Woman Reveals Heatless Curl Tip to Let You Wake Up With 'Mamma Mia Waves'

Dust off your dungarees and pull out all the white linen you own, because summer style is being swept off its feet by Mamma Mia! fever once again.

It's not just fashion feeling the Greek heat, but beauty as well, with Mamma Mia! themed hair styles and sun-kissed makeup inspired by Amanda Seyfried's Sophie taking over our FYPs. For those wanting her effortless beachy waves while avoiding damage, one tutorial may hold the heat-free answer.

Shared by Morgan Maynor (@morganmaynor), her overnight hairstyling hack, which may be "better than heatless curls," leaves hair looking as though you're on the beaches of the film's fictional island of Kalokairi.

The tutorial is clearly one that people can't wait to try for themselves, amassing over 4.6 million views and 426,000 likes since it was shared in June.

How to Get Mamma Mia! Inspired Waves Overnight

In Maynor's video, she shared her secret to getting Sophie's waves overnight: rope braids.

This style of braid sees the hair wrapped around itself, and, after a night sleeping with her hair in style, it left Maynor with stunning beach waves perfect for a Mamma Mia! summer.

Newsweek spoke to U.K.-based stylist Darcey Clarke, who has worked with GHD and and Schwarzkopf Professional, to find out how to get the best results from your overnight waves. Clarke revealed how to create a rope braid: "Start by brushing out your hair and apply a light leave in conditioner. This will stop your hair from frizzing with the braids and leave it feeling fresh.

"Section you hair, if you have finer hair do two sections (one either side of your head) or 4 sections if you have thick, coarse hair. Start at the top of you head, taking two pieces of one section of hair and crossing them over and away from your face. Continue this until you reach the end of your hair, adding more hair to each strand every time."

For the full Mamma Mia! effect, the hairstylist added: "A tip to really achieve the signature Mamma Mia! look is to be twisting the strands, keeping tension in them until they are secured at the bottom. If you struggle with fly aways or frizzy hair, another tip is to have a small amount of oil in your hands as you're creating your rope braids.

"When you reach the ends of your hair you can finish off by styling with a straight end. To do this add a silk hair tie straight to your braids, leaving the end straight from the braid. Or alternatively you can double the braid end back underneath the silk hair tie and secure in place for a wavy end."

Taking the braids out is as important as putting them in, as running a brush through the hair could separate the waves you've created.

Clarke said: "Once taken out I like to again apply some light hair oil to my hands and separate the hands to style how I like them."

What Do the Comments Say?

The style was clearly popular, with one user saying she was "obsessed" with the end result.

"This is my favvvv heatless style!!!" added another.

A third said: "Oh I'm so doing this," while another commented on how the style "looks so natural."

One user returned to report back on her own attempt, sharing: "So grateful for you girly I tried this on my naturally curly hair and it looks great."

Newsweek reached out to Maynor for comment via email.