By NAT HAWK
Oh, spring. My favourite time of the year for so many reasons.
It’s warm but not too hot, the crazy Christmas season is not yet upon us, and – best of all – it’s spring racing season.
I’m lucky enough to live close to the racecourse and my girlfriends and I are there whenever possible. We dress up, we put our wedges on (no heels in the grass, thanks), we stock up on champagne and we get ready for an incredible day out. Then we toddle home at 6pm to sober up and get our beauty sleep.
After so many days at the races, I’ve perfected a hair and make-up routine. It’s too expensive to go and get it done every time, and besides – I have super-tricky hair that is easily damaged and easily tangled.
As you can imagine, this kind of hair doesn’t really make friends with hairdressers. I’ve had so many try to give me a pretty up-do, or try for a fun curly hairstyle, only for everything to fall straight out. 800 bobby pins and entire cans of hairspray are generally required to hold anything in place.
All that hairspray and all those bobby pins generally mean that I’m combing my hair out for days afterwards, trying to get rid of all the tangles – and losing/breaking/killing a lot of hair in the process.
So I’ve conned a friend into demonstrating a bunch of hairstyles that are relatively easy to do, but look fancy enough for a day at the races. Also – they won’t destroy your hair. As a general rule, just make sure you’re using a really nice quality shampoo and conditioner – something with keratin is ideal as it repairs any damage you might do, and prevents split ends from occurring.