Celebrity How-To: Katherine Heigl in The Ugly Truth

September 14, 2009 at 8:30 pm Carolyn Hsu 1 comment

In The Ugly Truth, Katherine Heigl plays a character getting a little help from uber-hottie Gerard Butler figuring out what guys want. While most of his (hilarious and R-rated) advice isn’t beauty related, Butler does dispense a hair tip for exactly what style guys dig most: long, tousled, and very sexy.

Long, romantic waves is also my all time favorite hair look, so I asked celebrity hairstylist and owner of ION salon, Leonardo Manetti to throw me some tips on how to achieve the look.

For both curly and straight hair:

1. Shampoo and condition hair as usual, taking care not to use a heavy conditioner, which will weigh down the body and bounce that gives the look its youthful femininity.
2. Once hair has been sufficiently towel dried, apply a light styling spray from roots to ends.

3. Using a round brush, blow dry the hair in “four finger wide” sections from the back to the front.  The goal is to blow dry hair into straight sections while keeping volume.  Do not pull hair too tight or too straight while blow-drying–hair that is too straight will not retain a curl!

4. Heat up a 1 1/2 inch curling iron and grab a hairspray.

5. Taking randomly sized sections (but not more than “three fingers” wide), spray first with the spray, and then wrap around the curling iron. Alternate the size of each section, and continue around entire head, alternating between clockwise, and counterclockwise.

6. Work from back to front, leaving the two sections by the face for last and curl each face section away from the face.

7. Once entire head is complete, lightly brush out the curls to tousle and rough them up slightly. Using a comb, take a small section of the hair at the top of the crown and lightly backcomb the underside to give a bit of height.

8. Finish the entire look with a finishing spray (use a few light sprays about 12 inches from hair) and get ready for your big night out on the town!

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