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" If you&amp;#039;re on a mission to be a mermaid this year\u2014 much like Lady Gaga\u2014then consider yourself in luck. The below hair tutorial is going to get you gorgeous, flowing, Ariel-like waves that you can a) comb with your dinglehopper (if you don&amp;#039;t have one, get one!) and b) make all of your friends jealous.  Hairstylist Matt Fugate showed our sister site Cosmo how to recreate this seaside style:  1. Work with your natural texture. &amp;quot;If your hair is already straight, don&amp;#039;t worry about flat-ironing it,&amp;quot; says Fugate. &amp;quot;But if it&amp;#039;s curly, straighten it first to give it that sleek foundation,&amp;quot; says Fugate. 2. Create a center part. &amp;quot;Then divide your hair into two halves: front and back,&amp;quot; he adds.  3. Curl under, wrap over. &amp;quot;To get a mermaid wave rather than a prom curl, take one-inch sections&amp;quot; \u2014 like our model Kelly Thomas is doing here \u2014 &amp;quot;and starting on the left side of the part and holding the iron horizontally, wrap the gathered hair under the barrel first, and then around and around the rod until you reach the ends. Don&amp;#039;t worry if your hair slightly twists as you&amp;#039;re wrapping it \u2014 this trick creates the perfect mermaid wave.&amp;quot; 4. Set your curls so they last longer. &amp;quot;After you curl each section of hair in the front, pin it up so that the curl cools and sets,&amp;quot; Fugate explains.  5. Turn your attention to the back section. &amp;quot;Once you&amp;#039;ve curled and clipped the back, do your makeup so that your hair is out of your face and you give your curls time to cool,&amp;quot; says Fugate. 6. Let your hair down. &amp;quot;After your makeup is done and your curls have cooled, gently brush them out using a boar bristle brush to get a uniform, sexy wave,&amp;quot; he says. Kelly used a Mason Pearson brush, but you can also use a less expensive option like this one. 7. Spruce up any curls. &amp;quot;If any sections need recurled, now is the time to do it to make sure they all look the same,&amp;quot; notes Fugate. &amp;quot;Remember, wrap under the iron and then around and around and around.&amp;quot; 8. Mist your waves with shine spray. &amp;quot;You want your hair to have that glassy look, not wet but more like super shiny,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;So using a shine spray will help you achieve that.&amp;quot; Kelly used Sally Hershberger Smooth Fix Styling Spray. Andddd you&amp;#039;re done! Now, slip on your fins, throw on a seashell necklace, and go! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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