Hi friends! It's David Lopez celebrity
stylist and Kenda Professional Artistic
Ambassador and you're looking at one of
my personal signature styles the Texture
Wave. It's easy, it's effortless, it's
glamorous, and with these beautiful
products from the Signature Collection,
you'll be able to recreate this in your
salon or at home. One of the key points
to it is making sure that you keep a lot
of the elasticity in the hair, so
we've already primed it using the Prime
Shampoo and Conditioner, but now we're
going to go ahead and prep it
using the Formation Mousse. This is going
to give me a lot of hold, but nothing too
stiff or sticky.
It's going to allow me to really just
get a lot of grip in the hair and have a
ton of style memory, so
I'm going to go ahead and put this in
from roots to ends, and I'm going to
rough-dry it in.
So, I love to use a mousse for anything
where I need a lot of foundational
support for the style,
if you're not used to using mousse, I
know you probably get scared of it makes
you maybe think of the '80s or something,
but I'm telling you
it is going to be such a product that
you rely on for this kind of style,
and I'm going to apply it section by
section. Don't be afraid
of the mousse, the hold level is 14, so
it's not too high, and it's never going
to get stiff or sticky.
So, now you can take a flat paddle brush
and just
brush the product through. We want to
start building
in that volume and a lot of lift from
the very beginning so I'm going to take
this time while the hair's still damp,
and I've applied the Formation Mousse
the forming starts
now. Meaning I'm going to start building
in that foundational support for the
volume.
So I'm going to brush the hair the
opposite way that it grows,
all over her head. This is also going to
make sure that you just get the product
distributed
super evenly. So, I put all the product in,
now the rough dry is going to be really
really important,
I don't really want to do a round brush
blow-dry, I want to keep all that body in
the hair and the Formation Mousse is
already in there
allowing me to get that silhouette that
I'm looking for already. So,
the rough dry just with my hands until
it's 100% dry,
then we'll smooth it out with a flat
brush. So now that the hair is 100% rough
dried,
I'm gonna use a bore and nylon mixture
paddle brush to help smooth out the hair
Ii still want those ends to be a little
bit smooth and have a more polished them
so that when I go to brush these waves
out,
it has a really beautiful soft
effortless finish.
You don't have to be too precious about
your sectioning or where you're starting
I like to just go especially for this
amount of density in this texture,
I'm going to go from temple to temple
and work on this whole section here
clip it away, and don't pull the hair too
much you don't want to stretch it out
all you want to do is smooth out the
ends.
Now I know that I'm going to want this
style to be with a side part,
so I'm going to go ahead and set up the
parting so that I don't have to fuss
with it too much after I curl it
I'm going to usually use the arch of the
brow as a guide, or you can use the tail
of the brow.
It just brings some symmetry to the look.
I always say that beauty is math,
whatever looks symmetrical looks really
beautiful.
So if you try to line up the parting to
a feature on the face it's going to add
just an
extra level of perfection, so we have the
initial parting here
then from about two finger widths back
I'm going to create a diagonal back
so that this hair creates a veil. So from
the front it creates a really beautiful
silhouette.
Now when it comes to the parting, this is
very, very important because you want the
hair
to be curled or waved in the way that
you're going to brush it, so
I wouldn't want to wave it this way, if i
know I'm going to brush it this way. So
what I like to do
is have a client tilt her head up, I'm
just going to kind of comb and brush
until I see the natural fall,
and then I know that I'm going to brush
it there. That just allows me to know
that when I go to brush out this set,
it's going to fall into the most perfect
waves. Then from there I'm going to go
ahead and split it
and that's going to come to right about
the top of the ear. I like to use these
little creaseless clips when I'm working
with styles like this to make sure
that I'm not creating any dents. So I'm
going to go ahead
and get her hair off of her face up here,
another creaseless clip we'll go right
here, to hold that section back.
