How can I replicate these sophisticated shaggy textures at home without spending a fortune on luxury styling products?
You do not need a bathroom cabinet filled with high-end salon products to maintain a textured shaggy pixie. In fact, thick hair often performs significantly better with fewer, lighter formulas. The two most critical items are an affordable sea salt spray (which adds grit and separation to clean hair) and a water-soluble matte texturizing paste or pomade.
Apply the salt spray to damp hair and let it air-dry completely, or gently rough-dry using your fingers to lift the roots. Once dry, emulsify a pea-sized amount of matte paste completely between warm palms, then lightly pinch and pull the ends of the fringe and nape to create that coveted piecey separation. A small bottle of dry texture spray can also revive second-day hair in five seconds without requiring a wash.
