When the mid week slump looms and the clock somehow still says 11 am, what you need is a fabulous hit of couture dahling!
The latest haute couture show we're getting delightfully lost in? Ralph & Russo.
Sending pastel clouds of tulle and streams of glittering embellishment wafting down the runway, the design duo also imagined up the most ethereal updo to grace the Paris runways.
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Think romantic braids and gentle tendrils all adorned with satisfyingly large pearls. 'It's all about the renaissance period,' hairstylist Larry King told ELLE backstage. 'It's really pretty - it looks like the models have stepped out of a painting from the era.' Consider your wedding hair sorted.
Somewhere between a Markle-esque messy bun and a Brigitte Bardot-style chignon, we're dubbing King's intricate braided updo as the prettiest bridal hair ever.
'I'm really enhancing the natural texture and softness of the models' hair,' said King. 'I'm gently blowdrying the edges of the models' hair before they step onto the runway to add some really gentle movement.'
Of course, no couture coif is complete without a sprinkling of bling. 'The pearls came straight from the collection,' revealed King. 'There's a top that's entirely made of pearls and we took the same ones and attached them to clear fishing wire before weaving them in and out of the hair. Some were in a line along the braid and others were almost falling out of it.'
Get The Look
- Find your middle parting and scrunch in Larry King Volumizing Mist.
- Take a few sections of hair and, starting an inch away from your hairline, plait them backwards all the way to the nape of your neck.
- Take the remaining hair and roll it from the sides, creating French pleats.
- Take the plaits and place them along the fold lines of the rolls and pin into place.
- Scatter pearl-embellished pins randomly throughout.
- Use Larry King A Social Life For Your Hair finishing cream to tease out baby hairs around the face.
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George Driver was the former Senior Beauty Editor - Digital at ELLE UK.
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