Kate Middleton’s favourite salon reveals how you can get her signature bouncy blow dry at home

KATE Middleton’s hair always looks picture-perfect no matter what the occasion is – but thankfully you might be able to replicate her look on lockdown. 

A stylist from one of The Duchess of Cambridge’s favourite hair salons has revealed how you can achieve her signature bouncy blow dry without needing to see a hair stylist. 

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A stylist from one of Kate Middleton’s favourite salons, Richard Ward, has revealed how to achieve her blow-dried look at home [/caption]

Elettra, who is a Premier Stylist at Richard Ward Hair & Metrospa, which is a stone’s throw away from Kensington Palace, told Fabulous how to do their “Chelsea blow dry” at home. 

The salon is responsible for many of Kate’s looks, and a stylist will go to her royal residence so she can have privacy. 

Elettra said: “The Chelsea Blow Dry is all about bounce and lashings of gloss, with lots of volume and movement through the ends.

“Products (if you have them at home), a decent hairdryer with a nozzle and round bristle brush are essential to making it look fabulous.”

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Millions of people are stuck at home without access to hair salons, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get Kate’s beautiful hairstyle[/caption]

To achieve the look, the hair professional said you need to apply a golf-ball size amount of volumising mousse to damp hair and brush through for even distribution. 

Then you need to start rough drying hair in a controlled way, lifting and heating roots with your fingers. It’s important that you don’t shake the hairdryer about.

Next, use a medium-size round bristle brush to blow dry the hair smooth, and using a medium-sized tong, take sections of hair from just under the ear and wrap around the barrel, away from your face. 

You need to then hold in place for a few seconds and release, before setting the hair in place with the cool shot on your hairdryer.

To finish, run a lightweight serum through the mid-lengths and ends for extra shine.

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Kate rarely has a hair out of place, and always looks flawless[/caption]

While we now have plenty of time to perfect the Kate Middleton blowdry at home, professionals have warned Brits off cutting and dyeing their locks themselves. 

Krysia West, Aveda Cutting Professional and Colour Ambassador, told Fabulous: “It will most definitely be tempting to cut/colour your hair at home during this period of isolation however I would not recommend this if you can help it.

“Whilst we are in this isolation time, it could be good to give your hair a break from colouring as well as heated styling tools.

“Instead you could try applying a hair mask to nourish and condition any split ends, instead of trimming them.”

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