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5 Easy Hairstyles For The Party Season

FEATURE: Long Read
by Nasreen Osman

It’s the season of easy-to-do hairstyles. While we love our chic up-dos and accessory-adorned manes, this time around we’re treating our scalp to a reprieve and letting our hair down – literally and figuratively. We’re either embracing and enhancing our natural texture or with the clever yet minimal use of styling products, transforming our tresses into an edgier iteration. So, whether you’ve got straight, curly, short or long hair, keep reading for the best hairstyles to don to your next event this party season.

Which hairstyle will you try?

Wet-Look Hair

This is the kind of show-stealing look that is bound to impress your fellow guests. Sleek and combed back, the wet-look hairstyle is all about high-shine gloss and looking like you’ve just been caught in the rain. To achieve this look in an intentional way, slick damp hair back with a cocktail of your favourite gel styler and nourishing cream such as the Olaplex No. 9 Bond Protector Nourishing Hair Serum or Kerastase Discipline Maskeratine Hair Mask to protect your mane and prevent a crunchy feel. For curly hair types, you may want to reach for the Living Proof Curl Definer to enhance your curls rather than stifle them. To ensure every strand is taken care of, spritz the Drybar's Medium Hold Hairspray to lock down flyaways and wispy strands at the base of your neck. Finish the look with a bold lip and you’re good to go.

Natural Texture

It can be a natural reflex to try and ‘perfect’ our hair – define every curl, control every flyaway, straighten out any kink – but this style runs in the opposite direction. Whichever way your hair naturally falls, embrace it. A little bit of R+Co Bleu’s Highest Volumizing Mousse goes a long way to adding high shine and billowing volume to hair that tends to fall flat. If you want to revitalise your waves, try Moo & Yoo’s Sea Salt Spray – the marula oil and Icelandic moss in the formula help to add body and keep hair hydrated. For those with curly and coily hair, your frizz need not be tamed. This is the time to go all out by fluffing your curls and coils to their full potential. First, protect hair with Gisou’s Propolis Heat Infused Protecting Spray. Then, with La Bonne Brosse’s N.04 The Miracle Detangling Scalp Brush in one hand and GHD's Helios Professional Hairdryer in the other (or do both with the Mermade Blow Dry Brush), brush out each section to reveal hair that is singing with volume.

"Try a texturising spray on freshly washed hair after it's been rough dried to create a little root texture for that cool, 'fluffy', done but undone hair."
 


Anna Cofone, Professional Hairstylist

Deep Side Part
Deep Side Part

 

An end to the ‘middle versus side part’ debate is in sight. Enter the deep side part. This simple hair tweak dominated the AW23 runways with varying degrees of severity that succeeded in looking effortlessly chic every time. (It also lends itself to the appearance of thicker, fuller hair.) Start with damp hair to help manipulate the way your tresses fall. Use a tail comb to find your desired parting and secure hair in place with the Mermade Blow Dry Brush. Now, the fun part. For a sleek touch, use Larry King’s multitasking A Social Life For Your Hair Crème to smooth frizz and flyaways, and impart a healthy shine to strands. Finish with a flourish of Oribe's Free Styler Working Hairspray for a light hold that ensures your natural texture still shines through. Following the mermaid-core trend? The Ouai Texturising Spray makes your dream of beachy waves a reality, while Jose Eber’s Flow Air Styler Straightener and Curler further enhances under-the-water waves.

"Approach a deep side part on a diagonal slant rather than straight down your scalp. Then use a straightener to flatten your hair for a more dramatic effect."
 


Andreas Wild, Senior Stylist at Larry King

Sleek and Straight

Did somebody say, Naomi Campbell? That’s right,  straight hair is making a comeback. The look is long, it’s pin-straight and it requires you to dig out your hair straightener. But let’s keep hair damage to a minimum by protecting strands with Rahua's Heat Protectant Shield infused with a plant complex to shield strands from thermal damage. Kerastase’s Lotion Thermique Blow-Dry Mist also helps to protect, while hydrating hair and ensuring a stiff-free finish. Delivering results as sleek as its design, glide GHD's  Platinum White Straightener through hair, one section at a time. This intelligent straightener ensures an optimal temperature throughout your session, so you don’t have to worry about singeing your strands.

The Bob
The Bob

 

Want to do even less styling with your hair? Three words: chop it off. The bob is officially having a moment, and by moment, we mean it’s been going strong all year. Sleek, polished, shaggy, or side-swept, there’s a bob cut for everyone and every hair type. If you’re feeling nostalgic, ask your stylist for a French bob for a one-way ticket to the '90s. Channel Winona Ryder energy with a cut that swoops to one side and pairs well with root-lifting products such as the Living Proof Full Dry Volume & Texture Spray for a full-bodied and bouncy look. Less classic but cooler, the chin-skimming length bob looks effortless with a soft wave and is brought to life with Oribe's Thick Dry Finishing Spray, a winner for boosting texture. Dare to take it further? A razor-sharp fringe is just the thing to capture the room’s attention. A softer approach for curly bobs is to opt for curtain bangs to help create a beautiful, face-framing shape. Think of a bob as part of your outfit, working the room all on its own. Hair appointments, this way...

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