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Ready to remove your brads? Get ready for a deluxe washday. “For the first washday after taking out braids, I recommend mixing a small amount of leave-in conditioner with water in a spray bottle, mixing it up really well so the consistency is still light enough to spray,” says Smith. Then, after taking your braids down, “part the hair in small sections and spray each section thoroughly, ensuring it is quite damp, and take a Tangle Teezer Wet Detangler Naturally Curly Hairbrush (£12) and comb through each section—starting at the ends and working your way up to the roots.” Now, it’s time to move on to the washing. “Proceed with your washday routine as you would, ensuring that you incorporate a clarifying shampoo,” s...

Thin hair can be difficult to style. Trust me—I know. I’ve tried to make my naturally thin hair look thicker and fuller ever since I was in middle school and my mom let me get my hands on a hot tool. Since then, I’ve cycled through plenty of hairstyles, volumizing products, and thickening techniques. Some have worked, but most haven’t. That’s okay. Somewhere along the way, I’ve learned to live and work with my naturally thin hair (sigh), and the style I choose to wear it in has a lot to do with that. For example, I’ve learned a slick-straight style doesn’t do my thin hair any favors, which is why I tend to go with tousled, textured waves instead.  So yeah, I had my opinions on what hairstyles work best for my thin, medium-length...

Emerging from TikTok, as all good 2021 beauty trends do, the wolf cut is undoubtedly the biggest trending hairstyle of the summer. With over 380 million views of the “wolf cut” tag on the app right now, Gen Z is going wild for this choppy cut thanks to its low-maintenance feel. An amalgamation of two of summer’s other trending cuts—the mullet and the shag—the wolf cut has short layers at the front, is tapered at the back and is all about the volume up top. Be warned, though: Despite its laissez-faire appearance, this artfully dishevelled haircut does require some styling. So if your hair is naturally flat, then have your texturising sprays at the ready.  You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates On...

But above all, I want to talk about the results. My hair has been in dire straits. It’s dry, brittle and breaking left, right and centre. Things have just been looking very drab. But after just one use of the Gisou products, my hair quite literally looked like someone else’s. Someone whose hair was thick, luscious and healthy.  Ever the stubborn beauty journalist, I refused to accept such drastic results at face value and continued to use them every wash day for the next few weeks. And so, we arrive at today where it pains me to write that it’s time for me to eat my words, because Gisou products deserve all of the love, praise and social media fame that they get. Since using these products, I’ve been showered with hair-related compliments. Everything from its glossiness to its fr...

Within the ever-colliding stratospheres of fashion and beauty, “rules” have become a bit passé, if not obsolete altogether. Gone are the days when we’d refuse to wear white after Labor Day or dismiss navy and black as an ill-conceived colour pairing. Currently, we feel inspired to dye our hair a demurely shocking shade of lavender. A hot-pink eyelid is cooler than yesteryear’s smoked-out cat eye, and we’re even experimenting with crystal-studded manicures and cute-but-clashing polish shades. Our point? It’s an exciting time to be in fashion and beauty, and more so than ever before, our hair, makeup and fashion aesthetic reflect that. Hair, especially, has been the comeback kid of 2021. Previously old-fashioned styles like the mullet have been artist...

Probably the most classic short hairstyle, a bob is a one-length cut that typically sits around jaw level. Although, it can be as short as ear length and as long as just above the shoulder. It’s a great place to start if you’re venturing into short hair for the first time. “There are so many bob variations with a style to suit everyone’s face shape,” said Barton. “Round faces should try to opt for a long bob that goes past the chin, [which is] also great for heart-shaped faces as well as heavy, chin-length bobs, which can balance out the face and look particularly great when worn tapered or with a side fringe. For long and oval face shapes, precise and blunt bobs are fantastic and enhance a strong jaw.” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you ...

Long, full hair may be the standard (thanks, old-school shampoo commercials!), but in reality, it’s far from the norm. There are a lot of reasons someone might have thinner hair, from genetics to postpartum hair loss. And while hair thinning is more common as we get older, anyone of any age can have thin hair, or fine hair (aka hair that’s physically smaller in diameter than its fuller counterparts). That’s why, as always, the right haircut can be a total game-changer.  No matter your hair length or texture, your next cut is just a scroll away. We caught up with three ultra-talented hairstylists—Sanda Petrut of Maxine Salon in Chicago, celebrity stylist Joseph Maine, and Ryan Trygstad of Mark Ryan Salon in New York City—to find out their tips for cutting and sty...

A common misconception about short hair is it’s difficult to style in new ways. And while we admit there may be less to work with, short strands can boast a new style day after day. If you lack options in your hairstyle wardrobe, chances are you just need a little inspiration to spark your next look. Ahead, 25 styles that’ll make styling your short ‘do easier than ever. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.

It’s a good job that hair salons are open again because thin hair really benefits from regular trims to avoid those straggly ends that can make fine hair look even finer. “Always maintain a six weekly trim, even if it’s just that millimetre to keep things sharp,” advises Darren Fowler, Kérastase Expert and Owner of Fowler35 Salon. “At Fowler35 we use a technique that gives invisible structure and support to fine hair in the right areas—it works wonders!” With this in mind, Fowler is a big fan of sharp, blunt haircuts for thin hair. “Stay with a haircut that has a lot of good, strong, blunt lines,” he suggests.”  You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a da...

I really do feel for anyone who didn’t experience the ’90s when it was actually happening. I say this because, with the current trends, it feels as if we’re living in the ’90s right now. While those with a minimalistic aesthetic did exist during that decade, what I loved most about growing up in the ’90s was the fun we had with fashion. Cycling shorts were bright, prints were loud, logos were slapped on just about everything, and accessories—oh how they made an outfit. From bubble, blow-up rucksacks to running shoes, accessories were statement, and the more of them, the better. Still, perhaps no ’90s accessory is as iconic as ’90s hair accessories. Before brushed-out waves came on the scene, most of us relied on punchy accessories to elev...

When it comes to my hair, I tend to fluctuate between two lengths: just above my shoulder or just above my boobs (both technical terms). Yet there always comes a time with both lengths when I start to feel like I want to either chop it all off and start again or indulge my inner Rapunzel and grow it out super long. Right about now, I’m at the chopping-it-all-off stage—mainly down to the fact that I’m seeing cool, short hairstyles pretty much everywhere I look. Yes, short hair is definitely trending, with some of my favorite celebs and most-followed fashion girls stepping out in freshly cut ‘dos. “Short hairstyles are on-trend at the moment,” confirmed Neil Barton, Goldwell ambassador and owner of Neil Barton Hairdressing. “Other than the bob and the pixi...

I have spent a significant amount of time over the last few weeks writing about trending hair colours and the coolest summer hairstyles, so it’s no surprise that I’ve been incredibly tempted to switch up my own hair look. And this week, that’s exactly what I did—I took the plunge, headed into salon and dyed my Afro hair. Honestly, I’d been thinking about it for a while and obsessing over the warmer blonde-brunette balayage images that I’d been pinning, but I was finally ready to have the Hot Girl Summer hair of my dreams. However, like with any chemical hair service, I knew that there was a huge risk attached to colouring my hair. “Bleached hair is more porous, so it becomes more sensitive,” warns Zoë Irwin, a Wella Professionals ...