If I were to twist it up, and create it,
then when I take down that section, it's
all crimped and waved,
and it's not allowing me the really nice
canvas I need to create the wave that
i'm looking for.
i'm going to go right from the top of
that section there, I'm going to go
straight down
to the top of the ear, and we're going to
split that back again.
Now to make my life a little bit easier
I'm going to split the back section in
half
straight down
Now I'm going to work in what I call
smiley face section but you can also
call it a V.
Really, what I want to do is work with
the shape of the head, if I were to work
in horizontal sections,
I get a lot more lift off of the head
where I'm going to get a lot of lift
anyway because of the foundation that I
did
but if I were to go with the shape of
the head the waves when I brushed them
out
are just going to have a much nicer
softer flow, it looks to get a little
more effortless, and just that much more
modern that anyone can wear it.
The first section is really going to
line up nicely, from about the nape
to the top of the ear.
[Music]
So we're just following the shape of the
head, so we're going to go right from the
nape
up to the top of the ear.
And here we have our first, what I call
smiley face section, because I like to be
positive, but you can also call it just
your deep V.
One of the key things to remember when
you're doing this style, is that
everything has to be super symmetrical,
so
as I'm working I want to make sure each
section looks exactly the same, so I'm
getting the same exact curl
so when I go to brush it out they all
match and I have that really beautiful
formation.
So I'm taking about one-inch squares, now
if you want it to be looser, take larger
sections,
if you want it to be tighter, take
smaller sections. I'm using a
three-quarter inch with one-inch squares
which seems to be my go-to for this kind
of normal density hair.
Now when I'm holding it on the iron, I
tend to wrap the end to the very end,
but then I release it I want it to be a
little bit softer, again we're
modernizing this because we don't want
it to look like she's going to a costume
party.
Then I release, and I'm going to leave it
alone just like that, so I want all them
to look exactly the same.
Next section,  one-inch square
just like that.
I release the ends, and I'll hold the
mids and the roots for a little bit
longer
and then let it drop out. Don't be
tempted to pull it,
just let it drop the way it goes.
[Music]
Now, I do have my iron on the hottest
heat setting, but if your client has hair
that's been compromised, with color or
chemical treatment,
you do want to turn down that heat. If
you're wondering how long you should
hold it on,
I just kind of keep tapping the hair
until I feel like the heat of the iron
has gone all the way through to the very
top surface of the hair.
Be careful when you get to this section
because it's right above the ear, so just
be aware that you don't get the iron too
close to the ear.
Okay, so you can see that I'm still
following that same V-formation
or smiley face sectioning. Just as a
reminder this is going to help when I go
to brush these waves out,
that everything is going to fall into
this really beautiful a little more
modern
feel of that glam or texture wave.
And here's another tip for when I want
to work as fast as possible,
I take the section I'm working with and
I go ahead and pre-split out
the one-inch squares that I want to work
with, just so I'm not guessing as I go.
So something to remember when you are
curling the hair, make sure that it
twists
around the barrel at the same point
every single time
so you get that really beautiful
structured wave.
It should look pretty uniform along the
barrel like it does here
where you see that it's done that twist
along this barrel at the same exact
point.
So when I go to the sides and I'm trying
to decide where I want to start my first
section, what I want to do is make sure
that it's lined up with the previous
section
in the back, if I fall somewhere in the
middle, I'm not going to get that really
beautiful crisp
line that I'm looking for in my wave. So
I can see that I have a line here
and if I split that there, it's going to
give me a very small subsection, but I'm
okay with that.
I'd rather have a smaller subsection
than have to go through and have too big
of a section
that will then change the wave pattern.
So I am going to line it up to this
section right here I'm going to continue
following that line,
and split it there. And remember
everything is being waved
from left to right away, from the face on
the left-hand side,
towards the face on the right-hand side. 
Try and position your body behind the
client at this point, I find that if you
are too
much in front of the section, you're not
able to see how close the iron is to the
ear or the face,
and you just want to make sure that
you're not going to burn their skin or
their ear.
Now again, I'm going to line it up to a
previous section that was in the back.
So I see that I have a section right
here, I'm just going to follow it.
