Get Heidi Klum’s Full ‘Texas Hair’ Look With These 5 Tried-and-True Volumizing Products
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From the music in our ears to our cowboy boot-clad toes, Western aesthetics are the moment. So it’s only fitting that voluminous ‘Texas hair’ is the trend’s next frontier. Heidi Klum is the latest to hop on the big hair bandwagon with a look that reads, ‘the higher the hair, the closer to heaven.’
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Klum joins other A-listers who’ve gotten down with Texas-ready tresses recently, coming on the heels of Miley Cyrus’ gravity-defying bouffant for the 2024 Grammy Awards and the big waves we saw on our Western trend leader Beyoncé for her 2024 Super Bowl commercial. While stepping out to film ‘America’s Got Talent’ on April 3, Klum showed us exactly how wearable this Texas hair trend can be: Her bombshell waves and touchable texture look right at home teamed with a blazer and straight-leg jeans.
Hairstylist Lorenzo Martin is behind Klum’s stunning hair look, and while he hasn’t shared details on the hair styling tools and products he used to create her bigger-is-better hair, you can find myriad volumizing products for a similar effect. Consider a hair dryer brush to give your everyday blowout major body, or refresh day two hair with a hefty mist of dry shampoo that lifts the roots.
The best part? A voluminous hair look lends fullness that flatters straight to curly and fine to thick hair types. Klum’s wispy curtain bangs and long layers worked together with curled ends for major movement, but those with thinning or short hair could just as easily focus the body near the roots to lift limp-feeling strands.
We’ve lassoed up the best big Texas hair products to try for a voluminous look, below.
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Color Wow Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer
13,000+ five-star reviews on Amazon
Amazon Top-Quality Store Badge on Google: 4.5/5 stars
Ulta Top-Quality Store Badge on Google: 4.8/5 stars
Sephora Top-Quality Store Badge on Google: 4.8/5 stars
$26
$26
$26
Sky-high volume starts the second you step out of the shower: After gently tower-drying your hair, get ahead of limp strands by massaging in a volumizing hair mousse for lift and definition. Color Wow’s Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer will send your hair to the high heavens with its lightweight, alcohol-free formula that creates the illusion of thicker, fuller hair. Better yet, it acts as a heat protectant and provides soft hold without crunch.
What testers say: “This stuff blew my mind! I just ordered it yesterday after watching all of the reviews that seemed too good to be true and I just finished blow drying my hair and I am in shock! It’s so fluffy and so bouncy and so full. I don’t even have to use hot rollers after I blow dry my hair to give it that extra oomph! I have finally found what i’ve been looking for and will never , ever use any other mouses on my hair.”
Price upon publish date of this article: $26
Shark Smoothstyle Hair Dryer Brush
Amazon Top-Quality Store Badge on Google: 4.5/5 stars
Ulta Top-Quality Store Badge on Google: 4.8/5 stars
$99
$99
$99
For those who want to achieve a Texas hair look without a ton of product, a great hair dryer brush can do the trick. Shark Beauty’s Smoothstyle tool has an oval shape that delivers the look of a professional blowout, plus the tool doubles as a hair straightening brush to smooth away frizz without flattening body. Use the dryer setting on damp hair, or switch to the smoothing mode to refresh your money pieces between washes.
Editor testing and review notes: “This two-in-one tool marries the styling ease of a hair dryer brush with the shiny, lustrous results you’ll get from a top flat iron. I found that the drying mode works quicker than similar hair dryer brushes and without hair-singeing heat. The straightening comb setting is a brilliant addition to Shark Beauty’s lineup of hair tools, as it removes frizz and lends a polished look without making your hair fall flat.”
Price upon publish date of this article: $99
Kenra Volume Spray Super Hold Finishing Spray
25,000+ five-star Amazon reviews
Amazon Top-Quality Store Badge on Google: 4.5/5 stars
$22
A top Amazon beauty product, Kenra’s hairspray is carefully formulated to deliver a boost in fullness with maximum hold — wind, rain, and humidity don’t stand a chance against this bulletproof product. Pro tip for Texas hair: Section your hair in thin layers and mist each one, starting from the bottom to the top. While the hold is strong, you won’t experience any chalkiness or flaking throughout its 120-hour hold time.
What testers say: “Best volume hairspray ever with good hold. Not stiff at all. Doesn’t feel heavy. I have been using Kenra Volume 25 hairspray for over 15 years, nothing else compares. Little expensive but, you get what you pay for.”
Price upon publish date of this article: $22
Hot Tools Pro Artist 1 1/4-inch Curling Iron
3,600 + five-star Amazon reviews
Amazon Top-Quality Store Badge on Google: 4.5/5 stars
Target Top-Quality Store Badge on Google: 4.6/5
$36 $49.99 28% off
$20 $49.99 60% off
For Farrah Fawcett-level bounce like Klum, we recommend Hot Tools’ 1.25-inch curling iron that can be used to both create curls or finesse curtain bangs. To get Texas-ready results, focus on mid-length of your hair through the ends, and scrunch the curls with your hands after you’ve curled each ringlet. Then, use your fingers or a wide-tooth comb to rake through.
Editor testing and review notes: “For the price, it doesn’t get better than this Hot Tools curling iron. It’s designed with special features you’d typically only find pricier tools, like an 280 to 430 degree temperature range and a cool-touch tip for burn-free styling. Mine has held up to a few uses a month for over three years.”
Price upon publish date of this article: $20
Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray
6,200+ five-star Amazon reviews
Amazon Top-Quality Store Badge on Google: 4.5/5 stars
Sephora Top-Quality Store Badge on Google: 4.8/5 stars
$52
$52
If you’re unfamiliar, allow us to introduce you to one of the best hair styling products for thinning or flat hair. Oribe’s Dry Texturizing Spray is in a league of its own when it comes to adding believable fullness with light hold, courtesy of ingredients like humectants and oil-absorbing Zeolite. If you’re after major body with texture, this is the product for you.
Editor testing and review notes: “My hair always goes limp one or two days after I’ve washed and styled it, and this is the first product I reach for to revive it. Yes, it adds major fullness and body wherever I point it, but it also has the effect of a great dry shampoo, making grease go away. I’ll focus the mist on my roots for a Texas hair look or spritz it on the end of my ponytail to fib fullness I’d only otherwise get with extensions.”
Price upon publish date of this article: $52
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Claire Sullivan is the Senior Beauty and Lifestyle Commerce Editor for Footwear News and WWD, where she writes and edits beauty, fashion and lifestyle stories. She has over six years of experience as a writer and editor for national media outlets including Martha Stewart Living, Martha Stewart Weddings, InStyle, and Byrdie. She keeps her finger on the pulse of all things related to beauty and wellness, including hair trends seen on stars like Heidi Klum.
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