I know this is a year late, but I still reminiscence about the night I woke up at 4AM just to watch the young royal couple get married. The lack of sleep was worth every minute. Two months after the Royal Wedding, off to London I went. The craze from the wedding was still buzzing over there. Everything was so proper and well maintained. The gardens, shops, and people looked so pristine and perfect. Someday I'd like to live in London, the only thing holding me back is the distance. Leaving all of my friends and family to live 7 timezones ahead is frightening. It's also an expensive place to live lol.
To catch that bit of London and the beauty of the Royal Wedding, I have a tutorial on how to achieve the hair Princess Catherine had on her wedding day.
By the way, none of these are my photos or my ideas. These ideas and photos are from
This website. I
am not trying to take credit for this tutorial. I will add my own bits of information in italics.
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Step 1.
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After shampooing, rinse really well, because unless the hair is very
clean, you won’t get the same bounce and shine as Kate. Smooth through a
little lightweight oil (I used Illuminoil, £29, johansford.com) to give
a bit of gloss. Divide the hair into sections and blow dry from the
bottom up. To create volume, use a large barreled bristle brush under
each section and pull the hair up. For the ends, use a medium barreled
brush as you dry.
*I find that blow drying upside-down without the hassle of the rounded brush works just as well.*
Step 2.
To give definition and movement to the hair, use a pair of tongs to create curls at the end. Take
large sections (around six altogether) and wrap the final two inches of
hair around the tongs and hold for a few seconds. Vary the direction
that you wrap the hair so that the curls go in different directions. Tonging
the hair now, rather than after you’ve pinned it, makes it easier to
pin, because the hair is already forming the shape you need.
*Tonging is just using a curling iron. This look can also be created using a conical wand. You can even create these curls with a hair straightener (it may turn out slightly different though).*
Step 3.
Kate’s do has quite a bit of volume in the centre. To get this look, you
need to gently backcomb the hair. Work from the front, taking sections
half-an-inch thick and no wider than your comb, and use three strokes of
a comb on the inch closest to the scalp, brushing towards the root.
This gives volume at the base while leaving the ends smooth and glossy,
and means pins will stay in place. Work from the front to behind the
crown, using hairspray to keep in place. Then smooth the hair back off
the face and spray.
Step 4.
Take a section of the hair from one side of the head and pull it back,
pinning it in place with a Kirby grip. Then twist that lock of hair and
pin it again with another grip.
Repeat on the other side. Spray to hold.
It’s not a bun, it’s just that Kate’s hair is so long and thick that it stands proud of the head and looks like one.
- Jo Hansford, 48 South Audley Street, London, W1K 2QB; johansford.com; 020 7495 7774
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