Seeing that people seem to like my advice I guess I will answer some more of your questions.. This one is for Cameron.To Achieve a Messy Hair Effect
The title says messy hair, but does not mean that you should look like a porcupine on a bad day. Messy refers to messy, in a structured way. One that looks good, as opposed to being a halo of hair. Read on.
Steps
1. Wash your hair. Use shampoo and a little bit of conditioner. If you use too much conditioner, your hair goes limp and flat, too little, and your hair becomes too dry.
2. Towel dry your hair until there is no water dripping off the ends. Alternatively, you could just shake your hair out.
3. Run your fingers though your hair, separating the different parts, so your hair falls in the direction it does naturally. Do not attempt to do anything fancy at this stage, and, more importantly: Do not use a comb.
4. Blow dry your hair. Again, do not use a comb or your hair will have no texture. Dry your hair in the opposite direction from which it grows. This basically means that you hold the hair dryer beneath you and blow upwards. This means that each strand of hair gains more volume and enhances your layers.
5. Wait about 5 minutes, until your hair is mostly dry but still a bit damp here and there, stop blow drying it. By this time, your hair is probably very, very messy, so use your fingers to prod and push the hair so that it falls in the right place.
6. Take some clay or wax, and apply small (very small) globs of the stuff to different partitions of hair. The different parts are therefore separated from each other and are more easy to style.
* If you want to go for a really structured messy look, carefully manipulate section by section until you achieve the desired effect.
* If you just want a messy look, run your hands roughly through different sections of hair, and shake your fingers until there's hair all over the show.
* If you want, try backcombing.
7. Blow dry your hair again for one more minute. This helps with the styling, and you can use it to further define different parts of your hair.
8. To hold in place, use hairspray.
Tips
* To give your hair more volume when messy, place your fingers on either side of your head and push upwards. Do the same for the back of your hair. Provided you've got clay or some other styling product in your hair, it should stay like that for some time, though you may have to keep on doing it every so often.
* If you can't think of how to separate the layers, lift the top layers of hair away from each side of your scalp, then let it fall back into place. This gives you some layers to work with.
* For the front (assuming you have bangs), pinch the hair lightly and lift it away from the scalp, then let it fall back into place. Once again, this will give you some layers to work with
* If you find you're hair is getting too out of control, you can use a comb to put it back into place. Don't rake the comb through your hair, just lightly run it over the top. Otherwise, you'll lose the layers.
* Choose a good styling product. Clay and wax give you a lot of control over your hair and a good base to work with.
Warnings
* If you blow dry your hair often, get a good moisturizing conditioner and shampoo. Otherwise, your hair will end up resembling a brillo-pad.
* Don't use too much hair product, just enough to give you the style you want. If you use too much, it will weigh your hair down and it will loose its definition.
* Never comb your hair except if your hair goes completely out of control and you can't get it back into place
I hope this answers your question Cameron!!
Btw: I only scratched myself twice while writing this blog.
Ok Keith, now i need some advice. How do i get my hair to do that? Do you use a curling iron or rollers?
Love,
Crazy Cameron