Kate Middletons favourite salon reveals how you can get her signature bouncy blow dry at home

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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. Now I admit, it helps to be genetically blessed with thick, shiny, long hair--OK, it REALLY helps--but there's at least one trick that everyone can use to cop Kate's look. I like to call it the round-brush twist, and it's really not that hard to master once you practice it a couple times.

While her grown-out highlights add dimension to the long dark hair, there’s no longer a hint of blonde. Middleton also starts going for extreme volume, while keeping the now-signature soft curls on her ends. After Kate Middleton got married to Prince William, she lightens up her chestnut brown hair with some soft, warm balayage, a sweeping highlight technique that was becoming popular at the time. Brodie from Rokstar Salonz recommends asking for diffused, natural highlights to achieve Kate's effortless rich warm brown. After donning highlighted, relatively long locks for the latter half of 2019, Princess Catherine switched things up and returned to her medium golden-brown roots. At a UK-Africa Investment Summit reception at Buckingham Palace in late January 2020, the Duchess of Cambridge and Cornwall debuted freshly cut bangs and pumped up the volume on her signature curls.

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Once you have parted your hair, neatly brush the top half backwards and using hair grips, slide them into position to ensure the hair is securely fastened. Before you start Kate’s look, it is important to spray your hair with a heat protectant. After you have roughly blow dried your hair, separate it into four sections. However, during a visit to the charity Centrepoint, Kate's husband Prince William described her famous locks as a 'nightmare'.

‘You’re never going to get rich girl hair without a good blow dry. This particular look does't have too much volume but the style is incredibly pretty and natural. For the curls, you can use a curling tong at the ends and hairspray to hold everything in place. She suggests asking your colourist for some soft caramel diffused highlights in through the ends of the hair to enhance movement and give dimension. Stay up-to-date on every breaking royal family story by subscribing here. When Princess Catherine stepped out in sparkly Cinderella pumps at an Action on Addiction dinner event, we couldn’t help but notice her usually chocolate brown hair had a lighter, caramel tint to it and even more volume than usual.

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Blowdry-wielding, hairstyling wizard and Dmitri Papas from Papas & Pace gives us a blow-by-blow (get it?) run down of how to recreate the Kate Middleton look at home. Mi Color's Director Megan says, "Kate's colour consists of rich chocolate tones with subtle caramel highlights that blend together to create a luminous color with beautiful shine. For the 2020 royal tour of Ireland, the Princess of Wales opted to cut her hair even shorter for a straight-up lob. She also freshened up her curtain bangs and enriched her color with what appears to be an auburn gloss. She stunned us all when she wore her hair pinned up in a faux bob at the Remembrance Sunday service in November 2017. To introduce Princess Charlotte to the world, the Princess of Wales stuck to her go-to sleek bouncy blowout.

Kate Middleton and Prince William are undoubtedly the future of the royal family. Because of this, all eyes are on them at all times, including their fashion and how they present themselves. In fact, all eyes diverted directly to Kate and William when they made their first appearance of the new year this week donned with fabulous fashion — and a new hair color on Kate.

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So when Kate wears a tuxedo for the first time, as she did on Monday when she wore one by Alexander McQueen, there’s a good chance that Natasha was involved. As for Kate’s slightly blonder update, it’s clear Richard is not afraid to make changes to even the most beloved of hair-dos. The salon is, understandably, protective of their most famous client, at times positively coy about the dark arts they employ to create that famous follicular va va voom. In addition to the kit full of hair dyeing supplies for Kate, royal stylist Ward has given her the essentials to perfect the kids’ hair. “Kate is able to trim all the children’s hair because she has this professional kit at home, including scissors, from Richard,” said the insider.

Claire's blazer, £250, trousers, £120, reiss.com; top, £20.30, karenmillen.com; earrings, £145, aureejewellery.com. Chelsea Burns is the Beauty Director for Women’s Health and has been writing in the beauty and wellness space for over six years with her work appearing in Real Simple, Health, Fitness, and Byrdie.com. She’s an expert at testing products and is always on the hunt for the best tinted moisturizer.

The Duchess of Cambridge and Cornwall accompanied her husband on a Diamond Jubilee tour, representing Queen Elizabeth in Singapore, Malaysia, Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands in 2012. During a visit to Tuvanipupu Island, she showed off her natural curls on a low-key canoe ride. Few things are more iconic than her deep brown color and laid-back bridal half-up-half-down ’do at her 2011 wedding to Prince William at Westminster Abbey in London. "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.

Having attended a few notable sporting events in the last couple of weeks, the Duchess of Cambridge’s looks have included a blush pink dress from Beulah and jeans and a white blazer. Her immaculate blow-dry, which has long been subject to praise all over the world. Here, James Pryce, who created Middleton's wedding day hairdo and is now known as the Middleton family hairdresser, shares his top tips. First, rough dry with your fingers until your hair no longer drips water and starts looking dry. While we know it’s tempting, don’t flip your hair upside down as that creates too much body than is required to copy Kate’s look.

The Secret to Getting Kate Middleton’s Hair Is Much Simpler Than You Think

Gambrell recommends creating a “cocktail” of Eufora Sculpture Styling Glaze ($27) and Eufora Illuminate Shine Mist ($24). After running the products throughout your hair, it’s time to blow dry it. If Kate Middleton isn’t the best real life example of Cinderella, then we don’t know who is. She’s got it all-the svelte body, the flawless skin, the harmonious asymmetrical teeth, a handsome prince for a husband-oh, and did we mention the hair? We talked to leading professionals in the beauty industry to find out how she gets those luscious locks.

To achieve a proper Kate-Over, I must first address my colour. Back in 2011, when she married Prince William, we shared similarly dark brown hair. Today, though, she’s updated her look, softening and lightening in a flattering way; plumping for a lighter brown with almost golden streaks through it — a shade some call ‘bronde’. While fans aren’t exactly sure when Middleton got her hair done, this did mark her first outing after officially becoming the new Princess of Wales (after William’s father became King Charles III following the Queen’s passing).