Another key thing to remember when
you're doing this style that clean
sections are going to be
so so so important.
It's also going to help with your arm
and shoulder if you are positioned
slightly behind your client,
so that you're able to get that iron to
be as vertical as possible.
Drop those ends out keep those roots in
those mids in there a little bit longer
tap tap tap until you feel the heat
coming through, and then just gently
release.
When you're working around the hairline
try your best to get it as clean as
possible,
you see how I've grabbed every single
little baby hair that wants to poke out.
I make sure I pinched it between my
fingers and started it close,
I'm slightly behind wrapping it around
and making sure I get that really
beautiful pattern along the barrel.
So you can see that the Formation Mousse
even though I've been working for a
little bit of time,
nothing has dropped everything looks
still exactly the same,
that really is the beauty of the
foundational prep that you did with the
blow-dry, keeping all the elasticity in
and then utilizing the properties the
Formation Mousse to really build that
silhouette and that shape.
So when we're connecting these sides to
the back, remember
we want to make sure we follow a
previous parting from the back,
just to make sure that those waves stay
as structured as possible. So you can see
that all the curls and waves are going
the exact
same way. So they're going from left to
right, left to right,
and that's really going to give me that
beautiful structure as I'm finishing up.
I'm here on this side of the face it's
going towards
the face. So now as we're going up
towards the face you can see
that we're all doing it towards the face,
remember all from left to right,
all the way around, and you can see how
much formation
the mousse has left us with, we still
have that really beautiful, that bounce
that body, we have a ton of shine,
but nothing feels crispy, or stiff. In
front of the face
what you want to make sure that you do
is do it off base, so I'm going to lift
the hair
back away from the face and I'm going to
curl, if I curl it too far
forward it's going to constantly fall
into the eye, and I want to get as much
lift as possible.
So I'm going to pull that back away from
the face, get it a little warm with the
barrel,
and then wrap it down.
Now these creaseless clips are really
great for this style too,
where I'm gonna take them and while
everything's cooling down, i'm going to
keep it off of the face.
Just like that to make sure it cools
down, back and away versus falling into
the eyes. 
So now we're going on the last section
make sure again you're going towards the
face.
I'm putting the iron vertically towards
the floor,
making sure I'm twisting along the
barrel,
all the way to the very end.
Remember, we're going to drop out the
ends, makes it feel more modern and fresh.
We're going to heat up the mids and the
roots, we're going to release and have
that beautiful style memory.
Hold the hair in place, if you'd like you
can hold the curl there for a second
while it cools down,
and then you can just gently release it.
Now we're going to let the entire set
cool down before we start to comb it out.
So now that we've finished the entire
set, now comes the fun part we're going
to comb it out using a wide-tooth comb.
So I'm going to start combing out section
by section.
And this part's really fun, because you
just get to see the fruit of your labor.
You can see the waves really starting to
fall into formation, remember those
ridges that I was talking about? You can
really see them here.
Had we not followed that same kind of
pattern the entire way,
you wouldn't see those straight lines
the entire way.
[Music]
[Music]
So now we can see the fruits of our
labor, have really paid off, we have some
really beautiful, bouncy, waves, but now
I want to control some of the texture by
using the Veil Styling Cream.
This is going to help control some of
the flyaways, get rid of some of the
frizz, but also help replenish the
moisture
that you lose when you do heat style. So
this is great for that person that heat
styles their hair
quite often. So what I'm going to do is
just have it in the palm of my hand,
I'm going to gently glide it over the
surface,
it's going to just help tame any of
those flyaways, don't worry about weighing
the hair down,
it's super-super lightweight, and after
we've applied it in. We can go back to
brushing the hair.
So this is the Signature Style Texture
Wave. This beautiful, effortless finish
modernized, ready for today's person. I
know that you're going to have so much
fun recreating this style behind the
chair, or on set,
or even at home. I can't wait to see your
version of this Signature Style.
Make sure you tag us @kenraprofessional
and we'll see you soon!
