Hair Tip: The Marilyn Bombshell Look

With the release of  new film My Week With Marilyn, the 50s bombshell look is back and the perfect vintage inspired look for this year’s party season. With the help of new hair gadget the InStyler created by top American stylist Dean Banowetz, you can create a salon-fresh look to impress. And because it straightens, curls and polishes with a unique rotating cylinder at a kinder temperature, it’s the only hair styler that can give you hot hair without the need for excessive heat.

Marilyn Monroe

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To get this retro style, follow these tips from Dean Banowetz himself.

1.  With the InStyler, using the 3Ž4” setting, begin curling at the nape of the neck and work your way, section by section, towards the crown. Prepare each section with a thermal holding spray or a hairspray.
2.  To create a curl, wrap a medium to large section of hair around the barrel.  Close the InStyler, hold for 5-10 seconds, open, and drop thecurl out.

3.  With the first section, at the nape of your neck, curl the hair all in the same direction.

4.  With the next section up, curl in the opposite direction as the last section

5. Continue alternating each section back and forth throughout theentire head of hair.

6.  If you have long, thick, resistant hair, curl the section and then pin the curl so it can cool in the curl form – when hair heats and cools in the same position, it will last longer.

7.  Once you have curled all over, use a fine bristle brush or even better a Mason Pearson brush, to smooth out the hair.  Since you alternated the curl in each section you will see a wave pattern forming as you brush the sections out.

8.  If you have a fringe, you will want to pay attention to what you want at the beginning, whether you want a smooth fringe or something that is wavy but off your face.

9. To complete the look, use a serum or gloss to smooth curls and waves and secure the style with a holding hairspray.

InStyler, £99.99, available at Boots stores & online

The InStyler is available at £99.99 from Boots stores nationwide or at www.instyler.co.uk

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