According to celebrity hairstylist Daniel Koye, every hair style responds to texture in a different way, but all can benefit from a little bounce. “Adding texture to your hair means that you want to add body and a visual separation to your hair,” he says. “Anybody can add visual texture to their hair. The method of how just changes depending on whether hair is straight, wavy, curly, or kinky curly hair.” If you want to upgrade your look but don’t know where to start, take these tips from top-rated professionals for ideas on how to add texture to hair easily and effectively.
How to add texture to hair
To start, she suggests thoroughly applying the mouse throughout your hair for lots of body. If you want to put more motion at the front of your hair instead of the back, use more product. (The more product, the more you will accentuate texture.) And when it’s time to dry your hair, Rago suggests using the cold setting, which helps to evenly distribute product and volume throughout your hair. He suggests using a texturizing spray and a wand curling rod. After you spritz dry hair, go around the rod one time with each section of hair. Then, hold the wand vertically and take small sections from the top of your head and wrap them around the wand for a second. Alternate the direction you wrap each section as you go around. “Not all of the curls should go in the same direction because then it looks unnatural and won’t actually add the desired definition,” Koye says. “Make sure that the sections at the front are going away from the face, though.” The key, he says, is fingering a hair serum throughout your hair. Then, blow your roots with a blow dryer in the direction you want your hair to go: down, angled, and so on. Koye says to use the same texturing technique as straight hair but with a flat iron. Once you’re finished, Koye suggests going back to any tame spots that are too curly or still frizzy and going over them with the straightener again. “Then, in large pie-shaped sections around the head, flat iron each section,” he says. “If some pieces are still too curly, hit it with a flat iron again.” Pay attention to each section, though, since you want to make sure you are conscious of the ends of your hair. “Either tuck the ends in or flip them out, but don’t go straight down, because then as the hair cools it can get kinks in it,” he says. RELATED: I Tried the Curly Girl Method on My Wavy Hair, and I’m Never Going Back To begin, either mist your hair until it’s damp or braid hair post-shower. Try French braids, twisted bantu knots, or any other style you can master. When your hair is dry, unravel the braids and add serum, hairsprays, or mousse to tame flyaways and hold the texture. Start with dry hair and section off a small layer of hair along your part and clip it up. Next, Perez says to take small sections of hair and crimp from the roots to about two inches from the ends. Once you’re done, let the top section down to cover up any unruly volume at the top of your head. “Don’t overthink this,” Perez says. “Texture is forgiving. Shake it all out and leave as is, or combine with your favorite texture spray. This method is like ’teasing’ but without all the mess of smoothing out a tease, and it’s wearable for everyday.”
