Texture Wave | Step-By-Step Hairstyle Tutorial By David Lopez | Kenra Professional

Hi friends, It's David Lopez, celebrity stylist and Kenda Professional Artistic Ambassador and you're. Looking at one of my personal signature, styles, the Texture, Wave., It's easy. It'S effortless it's glamorous and with these beautiful products from the Signature Collection you'll be able to recreate this in your salon or at home.. One of the key points to it is making sure that you keep a lot of the elasticity in the hair, so we've already primed it using the Prime, Shampoo and Conditioner, but now we're going to go ahead and prep it using the Formation Mousse.. This is going to give me a lot of hold, but nothing too stiff or sticky.. It'S going to allow me to really just get a lot of grip in the hair and have a ton of style memory. So I'm going to go ahead and put this in from roots to ends and I'm going to rough-dry it in.. So I love to use a mousse for anything where I need a lot of foundational support for the style if you're not used to using mousse. I know you probably get scared of it makes you maybe think of the'80s or something, but I'm telling you it is going to be such a product that you rely on for this kind of style and I'm going to apply it section by section.. Don'T be afraid of the mousse, the hold level is 14, so it's not too high and it's never going to get stiff or sticky.. So now you can take a flat, paddle brush and just brush the product through.. We want to start building in that volume and a lot of lift from the very beginning. So I'm going to take this time while the hair's still damp and I've applied the Formation Mousse, the forming starts now., Meaning I'm going to start building in that foundational support. For the volume., So I'm going to brush the hair the opposite way that it grows all over her head.. This is also going to make sure that you just get the product distributed. Super evenly., So I put all the product in now. The rough dry is going to be really really important. I don't really want to do a round brush blow-dry. I want to keep all that body in the hair and the Formation Mousse is already in there allowing me to get that silhouette that I'm looking for already.. So the rough dry, just with my hands until it's 100 % dry, then we'll smooth it out with a flat brush.. So now that the hair is 100 %, rough, dried, I'm gon na use a bore and nylon mixture paddle brush to help smooth out the hair Ii still want those ends to be a little bit smooth and have a more polished them so that when I go To brush these waves out, it has a really beautiful soft effortless finish.. You don't have to be too precious about your sectioning or where you're starting. I like to just go especially for this amount of density in this texture. I'M going to go from temple to temple and work on this whole section here, clip it away and don't pull the hair too much. You don't want to stretch it out. All you want to do is smooth out the ends. Now I know that I'm going to want this style to be with a side part, so I'm going to go ahead and set up the parting so that I don't have to fuss with it too much after. I curl it I'm going to usually use the arch of the brow as a guide or you can use the tail of the brow.. It just brings some symmetry to the look.. I always say that beauty is math. Whatever looks symmetrical, looks really beautiful.. So if you try to line up the parting to a feature on the face, it's going to add just an extra level of perfection. So we have the initial parting here then, from about two finger widths back, I'm going to create a diagonal back so that this hair creates a veil.. So from the front it creates a really beautiful silhouette.. Now, when it comes to the parting, this is very, very important, because you want the hair to be curled or waved in the way that you're going to brush it. So I wouldn't want to wave it this way. If i know I'm going to brush it this way., So what I like to do is have a client tilt her head up, I'm just going to kind of comb and brush. Until I see the natural fall and then I know that I'm going to brush it there. That just allows me to know that when I go to brush out this set, it's going to fall into the most perfect waves.. Then from there I'm going to go ahead and split it and that's going to come to right about the top of the ear.. I like to use these little creaseless clips when I'm working with styles like this to make sure that I'm not creating any dents.. So I'm going to go ahead and get her hair off of her face up here. Another creaseless clip we'll go right here to hold that section back.. If I were to twist it up and create it, then when I take down that section, it's all crimped and waved, and it's not allowing me the really nice canvas. I need to create the wave that i'm looking for. i'm going to go right from the top of that section. There I'm going to go straight down to the top of the ear and we're going to split that back again. Now, to make my life a little bit easier, I'm going to split the back section in half straight down! Now I'm going to work in what I call smiley face section, but you can also call it a V. Really. What I want to do is work with the shape of the head. If I were to work in horizontal sections, I get a lot more lift off of the head, where I'm going to get a lot of lift anyway because of the foundation that I did. But if I were to go with the shape of the head, the waves, when I brushed them out, are just going to have a much nicer softer flow. It looks to get a little more effortless and just that much more modern that anyone can wear it.. The first section is really going to line up nicely from about the nape to the top of the ear., So we're just following the shape of the head. So we're going to go right from the nape up to the top of the ear., And here we have our first. What I call smiley face section because I like to be positive, but you can also call it just your deep V. One of the key things to remember when you're doing this style is that everything has to be super symmetrical. So as I'm working, I want to make sure each section looks exactly the same, so I'm getting the same exact curl. So when I go to brush it out, they all match, and I have that really beautiful formation., So I'm taking about one-inch squares. Now, if you want it to be looser, take larger sections, if you want it to be tighter, take smaller sections., I'm using a three-quarter inch with one-inch squares, which seems to be my go-to for this kind of normal density hair.. Now, when I'm holding it on the iron, I tend to wrap the end to the very end, but then I release it. I want it to be a little bit softer again we're modernizing this, because we don't want it to look like she's going to a costume party.. Then I release and I'm going to leave it alone. Just like that. So I want all them to look exactly the same. Next section one-inch square, just like that., I release the ends and I'll hold the mids and the roots for a little bit longer and then let it drop out. Don't be tempted to pull it just let it Drop the way it goes. Now I do have my iron on the hottest heat setting, but if your client has hair that's been compromised with color or chemical treatment, you do want to turn