This summer is a chance for you to embrace romantic, effortless style. Wide leg pants, retro prints and breezy makeup looks are in, making it easy to find inspiration for your best summer looks. When it comes to hair trends, however, there’s one taking the industry by storm in particular. It’s called the “Botticelli” haircut trend and it’s both beautiful and natural looking. Here’s everything you need to know about this hair trend, how to style it and more.
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What Is the ‘Botticelli’ Haircut Trend?
Inspired by Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli himself, the “Botticelli” hair trend is romantic, easy and natural looking. The look features long, flowing waves that look lived in and natural — almost like nature created them. The hair trend also favors volume and a tiny bit of puffiness, like the hair has been windblown on a hot day. If you want to try this style for yourself or on a client, you only need a few professional hair care products and to follow some easy tips and guidelines.
While “Botticelli” Hair is commonly seen on those with long hair, you can also create a “Botticelli” Bob or rock one yourself! This means almost anyone is a good candidate for the hairstyle and you can even use it as a transitional styling technique while the hair is growing out. “Botticelli” Hair is a super fun hairstyle to try this year, so be sure to follow these tips on which products and techniques to utilize when creating the style.
How to Create ‘Botticelli’ Hair
This particular hair trend is relatively easy to achieve, whether you’re a stylist or you just want to try it for yourself at home. If you’re in need of a trim, it’s best to head to the salon and leave it to a professional. Be sure to ask them for a minimal trim in order to keep your hair as long as possible. It’s best to avoid any severe lines or blunt cuts in order to keep things looking natural and wavy!
If your hair isn’t super long or you’re in an in-between phase, this could be the perfect opportunity to play around with hair extensions for some added length. However, these are not necessary to get the look. In fact, “Botticelli” Hair looks great on shoulder-length hair, in addition to bob length cute and long, flowing locks.
Once the hair has been trimmed if necessary, it’s time to move on to the fun part, which is styling the hair in loose, elongated waves. Here are a few “Botticelli” Hair styling tips to try:
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- Rock Your Natural Waves: If you have hair that’s naturally wavy, then let your natural hair shine! Even if your hair is only slightly wavy, you can use professional hair styling products to help enhance them and create a true “Botticelli” Hair look. With any level of natural waves, there’s no reason to blow your hair out straight or use a flat iron before creating waves. Work with what you have!
- Brush Through Curly Hair: On the other hand, your hair or your client’s hair might be more on the curly side and less on the loose, wavy side. That’s totally okay! Curly hair can easily be transformed into easy, romantic waves to create the “Botticelli” hairstyle. The process begins with tangle-free curly hair, which might require a bit of brushing. Don’t worry though because this hair trend is supposed to be big and a little fluffy! Use a professional hairspray to tame frizz and keep flyaways in check.
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- Embrace Textured Hair: Unlike other more structured wavy hairstyles, the “Botticelli” Hair trend showcases messy, effortless and imperfect waves. That means you can make the style your own and it can look different every single time. One way to get the perfect loose waves for “Botticelli” Hair is to use a dry texture spray and other salon-approved texture hair products to give your hair dimension and, of course, unbeatable texture.
- Make Waves: If you or your client has straight hair that’s free of any amount of wave, then it’s easy to create them for the sake of this look. Working with clean, dry hair, take small, freshly brushed sections and curl them with a curling iron one by one. Instead of carefully allowing each section to fall out of the iron into a ringlet shape, pull the curl down towards the shoulders to create an elongated loose wave. Use a brush or wide tooth comb to separate pieces and create a natural, Renaissance-inspired hair look you’ll love.