Knots and updos are a familiar fix for hair, but it wasn’t until last New Zealand Fashion Week that we cottoned onto the swim knot (pictured above). With its off-beat elegance and wet-look finish, this sounds like a summer styling solution to us, so we went back to stylist Lauren
Gunn says the style combines two hair classics, a messy knot with a french chignon. The idea was that Hailwood’s girl could move effortlessly from a casual dip on a yacht to an A-list red carpet event without batting an eye. If that sounds like you, here’s how.
1. Begin with freshly washed, towel dried hair.
2. Prepare hair with a lasting wet-look texture by layering in generous amounts of gel wax section by section from roots to ends. (Gunn recommends Goldwell's Chrystal Turn Gel Wax).
3. Style by carving out a rectangular section of hair along a low side part and down to behind the ear. Take all the remaining hair and rake it back into a messy knot at the back of your head using an elastic band. Comb through the loose side panel, wrap it over the knot and roll it into a French chignon, securing with bobby pins.
4. Finish by illuminating the look with a lavish finishing spray all over (Try Goldwell's Sleek Perfection Thermal Serum all over).
Note: Leave tufts of hair free in both the knot and the chignon to achieve a more casual vibe.
