'Christmas Party' Styles by Ben Cooke, Co-Founder of Lockonego
I love Katy Perry's '40s pinup girl style at the moment - it's a really fun and interesting take on the 1940s retro glamour look that's so on-trend this season and works really well for those lavish Christmas parties. 'The Devil's Whip' is a really easy style that takes inspiration from The Great Gatsby, offering a super glamorous finish.
The Devil's Whip by Ben Cooke
Step by step guide
- Apply Herbal Essences Dazzling Shine Light Reflecting Serum into clean, damp hair to boost shine and create smooth locks. Create a side-parting and blow-dry on a medium heat with the *Signature Large Round Brush by Lockonego
- Take hair from the temple of one side and roll upwards and inwards, picking up hair as you go along, until you reach the back of your ear on the opposite side. Secure in place with bobby pins that match your hair shade and generously mist with Sebastian Professional Shaper Zero Gravity hairspray
- Tuck the ends of the loose un-rolled hair into a small knot just above your ear and secure with bobby pins
- To create a sweeping side fringe, gently pull hair from the knot to slightly loosen and smooth over with a paddle brush, tonging the whole section in one go for a big wave. Finish with a final spritz of hairspray
Adele's extra voluminous and glossy blowdries ooze glamour and sheer femininity without looking over-styled. This is the perfect style for channelling the classic style of Hollywood Screen Sirens and suits anyone.
The Super-Luxe Blow-Dry by Ben Cooke
Step by step guide
- Evenly spritz some volumising spray on damp hair, from roots to ends to increase volume then blow-dry on a medium heat using the *Signature Paddle Brush by Lockonego to encourage a smooth finish
- Section hair into two partings at each temple to make three even sections across your head. Take a small section from one parting and wind around a hot, medium-barrelled tong, curling inwards. Hold the tong in place for five seconds and carefully remove without disturbing the curl. Secure the curl in place with a flat hair clip
- Repeat this on all sections and mist with hairspray to ensure a long-lasting hold
- Set curls with heat from a diffuser and wait for hair to completely cool, then gently remove each hair clip to unravel the curls
- Brush hair back away from your face towards the back of your neck with the Paddle Brush to create a distressed and voluminous finish
- Tease hair with your fingertips and create a rough side-parting, allowing hair to fall naturally over your face
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The Dishevelled Up-do by Ben Cooke
Step-by-Step:
- Apply Sebastian Professional Thickefy Foam from roots to ends into clean damp hair
- To achieve this natural, romantic finish, roughly blow dry hair using fingers instead of a brush to encourage natural texture and waves. Once dry, use a wide barrelled curling tong to define curls and add extra waves to hair
- Tong strands at the front into loose waves that hang free to soften the finished look
- Gently pull hair away from the face and secure in place with a clear elastic hair-tie then shake the ponytail to make it look soft and messy. The hair should look baggy from the sides
- Finally, tuck the ponytail section under the hair at the nape of the neck and pin into place then shake again
- Tease out some fine strands of fly-away hair for the soft, romantic finish
Ben will offer more tips and advice next month, but for now, you can follow him on Twitter @BenCookeHair.
