How to Make Your Hair Thicker, According to a Stylist

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Perhaps it's a beauty editor thing, but growing up, I worshiped celebrity makeup artists, colorists, and hairstylists almost as vehemently as I did actual celebrities. I devoured glossy magazine pages while armed with a red pen and snip-happy fingers, keeping organized lists and looks precisely organized in color-coded binders. I've always been product-obsessed, (I owned sticks of Clé de Peau before a car), and my dream was to one day become a beauty editor—an amazing perk of which is talking to and collaborating with said celebrity experts.

I feel extremely lucky that dream panned out, and even two-plus years into the job, I get just as excited to talk to artists who work regularly with members of the A-list and who are artistically responsible for the most double-take worthy hair and makeup looks walking down the red carpet. And, being the beauty-passionate nineties baby that I am, celebrity hairstylist Mark Townsend (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's longtime mane man) was at the top of my list.

A few weeks ago, I had the amazing opportunity to attend a local event with Dove at West Hollywood's Mare Salon where I was lucky enough to meet Townsend and experience his hair magic firsthand. Of course, I had roughly 1.2 million things on my agenda to discuss, but gleaning his best tricks for how to get thicker hair was at the top of my list. During my haircut, (one of the best I've ever had, I might add) we chatted all things products, cuts, celebrities, and supplements, and after a follow-up phone interview a couple of weeks later, I'm officially equipped with Townsend's tips, tricks, dos, and don'ts for getting (or faking!) thicker, healthier, lustrously voluminous strands. Curious to learn more? Keep scrolling! I'm spilling all the details just ahead.