5 easy ways TO UPDATE YOUR LOOK

These sexy styles are hot off the Autumn/Winter runways, yet super easy to replicate. Here’s how…

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These sexy styles are hot off the Autumn/Winter runways, yet super easy to replicate. Here’s how…

Bejewelled Mix

The runways sparkled with a festive assortment of hair accessories, be it small metallic floral pins or large bejewelled barrettes and diadems. They were piled onto messy updos, or added to loose braids – the key idea here is an imperfect, easygoing vibe.

Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen
Love Rocks Rhinestone flower hair piece, $60.86, from ASOS.
Love Rocks Rhinestone flower hair piece, $60.86, from ASOS.
Arbol hair pin, $180, from Atelier Swarovski by Peter Pilotto.
Arbol hair pin, $180, from Atelier Swarovski by Peter Pilotto.
Erickson Beamon Floral clip, $636, from Kim Robinson.
Erickson Beamon Floral clip, $636, from Kim Robinson.

Side Lines

The side part got a reinvention at Dior, Proenza Schouler and Calvin Klein. It goes deep and is for the woman unafraid to make a statement. This simple hair trick gives the illusion of more voluminous hair and helps bring balance to asymmetrical features. It’s also, thankfully, flattering for all face shapes!

Christian Dior
Christian Dior

The Ripple Effect

Soft waves cascading down from a centre part channels Parisian chic effortlessly, as the Alberta Ferretti, Versace and Balmain models showed. Director of KIMAGE, Monica Tan, says, “For straight hair, use a curling iron on dry hair and follow with a hair oil. If you have curls, braid semidry hair, then loosen and run your fingers through.”

Alberta Ferretti
Alberta Ferretti
Try: BaByliss Curl Secret, $159.
Try: BaByliss Curl Secret, $159.

The Wrapped Ponytail

From Kate Spade to Salvatore Ferragamo, the basic low ponytail graced the runways with its simplicity and elegance. But Suno took it to the next level by tying it all up with a chic velvet ribbon! It’s a creative way to add a charming touch to an everyday hairstyle, and is so easy to achieve.

Suno
Suno
Photos: Showbit
Photos: Showbit

Slick n’ Sleek

The wet look left an impression at the Giambattista Valli and Paco Rabanne shows, but slicked back in a way that’s neat and deliberate, not fresh-out-of-theshower dishevelled. To work this ultra-mod look, “section your hair into two horizontal parts”, advises Director John Tham of Salon Vim Wisma, “and apply mousse with a comb, working upwards”.

Paco Rabanne
Paco Rabanne
Giambattista Valli
Giambattista Valli
Try: L’Oréal Professionnel Techni.Art Full Volume Extra Mousse, $36.
Try: L’Oréal Professionnel Techni.Art Full Volume Extra Mousse, $36.
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