How To Do The Céline Braid
There are three fashion certainties in life; black is our numero uno, if in doubt dress it down, and Céline’s indefinable cool.
Phoebe Philo has a knack of showing us what we need before we know it (and also sending us broke, but that’s a story for another time). The trainers, The Trio, The Trousers, the entire Resort 14 collection. The desire never ends.
So every time fashion week rolls around we wait for the Céline Paris show. And this year, goddamn it didn’t disappoint. But what sent us into something that resembled a mild anaphylactic shock was the hair. More specifically the braids.
Boyish cool, the hair had a soft masculine quality (basically our daily MO); simple, slicked back, clean, braids – boy in the front, girl in the back. So we got the low down on how the show’s hair stylist (Guido no less) created them.
Click through to see how it’s done from the man himself.
Model wears Matin overalls.
“Start by spraying Redken Pillow Proof Blow Dry Express Primer all over damp hair and comb through”.
“Apply Redken Guts 10 volumizing spray-foam to damp hair from roots to ends”.
“Using fingers, apply a nickel-size amount of Redken Shape Factor 22 sculpting cream-paste just to the crown of the forehead, raking back into the hair.”
Model wears Matin overalls.
“Use a flat brush to blow dry the hair straight, lifting the roots at the crown for added for height.”
“Create a short side part with a comb, and then emulsify a dime-size amount of Redken Shape Factor 22 sculpting cream-paste in palms and work into the front of the hair to define the part.”
Model wears Matin overalls.
“Pull hair back into a clean ponytail, securing in the middle of the head with an elastic. The placement of the pony tail is important – too high, too girly = too low, you loose the effect. Line it up, so you’re tying the elastic in line with the top of your ear.”
“Work a nickel-size amount of Redken Braid Aid 08 defining braid lotion into the length of the ponytail, and then braid hair to the ends, securing with a small elastic.”
You’re done. Sleek, cool, as masculine looking as a braid gets. #winning.
Model wears Matin white overalls.
