Friday, March 19, 2010

GLAMOUR MAG Highlights: The Louis Vuitton Ponytail


How to Create the Louis Vuitton Ponytail (a.k.a. The Most Perfect Pony We’ve Seen In Years)Ladies, if you start hearing dreamy Disney-esque music in the background or start seeing rainbows and shooting stars bursting out of your computer screen when you look at the photo of the hairstyles at the Louis Vuitton runway show, don’t stress and dial up your doc: You’re not going crazy—you’ve just fallen in love (hard) with this flawless ponytail. It’s a little shocking how gorgeous it is, right? Kind of like looking at the Hope diamond or something. Seriously, though, while you might not wear a ’50s Barbie-esque ‘do like this into the office or out on a date, you have to respect the fact that there are absolutely zero frizzies. That alone deserves some kind of an award.It should come as no surprise that this immaculate hairstyle comes from Redken’s Guido, he of the spring side-braid phenomenon. For all you vintage hair lovers—or anyone who wants to glam up her gym pony one day—we got the dish on how to re-create this ‘do:1. After washing hair, apply texturizing blow-dry gel to damp hair.2. Brush through from roots to ends with a round brush.3. Pin hair into rollers and let cool. 4. Pull hair into a smooth ponytail right (no part) and secure with an elastic.5. Wrap a 1” to 2” piece of hair around the elastic and secure underneath the ponytail with bobby pins to conceal the elastic.6. Around the hairline, apply a smoothing serum like Redken Glass 01 and make sure all baby hairs are down for a smooth, sleek look.If you’re in a hurry, you could probably blow-dry, slick back, pin up and then use a wide-barrel curling iron to give one or two big curls to the end of the tail. And spritzing the smoothing serum on a little comb, then brushing through will help prevent stiff helmet head. —Susan Cernek

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