Messy waves for short hair

Recently I had my long hair lopped off and I've been enjoying experimenting with different products, looks and tools. 

One of my favourites is this messy, close waves look which is textured, has great volume and lasts all day and into day two! 

Here's how I style it and what I use... 

On freshly washed hair use a couple of pumps of John Frieda Frizz Ease Extra Strength serum before brushing with a Tangle Teezer. 

Then blast dry with a hairdryer until 80 per cent dry. Split the hair along the roots and spray in Catwalk by TIGI volume collection your highness root boost spray right along the parting and not on the mid or lengths. It's like a mousse foam in an aerosol can with a small nozzle to direct the product right where you want it. I go from back to front and then at the sides and then massage my roots quickly all over.  Then I spritz the mid section and ends all over with Mark Hill turn up the heat extreme heat protection spray.

Turning my head upside down I then continue to blast dry but use my Eideal round brush to brush through the hair upside down to smooth and add volume.

Once fully dry it has some big volume at the roots and a slightly fluffy texture at the ends.

Then I plug in my Remington Perfect Waves hair waver (which I got from Souq.com) and allow to heat up. I use the setting at around 200 but has 150-210 as options if your hair doesn't need so much heat. Once the light goes off I then section my hair and clamp the waver to as near to my roots as the heat allows and then down the lengths. I do back, sides and then a strip down the top. Don't touch the heated hair once done, just allow to drop and move on to next piece. Then- important!- I allow my hair to completely cool to really set the wave.  I go off and do my make up, get dressed, brush my teeth, stand under the air con breeze etc! 

Then when it's completely cool I shake my hair upside down, raking my fingers through the waves to mess them all up.

I part my hair and play around until I get the look i want and then I take a small dirham sized blob of Bedhead for men (yeh right!) pure texture moulding paste and rub it between my hands so all over and then I scrunch it into my hair from the ends up. This stuff is kinda sticky but matt and gives the ends great definition and texture as well as a hold that isn't rock solid but still movable. 

Then I spritz on my TIGI Bedhead Biggie Maxxed out massive hold hairspray whilst my head is upright and immediately turn my head upside down to allow to dry. It's a pump action hairspray that is more liquid than a mist like aerosol hairspray. Flip your head back and hey presto! A voluminous, textured, well set messy waves style. 

I used two kirby grips to clip one side back for a big sweepover effect :-)