The Daniel Galvin Advent Calendar - Day 16

DAY 16 - A LASTING BLOW-DRY

Picture the scene - you have had your hair blow-dried for your work Christmas party on Thursday night.  It's now Friday morning, you have your friend's Christmas party this evening but you don't want to go to the hairdresser again today as you don't have the time or the money.  How do you prolong Thursday's blow-dry?

Bobby, one of our Style Directors, gives his top tips for how to make your salon style last this Christmas...

"My basic tips would be to try & touch your hair as little as possible and shield it from the elements.  Remember a hat and umbrella even when it looks like it might be dry and warm. Nothing can ruin a ‘salon look’ like a rain shower and a gust of wind.

"That night, before you go to sleep, pin your hair to the top of your hair with a large clasp clip. When you wake up in the morning hang your head upside down and blast your hair with cold air (if you use hot air it’ll pull out the shape). Then give it a bit of a spritz of hairspray to give it some body and hold.

"Dry shampoo is a god-send in terms of preservation – not only will it lift the grease out but it’ll also give your hair some substance. I’d recommend Batiste which is available at Boots. I’d also recommend L’Oreal Professionelle Crystal Gloss spray which gives your hair a light shine and extra gloss."

There you have it - salon beautiful hair for a second day in a row... Perfect for your relentless Christmas diary.

The Daniel Galvin Advent Calendar - Day 15

DAY 15 - THE BROOKLYN MESSY UP-DO

Brooklyn Decker may be fairly new to the celebrity scene but she's already making an impact on the fashion & beauty scenes.  This gorgeous messy 'do is another brilliant Christmas hair-up for party time.

Molly, one of our younger stylists, shows us how it's done...

STEP ONE:

Curl the hair with a curling tong or with hair straighteners to give the hair the appearance of a natural wave.

STEP TWO:

Back-comb the top of the hair to give the 'do a bit of height and pin up the upper part of the hair.

STEP THREE:

Start pinning the hair up in a non-structured way taking care to show off the curled parts of the hair tips.










STEP FOUR:

Take the front part of the fringe and twist it to give the front a bit more character and shape.  Pin it above the ear.

And you've got yourself a Brooklyn...

The Daniel Galvin Advent Calendar - Day 14

DAY 14 - SCARLETT'S RETRO UP-DO

Scarlett's beautiful retro up-do would work brilliantly for a smart Christmas party and, what's more, it's HUGELY easy to recreate! 

Just part the hair on the side and begin to roll the hair; pinning as you go on your way...

Megan & Scarlett - separated at birth???

The Daniel Galvin Advent Calendar - Day 10

DAY 10 - Wrapped up like a Christmas Present - Step-by-Step to a Hair Bow

Off to a Christmas party tonight?? A fabulous look for such an occasion is the Hair Bow - without any added accessories you can create an easy fun 'do... Senior Stylist Brendon shows us the simplest way to create this look...










STEP ONE:

Scrape up your hair into a high pony tail and spray it with hairspray.











STEP TWO:

Take a medium sized piece of hair and wrap it around the hairband.  Pin it.  Then split the remaining hair in half.










STEP THREE:

Take two small rollers and roll the hair back from the tip to the hairband.  Pin it in place and rearrange the hair to conceal the roller.  Do the same with the second piece of hair.









STEP FOUR:

Et VOILA!  A bow fit for a Christmas present.

The Daniel Galvin Advent Calendar - Day 8

DAY 8 - STEP-BY-STEP TO A CHRISTMAS PLAIT

Ever wanted to do a Leona and wear a gorgeous French Side Fishtail Plait?  Style Director, Bobby Collier shows us how...

Step one:

Choose which side you want the plait to fall and start on the other side.  Create a definite side parting and on the smaller side, divide the part between the parting and the ear into 3.

Step two:

Start off as a normal plait and then gradually introduce more pieces in.  Work away from the face and in a diagonal direction so that your plait will sweep over your other shoulder.  As we're aiming for the plait to be quite loose it's fine to take quite large pieces.

