Pretty Ideas for a Bad Hair Day

Product and styling how-tos to save you when your hair issues are hair-raising.

Pony Up

Ponytail Hairstyles for All Hair Lengths
For a new twist on the classic ponytail, try sweeping your hair into one of these modern dos.

5 Easy Hairstyles

Each of these no-sweat looks takes just one product and three moves.

Photo: Plamen Petkov

Great Hair Every Day: 12 Simple Styles

Easy cuts and tips for your hair, whether you have 2 minutes to style it or 20.

Photo: Mary Rozzi

Heavy Duty Beauty Goods for Hot Weather

During the hot (and often humid) days of summer, reach for products that really perform. Consider these goods to keep you calm, cool, and perfected.

Photo: Living Proof

Hair Accessories for All Hair Types

Find the accessory that suits your hair, whether it’s long, short, thick, or thin.

Photo: Bill Phelps

Smooth Moves

Hair Dressers

Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Wild Ginger Finishing Spray

The 8 Best Hair Sprays
Of 65 new formulas tried, these provided great hold without giving hair a shellacking.

Pronto Dry Shampoo Spray by Oscar Blandi

The Best Dry Shampoos
For those mornings when you just can’t sneak in enough time to wash your hair, turn to one of these spritzes to cut the grease and give tired locks a boost.

Basic Hair Tools Checklist

You don’t need a drawerful of products—just assemble a simple kit of must-have tools for your hair type.

Blow-dryer.
Fine-tooth comb. When hair is dry, use a fine-tooth comb to tease sections at the crown to get lift. Start two inches from the scalp, and comb hair toward the roots.
Hot rollers. Hot rollers (not the Velcro kind, which pull and tear fine hair) are the secret to volume and bounce for this type of hair. Look for velvet-covered hot rollers. Use on dry hair, and remove after eight minutes.

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