Rachel Green may have had straight hair, But Jennifer Aniston — in case you didn't already know — is actually a curly girl. Her natural texture is a loose-beachy-curl meets a strong wave, and we've been seeing more of it in recent years, especially since she launched her haircare brand Lolavie.
Now we know beachy is in the name, but just ask the Aussies – Christmas on the beach is great. Jen is a prime example of how undone, air-dryed natural curls look just as good over the festive period, defying out-dated notions that they belong in summer. I mean it's literally how her hair grows out of her head, of course it works for every season! Particularly as winter is harsh on hair, the less heat the better!
Jen was rocking her natural waves for a particularly festive occasion too, she was off to pick out her Christmas tree, and even though we know famous people have giant trees (please go look at Kylie Jenner's), seeing her actually picking up this beast of a tree she looks so dinky next to it!
While in the 90s and 00s the blow-dryer and straighteners reigned supreme, many didn't even know or realise their hair had a natural wave or curl. You might have seen all the TikTok girlies air-drying, scrunching or diffusing their way to their 'natural' curl pattern (ok with a bit of encouragement), but really if you've always fought with 'frizzy' hair or fly-aways, it could be a sign you have waves like Jen's fighting to come out.
Try air drying with some wave or curl leave-in products and a bit of scrunching and just see what you discover.
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Elena Chabo is Cosmopolitan UK's former beauty writer, working on everything from buzzy celeb news and trending beauty, to sincere first-person reviews and engaging video content for social media. She also creates meatier features and expert-led how-to guides, for print and online. Her passion for Black beauty, textured hair, and the ways beauty interacts with culture, society, identity and relationships, quickly took over her writing career and led her into beauty journalism. Following an MA in Magazine Journalism in 2017, she cut her teeth across various roles at Stylist Magazine, before taking on a Digital Writer role at Good Housekeeping. It was here that beauty took centre stage and she launched and ran the site's first stand-alone beauty section. Remaining at Hearst, she joined the Cosmo beauty team in 2022. Find her on LinkedIn.
