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Twenty-nine-year old fitness trainer Caroline Verna, a native of Queens, New York, has awesome hair—there, we'll just come out and say it. Naturally buoyant, youthful, even fun. It's no wonder she's always had a great relationship with it.
"I have always loved my hair. I used to have it relaxed, and then on June 20, 2006, I decided to shave it all off—I remember the exact date! My sister shaved her head a year earlier and inspired me to do the same because it seemed easier to care for without worrying about my hair getting wet when it rains or at pool parties or the beach. In addition, I visited beauty salons much less," Verna explains. "I love my hair even more now, in its natural state, because my texture is so versatile and I can do so many different styles. I can have it curly, straight, in an Afro or a twist-out. It's fun to play with the different hairstyles."
We got Verna's step-by-step routines for both her wash-and-go hair (imagine looser, more varied spirals) and her twist-out (like the tighter, more symmetrical curls you see here).

Wash-and-Go Hair
1. Wash with conditioner (a.k.a. co-wash), then detangle with a brush (with wide-set plastic bristles).
2. Rinse out the conditioner with warm water.
3. Saturate wet hair with a leave-in conditioner, then apply a gel.
4. Finally, dry your hair with a blow-dryer with the diffuser nozzle on—it really makes your curls springy and gives them a lot of definition. Verna dries it upside down to give it volume; use a hair pick for even more volume.

The Twist-Out
1. On freshly detangled hair, part your hair into four sections (two in front and two in back).
2. In the front, part your hair the way you want the end results to look, either a side part or middle part.
3. On each section, do two twists, saturating them with gel, and then cover your hair overnight with a satin scarf.
4. In the morning, undo the twists and separate the strands and fluff them up to remove any open spaces.
5. When you go to bed the second night, cover your hair once again in the satin scarf to keep moisture in and prevent frizzy, messy bed hair—cotton bed sheets or pillowcase dry out hair, and hair rubbing on cotton pillows can cause breakage.