- Hey, guys, it's Chris Appleton, and I'm gonna show you
how I like to style my hair for a night out.
Let's get into it.
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Okay, guys, so I've just shampooed my hair.
I always use the Color Wow Color Security Shampoo.
This leaves behind no residues in my hair,
which is really important 'cause when that happens,
it can lead to hair thinning.
This is 100% clean,
which always keeps my color nice and bright,
which is really important for me.
And I know I've got the security
of looking after my hair and scalp.
To finish with, I always, without doubt,
use my Money Hair Masque.
This is amazing for rich, expensive-looking hair.
Not only does it smell great, it's really light,
and obviously my hair is bleached,
so it keeps the hair super hydrated
and also strengthened as well.
So they're always my go-to.
So before I blow-dry the hair,
this is my kinda secret weapon for blonde.
I actually get asked a lot
how I keep the blonde kinda ashy 'cause, I guess,
naturally it can tend to go a little bit yellowy.
And my secret formula is right here.
I use the Color Wow Toning mousse,
so this is the Color Control foaming mousse,
and if you watch this, guys,
it's actually lavender colored.
So they have one for brunettes,
which kind of, you know, keeps brunettes nice and rich.
This is a lavender-tinted mousse,
which effectively I just put through
before I blow-dry my hair.
It tones away any brassiness, any yellow tones.
It literally neutralizes it.
And you can actually see just as I put it on,
see how much ashier it makes the color,
which for me is amazing,
'cause it's what makes the whole thing look kinda cool.
In fact, my pet hate is when my hair looks yellow.
So I always like to use this.
It's nice and conditioning as well,
which is always super important.
Okay, so shampoo and conditioner done, styling product.
Honestly, especially when my hair is freshly bleached,
I do like to add one more product.
This is the Kale Cocktail by Color Wow.
What I love about this stuff is it's actually just a cream.
So I can use a small amount.
But this actually strengthens the hair by 50%.
With my hair being blonde,
I have actually suffered quite a lot with breakage.
I've actually had it done a couple times
where my whole hair has broken off,
and it literally comes off at the scalp.
You can see how dark my natural hair is,
so to bleach my hair this light,
I need all that protein and all that strength I can get.
So I'm always about cocktailing products together
to keep the hair super strong.
And I know a lot of people don't love to use products,
but for me, honestly, it's the kind of foundation
to keeping your hair strong, keeping it hydrated.
And most of my prep is done when my hair is wet.
All right, guys, now we're gonna get into drying my hair.
So I like to use a small round brush,
and I use the Leandro Limited hair dryer.
I like this hair dryer 'cause it's nice and light
and super powerful.
I literally blast most of the water out of my hair
blow-drying in a forwards direction,
so you wanna kinda blow-dry the hair forwards
in this direction.
And then I always lift the bangs up,
so always try and get some volume throughout the bangs.
And that's when I use a little round brush.
So I use that at the end
just to kinda give it a little bit of a polish,
give it that little bit of a kick,
and keep that volume in my hair, so let's get into it.
(dryer blowing)
(calm uplifting music)
Now a little tip, when I like to dry my hair,
guys, this is perfect for you.
I always like to sort of overdirect my hair.
So effectively I wear my hair this way,
but if I dry my hair this way, it kinda gets quite flat,
so I actually dry the opposite direction,
so I blow-dry it in this direction
because then it gives it more volume,
and it gives it a little bit more kind of an undone texture.
So tip is to always blow-dry your hair
in the opposite direction.
(dryer blowing)
(calm uplifting music)
Okay, guys, so you can see already
I've kinda dried the hair to a little bit,
it's like 80% dry,
and this is probably where I'll pick up the brush.
My natural texture is actually really straight,
so I actually use a brush just to give it a bit of a bend
'cause I kinda like it when it does this kinda thing,
it has a little bit of kinda movement and a bit of texture,
just makes the whole thing look cooler.
I've been wearing this hairstyle
for I guess the last couple of years,
it's kinda become symbolic
of my like, I guess identity.
I've kinda become stuck with it,
because everyone's like, "Oh, the guy with the blonde hair,
you know the hairdresser guy, the one with the blonde hair."
So it's kinda become stuck.
