It may seem counterintuitive to clean hair before tousling, but Thomas says you want to begin prepping hair in the shower with products that will help add moisture and minimize frizz. Try Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly Shampoo, $2.99 and Conditioner, $2.99.
For straight or fine hair, comb a large dollop of volumizing mousse through wet hair. We recommend Tresemme Thermal Creations Volumizing Mousse, $3.84, a 2011 Total Beauty Award Winner.
For medium to thick hair, apply styling cream (try Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream, $25) to help control flyaways and finger comb it through the hair for even application.
Flip your hair, then with a diffuser dry your hair until it's 85 percent dry. Don't touch your hair too much while drying, you want to "get in and get out," says Thomas. Touching it often will create more frizz.
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Next: See how to style short, medium and long hair
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For short hair:
Step 1: Using a small round brush, blow dry sections of hair and roll the brush away from your face.
Step 2: With a 3/4-inch curling iron, wrap 1-inch sections of hair from mid-shafts to ends only (leave the roots straight). Curl random sections of hair in different directions to create a more haphazard, rough texture. Step 3: Gently tousle your hair with your hands to break up the curls.
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Next: See how to style medium and long hair and all the finished looks
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For medium-length hair:
Step 1: Section your hair into 2-inch squares all over your head using zigzag lines to part. The zigzagged sections will help procure a more imperfect finish. Step 2: With each section, apply a dollop of mousse through it and twist the strand to wind it into a tight mini bun. Secure with a bobby pin. Create these mini buns throughout your head.
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Next: See how to finish the look for medium-length hair
Flipping through a Victoria's Secret swim catalog is a surefire way to commit one of the seven deadly sins: envy. There's much to covet, but the one thing we want is the models' perfectly tousled wavy hair. Though we can't tell you how to get a VS Angel's body (or amazingly hot-in-pirate-attire actor husbands), we are absolutely sure about one thing: How to get tousled hair.
While this hairstyle has always been the classic go-to for beach hair, today it has become as pervasive as bellbottoms in the '60s. Virtually every celeb has tousled her hair for the red carpet, and the queen of pop, Beyonce wore it in her hot "Run the World" music video. That's good enough reason for us.
So we went to celebrity hairstylist Eli Thomas, owner of Thomas Chance Hairdressing in Santa Monica, Calif. to give us step-by-step how-tos for every hair length, whether it's short, medium or long. All you need is a blow dryer, some tousling hair products, an appropriately sized curling iron, or just bobby pins depending on your hair.
Maybe you don't have your own personal lighting director and wind machine following you around, but one thing's for sure: you can have tousled hair — with or without Victoria's Secret. Learn how to make this look your own now.
