The cut for your thick hair with tight curls is:
A shoulder-length pageboy cut with longer layers at the ends.
Why you should try it: It’s not quite a lob (long bob), but the cut is a length that sits right on your shoulders, which makes Corinne Bailey Rae’s beautiful curls short enough to maintain but long enough to prevent her hair from getting too big, says Stephens. To get this look:
Step 1: Apply a leave-in conditioner to damp hair. Stephens likes Sexy Hair Soy Triwheat Leave-In Hair Conditioner, $12.
Step 2: Scrunch curls to “push the curl in,” says Stephens.
Step 3: Blow dry hair with a diffuser.
