gives your look a totally laid-back, casual look, which feels especially chic if you're dressed up for a cocktail party where everyone else will have their hair tightly wound up. Little black dress + wild hair = unabashed sex appeal, always. Wanna get wavy hair right this minute? Try on wavy hairstyles in our virtual hairstyle studio.

Wild Runway Waves

Wild waves are a classic runway trend, and this time the look has plenty of volume and lift. Layers give wavy hair a distressed look that’s beachy, piecey and so right now.

If you have naturally wavy hair, you're already on your way to achieving a surfer-perfect effect. Simply wash your hair, apply volumizer at the roots to achieve plenty of volume, blowdry until slightly damp and scrunch from ends-to-roots with your hands as you finish blowdrying. Once your hair is completely dry, try a little soft-hold hairspray (you never want waves to be stiff or over-styled).

To make naturally straight hair wavy, twist damp hair into small sections, twist the sections around your finger and use a bobby pin to hold each section in place at the scalp. Leave the tiny twists in for about thirty minutes or until you finish drying your hair. Let it fall down (do not brush!) and use your fingers to create lift at the roots and a little extra tousle throughout (scrunch, scrunch, scrunch). Curl the ends with a curling iron for a more polished look.

Wild Surfer Girl Waves

A surfer girl's hair is tousled by salt water and kissed by the sun. If you want to look like a true California beach babe, you can easily cheat to get this look. A texturizing wax or spray mimics the effect of sun, sand and saltwater, without the damage. Mousse also works to achieve a wet look. Highlights are a must for an aspiring surfer girl.

If your hair is pin straight, get wavy surfer girl hair by tearing an tee shirt into 1-inch strips. Separate dry hair into 2-inch sections, twist around each fabric strip as if it were a curler, and secure with a loose knot at the scalp. Since these soft, homemade curlers won’t disrupt sweet dreams, leave them in while you snooze, and scrunch with texturizing product upon waking.

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