5 Hair Tips from Professional Stylist

Here are 5 quick tips to have your looking like you just came from the salon:

• The trick to getting that thin piece of hair to stay wrapped around a ponytail elastic is to slide a bobby pin through the end of the small piece and then roll the bobby pin upward toward the elastic (like you would roll hair up in a curler). Slide the pin in under the hair elastic to secure the piece. - Craig Carter, hair stylist
• Want this '40s-inspired loose curl? Curl two-inch sections with a 1-inch curling iron and pin at the scalp. Spray with flexible-hold hairspray and wait 30 minutes. Then remove the pins and comb out - but be gentle or you'll create static and pouf. - Gianni Rostti, stylist for Warren Tricomi
• Even flat hair can have extreme volume with a few simple steps. Start by misting a styling spray that volumizes (like Paul Mitchell Extra Body Finishing Spray, $14.95, at salons) throughout hair. Then use a small (1-inch) curling iron to create curls all over your head. Let the curls cool completely, then brush hair out and back comb or tease for even more volume. Finish with hairspray. - Sean James, hair stylist
• For a sleek but non-greasy looking ponytail, smooth frizzies by gliding a matte sculpting wax, like ghd Sculpting Wax Matte Finish, $26 over the top layer of hair before securing it into a ponytail. - Craig Carter, hair stylist
• You can achieve soft, touchable curls in one of three ways: pin curls, hot rollers or braids. (For pin curls, roll hair up and secure each curl with clips or bobby pins, then blow-dry.) Let hair set for as long as possible, then take down and secure curls with a light hairspray. - Hasblady Guzman, hair stylist for Aveda