Hairdressing trend alert! A well-known tie-up is making a comeback in celebrity hair. Did you guess which one it is?
It is well known that beauty trends (like fashion trends for that matter) have a little mania to come and go, whether in makeup or hairstyle. Often, the surge in popularity of makeup and must-have hairstyles from years past owes nothing to chance but is the result of the influence of stars on their ever-growing fan base.
If we can no longer count the flagship looks of the 90s (or even 2000) which are making a big comeback this year in beauty trends thanks to stars like Bella Hadid or singer Dua Lipa who are their daily muses, they are not the only ones to find a place in our current beauty routine. Another vintage hairstyle, which this time has nothing to do with the appeal we have for the 90s, has also been talking about her lately: these are the two classic braids worn as low duvets on both sides. on the other side of the face, which already promise to take over from the famous boxer braids with which we braided our hair for many months. In short, a schoolgirl hairstyle that all little girls with long hair wore at least once during their childhood.
It was model Gigi Hadid who was among the first celebrities to adopt them, and others soon followed suit, such as supermodel Kendall Jenner or more recently singer Taylor Swift. But what to think of this regressive attachment?
Gigi Hadid makes a hairstyle from our childhood trendy
Singer Taylor Swift gave in to the trend
Kendall Jenner wears both braids with XXL lengths
Model Josephine Skriver also wears these pigtails often.
A smart protective hairstyle for the lengths
If she has often styled the long hair of the little girls, it is clearly not for nothing! Particularly suitable for medium to long or very long hair, it is easy to reproduce even when you are not a hairstylist as long as you have two elastics on hand, quick to do for them. rushed mornings when you don't have a minute to lose, and has the merit of preventing the formation of knots in the lengths and of helping to protect the hair from external aggressions (wind, cold, rain, sea water, etc.) .
It therefore has many advantages. Disciplining the hair at will (even in a hurry), it also allows us to curl our hair without heat and therefore without risking damaging our hair fiber in the long run, unlike the methods requiring the intervention of a curling iron.
But if it has a host of undeniable qualities, it does have one small flaw: that of making us look (a little too?) Childish. In real life, it is clear that these two braids are not always easy to assume as they are when you do not have celebrity status.
Our advice for adopting both mats in 2021
Never mind, no need to deprive yourself of its benefits over our lengths and miss out on the trend that we like. We don't completely say no to this trend that reminds us of our childhood and school years, but we still recommend that you twist it a bit to give it a little more panache (and maturity).
- Exit the impeccable hairstyle from roots to ends with two braids with three perfectly tight strands and regular braiding over the entire length, we prefer to wear these two slightly wild braids for a more rock'n'roll look. To achieve this slightly disheveled effect, we take out a few framing locks in the wind and we dare styling powders and salt water sprays on the lengths to give texture to our locks and give them more grip. In short, we adopt a schoolgirl look, yes, but not afraid of hours of glue.
- If we are not a fan of hairstyles with the combed-disheveled effect, we rather appropriate the trend by varying the braids for others that we are more used to seeing on adults such as braiding in ear. We also don't hesitate to channel our two braids with some trendy accessories according to the mood of the day to mix up trends and have fun with them. Bars or bobby pins which get carelessly wedged between certain strands or help us to flatten our hairstyle to give it an assumed ultra preppy style: we say yes.
- Finally, we also think of associating the hairstyle with the trend of XXL lengths for a hairstyle of the most dramatic like that of Kendall Jenner.
So, are you going to embrace these two trendy pigtails?
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