BEAUTY SOLUTIONS
14 | September 2019
Want to keep your
natural curls luscious
and frizz-free?
Lock in moisture at
every step, starting
in the shower when
your hair is still
wet, says hairstylist
Dickey, who has
styled Rihanna’s
and Michelle
Obama’s hair.
STEP 1 After
using a suds-free
shampoo or co-
washing (cleansing
with conditioner),
work a quarter-size
dollop of a leave-in
conditioner designed
for coarse texture
from roots to ends.
On short or fine
curls, use a dime-
size drop. Try The
Good Stuff Intensive
Nourishment Cream
($8; target.com).
STEP 2 Use the
same roots-to-
tips move with a
lightweight serum,
such as Moroccanoil
Treatment ($44;
moroccanoil.com).
Then apply a curl
cream for textured
hair. Try Hair Rules
Curly Whip ($32;
hairrules.com).
STEP 3 Gently
squeeze water out
of the ends of the
hair with a paper
towel or old T-shirt.
(Towel-drying
creates frizz, Dickey
says.) From there,
you can either
air-dry, blow-dry
with a diffuser, or
place your hair
under a hooded
dryer attachment,
commonly sold at
beauty supply stores.
For these short
cuts, you want the
longer layers in the
front to be textured
and a little messy.
“If it’s too smooth
and flat, it can look
a bit helmetlike,”
says hairstylist Teddi
Cranford, owner
of the White Rose
Collective salon in
New York City.
STEP 1 Spritz a
thickening spray
throughout clean,
damp hair. Try Love
Beauty and Planet
Coconut Milk &
White Jasmine
Beachy Texture
Sea Salt Spritz ($7;
lovebeautyand
planet.com).
STEP 2 Blow-dry
your hair while
tousling the front
with your fingers
(from front to back
and side to side).
Lift the hair at your
crown as you blow-
dry to add volume.
STEP 3 When your
hair is 90 percent
dry, use a round
brush to finish drying
it, twisting sections
into corkscrews with
the brush to create a
piecey effect.
STEP 4 Once your
hair is dry, finish with
a dry texturizing
spray. These formulas
deliver volume and
separation to help
you get that cool
undone finish. Try
Not Your Mother’s
Double Take Dry
Finish Texture Spray
($7; ulta.com). If your
hair starts to look
limp later in the day,
run a wide-tooth
comb through
it to reactivate the
product, then
part your hair on
the opposite side.
You’ll instantly
get back shape
and fullness.
Try the Conair
Shower Comb
($4; target.com).
TOUSLED
CROP
A fresh cut is a good place to start. But that
alone won’t guarantee a great style. If your hair
days are mostly so-so, your current routine is
probably missing a product (or two). Find the
look you like, then follow our simple plan.
HAIRSTYLE
love your
DEFINED
CURLS
PHOTOS: (PORTRAIT) ARI MICHELSON/AUGUST IMAGES, (PRODUCTS) JACOB FOX
