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Spring Hair trends 2016

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Going away somewhere warm on holiday during the winter months can be both a blessing and a curse. The blessings are of course obvious, you loose that blue/green/yellow hue to your skin, you get a nice healthy glow, you ditch the coats and run around in tank tops.... drinks on a beach .... (ok I'll stop now as even I am getting depressed!).... The problem with a winter sun holiday is that you still get back to winter after all that... you do hope that when you get back it will be somewhat warmer - but no, you put the telly on and it's Gale wind warnings, cold snaps and colder weather on the way! sigh...... But then you see those daffodils springing up and everything becomes a bit more positive! There just is something about spring, there is always excitement in the air... like the first airing of a trailer to some great movie or series you so desperately want to watch..... (hopefully not Game Of Thrones.... as that would be a loooooong wait!) So to add to that exc...

A proper French Twist

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We have had so many hairstyles through the years some with success....... others a bit less... but one hairstyle that has been with us for a very very long time is the French Twist... and it is getting a bit of a comeback! Somehow for me when I think of a French Twist or a French Roll as I tend to prefer calling it, I think: Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany's - which in essence is actually a variant of it with a high bun. Being a relatively simple hairstyle there are many ways of doing a french roll, giving you a variety of results and executions.. Due to popular culture, we tend to attribute the style of the 1960s, but in reality the actual hairstyles has been with us much before that..... errm,...centuries before infact, since Ancient Greece as shown on this image of a Muse from a vase dating back to the 4th century B.C. But let's talk proper French Twist, how do you do that? To get a traditional French Roll one would need to brush their hair out fi...