Wavy Hair

Here's an excerpt of a tip-heavy post on getting no-heat waves from OnSugar blogger lesleykat:

Achieving no-heat waves is super simple:

1. After you shampoo and condition your hair, use a towel to wring out as much of the excess water as you can.
2. Apply a frizz serum or styling cream to seal the moisture into the hair. I like to use Neutrogena Triple Moisture Serum (available at most drugstores), but any styling product you like will do.
3. Comb it through with a medium-wide tooth comb.
4. Braid your hair and secure with an elastic hair band. If you can French braid, even better!
5. Slap a clean towel on your pillow and go to bed. Be sure to use a clean towel. You don't want your face to be all over a dirty towel as you sleep.
6. When you wake up: Undo the braid and separate hair pieces with your fingers. Do not use a brush or comb.
7. Work a little pomade or texturizing styling product from about halfway down the length through the ends. I like Devachan Set Me Up! (I think they've changed the formula and renamed it Set Up and Above. Available at Ricky's/Ulta/Devachan.)
8. Spritz a little medium-hold hairspray just to keep everything in place.
9. If you're prone to major frizz, you can add a little bit of a smoothing product, but I think a little frizz with waves looks natural. Unless you're going to a photo shoot, who cares about a touch of frizz?

To find out the inspiration behind this particular style, be sure to check out the intro of this post. And don't forget, you can start a blog of your own, too. Just create your own site and share your own beauty tips. You could be featured right here on Bella.

I have a confession: I have a hair crush on Audrey Tautou. It started with that famous stacked cut she wore while filming 2001's Amelie and has continued since. Whether she has longer hair or is sporting a wavy pixie, Audrey has the retro-chic look down pat. What makes this particular style (which she wore to the Paris premiere of De Vrais Mensonges) different is the way it starts off flat at the base and cascades down into a bevy of bouncy curls. So to find out how to style this retro-meets-modern bob, just keep reading.

Ever since Veronica Lake made sexy, come-hither waves popular back in the 1940s, celebrities everywhere have been emulating her style. But in the past few weeks alone, it appears everything old is new again, as we've seen a resurgence of the sexy look with stars like Kate Hudson, Selita Ebanks, and Mena Suvari wearing their own interpretations of the classic combination. To get the style yourself, be sure to check out my tips on how to wear a crimson lip and how to get retro waves. Will you wear this always-in-style trend, or is it too old-school for your liking?

Warm weather's not quite over yet, and if heat and humidity have you relocating to Frizztown (it's right next to Funkytown, but not nearly as exciting), you may be tempted to put your hair in a bun and be done with it. But don't admit defeat so quickly. Stylists Vickie Vidov and Kristina Barricelli of Gemini 14 salon have come up with an easy, pretty style that will transition from day to night with ease. So to see their recipe for glam, humidity-proof hair, just keep reading.

Beachy waves are typically achieved by using some kind of mattifying product, like Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray ($22). Recently, I became reacquainted with a spray wax styling product, and I'd forgotten how easy they are to use. Just like their matte counterparts, these spray waxes provide that laid-back choppy look, but with a slightly shiny finish. Best of all, they're lightweight.

Try Enjoy Texture Spray ($16) or Sally Hershberger's Genius Spray Wax ($12.50), both of which provide hold and texture to all hair types and lengths. Of her product, Sally says, "It's really about having the next-day sexy/messy look, with out looking all dry and greasy." To find out six different ways you can use this multifunctional product, just read more.

One of the interns here at Sugar has the cutest, most enviable curly/wavy pixie, while I, on the other hand, have the subtlest of waves in my pixie-esque cut. But with just the right product and styling technique, I have been able to coerce my normally wave-resistant strands to form soft curls thanks to tips from my stylist.

It's easy to do on any length hair, as long as you have slightly wavy strands, but also works wonderfully for those with super curly strands, too. Start off by applying a firm hold curl-enhancing gel to hair that's still slightly wet. I like Wella Hypercurl ($22), as it gives just the right amount of texture, but without the crunchy results. Then, break out the diffuser — a necessary styling tool that will soften your hairstyle, all while preventing frizz.

For a bit more customization, you can wrap individual strands around your finger to help give the curl more definition. But if you have barely-there waves like me, try scrunching and squishing hair into the diffuser.

Finding a hairstyle that's stylish, sensual, and easy to do is no simple feat. And thanks to tips from celebrity stylist Ken Paves, who styled Victoria Beckham's voluminous waves she wore to a recent LG phones party in LA, we can all have this covetable, voluminous texture in just three easy steps. "Victoria chose an outfit in a nude shade that was modern, yet feminine, clean, and sexy," Ken said. "I decided the hair needed to be clean [and] simple with some slight texture to seem effortless, just like the clothes," he added. Check out his tips on how to re-create Posh's look at home when you read more.

Avon Global Stylist Advisor Tippi Shorter has given us lots of excellent tips over the past few weeks, from her perspective on what's hot now with Winter hair trends to her advice on getting gorgeous hair in a flash. Now, Shorter, who frequently works with Alicia Keys, has some inside information on how she works with the songstress's locks to create this signature waved style. The sexy look is easy to re-create, and you can find it when you read more.

Years ago, when hair expert Keneesha Hudson allowed her curly locks to go natural, it proved to be a positive experience. "I feel a great sense of freedom wearing my own hair," she told me. "It definitely has a much more organic feel to it. It doesn't hold me back from any activity — from anything," she added. As owner of Urbanbella salon in Atlanta, Keneesha educates women about embracing their own curl. She's already offered us tips on taking care of curly locks, as well as taming unruly strands, and now it's time for tips on cuts and styling. To find out her sage advice, just read more.