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Getting your glam on doesn’t always have to mean a dramatic eye or a statement lip—this holiday season, it’s all about an Old Hollywood-inspired wave. Big-barrelled and fluid, glossy and polished, you can forget the undone, mussed-up texture of recent years: lustrous and deliberately styled hair is where it’s at for this party season, and beyond.
See Demi Moore, whose ultra-long hair was styled into silky, undulating waves that radiated health at the Governors Awards on las tweek. At 62, she is the proof that you can wear your hair as long as you like at every age. At the same event, Zoe Saldana showcased her own big barrel waves, which were made all the more elegant with a deep side parting and soft, slightly brushed-out finish.
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Proving that big waves work on shorter hair too, Selena Gomez showed off a luxe midi-bob at another event in Hollywood on Tuesday, pairing her deep brunette waves with black cherry nails. Lily-Rose Depp was channeling Veronica Lake with her flaxen curls as she did press for Nosferatu this week, styled by Bryce Scarlett.
How to recreate the look at home? London s Larry King recommends prepping hair with a mousse like Rahua’s Aloe Vera Hair Mousse and rough drying it in to give the hair body. From there, take a blow dryer and round brush to create the big waves. “Curl the hair around the brush, then settle it and pull the brush out while twisting, so the hair falls into big, loose waves,” he previously told Vogue. The Dyson Airwrap is also a handy tool to try the look, but you can also make use of heated rollers, and then brush the hair out with your fingers.