It's interesting, when I dye my hair dark,
I'm like, walk in, my hair's brown,
and I'm like, "Okay, well, a whole new look,"
and the response is always very just,
"You dyed your hair dark."
But this is my favorite time, when it has that root in it.
When it has the root, it has a nice contrast,
and I think that's when it looks its best.
All right, fellows, so when you're blow-drying your hair,
or ladies, I always like to literally,
I don't even take sections,
I just literally get the brush,
I let it kinda wrap it around,
and I let the hair just kinda pick up on it.
And then what you're gonna do is hit it with the hair dryer
just to try and pick it up and give it some volume
and a little bit of bend.
(dryer blowing)
(upbeat music)
Okay, guys, I've just finished blow-drying the hair.
Obviously right now it's huge, it's kinda really big.
I never wear my hair this big,
but I do blow-dry it first,
because it gives you the volume and it kinda lasts all day.
This stuff, game changer, the Toning mousse,
you can see how great
it kinda just takes away any, I guess, yellowness.
It's the yellowness that I really don't like.
It really neutralizes that brassy tones,
and it actually gives my hair some great texture as well.
So now we're gonna get into styling,
so once you've got the kind of volume in,
I then like to use a wax stick.
So I kind of like the wax stick because my hair is bleached,
so if I use anything too matte,
it really kinda just, it doesn't work for me,
it gets really dry.
So with the wax stick,
I usually do four or five kinda swipes down,
a couple on the bangs, and then just kinda wrap it
around in a circle.
I like the wax stick just because I can,
I guess, kind of start to manipulate my hair.
It kind of almost hydrates it,
takes away a bit of the volume,
and kinda makes it look a little bit more pliable.
But then I like to use another wax over the top.
So I use then a little bit more
of, this one is more like a mud.
It's kind of like a, it's almost like a paste,
it's in between a paste and a wax.
Anything too oily makes my hair flat,
anything too kinda dry and matte just makes my hair
look dry because it's got the bleach in it.
This is a nice combination.
I don't use a lot, kind of a pea-size amount.
Literally always rub it
throughout the whole palm of my hands.
That's really important.
And like I said when I was blow-drying it,
I like to overdirect my hair,
so I'll push everything kind of one way,
just pushing it all down,
and then I push the bangs the opposite way
to start giving it some texture
and a little bit of direction.
You can see it's already sort of starting
to come into place,
and the volume still maintains its kind of integrity,
but it also has a little bit
of that kinda cool lived-in texture,
and that's 'cause obviously we blow-dried it.
My hair's pretty long at the minute,
I kinda like it this length, I think it looks cool.
I've tried so many different hairstyles in the past,
I've had it shaved,
I've had it long.
I mean, that was just not even worth talking about.
My hair's so thick,
it was very kind of Kate Middleton vibes,
like luscious hair, I wanted to be like cool surfer,
definitely wasn't that.
So like I said,
I think this has kinda become my signature style.
What I like to do is, I love it at this stage
when the color's grown out, I think it looks much cooler,
but I do have a secret weapon.
If ever I've got a red carpet, or if I'm doing something
where I just want the color to look a bit brighter,
but I don't have time to have the roots done,
I use this bad boy.
This is the Color Wow platinum powder.
So this is a root powder.
What I do, this is my little trick.
It's kind of a game changer, honestly.
I'll load up the brush,
just load up the small end of the brush
with the powder, and then watch this.
I go in there at the front,
and you can actually just kind of paint in highlights.
So it actually just, I guess, distinguishes the root
a little bit so it doesn't look as bad.
A lot of people do this with obviously brunettes
and gray hair, but not a lot of people know
that you can actually brighten up your blonde by doing this.
And this has been a game changer for me.
See how it instantly kinda connects the color
and makes it look like I've got kinda highlights
down to the root.
It's my little secret weapon, guys.
You're welcome.
And thank you, Color Wow.
What's great about this stuff as well is it's swim-proof
and sweat-proof.
Obviously I work out and stuff,
so I don't like anything that's gonna smudge.
There's nothing worse than seeing kind of like guys
with black around their hairline
where they've colored it and stuff.
So I know it's not gonna go anywhere.
And I think, guys, that is about it.
I usually kinda let it just settle down, do its thing.
But yeah, this is pretty much it actually,
from the back, the side, and from the front.
Thank you for watching me getting ready,
and I'll see you guys next time.