Hair Style 16

Good hair day? That's so 2013. These new hairstyles—gorgeous blowouts, braids, curls, ponytails, and more—are your ticket to a good hair year.

 SIDE-SWEPT BLOWOUT

When it comes down to it, there are basically two kinds of blowouts: stick-straight or bouncy-wavy. This in-between style combines the best of both. Sleek from the crown to mid length with a pretty sweep at the ends, it's polished but not too perfect. To get it, blow-dry hair straight with a boar-bristle paddle brush, then follow with a flatiron, turning it away from the face at the bottom to create soft bends. "That hint of wave gives the look an easy, effortless appeal," says hairstylist Ken O'Rourke. 

ROMANTIC PONYTAIL

 

Hairstylist Guido called the ribboned hair at the Nina Ricci spring 2014 show "simple and feminine." We call it one of the most elegant ponytails we've seen. Here's how to get it: Secure a low ponytail with a black elastic, then tie a ribbon in a bow to conceal the band.

URBAN TURBAN

You don't have to be Kate Moss or Eva Mendes to pull off a turban. Exhibit A: the bright, summery, totally unposeur-y scarves seen at the Marc by Marc Jacobs spring 2013 show. To get the look, prep dry hair not with gel or mousse but with texturizing spray. "You need that dry texture to give your look a messy nonchalance—and also to keep the scarf from slipping off," says Guido, who created the look. Twist your hair into a bun at the crown, then fold your scarf into a three-inch-wide strip and place the middle against your nape. "Pull the ends forward, crossing them above the center of your forehead and just behind your hairline," he says. "Bring the ends back to the nape—partially overlapping the fabric to create a turban effect—and knot them."

SPLASHLIGHTS

Hair-color daredevils, take note: The new look is a horizontal band of bleached hair that stretches from ear to ear. Also known as "splashlights," this hair-color effect is unlike anything we've seen. For New York City colorist Aura Friedman, who came up with it, that's the point. She wanted to duplicate the effect of "a laser beam hitting you in a certain spot," she says. Starting with the underneath layers, Friedman paints bleach in a small section. Then she covers the area above and below the bleach with a color close to the hair's natural shade.

RUMPLED BRAID

 
The trick to creating textured plaits like the ones at the spring 2014 Alberta Ferretti show is scrunching first: Mist volumizing spray all over damp hair, then scrunch as you blow the hair dry using a diffuser. Then curl the top layer, comb through the resulting waves with your fingers, and tease the crown before weaving a classic braid at the nape of your neck.

SUPERSIZED UPDO

 
Inspired by dancers (and, arguably, cinnamon rolls), hairstylist Guido gave models at the fall 2013 Nina Ricci show soft, romantic updos that wrapped around the entire back of their heads. "It's not a chignon or a bun or a knot, really," he says. "It's as if a dancer just twisted up her hair and pinned it." To re-create it, rake Redken Guts 10 Root Targeted Volume Spray Foam, a volumizing foam, through clean, damp hair before blow-drying it "to give the hair some hold and grip."

EFFORTLESS TOPKNOT

 
Leave the perfect donut buns to YouTube (and 2013). Hairstylist Mark Townsend, who has given celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Elizabeth Olsen this look, takes a more relaxed approach. First, prep hair by misting a flexible-hold hair spray on a flat brush and gliding it through your hair. To reach the bottom layers, spray the brush again, flip your head over, and brush the underside. Flip your head back up and gather your hair into a ponytail at the very top of your head in the center. Twist the ponytail around the base, tuck the ends under, and slide in bobby pins. To get a windblown look, let down your bangs or free a few loose hairs around your ears and face.

UNEXPECTED HEADBAND PLACEMENT

An elaborate updo is the hairstyle equivalent of a fruitcake: old fashioned, unyielding, and not exactly tempting. A soft, unstructured bun paired with a cool accessory worn in an unexpected way is a million times more appealing. And it couldn't be easier: Gather your hair into a low, loose chignon, then place a decorative headband just above it for a slightly Grecian effect.

