We headed to the Ted Gibson Salon in New York for a super-sized hair chat with senior stylist Eugene Smith. Smith has worked with some of the most infamous hair hoppers including Naomi Campbell, Beyoncé and most recently Venus Williams for Essence magazine. With years of hair care knowledge and experience working with all types of hair textures, we put his big hair IQ to the test."Truly the biggest trend for spring/summer we are seeing is big, big, big hair. The bigger, the more volume the better," said Smith, who firmly believes voluminous hair is a great accessory when wearing skin-baring summer fashions. "The combination of bronzed glowing skin and flirty feminine tresses is a head-to-toe style statement."
If you already have naturally wavy or curly hair, embrace it -- and if you don't, you can still create these styles with extensions/pieces or by getting savvy with a curling iron. Smith suggests that you first determine what type of texture you want to create. Do you want big bodacious bombshell curls like Beyoncé or super springy spirals like Kelly Rowland or something in between like Tracee Ellis Ross? With endless style options the choice is really up to you!
