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Prepare the hair by shampooing once and then dry off. Mist hair with a thermal protection spray to protect against heat.
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Mix together a strong hold styling lotion and a styling creme. Using a brush, apply to the roots like a tint root application.
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Dry all the roots upwards with a comb to create structure and volume at the roots only.
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Using your hands, apply the same mixture to the mid-lengths and ends.
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Start approximately two inches from the root and continue through the whole head. 
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Use and comb and dry the mixture through the lengths and ends.
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Dry the top section, combing through with your fingers.
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Working from underneath, start to brush the hair from the ends to the roots, working in two inch sections. Continue throughout the whole head.
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Use a styling iron to create different curls and textures.
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Create a combination of barrel curls, coils and "figure 8" movements by weaving the hair through the irons. 
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Continue alternating these techniques, working in 1½-inch horizontal sections, splitting each section into ½-inch sub-sections. Spray with thermal protection spray.
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Brush out some sections with a soft brush, lightly backcomb with your fingers and dress to the desired finish. 
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Alan Edwards "Renaissance" Step-By-Step

Published: February 09, 2009
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Here's "Renaissance," a finishing how-to from one of the UK's top hairdressers and educators, Alan Edwards. A styling iron and some backcombing techniques help to create this high-fashion look. Get Alan Edwards Foundational Cutting DVD! (9 looks, only $149.95)   Subscribe to behindthechair.com "On Paper" Magazine--4 Issues Only $29.95!  Next Issue: COLOR with Beth Minardi!

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