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By BR Kellie
We watch a lot of Princess movies in our household. And by a lot I mean all of them. I’ve gone from only knowing Ariel, Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora and Belle to being on first name basis with Anna, Elsa, Tiana, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Merida, Rapunzel, and no doubt soon Moana and I will be hanging out.
Now I’m not a particularly princess-y kind of gal. In fact it’s safe to say I’m most comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt, or shorts and a t-shirt, but I do have a fascination with princess hair, often epitomised by the Disney Princesses, with their long lush locks that don’t frizz and go off in wild directions (Merida being the exception, but then riotous curls suit her personality and she rocks them, and if my wavy curly frizz bomb would do what hers did I’d be stoked). Of course if I had to choose one princesses hair to have? Well, it wouldn’t be a princess so much as a duchess, or technically both on further Googling. Yes, I love Duchess Catherine’s hair. It’s so shiny, glossy, frizz-free and perfect. In fact the only time I was less than enamoured with it was when she got herself some full on fringe action going on, but since that appears to be growing out, and the hairstylist is making it less prominent a part of her look, I’m guessing she felt the same.
Of course, when one adores Princess hair, one has to figure out how to get it. Lucky for us a how-to came straight from her hairstylist’s mouth! Check out this video Richard Ward filmed for People magazine.
According to Richard Ward the key to the look is cutting long layers in order to create movement, with only a small amount of graduation at the side. In the video he also shows how he cuts in the fringe, but yes, we know how I feel about the fringe, so I ignored that part.
Fringe or no fringe though, her hair is a gorgeous cascade of brunette locks one can but dream of emulating, or actually emulate if you’re any good with a blow dryer and round barrel brush.
Duchess Catherine, I curtsey to you, you fabulously tressed lady.
So do tell… who has your favourite princess hair? Ariel? Merida? Rapunzel? Have you tried Duchess Catherine’s look? How did it work out? Chat away…
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I have to say I do love her style, for clothes, hair and makeup. It's classic and feminine with a modern touch. Her looks are always so effortless too.