Deep Waves Long

On long hair a deep ripple has room to repeat a dozen times or more, and the stacked pattern builds real bulk through the mid-lengths. Left unlayered it widens into a triangle, so weight has to be removed from inside the hair, never off the surface. Wet setting or a diffuser holds the definition better than air-drying, which lets gravity pull the lower waves open. A satin pillowcase stops overnight friction from frizzing the top rows.

• Suitsoval, round, heart, diamond face shapes. The widest part of the shape sits well below the jaw, so the face itself stays clear while the lower half of a heart or diamond outline gains balance.
• Hair typemedium density, thick, wavy, curly, coily. This lives most naturally on hair that already waves or coils tightly, and it needs density, because a thin perimeter makes the bottom rows look stringy.
• UpkeepEnds need a shape-up roughly every twelve to sixteen weeks, and day to day it is a water spritz, a leave-in and scrunching, with a full wash-and-set every few days.
• Ask forAsk for a long cut shaped in its natural wave pattern with internal debulking through the mid-lengths, and no razor on the ends.

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