FAUX FRINGE

A thick, jagged layer of eye-skimming bangs is sexy, cool, and all the other adjectives we usually ascribe to Jane Birkin. But who needs scissors? At the Emilio Pucci fall 2013 show, none of the bangs were real. To create the most believable version of clip-on fringe, hairstylist Luigi Murenu broke out tinted mousse (Roux Fanci-Full Styling Mousse) to add a bit of color and texture to the hair—real and fake—and blend everything together. "It's very British-fashion-in-the-'70s," he says. Bangs like these flatter oval and heart-shaped faces, but the real trick to acing them is the length: "The bangs have to be short in the middle and longer at the temples," Murenu says.

BOUNCY SPIRALS

This look is about embracing your natural texture and working with it—not against it—for a you-but-even-better effect. With natural curls, "there are always pieces that are straighter," says hairstylist Serge Normant. To encourage curls to hold their shape, prep hair with a cream such as Aveda Be Curly Curl Enhancer and blow-dry hair with a diffuser (we like the DevaCurl Dryer and DevaFuser). Then wrap sections of hair around a small curling iron to increase the curls' buoyancy and make everything more uniform.

HALF-BACK AND SLEEK

The problem with most half-up styles is that they're literally half up, leaving a skimpy-looking portion down below. A more flattering ratio is 30/70, says hairstylist Nathaniel Hawkins. To get it, draw a line from ear to ear over the top of your head, like a headband. That front section is your 30 percent. For this look, flatiron hair to get it straight, then pull it back and secure it with a black leather ponytail holder. Mist with a shine spray for a glossy finish (we like Oribe Shine Light Reflecting Spray).

MESSY BRAIDED UPDO

For the crisscrossed style models wore at the fall 2013 Viktor & Rolf show, longer hair (or a braided extension) is ideal. To get that roughed-up, romantic texture, prep hair with mousse before blow-drying and braiding. Secure the braids using U-shaped pins and let wisps show. The imperfect, somewhat undone result is forgiving.

POP OF COLOR 

A head's worth of Katy Perry blue or purple is striking—but not for the faint of heart. For a slightly easier way to get the look, try soft pastel streaks in a shade similar to your hair's natural color, like Sienna Miller's golden peach highlights here. And unless you actually are Perry, don't go permanent: A hair chalk like Kevin Murphy Color Bug provides a temporary (and washable) tint.

BRAIDED TWIST

At the fall 2013 Rodarte show, hairstylist Odile Gilbert made boho waves even better by adding a twist, two braids, and heaps of texture. Rake a ton of mousse through dry (yes, dry) hair, blast it with a blow-dryer, and use a two-inch curling iron to make waves throughout—
but don't curl hair all the way down. "Leave the ends straight so the style doesn't get too princess-y," she says. Make a middle part, then take a small section of hair above each ear and braid it. Gather the two braids at the back of your head, secure them with a small elastic, and twist the ends into a tiny bun. ("The twist should look like a flower," says Gilbert.) Braid a two-inch-wide section of hair so that it hangs like a stem just below the "flower." Pull out two face-framing pieces of hair and set with hair spray.

WISPY PIXIE

 
This rough, sexy style began with the air-dry method. Garren then elevated the hair all over with a blast from a blow-dryer and rubbed wax between his palms before using his fingertips to rake it through the hair, concentrating on the ends. "That makes it fuller and messier," he says. He finished by holding his fingers at the scalp and spritzing just the roots with hair spray, leaving the base supported and the ends falling naturally.

 

PEEKABOO HEADBAND

"There's a severity and austerity to it," Guido said of the look he created at the spring 2014 Valentino show. To get it, work Redken Satinwear 02 Prepping Blow-Dry Lotion through your hair, then blow-dry it with a round brush. Tease hair at the crown and create a short center part. Leave two sections loose in the front, then slip a headband just behind your ears, gathering the back of the hair into a low ponytail. To get a structured effect, pull the front sections back, covering your ears and the sides of the headband. Then wrap the ends of the strands around the base of the ponytail and mist it with a hair spray, like Redken Forceful 23 Super Strength Finishing Spray.

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