Got my texture spray.
That wasn’t supposed to happen.
Hey guys!
It’s Mi-Anne and this is Beauty in a Snap.
My guess is that y’all have seen textured waves before.
Everyone in Hollywood has been wearing them:
Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, Selena Gomez,
Gigi Hadid, Amy Schumer, the list is endless.
But what you might not know
is that textured waves are actually
really easy to do by yourself.
And in my opinion, a lot easier than traditional,
very curl-defined rings.
All you need is a heat protectant,
optional but you don’t want to fry your hair.
A texture spray, this is for the end.
And a flat iron.
I like one-inch flat irons.
Optional as well, duckbill clips
if you want to section off your hair.
So the whole point of this look
is to look very effortless.
In fact it can kind of look like you just rolled out of bed
or you just came back from the beach.
It’s so much easier, in my opinion,
than using a traditional curling iron
and wrapping your hair around it.
And doing every single section.
As you will see,
you can get away with mistakes
when you do this method.
So that’s why I personally like it.
Let’s get started!
First thing's first,
turn on your flat iron.
Then douse your hair with some heat protectant.
Step two, start the curls.
Take off a little section of your hair.
I would do a couple inches at the most,
not too thick as well.
Starting at the top of your head,
don’t try to move your flat iron
all the way to your scalp.
You’re going to burn yourself.
And start by moving the flat iron
in an outward motion like this.
That’s going to create a little bit of a crimp in your hair.
And then you’re going to want to go downward
and back, almost like in a zigzag.
Then make sure to go down
so that the ends of your hair are straight.
That’s what’s going to make your hair look really
natural when it’s all done.
So this is one curl.
I like to brush it out.
You can just randomly do different pieces
and it’ll all kind of blend together.
So I’m twisting, twisting, holding the end
of your hair like this will also make it easier
to make those curls.
Then, if you have bangs like me,
you can gather your bangs up,
give it a little twist out.
And they’ll just fall nicely with the rest of your curls.
If you want more curls, or waves, or definition,
you can go back in and curl
different sections of your hair.
What’s most important is that the ends of hair
that are around your face are curled
because that’s what’s going to be framing your face.
So now I’m going to start attempting
the back of my hair.
If it makes it easier for you,
you can use some clips to
tuck away these edges so it
makes it easier for you to access.
What I usually do is just grab pieces of my hair,
pull them forward so that I can see them,
and use the same zigzag technique.
The point of this look is more about texture
than it is defined curls.
So when you’re doing the back of your head,
it doesn’t really matter which direction
the curls are pointing
because you just want a uniform look
across your entire head.
Any areas that you see that look really straight
and you think you need a little bit more movement,
you can go and grab those.
Give them a little curl as well.
So I’m looking at my hair right now.
And I’m like happy with it.
I think it looks textured.
The best part of this look is that
you can kind of get away with it being a little messy
and a little bit not completely curled in every section.
Because the whole point is it has movement.
So what I’m going to do is
go in with some texture spray.
This is just going to give my hair volume and grit.
What I usually do is I’ll pull my hair back like this—
in my roots—just to give my hair some height.
Then I’ll go through.
It’ll also will give your hair some hold.
So it will keep the style a little bit longer.
And you don’t even need a brush for this look
because the whole point is that it looks messy
and you may not or may have brushed your hair.
These are my textured waves.
If I wanted to do them fast,
I can do them in five minutes or less.
Isn’t that crazy? I hope you guys love it too.
Thanks for watching.
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