Saturday, November 7, 2009

Hollywood's favorite new hairstyle (and how to get it).

According to celebrity hairstylist, Charles Baker Strahan, tousled hair is the style everyone in Hollywood is loving right now. He shows us— and one lucky Thread viewer— how to get the look!



Picture a head of low-key, artfully messy soft waves. That’s tousled hair. Charles has given this sexy, “perfectly imperfect” look to all his girls, including Becki Newton and Leighton Meester, and he insists that we can do it ourselves at home using products from Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly collection.

Our model Jenny, 27, who works in skincare, has fantastic long, medium textured hair, which she wears up in a ponytail most of the time. Charles broke down the steps for us as he gave Jenny a tousled makeover. 

Step 1. Wash with Tousle Me Softly shampoo and conditioner.

Step 2. Prep hair with styling cream and/or mousse. In Jenny’s case he used a golf ball size handful of mousse.

Step 3. Dry hair. Use a round brush under heat to set it.

Step 4. Add tousels and volume. With a curling iron— or multiple irons of varying widths— add curls in different directions. Smooth out flyaways near the roots with a flat iron. 

Step 5. Finishing cream and flexible hold hair spray will keep the tousles in place and leave hair soft—not crunchy!

Of course, Jenny looked great—she loved the volume and the bouncy tousles— and she’s going to try it again at home and let us know how it goes.

For even more in depth instruction, here’s a link to the styling section of Herbal Essences.

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  • Susan's Avatar
    Posted by Susan Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:31am PDT

    How is this a "new" style? This is the same cookie-cutter style found on waaaaay too many women. I agree that it is pretty and flattering, but it is so boring and dated and everyone has it! When I read the title I thought I was going to see a new and edgy short hairstyle!

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  • bella babe's Avatar
    Posted by bella babe Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:58am PDT

    I like it it's a laid back look.

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  • JenniferG's Avatar
    Posted by JenniferG Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:46pm PDT

    this is just a commercial for herbal essences.

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  • fizzy's Avatar
    Posted by fizzy Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:54pm PDT

    I can't believe I just sat through this video, my hair looks the same straight out of the shower with a little bit of mouse scrunched in - no drying or tedious curling necessary. I had been hoping to see a hairstyle worth trying.

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  • Miss Sassy's Avatar
    Posted by Miss Sassy Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:56am PDT

    Nothing new about this...

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  • anonymous's Avatar
    Posted by anonymous Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:18am PDT

    I'm really sick of seeing ads for hair products disguised as a video or news.

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  • opiniononly's Avatar
    Posted by opiniononly Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:21am PDT

    I agree, nothing new here but another plug for a product.

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  • Caroline's Avatar
    Posted by Caroline Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:15pm PDT

    nothing new here been dealing this all my life so who needs hollywood cant i get paid for my hair dos

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  • kaybee's Avatar
    Posted by kaybee Thu Jul 16, 2009 4:09pm PDT

    too much work...just don't comb your hair for a few days!

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  • Donna's Avatar
    Posted by Donna Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:47pm PDT

    Ouch, I hope we aren't going back to the bad old 80's big hair look.

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