6 Hair Styling Tips From Our Expert Oxford Hairdressers
It’s time to shake things up a bit, with a new image, or just find a fresh way to do your hair? Our innovative Oxford hairstylists offer you six hair styling tips for looking after your hair.
It’s easy to get stuck in a rut with your hair. Especially if you have a busy life with work and family commitments. Then there are the practicalities of finding enough time each day to do something special with your hair.
Perhaps you only go the extra mile for social occasions. Even then, many people have go to styles they find easy and wish they could find new ways to look wonderful.
The thing is, trying new hairstyles can do wonders for your confidence, and your sense of adventure. As long as you pick a style you can manage at home that makes the most of your expert cut and colour.
Yes, the basis of all creative hairstyling at home is getting a professional hair consultation in Oxford from Blushes.
However, the trendsetting team there wants to share with you six hair styling tips that work.
Curtain bangs
‘Bangs’ is what the Americans call a fringe. Long gone are the days when this was a simple, straight across part of your hair’s structure. Nowadays, curtain bangs are drawing the crowds!
They were big in the 70s – in style terms, not length – they are back as they offer lots of ways to enhance your normal hairstyle.
Curtain bangs involve having lengths of hair that frame the sides of your face, often wispy and enthral sections slightly out of kilter with the rest of your design.
For instance, you could have a bun, ponytail, plait or loose up-do, and have curtain bangs to soften it. Straight down, gently waved or full-on curls.
The best way to style your curtain bangs is:
Separate two even sections of hair at the side of your face
Spritz them with water
Towel them dry
Add a heat protection product
Use a round brush to shape them as you blow dry them
Keep the style direction away from your face, to make them ‘stand out’ and give them more bounce.
Then fix them in place with hairspray
Pearl Accessories
This is another hairstyle revival that makes perfect sense, as pearl-embellished clips are an easy way to make your hair more glamorous. They add a sophisticated touch to any colour or length of hair and can support ponytails, bobs and plaits, or glam up straightened hairstyles.
Silk pillowcases
No, this is not the name of a new hair trend. It’s an insider’s tip for making lots of styles look better!
Using a silk pillowcase protects your hair from night-time friction, static and drying out. Instead, you wake with smoother, less frizzy hair. The bonus is that silk pillowcases are believed to be better for your skin too, keeping that hydrated and smoother.
Soft balayage
Putting your hair into the hands of a professional Oxford salon means you get cuts and colours that are worth every penny. For growing numbers of clients, a great hairstyle option to maximise their investment, even more, is a soft, balayage. This is a natural, multi-tonal finish, with subtle but glorious colouring.
It’s fabulously low maintenance and can grow out gracefully before you decide to have it re-coloured.
Natural texture
Here’s another hair styling tip that makes your life easier. Over styled and elaborate ‘dos’ are now a ‘don’t’. Instead, why not create a natural texture in your hair’s appearance.
For example, scrunch drying shorter cuts. Or it’s popular to braid hair when it's wet then let it free with natural kinks and waves. Alternatively, invest in a good hair protection product and get creative with heating tools to add body and texture.
Glossy blow-out
Instead of looking free-spirited and boho, you may prefer to experiment with ultra-sleek and smooth hair fashions. This relies on a good quality round brush and top calibre hair products, and a dryer that delivers an even and ‘kind’ blast.
Section by section, style your hair into immaculate and modern straight lines.
Where to go for more hairstyling tips
Browse the Blushes website for more hair inspiration to ‘get ahead’ in the style stakes. Alternatively, make an appointment at our Oxford hair salon to talk to the area’s top stylists about options that best suit you.
