The days of flat, ironed-straight hair are well and truly over. Now, it's all about big, bouncy styles and expensive-looking volume. Great, if you've just walked out of a salon, not so easy at home. 
The days of flat, ironed-straight hair are well and truly over. Now, it's all about big, bouncy styles and expensive-looking volume. Great, if you've just walked out of a salon, not so easy at home. 
Playing with proportions is key in fashion this season. Not content with puff sleeves or ra ra skirts, designers have taken it to the max this autumn—just think of the Bernard Chandran dress Estelle wore at the MTV Europe Awards last week. If you want an inexpensive route to fashionista status volume is also all the rage as far as hair is concerned. 
You probably know by now that I simply can't get enough of this season's big, bird's nest hair styles. From Guido's matte creations at Marc Jacobs to Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding's bouffant do, it's all about messy, voluminous styles. X-Factors' wannabe star Diana Vickers was sporting an amazing look on this weekend's programme. 
The term bird's nest hair refers to an oversize hair do that's often piled on the top of the head. It usually looks rather messy and disheveled as though a flock of birds or family of small rodents could be living in there. The phrase normally refers to long hair that has been pinned or tied back into a bouffant style, with plenty of volume at the crown. 
Getting gorgeous low key looking hair that seems effortless to style comes from texturizing. Take inspiration from the fluffy, matte hairstyles on the catwalks such as Guido's amazing birds-nest hair.
Use plenty of volumizing products at the root and lengths of your hair to create a big is beautiful style. 
From the candyfloss creations on the catwalks to hair maestro Guido's love for huge piles of bird's nest hair, it seems that voluminous dos are everywhere. When Sarah Harding, Mischa Barton and Daisy Lowe are all supersizing their barnets, you know this is a trend with staying power.
I have naturally big, unruly hair and after years of trying to smooth it down with creams and serums, it's quite liberating to just go au natural. 
Sarah Harding partied with the rest of Girls Aloud (minus Cheryl) at Whisky Mist in London this weekend. Never one who's afraid to steal the limelight, Sarah went for big, back-combed hair in a bright vanilla ice cream shade of blonde. The matte texture and voluminous style looked straight off the catwalk, where candyfloss hair has been a backstage staple for a while now. 
You may be forgiven for focusing your attentions elsewhere when Daisy Lowe and the Agent Provacteur models hit the mirrored runway at the launch of the brand's new eau de parfum, Diamond Dust. However, true to form, my eyes were on the gorgeous hair as the girls sported ultra feminine curls designed to compliment all the womanly curves on show.
Hair maestro and best mate of Kate Moss, James Brown was the man behind the look, referencing the Russ Meyer films of the '70s to create big sexy curls. He says, "Think Jerry Hall in the seventies, when her hair was big, big, big."
Actress and front row fashionista Mischa Barton was looking glowing at the Vanity Fair party at Milan Fashion Week. She went for a natural makeup look, with a rose coloured lip gloss, black lined eyes and peachy blush. Her skin always looks flawless but I thought she looked slightly tired in this picture. It could be the social whirl of Fashion Week, but I also think she suits fresher shades and pink near the eyes is always dangerous. 
For the premiere of The Women, in LA last night, Eva Mendes plumped for an Old Hollywood-style up do which seemed fitting as the film is a re-make of George Cukor's 1939 version.
Eva's Calvin Klein fragrance Secret Obsession hit counters this week, and as the steamy star of the controversial ad, Eva has been getting a lot of attention.
Her nude and rose-coloured makeup, with trademark dark eyes, looks fantastic against her complexion, though her hair is looking a little too bouffant for my liking. 
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