Once we lobbed off six inches of hair — a process that took a whopping three (!) minutes — we moved on to styling. Warren worked in a mousse throughout my damp hair and scrunched, scrunched, scrunched to give it volume and hold. I love and swear by the John Frieda Frizz-Ease Air-Dry Waves Styling Foam ($11).
Then, a wild revelation: "I'm only going to use a diffuser to dry your hair," he says. I clearly looked shocked. "A lot of people with fine hair don't know when they actually have a natural wave to their hair. A diffuser will bring out your curls."
If you're like me and have used a diffuser as often as you have your dentist's flossing recommendation, Warren offered some sage advice: "When you're drying your hair, make sure to use your fingers to pull your roots upward away from your head when the heat is on it, but don't comb all the way through. That'll break your curl pattern."
Finally: hairspray. Listen, I'm the person who asks hairstylists to skip the hairspray even on the most humid of days, but Warren says this is key for making this style work. "Don't be afraid of hairspray," he says as he — and I'm not exaggerating — bathed my hair in it. "Seriously. For this style to hold, especially if you have fine hair, you almost need to drench it."
