How to get Song Hye Kyo's mirror shine hair

Korean stars like Song Hye Kyo are known for their smooth and silky hair. Here’s how you can cop their commercial-worthy tresses both at the salons and at home.

Frizzy, dry and damaged hair has always been the bane of women’s existence. This explains why hair treatments that promise smooth, shiny locks are so popular.

According to Charles Chong, associate director at Chez Vous Hair Salon: “Smooth hair reflects light better, giving your complexion a healthy glow.” However, busy Singapore women have little time to style their mane, especially in the mornings.

“Being able to wake up with smooth, shiny hair with minimal effort is probably the biggest reason why smoothing hair treatments are in such great demand,” he adds.

Instead of the super sleek finish that can leave hair looking a little flat, hair smoothing treatments today promise frizz-free strands with a softer and more glossy, mirror-like shine.

At the salon, there are a few options when it comes to professional hair treatments to get your locks silky smooth and shiny such as Hair Lamination. Unique to Chez Vous, there are two options to choose from – Advanced Sugar or Supreme Sugar.

The former is an express frizz-fighting gloss treatment that repairs hair with active ingredients like sugar actives, improving its health and appearance for up to six weeks. Best bit? This treatment can be done within an hour and with a colour service in the same sitting. Plus, it won’t cause any complications if you decide to rebond or perm your hair.

The latter uses a higher percentage of naturally derived ingredients such as coconut oil to help you maintain that shiny finish for longer. With proper care, its effects can last up to three months.

Want to achieve the same luscious and luminous locks at home? Try out these products.

Shiseido Professional Sublimic Aqua Intensive Velvet Oil, $53.50

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A leave-in oil that moisturises hair and enhances shine, thanks to Shiseido Professional’s unique Double Repair System that strengthens hair from within while sealing in moisture.

Available at Shiseido Professional authorised salons

Oribe Imperial Blowout Transformative Styling Creme, $94

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Its unique cream-to-oil-to-powder formula not only helps you create a smooth and stylish blowout, but also protects hair from heat damage. Hair is soft and shiny for days.

Available at Oribe authorised salons

Virtue Labs The Polish Un-Frizz Cream, $58

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Infused with a patented Alpha Keratin 60ku protein that fills in the gaps along the hair cuticles, this leave-in treatment locks out humidity to keep tresses sleek all day. It also keeps curls defined minus the frizz.

Available at Sephora stores

Act+Acre Restorative Hair Mask, $55

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Enriched with proteins, vitamins, fatty acids and antioxidants, this conditioning mask repairs damage and conditions dry hair, leaving it smooth, soft and well-hydrated.

Available at Sephora stores

Dyson Flyaway Attachment, $79

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It harnesses the Coanda effect that is used in the brand’s Airwrap styler, allowing the attachment to attract and lift longer hairs to the front, while pushing flyaways out of sight.

The attachment can be purchased individually and is included with every new purchase of the Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer ($599).

Moist Diane Miracle You Prism Repair Shampoo and Conditioner, $18.90 each

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With its potent blend of gold and platinum keratin, this haircare duo nourishes hair from within, while giving it a boost of luminosity. Also protects freshly coloured hair against fading with borealine, a plant-derived antioxidant.

Available at Watsons, Welcia BHG, Don Don Donki and Tokyu Hands



This story was first published in the October 2021 issue of Her World.