Women looking for textured hair are often fighting an uphill battle. It can be tricky to master this process if you haven't had help or instruction. That's why we're offering this detailed guide to creating awesome textured hair. With it, you can get the excellent styles you've always wanted without spending too much time on them.

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Working With Short Hair
Short haircuts sometimes make your styling options more limited depending on how short your tresses are. However, you can use textured hair as a way of working around this problem. Start by roughing up the ends of the hair with your fingertips to make it look a little bolder and more exciting. Now, add a little wax to add some volume to your hair and create some great texture.

For this wax, we suggest Kerastase Short Mania, $36. It's available at a fair price and holds in your hair very well. Use a brush to move this product through your hair and then continue to use your fingers to plump it up and add volume. After a while, you'll get the kind of texture to your hair that you've been craving.

Medium-Length Options
Women with medium hair have a few more styling possibilities for creating great hair with texture. For example, you can use a variety of hairsprays to design incredible textures that you may not be able to get with short hair. You can also use texturing sprays to boost your hair volume. We suggest Moroccanoil Dry Texture Spray, $28, for your texturing spray due to its more-than-fair price.

Creating texture for your hair relies on gauging its straightness. For example, very straight hair should use a curling iron to add waves. For curling irons, the Hot Tools 1 inch 24 K Gold Curling Iron, $39.99, is a good choice. Inexpensive and powerful, it creates great waves that will make your hair look fabulous. Spend time waving your hair with it before moving on to the next step.

However, those with curly hair can use a diffuser and pomade to scrunch the hair and make it a little thicker and wilder. Curly hair is already somewhat textured, but tweaking it with these simple styling ideas helps create an even tougher and sexier look.

Long Hair Requires a Change
While your textured hair styling choices are more diverse with long hair, you have to adjust the items you use to style your hair. While a curling iron is still a necessity, you should cut out the texturing spray and use sea salt spray.

Sea salt spray will help create a rougher and more textured hair look. It's perfect for women who rarely condition their hair. Apply it to your hair and use your curling iron to create incredibly textured styles.