Festival Style How-To: Texture, Volume, and Shine

Going beyond the flower crown.
Going beyond the flower crown.
From beachy waves to sun-kissed color, we received countless looks for our Making Waves contest. With all of the amazing work, it was extremely hard to narrow it down, but here are the 10 semifinalists!
Artist Connective member Neal Malek (@nealmhair) takes WetBrush's new pro collection and new designs for a spin and tells us his favorites from the line to achieve "brushed out" beach waves for this festival-ready style.
Festival season is here! Create looks perfect for summer with Kenra Professional's latest launches: Nitro Memory Creme, Platinum Air Dry Creme and Smoothing Blowout Lotion.
With the first weekend of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival fast approaching, we were doing some #coachellahair browsing when we came upon Linda Ha @hairwithlinda.
Learn two secrets to creating festival-worthy braids.
During the weekend on August 3rd and 4th, Bed Head by TIGI took over the Freehand Hotel in Chicago in celebration of Lollapalooza — transforming it into a destination for concert goers before and after the music festival. The entire hotel was shrink-wrapped and decked out as the Bed Head Hotel.
Take a look at the top 5 finalists' submissions, and vote for your favorite! The winner will be announced Tuesday, August 14.
After narrowing thousands of Best of the Fest submissions to our 10 semifinalists, we asked the 10 talented stylists to create a beautiful festival balayaged look. Our panel of judges and editors picked their five favorites!
From boho braids, space buns, fun accessories such as flowers and headbands, beautiful balayage and glitter, it wasn’t easy to judge this first round, but it certainly was beautiful.