A crown OF CURLS
Your round-up of wavy inspiration
1 Start in the shower
Using sudsy shampoos may leave your scalp feeling clean, but they can strip your locks of moisture and create havoc with your curls. That’s where oilinfused products like
Hask Curl Care Conditioner,
$13.50, can help. It locks in moisture to bring thirsty curls back to life, while a memory curl complex helps waves bounce back with frizz-proof definition. The more hydrated your hair, the more likely your curls will stay put.
2 Spray & scrunch
For the casual wash-and-go type of curl, look no further than a texturising spray. Spritz some through towel-dried hair and scrunch it in with your hands. As it dries, you’ll be rewarded with a tousled, beachy looking wave.
Goldwell StyleSign Curly Twist Surf Oil Spray, $29.50, adds body and texture but, unlike a traditional salt spray, has an oil component to give curls shine rather than making them matte.
3 Use a curling tool
If you’re not one of those ladies who cann curl hair like a pro with a straightener, you’re certainlynly not alone.
Curl Recognising the challenge, Remington has created the & Straight Confidence, $299,
with twisted platestes that curl your hair in one glide. To use, clamp it downn at the root and turn it halfway, then pull it down to thee end. Glide very slowly for bouncy curls and slowly for soft waves – the smooth, rounded outside housingng of the tool cools hair to set long-lasting curls.
4 Air dry
If you have a natural nat wave in your you hair but it’s inclined to misbehave, mis you can rein it in by combing com a leave-in n product pro through your you lengths once they’ve the been towel-dried. tow
Nature Nat Box Macadamia Mac Made to NNourish Cream, $1414.99,
uses coldcold-pressed mamacadamia oil to keekeep your locks loadloaded with momoistureisture as they dryy naturally.
5 Plug in some rollers
When you have time on your side, you can’t beat the old-world glamour of curls styled by a set of heated rollers, such as VS Sassoon Classic Salon Setter, $99.99. The secret to a googood ’do is to blow-dry youyour hair smooth first, ththen spray setting lotion through each section of hair before rolling it onto the hot roller. Once cool, gently unroll and brush out for smooth, voluminous waves.
6 Make ’ em polished
Sometimes Som all a curl needs is a little smoothing and definition, defi particularly on the ends. Dip your fingers into int something like Eleven KeKeep My Curl Defining Cream, $3434,
and work it through the length len of each curl to give it polish po as well as hold. You’ll find fin it will help to keep your curls cu separated too, rather than tha ending up with one big curly mop.
7 All-day stay
Humidity is a curl’s number-one enemy! From steamy bathrooms to rain, the moment moisture hits an unprotected curl, it can turn to frizz. The secret to keeping curls tame is to spritz with a lightweight finishing spray such as KMS Hairstay Anti-humidity Seal, $34, which forms a seal and acts like an umbrella to protect them.