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" The key to low-maintenance hair is to embrace your hair&amp;#039;s natural texture. If you know what your hair&amp;#039;s natural texture is, then you already know its natural style tendencies (i.e. &amp;quot;My hair tends to fall flat!&amp;quot;). From there, it&amp;#039;s just a matter of choosing the right haircut that will help your hair do what it does best and choosing hair care products that enhance your hair&amp;#039;s natural tendencies rather than downplaying them. Here is the recipe for a low-maintenance haircut that can air-dry. Low-maintenance hairstyle formula: Hair texture + proper haircut + tendency-enhancing products = an easy, air-dried style. High-maintenance hairstyle formula: Hair texture + improper haircut + products that downplay tendency = a forced style. Thin, straight hair likes to stay flat. This type of hair doesn&amp;#039;t like to hold volume, so why fight with it? Instead of cutting layers to create volume, you should just get a one-length haircut: no layers, no graduation, and no bangs. The hair weighs itself down which naturally smoothes the cuticle. One good celebrity example is Gwyneth Paltrow, who often sports this one-length hairstyle. A good one-length haircut is simple, yet polished. This cut has a very simple shape, but the shape is cut with extreme precision. It&amp;#039;s like a chic Hermes bag that lasts forever. If your cut is meant to smoothe the hair, then use a proper tendency-enhancing product. One example of a smoothening product is &amp;quot;Tame It Shine Lotion&amp;quot; by Ted Gibson. Curly hair tends to curl wherever it wants. This type of hair doesn&amp;#039;t like to stay flat; it only likes to be curly. When curly hair becomes too long, gravity pulls out the hair&amp;#039;s wave. Play up your curls by choosing a haircut that is either short or has short layers. When you cut layers, those shorter pieces release the texture and give your hair freedom to curl. Just as the one-length haircut helps straight hair fall smooth and straight, so the short-layer haircut helps curly hair spring up and curl. Two good examples of celebrities with either short or short-layered hair are Maggie Gyllenhaal and AnnaLynne McCord. Try curl-defining products, such as &amp;quot;Spirale Extreme&amp;quot; by L&amp;#039;Oreal, to enhance your look. Thick hair begs to be noticed. It&amp;#039;s there, present, and not going anywhere, so you shouldn&amp;#039;t try to hide it. A hairstyle with point cutting shows off the hair&amp;#039;s thick texture. This technique removes weight from the hair ends, which can give your thick hair a healthy appearance. Proper point cutting creates a &amp;quot;piecey&amp;quot; texture that gives thick hair buoyancy and life. One good celebrity example is Sofia Vergara, who embraces her thick, &amp;quot;piecey&amp;quot; hair with point cutting! For your thick hair, try products such as &amp;quot;Tea Tree Shaping Cream&amp;quot; by Paul Mitchell. When you let your hair air-dry, you are embracing your natural style and trusting your hair to look good. It&amp;#039;s about working with what you&amp;#039;ve got, without truly working at all. And remember: Let straight hair fall, let curly hair spring, and let thick hair be. Devin Toth is Lead Stylist at the Ted Gibson Salon in New York City. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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