Femme by é SALON
This collection from é SALON includes a wide range of hairstyles that represent stylized interpretations of very feminine attributes. The looks themselves are the haute couture of hair.
The textures are sleek and shiny, and the styling elements include maximum-volume curls teased into frothy clouds; clean, smooth lines; and asymmetrical up-styles. These styles won’t be common on the streets but may inspire you to be a little more adventurous with your own looks.
Modern Short Bob
There's nothing quite as classic as the chic, sassy bob. This short bob has all the modern earmarks of the hyper-styled bob: smoothly tapered ends forming a spherical silhouette, sharp clean lines along the fringe and perimeter of the cut, and slightly rounded corners.
The styling is glossy and smooth—blown straight and ironed sleek. The products are designed to enhance the gloss of the hair and ensure the crisp finish of the look.
Curved Bob
This bob is another glossy look but features full-on asymmetry. The long, angled, and side-swept fringe is softly feathered, and the hair is styled to a blown-straight, satiny smoothness.
The top section is drawn forward with a sharp parting and forms a dominant forelock that sweeps across the eyes. The perimeter at the nape area is cut with a clean, curved line, and there is likely undercutting to ensure the smooth curve of the ends toward the skin.
Asymmetrical Up Style
A sleek, tight up-style receives asymmetrical and amorphous elements in this unusual look. The model's long hair is slicked back to the top of the head and overlapped to form a torus-shaped mass off-center on the head.
The look is structured, sleek, and glossy, with nary a hair out of place—as such hairstyles need to be. Creating this look likely involves using a band to gather the hair in position, then teasing the exterior of what is at that point a ponytail to add volume. The interior is then divided and rolled under to form the shape seen above.
Swept Up and Back
If I said that a hairstyle was "swept up and back over the forehead, pumped for volume, and featured a mass of curls down the back and on the ends of the style," you would probably picture a very different look from the one above.
While technically correct, the description fails to do justice to the modern twist the styling in this look grants. The volume-amplification in the fringe area of the top section is encased in a satiny-smooth outer layer of hair. The curls at the back come at the ends of a smoothed-out length and flare into high-volume curls.
Modern Bowl Cut
The bowl cut was a 1960s classic that spawned variations like the Purdey. In this up-to-date rendition, the cutting line takes an asymmetrical turn, angling more sharply along the left side of the face while creating a blockier corner on the right.
The blonde hair is blown straight and ironed smooth to create a clean finish and ensure a satiny glow. Use a lightweight styling product to recreate this look, as stiff-hold gels and pastes will fail to allow the kind of lightness and movement needed to make the look successful.
Modern Flip Style
A blunt cut fringe and center or side-parted upper sections are styled smooth down the sides into curls at the ends. It sounds like the recipe for the "flip" style made popular by TV’s Marlo Thomas in "That Girl." But with the modern interpretation, the single upturned flip at the ends of the hair becomes clouds of frothy curls, creating horizontal depth and focus in the style.
To counterbalance the soft, foamy curls at the bottom of the style, the fringe and upper sections of the hair are styled to a glossy-straight finish. Secure the style if you’re recreating it at home with a liberal application of hairspray.
Hair: Emiliano Vitale - é SALON
Makeup: Margot Reagan using Mac
Styling: Ana MacDonald
Photography: Steven Murray
See also: Short hairstyles | Long hairstyles | Up styles