The Milkmaid Braid and Hot Hair Tips for Summer

Paulette Contessi, owner of The Parlour Aveda Concept Salon in Nedlands, Western Australia said the hottest hair trend for summer was the milkmaid braid – a look celebrities including Sienna Miller and Jennifer Lopez have recently been seen sporting.

“This look is a playful alternative to the standard braid or ponytail and it’s simple to do with long hair – using your centre part as a guideline, create two plaits at the back of your hairline then run the plaits around the side of your head, over the crown, meeting up at the start,” Paulette said.

Ms Contessi offered five other top trends for the season and tips for summer hair care to protect against the combination of sun, salt, sweat and chlorine:

NATURAL INGREDIENTS

The myriad of chemicals in commercial hair products can lead to an itchy, dry scalp and weakening of hair strands so stay away from nasty chemicals in your hair and beauty regime and instead stick to naturally-based hair dyes.

SUN PROTECTION

With summer’s heat and dryness, it is vitally important keep your hair protected by regularly using an intense hair masque treatment – a great new product to try is Aveda Sun Care After-Sun Hair Masque.

BEACH BABE LOCKS

The hottest look this summer is natural relaxed waves and the great news is that it’s a very simple look to achieve simply by applying a light leave-in conditioner and curling each strand of hair around your fingers as you blow dry your hair!

NATURAL COLOURS

Frizzed-out, crazy coloured hair is out – this season it’s time to go back to nature and embrace your natural colour or ask your hairdresser to put in some natural looking highlights and lowlights.

CHOP IT

A short do is the easiest way to keep your hair looking fabulous and healthy during summer, so if you dare, take the plunge this season and chop it!

For more information about hair treatments, visit http://www.theparlour.com.au/.