With the festive season upon us, UK salons and stylists must gear up for what is renowned as the busiest time of the year. Sabrina Dijkman, ALTERNA Ambassador, shares her top party hairstyles, poised to lead as we approach the holiday celebrations. Each style is meticulously designed to ensure long-lasting results, and Sabrina’s step-by-step guides will help you create stunning looks that endure from day to night for your clients. Let’s get ready to make this season sparkle!
Twisted Up Do
- Gather the hair into a loose ponytail at back of head, situated slightly above the nape of the neck.
- This look is very textured and ‘undone’ and is a new modern take on the classic chignon. Firstly take sections around 3-5cm in width, focusing on one section at a time. Next, twist the section back into the hair and pin back into the hair, creating your desired pattern.
- Once all sections are pinned, loosely pull some hair throughout the look to give it a much more natural feel.
- With the loose hair, lightly spray with the ALTERNA Caviar Anti-Aging Professional Styling Perfect Iron Spray.
- To create the tousled feel, use a heated styling iron/curling tong for texture and volume.
- To finish the look, lightly spray the hair with a professional texture spray.
Romantic Bun
- Preparation is key and I always use the ALTERNA Caviar Multiplying Volume Styling Mist as a base when creating any style!
- Start by tonging the hair in 3-4cm sections, tonging from root to ends and tonging into the head. Continue this throughout the hair until every section is complete.
- Next, create 3 ponytails at the nape of the neck. When creating the ponytail, carefully take the tonged sections, ensuring they remain tonged into the hair and secure using a hair band. Complete for all three ponytails.
- Next, you want to create the structure of the look. Beginning with the centre ponytail, carefully twist this into itself, securing around the hair band.
- Then, take your two side ponytails, and twist them into the main bun previously created – secure with bobby pins. Here is your chance to get creative and create your own desired formation.
- Lightly pull two front sections from around the face, to give a much more natural feel.
- To finish, mist with ALTERNA Caviar Anti-Aging Professional Styling Perfect Texture Spray for added texture and a relaxed finish.
90s inspired ‘fluffy blowout’
- Again, preparation is key here in order to ensure the look remains voluminous and full of texture. I would advise washing the hair with a professional moisture shampoo and conditioner – this is key to ensure hair is hydrated and gives the real healthy appeal.
- Secondly, apply the ALTERNA Caviar Anti-Aging Replenishing Moisture CC Cream to damp hair – this is going to underpin the entire look. It provides incredible benefits such as hold, shine and texture.
- Next up – let’s blow-dry! It’s all in the blow dry. Use an extra large barrel brush and take large sections of the hair, focussing heat at the roots and blow dry to give a real curly, volumized feel. Blow dry the hair up and continue to curl around the brush. Once your section is complete, pin the hair until cool.
- Once cool, remove the pins to unveil he desired ‘fluffy blowout’ look. Brush out the curls for softness.
- Where required, use heated styling tong to give added ‘oomph’
- To finish, lightly spray the hair using a professional shine spray to give the final touch of luxury.
