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Bored of your boardroom bun? Consider jazzing things up with a jolt of juxtaposition – pair your businesswoman blazer with a fun fishtail braid that’s fashionably undone and perfectly imperfect.
Not convinced? All the beauty bigwigs are making a beeline for braids, so it’s a bona fide tress trend that’s well, très trendy. There were a ton of twisty tendrils on the mane models mincing down the Spring 2017 runways – no doubt taking a leaf from cool clotheshorse Gigi Hadid and FROW-ers like Kim Kardashian, who was herself spotted dabbling in double dutch braids not too many moons ago.
The best thing? This season’s braids – see the locks sported by the ladies walking for Son Jung Wan and A Detacher in New York and Simone Rocha and Bora Aksu in London –are so very versatile once you get a hang of ‘em.
Click through the gallery slides above to find out how!
1. Start by spritzing on a volumising spray for a bodybuilding boost, then split your hair straight down the middle.
2. Commence weaving by twisting an approximately one cm-wide piece from the front of the right section and cross it over to the left side, overlapping the plait like you would with a standard-issue braid.
3. Using both hands, pull on the two ends of the ponytail to tighten the plait.
4. Continue crisscrossing until you’ve woven your hair down to the ends, then secure the braid with another elastic band. Use a pair of scissors to cut off the elastic at your nape. Repeat by picking up a piece from the left side and crossing it over, then tighten by pulling the ends taut.
5. Finish by working your fingers through the braids to loosen them up, and set with another blast of hairspray. And you’re done! One last thing: Keep things artfully dishevelled, as a few loose ends, so to speak, will give your ‘do a windblown sexiness that’s very youthful and very appealing.
Click through for a rapid fire run-through of backstage beauty shots to get your #hairspo juices flowing, and have lots of follicular fun!
“Baby hair” and flyaways were left as is to lend levity and a slouchy sense of ease to tightly woven quadruple braids.
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Cornrows on the crown exploded into an orgasmic cascade of curls at the back.
Always wanted to be like a shampoo ad model with a gloriously glossy mane? Easy-peasy. Follow this hot hair hack – tried, tested and totally foolproof! – and you’ll be flaunting perfectly polished tresses in no time at all.
A wrap-around braided bun made for a romantic twist to the trend.
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The wet sheen and plastered down strands at the sides appeared to reference cool chick FKA Twig’s signature look.
Get a head start with your hairdryer by trying these top tips for hair that’s stronger, super sleek and gorgeously glossy.
The wet sheen and plastered down strands at the sides appeared to reference cool chick FKA Twig’s signature look.
Hairspray in hand? Try these tress-taming tips and tricks to nail hairdos that will have you looking like you spent a day and a half at a salon.