Step three:

When you have reached the bottom of your opposite ear start to turn the plait into a fishtail plait.  Do this by putting the hair into a ponytail and dividing the ponytail in two.  Then begin to pull small sections from the outside into the middle of the plait.

Step four:

Finally continue to the bottom of the plait and tie it. Ruffle it up by backcombing it with your hands.  Spray it with L'Oreal Professional Crystal Gloss and seal it with hair spray.  And there you have it - a perfect Leona Christmas Plait!

The Daniel Galvin Advent Calendar - Day 6

DAY 6 - The Daniel Galvin Red Carpet Blow-Dry

The stylists at Daniel Galvin are renowned for being some of the best in the country at giving their clients' hair the Red Carpet treatment.  Walking around Marylebone you can spot a DGBD from a mile off!!!

Christmas is just such a time when this kind of treatment is required - black tie dos and lavish champagne fuelled affairs are the perfect settings for big hair accessorising. 

Frankie Pullen, one of the DG Style Directors shows you just how you might achieve this look (Click on image below to go to the video):

Create this look at home or come and see Frankie and our other fabulous hair stylists at the salon. 

For an appointment call 020 7486 9661 or email appointments@danielgalvin.com

To get to know our stylists take a look at our Team Pages on the website.

Canadian band New Look visit DG at the Corinthia

New cutting edge Canadian musicians, New Look were the latest celebrities to visit the Daniel Galvin salon for styling before an exclusive performance at the Calvin Klein Collection dinner in London last week. Stylist Jay Goodwin worked on both Sarah and Adam’s hair before the duo performed at the intimate gig. 

For Sarah, Jay created soft, tousled waves, “I prepped Sarah’s hair with styling cream and dried it into her hair, I then used tongs to create a soft, natural curl and blow dried her fringe to create volume through the top.”

For Adam, Jay trimmed his hair before “messing it up with some product to make it look less uniform.”  The breakthrough new musicians visited the new Daniel Galvin salon at the Corinthia hotel. 

For more information about our new salon please visit http://www.danielgalvin.com/~corinthia

Jay’s LFW Trio of Tresses

So another fantastic London Fashion Week is over and one of our fabulous stylists, Jay was right in the centre of the action, working on the hair for three of LFW’s superstars: Ann-Sofie Back, Saloni and Temperley.

Jay has kindly offered to talk us through these ‘dos and re-create the same style on one our beautiful colourists, Sophia…

ANN-SOFIE BACK

“The most important thing about this do is creating oodles of texture. The clothes in the collection are very smart so we wanted to contrast the hair by not creating a definite, sharp parting; by not choosing a specific side for the parting so it wasn’t a uniform look; and putting so much product in the hair that it looked at felt matt and fairly fluffy, to the extent that the product was actually dried into the hair so make it very heavy and messy.

“After creating the right texture we had to create the style: the pony-tail was tied very loosely; we then tied a paper bandana tightly around the eyes and sprayed heavily with hairspray to create a crease just above the ears. The texture was so important that it even translated to the fringe which hung in front of one eye, heavy with product and very dishevelled.”

*****

SALONI

“The idea for this show was to create something effortless, young and fresh. It had a soft texture, a romantic feel and wasn’t as messy as Ann-Sofie’s ‘dos. We started with a side parting on the left-hand side, keeping the top very flat and smoothing down any unruly bits. We tried to make it quite asymmetric, with one side covering the ear and the other being tucked behind.

“To create the look we tied the hair in a low ponytail and then twisted it into a slightly dishevelled chignon, being quite liberal with the pins and happy for them to be on display. We then fluffed up the top part, smoothing the palm across the top from the tip to the root to create a static look. To finish the look with pinned five pins at the front.”

*****

TEMPERLEY

“Temperley’s look was über-sleek and super-polished. We started with wax on the roots to help to create clean sections and then divided the hair into a lower half and an upper half.

"Firstly we took the lower section and scraped it right back to create a very tight ponytail. We then did the same with the upper section, dragging the two together and creating a face-lift effect! The hairband was wrapped in a ribbon of hair and we finished with lots of wax and hairspray so that not one single hair was out of place.”