A hairstyle, hairdo, or haircut refers to the styling of hair, usually on the human scalp. Sometimes, this could also mean an editing of facial or body hair. The fashioning of hair can be considered an aspect of personal grooming, fashion, and cosmetics, although practical, cultural, and popular considerations also influence some hairstyles.

Here are six hairstyling tricks that every woman should know.

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Trick 1: Know your hair type 101

Before being able to style hair beautifully, there is one thing you need to know going in: what you’re working with. Knowing your hair type and texture will help you weed through hair products and allow you to make the best choices for the health of your hair when styling. While this may seem like basic knowledge, discerning hair type is a bit more complicated than you might imagine. Knowing your unique texture before you reach for product or a blow dryer, is a crucial first step to styling.

Trick 2: Blow-drying 101

Knowing how to give yourself a good, lasting blowout is an invaluable styling skill. Both experts agree that it’s one of the most important and useful beauty abilities a woman can have. While your blowout may never look quite as good as it does after walking out of the salon (remember, they are professionals that do multiple blow outs a day), it can look pretty close.

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Trick 3: Curling 101

If you have naturally straight or slightly wavy hair, you’ve most likely lusted after someone’s luxurious curls at some point (Sarah Jessica Parker, anyone?). Knowing how to properly curl your hair will help you during those envious moments.

Trick 4: Straightening 101

If you have naturally curly or wavy hair you shouldn’t feel stuck in a ringlet rut. Being weary of straightening iron damage is normal, but with the right product prep and responsible use, a flat iron can be your secret weapon for beautiful, shiny hair.

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Trick 5: Bang Trimming 101

Hair grows fast (about a quarter to a half inch monthly) which means if you have bangs, you need to know how to properly trim them yourself — to save time and money.

Trick 6: Fighting Frizz 101

Nothing can ruin your hairstyle or day, like a bad case of frizz and unfortunately women with certain hair types have to worry about this problem often.

Tip: Frizzy hair is a natural characteristic of kinky, curly and wavy hair for two reasons: first, these textures are naturally dryer because the oil from the scalp (which conditions hair) has a longer, windier road to travel than on straight hair. Second, textured hair tends to expand and separate as it dries causing fly aways that look like frizz.

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Finally, here are some additional tips:

  • Overactive use of hair styling products inevitably makes you look older. This rule holds true for evening and daytime hairdos alike.
  • If you are using hair styling accessories, make sure they’re high quality. Avoid garish plastic combs, children’s hair clips, and velvet bands.
  • When curling your hair, use large rollers or other accessories — this will help you avoid making your curls too small. Tiny curls can add vibrancy to your looks, but this only works if you’re under 25-30 years old.

All of these styling techniques can only be truly useful when applied to healthy, well-kept hair. Always try to give your hair the best multi-level care possible!