While finger-raked beach waves are designed to exude insouciance and catch on the breeze, there s something to be said for the summertime slick back. Unlike the uniform free-spirited nature of lengths left loose, polished styles are easily individualized, and imbue warm weather beauty looks with a wash of effortless cool. Just ask Jennifer Lopez, who readied for a romantic outing in France by combing her trademark honeyed brunette hair into a swingy ponytail characterized by a light-catching smoothness at the crown. A champion of sleek styling, Bella Hadid opted for next level shine with a gelled and parted knot that was one step from wet-look. And outside of Versace s men show, Candice Swanepoel embraced a borrowed-from-the-boys spin on her sunny brand of blonde, hair scraped back at the crown and left to hang down her back for a new kind of half-up style that gives new meaning to summer-in-the-city ease.
Calin Van Paris covered beauty and wellness at Vogue for a decade. You can find her on the West Coast getting lost in the forest or sitting by the river, picking flowers and vintage, and working through her TBR pile. She
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