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Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
It’s the style of the season (as seen here at Donna Karan), but putting your hair into a top knot can be tricky to pull off. Peter Lux, Creative Beauty Director for Head and Shoulders, shows us how it's done - with no salon visit required...
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Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
To create a good base for styling, dampen hair with a texturising product and blast dry. We like Bumble and Bumble Thickening Hairspray, £20, or KMS California Hair Boost Style Primer, £13.40, which helps your hair stay put three times longer. Brush hair smoothly into a ponytail, gathering it at the top of the head on the crown.
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Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Secure the pony with a hair bungee* hooking it into the hair at the back and wrapping it around tightly. * Swapping regular hair elastics for damage-free hair bungees (Boots, £X) will be kinder to your hair. Simply wrap around hair until tight and secure the two hook ends - no more snagging = no more damage.
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Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Using large-barrelled tongs, tong the whole pony to get a good bend in the hair – this will make it easier to wrap the hair to form the bun.
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Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Create a soft, fluffy texture by back-brushing the ends with a good-quality bristle brush, starting from the top and working your way down to the ends to give your bun extra body for a chunky knot.
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Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Place two fingers by the base of the pony, wrapping the hair around them in a forward motion.
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Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Tuck the ends in, securing with four or five grips pushed underneath the elastic bungee to help it to stay in place.
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Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Massage your temples gently with your fingers to loosen it up a little and encourage some soft fly-aways for a more natural look. Finish with a spritz of a light hairspray - we like Catwalk by TIGI Session Series Work It Hairspray, £11.50, which adds shine and conditions the hair too.
Company's Guide to the Perfect Top Knot
Want to make every day a good hair day? Well, we're about to show you how nail the style of the season - the top knot, as seen on SS12 catwalks and celebs everywhere...
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