Au Naturel

All you need is the right haircare prescription to go natural this season

If you’ve spent a lifetime fighting with your hair, straightening waves, curling poker straight manes, and relaxing curls, read on to discover how to enhance your natural hair texture for healthy, beautiful unique locks.

The effects of the latest wave of feminism have been far reaching, as we fight for equal pay, and the ME TOO movement makes waves, women are pushing back against traditional markers of beauty too. We’re embracing body positivity, and skin positivity, so it makes sense that as we embrace our true non enhanced selves, we would begin to rock our natural hair textures too.

“Textured hair has been an overriding trend this season as we create looks that are both considered yet respect the natural texture of the hair,” explains hair stylist James Pecis. Tadashi Shoji, Etro and Roland Mouret championed the wave, Calvin Luo, and Michael Kors defined curls to perfection. The center parting at Ashish added an arresting element to the models thick voluminous manes, while at Ryan Lo an edgy short shaggy hair cut proved that fine hair can look cool too.

Fine Hair

Waves and curls are traditionally employed to give fine limp hair some oomph, but over time this can damage the hair cuticle leaving you with ends that have most likely seen better days. Be bold, and go for a chop; lobs and bobs are the best way to create instant faux fullness. Then rethink your styling arsenal. Ditch those heavy conditioning products you used to revive your heat damaged hair of old and try a volumising mouse or spray instead. Kerluxe Aquavol Leave-In Therapy, is the ideal option. It’s a restorative leave in treatment, developed using oats, soybean and peptides that repair and revitalise fine and limp hair, while boosting volume and thickness – genius.

Thick Hair

Full hair can be hard to manage and for many no matter how much product you use it constantly lacks moisture. Then there’s its propensity to create a hallow of frizz the moment you step foot in a humid environment. Not to mention it’s ability to hold in heat. The right hair cut can make a big difference; layers, undercutting and texturing all help to minimize bulk without compromising on length. However, your cut will only take you so far. If you want shiny lustrous locks, thicker hair needs a higher injection of moisture. Hair that feels brittle, rough and dry needs to be treated regularly with fatty acid rich oils like those found in the Resplendisse Hair Mask. Infused with deeply nourishing copaiba, abyssinian, jojoba and macadamia oil plus repairing silk proteins, this deep conditioning treatment restores moisture levels and rejuvenates fragile, damaged and dry hair.

Wavy Hair

It’s not straight, it’s not curly, it looks frizzy when brushed and often lacks shine, so it comes as no surprise that heated tools tend to be wavy hairs ‘best friend’. And although they may help in the looks department their not doing your mane any favours in the health department. What wavy hair really needs are products that will boost shine, reduce frizz and add all important definition - Kerluxe Caviar4 Hair Serum does just that! This super-rich serum contains four different types of caviar extract, resulting in a nourishing, yet lightweight formula that penetrates the hair cortex – reversing damage, taming frizz, defining waves and restoring shine.

Curly hair

Years of relaxing, blow-drying, and straightening can change your natural curl structure. In order to restore your curls you must employ a number of tactics and invest in the correct products. Gels, mousses and pomades can strip moisture from the hair and when used on a daily basis this can leave curls looking lackluster. Opt for a shampoo that will cleanse without stripping the hair of all important natural oils, and a conditioner that will restore moisture levels. The Resplendisse Hair Conditioner fits the bill perfectly as it contains the Kerluxe S.O.S. Complex of nourishing oils and silk proteins to smooth frizz, reactivate your natural curl pattern and lock in moisture. When drying, twist sections of wet hair with your towel, rather than roughly rubbing back and forth; as this encourages cuticles to lie flat rather than upwards to create frizz. When damp coat hair in a leave-in cream or oil. If you can’t leave hair to air-dry then use a diffuser and dry on a medium heat until 90 per cent dry, then switch to a cooler air setting to lock in moisture. Keep reapplying your chosen cream or oil throughout the week to keep curls defined.