down that heat.. If you're wondering how long you should hold it on. I just kind of keep tapping the hair until I feel like the heat of the iron has gone all the way through to the very top surface of the hair.. Be careful when you get to this section, because it's right above the ear so just be aware that you don't get the iron too close to the ear. Okay, so you can see that I'm still following that same V-formation or smiley face sectioning.. Just as a reminder. This is going to help when I go to brush these waves out that everything is going to fall into this really beautiful, a little more modern feel of that glam or texture, wave. And here's another tip for when I want to work as fast as possible. I take the section I'm working with and I go ahead and pre-split out the one-inch squares that I want to work with just so I'm not guessing as I go. So something to remember when you are curling the hair make sure that it twists around the barrel. At the same point, every single time, so you get that really beautiful structured wave.. It should look pretty uniform along the barrel, like it does here, where you see that it's done that twist along this barrel at the same exact point.. So when I go to the sides and I'm trying to decide where I want to start my first section, what I want to do is make sure that it's lined up with the previous section in the back. If I fall somewhere in the middle, I'm not going to get that really beautiful crisp line that I'm looking for in my wave.. So I can see that I have a line here and if I split that there it's going to give me a very small subsection, but I'm okay with that. I'd rather have a smaller subsection than have to go through and have too big of a section that Will then change the wave pattern., So I am going to line it up to this section right here, I'm going to continue following that line and split it there. And remember. Everything is being waved from left to right away from the face on the left-hand side towards the face on the right-hand side., Try and position your body behind the client. At this point, I find that, if you are too much in front of the section you're not able to see how close the iron is to the ear or the face, and you just want to make sure that you're not going to burn their skin or their Ear. Now again, I'm going to line it up to a previous section that was in the back.. So I see that I have a section right here: I'm just going to follow it. Another key thing to remember when you're doing this style that clean sections are going to be so so so important.. It'S also going to help with your arm and shoulder. If you are positioned slightly behind your client, so that you're able to get that iron to be as vertical as possible. Drop, those ends out keep those roots in those mids. In there, a little bit longer tap tap tap until you feel the heat coming through and then just gently release. When you're working around the hairline try your best to get it as clean as possible. You see how I've grabbed every single little baby hair that wants to poke out.. I make sure I pinched it between my fingers and started it close, I'm slightly behind wrapping it around and making sure I get that really beautiful pattern along the barrel.. So you can see that the Formation Mousse, even though I've been working for a little bit of time, nothing has dropped. Everything looks still exactly the same. That really is the beauty of the foundational prep that you did with the blow-dry, keeping all the elasticity in and then utilizing the properties, the Formation Mousse to really build that silhouette and that shape.. So when we're connecting these sides to the back, remember we want to make sure we follow a previous parting from the back just to make sure that those waves stay as structured as possible.. So you can see that all the curls and waves are going. The exact same way. So they're going from left to right left to right, and that's really going to give me that beautiful structure, as I'm finishing up., I'm here on this side of the face it's going towards the face.. So now, as we're going up towards the face, you can see that we're all doing it towards the face. Remember all from left to right all the way around and you can see how much formation the mousse has left us with. We still have that really beautiful. That bounce that body, we have a ton of shine, but nothing feels crispy or stiff. In front of the face. What you want to make sure that you do is: do it off base, so I'm going to lift the hair back away from the face and I'm going to curl. If I curl it too far forward, it's going to constantly fall into the eye, and I want to get as much lift as possible.. So I'm going to pull that back away from the face, get it a little warm with the barrel and then wrap it down. Now these creaseless clips are really great for this style too, where I'm gon na take them, and while everything's cooling down i'm going to Keep it off of the face. Just like that to make sure it cools down back and away versus falling into the eyes.. So now we're going on the last section make sure again you're going towards the face. I'm putting the iron vertically towards the floor, making sure I'm twisting along the barrel all the way to the very end.. Remember we're going to drop out the ends makes it feel more modern and fresh. We're going to heat up the mids and the roots we're going to release and have that beautiful style. Memory. Hold the hair in place. If you'd like, you can hold the curl there for a second while it cools down, and then you can just gently release it. Now we're going to let the entire set cool down before we start to comb it out.. So now that we've finished the entire set. Now comes the fun part, we're going to comb it out using a wide-tooth comb.. So I'm going to start combing out section by section. And this part's really fun because you just get to see the fruit of your labor.. You can see the waves really starting to fall into formation. Remember those ridges that I was talking about. You can really see them here.. Had we not followed that same kind of pattern, the entire way you wouldn't see those straight lines, the entire way.. So now we can see the fruits of our labor have really paid off. We have some really beautiful bouncy waves, but now I want to control some of the texture by using the Veil Styling Cream.. This is going to help control some of the flyaways get rid of some of the frizz, but also help replenish the moisture that you lose when you do heat style.. So this is great for that person that heat styles, their hair, quite often.. So what I'm going to do is just have it. In the palm of my hand, I'm going to gently glide it over the surface. It'S going to just help tame any of those flyaways. Don'T worry about weighing the hair down it's super-super lightweight and after we've applied it in. We can go back to brushing the hair.. So this is the Signature Style, Texture Wave., This beautiful effortless, finish, modernized ready for today's person.. I know that you're going to have so much fun, recreating this style behind the chair or on set or even at home.. I can't wait to see your version of this Signature. Style. Make sure you tag us @ kenraprofessional and we'll see you soon.