04 September 2012 by

Beauy SOS: What Are The Best Tips For Growing Out A Fringe? We Ask The Experts

4. Style it

While our tips have already included different partings and hairspray, there are other styling tips to keep your fringe at bay as it grows. Because growing a fringe out requires control, we suggest using taming products. For coarse or wavy hair, use pomade, and on fine hair, use a small amount of alcohol-based gel to tame flyaways. You can use these products to style your fringe in interesting ways, such as slicking it back into a ponytail or Keira Knightley’s braid over look.

Charles Worthington suggests blow-dry spray: ‘Using products such as blow-dry spray when you style will help hold your fringe back and keep it out of your eyes as it grows.’ Because it’s less weighty on the hair, blow-dry spray will allow you to style and mould your fringe more throughout the day.

Once the fringe has grown past the temples, it will become more unruly. Use this hair tip from Stephen Low of Neville Hair and Beauty on your fringe by using a round brush and Shu Uemura Liquid Fabric for a sexy wave.

From Alexa Chung’s swept sixties style to Rooney Mara’s short, blunt cut, the beauty world has been captivated of late by the statement fringe. As we recently reported, this year in particular celebs have paid homage to the fringe with an array of contemporary looks. From Jessica Biel on the red carpet to the models at Versace, everyone’s going for the chop.

But because the fringe is a more extreme statement, it needs a loyal wearer, and most of us get a fringe to shake up our signature do, not for keeps. Very quickly our fashionable fringe becomes boring bangs and the dreaded ‘growing out’ process is ever so tiresome.

Because a fringe can take up to six months (or even a year) to fully grow out, you need to get creative in order to combat the awkward stages. Luckily we’ve asked some experts for their tips for growing out a fringe gracefully. Here they are...

By Elise Marraro


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