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Katie Holmes, Where Have You Been Hiding These Curls?

Her hair somehow looks even longer with these loose spirals.
By Marci Robin

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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, they say. And if there’s anything that doesn’t need repair, it’s Katie Holmes‘s signature look. She’s mastered the art of relaxed yet aspirational style, both with her clothing and her hair, which is almost always worn loose, long, with just the tiniest hint of third-day-of-my-blowout wave. It’s easy to forget that the actor is actually the humble owner of some pretty gorgeous natural curls, but every now and then, she reminds us just how fabulous she looks when she opts for a little more texture than usual.

On Tuesday, May 6, Holmes attended a party celebrating the second season of Poker Face, in which she’ll join a packed cast featuring the likes of Cynthia Erivo and the show’s star, Natasha Lyonne. And it looks like she might have taken a hair cue from Lyonne’s go-to look because while she was celebrating Poker Face, Holmes’s hair was certainly anything but poker straight.

Flowing over the structured shoulders of her blue and white floral R13 suit were cascades of curls. They hit the perfect mark somewhere between looking air-dried but with a hint of did-she-or-didn’t-she curling wand polish.

Katie Holmes wearing a blue and white floral blazer
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Holmes thanked hairstylist DJ Quintero (who—if I may brag—once made my natural curls look the best they’ve literally ever looked, so I’m not the least bit surprised this is his doing) when she posted a couple of pre-event photos to Instagram.

“When she walked in the door, she had her natural texture, and I said, “’Let’s just add some more texture,” Quintero tells Allure. ”I sprayed Living Proof’s new Leave-In Conditioning Spray all over and used a smaller iron to enhance the texture that was already there. Then I set it by putting it into random larger braids all around her head.” Then, he sprayed the cooled look with Living Proof Full Dry Volume & Texture Spray.

And, understandably, fans went wild in the comments.

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“The hair 😍,” one commenter wrote, while another said exactly what we’re all thinking: “Stunning and I LOVE your hair like that!” Where is the lie?

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