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HAIR CARE
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I need an easy, new (and forgiving!)
hairstyle but don’t want a frumpy mum cut.
Any ideas?
Here’s a little trick I’ve picked up over the years in the beauty
industry, no one really looks at the back of your hair. As long as
you’ve spent even a few minutes of time styling and blow drying
the front pieces, you’ll look put together. This is good enough
reason to get a haircut with longish layers in the front. If you’ve
been dreaming about a fringe, forget about it. You can revisit
that fantasy in a few years when you actually have time to keep
it in shape. You need a hairstyle that, when it grows out, will not
require hair grips and loads of styling product to keep it from
looking like a five year old went at it with a pair of scissors.
The million pound question is how to keep your hair in an easy
style that doesn’t require much time but still looks way cooler
than a dreaded “mum cut”. Meet the modern interpretation of
the bob, the lob, which is basically a longer version of a bob, but
with choppy layers and a bit of edge to it. A lob is totally versatile
and is still long enough to swoop into a ponytail for those times
having hair in your face is not ideal. Truth be told, most of the
time I’m in messy-bun-getting-stuff-done mode, but for those rare
occasions ( i.e. when we have a babysitter ) , I will go all out and
get a professional blow-dry. Luckily we live in a time where quick in
and out blow-dry bars are as ubiquitous as coffee shops. There’s
nothing like a gorgeous blow out to make you feel like a celebrity.