Hair & hairstyles.

How to: Bottega Veneta’s cinematic soft curls

Extravagance and luxury are two words that best describe Bottega Veneta’s fall / winter 2013 collection. To go with the collection a hairstyle that was real and irresistible was needed, and the responsibility of creating such a hairstyle fell into the very creative and able hands of Guido Palau, creative director of Redken. Drawing inspiration from old Hollywood glamour, more specifically the actresses of both…

How to: Leowe’s uptown bouffant

In full bloom, the flower power of the sixties has made its way to the runways of 2013. From color blocked shift dresses to beauty looks, the swinging ’60s trend is one of the biggest this year and taking cue from this, Leowe made use of a very 1960s hairstyle for their fall / winter 2013 show. Guido Palau, creative director of Redken updated the…

How to recreate Behati’s boho Free People hair (video)

If there’s one way to make your neo-bohemian outfit even more authentic it’s by adding a boho hairstyle to match. Building upon a base of ‘faux dreadlocks’ – clumpy twists of hair that have a shipwrecked, careless look to them – Free People for their June lookbook added plaits and parts and bits and bobs to create evolutions of boho looks. Behati Prinsloo was the…

How to: Nina Ricci’s ballerina bun

A ballerina is always associated with a certain level of elegance and poise. With that being said, many women have drawn inspiration from ballerinas in the past, exuding an air of sophistication in the process. The Nina Ricci woman, much like a ballerina, is confident and graceful, and this is what Redken creative consultant Guido Palau had in mind when he created the hairstyle for…

How to maintain platinum & bleached blonde hair

A hair colour change is the perfect foundation for a drastic makeover or reinvention; and if you’re going use hair colour as a statement, going platinum blonde – or near to it – is certainly a striking way to do it. Looking at the key hair trends for 2013 and beyond, bleached blonde in it’s lightest incarnations sits high on the list, partly thanks to…

How to: Dior’s 1950s wet chignon

Every season has trademark hair trends that stylists interpret in different ways and for fall 2013, a reoccurring hair trend is the wet look or hair that’s glossy and shiny. For the Christian Dior fall 2013 show at Paris fashion week, Redken’s Guido Palau created a hairstyle that utilizes the shiny wet look yet still features a classic detail. The result was a 1950s chignon…

Inspiration board: roaring ’20s hairstyles

If you're craving some visual inspiration on how to style your hair in a way that shines with the glow of the Jazz Age, then you need not look further than our evolving 1920s hairstyles Pinterest board. Follow for an inspirational dose of finger waves and bobs, from authentic vintage looks through to easy-to-wear modern interpretations.

How to get Versace’s supermodel side part

Who doesn’t love a good blow out? Blowing out your hair and leaving it down is simply sexy and assures you of a good hair day. Redken creative consultant Guido Palau took that blow dried look and added a little something for the Versace fall 2013 show in Milan. That little something is a voluminous side part that is a fall 2013 hairstyle he describes…

How to get Cara Delevingne’s punk braided hairstyle

Interpreting the theme of punk can yield a great many different looks – as this year’s Met Gala proved. Cara Delevingne‘s outfit of a studded Burberry dress wasn’t the most extreme, but it did stick in the mind for being the kind of look any girl would want to make her own. And much of the effect also came down to her smokey eyes, studded…

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