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Each type of hair has numerous pros and cons. For example, super-straight hair has always been considered gorgeous and easy to maintain for you don’t have to spend countless hours styling it. All you have to do is to brush it and apply a few drops of nurturing serum. If you were wondering why all your friends would like to have hair just like yours, now you know the reason. However, what they don’t know is that it is practically impossible for you to add texture and volume to your smooth hair. If you would like to achieve chic, beach waves, don’t despair. Here are some amazing tips on how to do that.

Use natural products

Hairstyling usually requires exposing our hair to heat and numerous toxic chemicals, which will make our hair brittle and highly damaged. Therefore, if you want your hair to be healthy, and yet try out various hairstyles, you need to pay attention to hair products you use. For example, organic hair products such as shampoos, conditioners or sea salt spray will make your ultra-straight hair silky and help you add texture with ease. 

Now let’s take a look at achieving feminine waves in just a couple of minutes, using sea salt spray. For such method, it is recommended that your hair isn’t too silky for more natural looks will be achieved if it hasn’t been washed for a couple of days. Firstly, you should damp your hair and part it in the middle. Then, you should apply sea salt and dry it. When your hair is completely dry, you should use a curling iron and hold it vertically to get downward spirals. Finally, apply a firm holding spray in order to fix your waves and you’re ready!

Use flat iron

Now, you’re probably wondering why girls with straight hair would use flat iron. Believe it or not, flat iron can be very useful for adding texture to your super-straight hair. All you have to do is to pull your hair back into a large braid or pigtails. Then, you should pull your straightener down 1-inch parts of your hair, unwind your braid and your chic summer curls are set.

Use curling iron

Curling iron definitely plays the most important role in achieving well-defined curls and waves. If all your attempts to curl your hair using it ended up in failure, you must’ve done something wrong. What you probably don’t know is that you should never curl ends of your straight hair. All you have to do is to place your curling iron on the top of your hair and wind the curling wand, leaving the ends out.  Hold the curling wand there for about 5 seconds and then gently pull down each part of the hair. Using this method, you will always be able to achieve casual, beach looks in less than 10 minutes.

Overnight Braids

Sometimes, for gaining perfect summer waves, you don’t need to use expensive products or damage your hair. For decades, overnight braids have served as an extremely simple way to add volume to our hair, having minimal impact on it. You just need to put your hair in a French braid or twists and keep them intact over night. If you want to achieve luxurious large curls, you should put your hair in a couple of tight French braids, while for achieving a messy beach looks, you can do that with one, loose braid. Once you unbraid your hair, you will be surprised with its exquisite volume.

Good old Velcro rollers

Today, it seems that Velcro rollers are kind of a forgotten technique for gaining dazzling hair texture and beautiful chic curls. They are soft, colorful and, unlike flat or curling iron, they don’t damage hair by exposing it to heat. Firstly, you should choose the size of rollers according to the curls you want to achieve. All you have to do is to roll your hair in them and wear them at least half an hour. Then, unroll your hair and fix it with firm holding hair spray.

We all love changes. Even the girls with beautiful super-straight hair would like to make it more wavy and wild, especially during the summer. Following these pretty simple tips, you will manage to add texture to your hair in just a couple of minutes. Enjoy!