When ’s Executive Beauty Editor, Shannon, noted that prom hair was proving a prominent on the red carpet, I will admit my knee-jerk reaction skewed slightly negative. It’s a special feeling when the looks of your youth come back around again; while I love a throwback trend and am not too fussed about getting older, there are some things that I personally will not be re-living. (Catch me running for the hills if jeggings ever make a comeback.
) But stay with me here, because there is a chic end to this story. To me, prom hair means one of two key kinds of hairstyle. The first is very defined -ed ringlets that have been sprayed with perhaps and are never, ever brushed out.
These bouncy curls were frequently worn in a half-up hairstyle and/or with a '00s thrown in for good measure. Very on trend at the time, of course, but I am in no rush to see the return of extra crispy ringlets. However, the second—the one that's seeing a resurgence on the red carpet—is the slicked updo, which may take the form of a , a chignon, or any otherwise sculpted style.
Having transcended decades long before we reached the '90s and '00s, updos are a bit more classic and less closely-tied to anybody’s school years. More to the point, the likes of and Bella Hadid have all been wearing chic takes on this kind of prom hair lately. Here are some of my fave examples.
.. This look, worn by star Simone Ashley at Cannes, is like prom hair meets ‘90s star-studded black-tie fundraiser.
Her sculpted upd.
