This French cult-favorite is nationally known as the go-to solution for keeping the facial skin, hair, and body soft and healthy. You simply spray it on your hair before a shower, wrap your hair in a warm towel, and leave it there for 15 to 20 minutes. Then, hop in the shower and wash it out with shampoo. French girls almost always let their hair dry naturally. I remember a while ago, Jeanne Damas stated in an interview that she ties her hair in a low bun in the morning while making breakfast, letting it air dry into loose waves.
I have tried this but my hair is too long and straight for it to work well. The center always stays wet while the outer layers dry! In any case, I still love to air dry my hair in the summer, which is really good for it. Blow dryers are obviously super drying for the hair and should be used sparingly. How do French girls cut their hair? Well, it depends on many factors like the shape of their face, the texture of their hair, and their personal tastes.
I live in Paris and I can say that the haircut I see most often is one with bangs that comes just below the shoulders. Of course, there are hundreds of different haircuts in Paris, but if I had to say just one, that would be it! I believe it began back in the 60s, but there are so many women here who go for natural, curtain-style bangs.
French women almost never dye their hair a crazy color. French women mainly dye their hair to cover up grays and give their hair color more radiance. They have large gold vintage mirrors and a beautiful courtyard. The one exception is highlights! French girls love putting natural highlights in their hair. On the daily, French women rarely use hair accessories. Scrunchies un chouchou did have a moment here, too, but even that was more of an Instagram trend than a real-life thing.
The one traditional French hair accessory that I love is the tortoiseshell hair clip. I have several of them in different sizes, but I use the largest one most often, whenever I want to tie my hair up. Instead, I go for a brown plastic tortoiseshell hair claw.
If you have a special occasion or an important work meeting, then try the low chignon bun. As I have a very thick head of hair despite age they say it puts muscles in the their arms! It does look more French — not that I want to look French, with my natural colouring it would have been impossible anyway.
Funny about hiding the hearing aids. Old age is not for sissies — as people say here. Best wishes, Pamela. I think Carine Roitfeld does the slightly messy look so well! Often we see her looking more manicured but she does do casual messy in a way that defies her age 64 I think. And yes, still wear the bangs! In the past, shampooing every day or every other day was the norm but, and this may be shocking to some of you I now can go for several weeks before washing it!
I wear it long and have bangs which I trim myself. I think I can handle that! But both my hairdresser and skin specialist say shampooing every day is a bad idea for most women, especially as they get older, as it deprives the scalp and hair of the natural oils they need. I never use dry shampoo either. Also washing and drying such long thick hair, pulling all the frizz and curls out takes way too long to do it every day. In Paris my hairdresser is cheaper than here at home so I often go about every five days — agree about the Paris water being so hard.
I prefer not to wash it myself there. I think as we get older and our skins get tireder and jawlines slacker as gravity begins to take effect, having good hair seems to be even more important. And good hair is relative and depends so much on our personal preferences and style. I am anglo Irish, my boyfriend is French, somewhat younger and he loves my hair. I have bought so many hair products.. Thank you for sharing beauty. Till next time, regards Esther from Sydney.
By the way I think your hair always looks lovely. Boring long hair…no French flair or creativity. They are not unique, they are interchangeable. I am in my seventies. I had long hair for years and cut it off to shoulder length. Much more versatility. I can wear it up or down. It can be messy preferred or neat. I can look sassy or elegant.. There are other things I would rather do than my hair.
But most important I like it and that is really all that matters. One consideration not mentioned here is the water. Agree with the other commenters that lifestyle plays a part, also thick vs thin hair, and texture. Last year, I gave away my blowdryer and brushes, got a bunch of layers cut and embraced the natural curl. What a change from pin-straight, heavy sheets of hair to curls. Change is different. I love these photos but I think at 68 simple is better than messy.
Same Helen is my hairstyle icon. I have very fine hair but keep it colored Auburn my original shade. I have to go shorter w layers. I will say American women are too blonde and too done. Most of us American women watched Hwood growing up and it was all about perfection. I too noticed and was surprised that when I was in Paris the hair color and cuts were not attractive on many.
Vicki, do you have any old posts you can refer me to about when you started to grow out your color. I have tried to grow my hair out on several occasions and chicken out. Yours looks beautiful. Great discussion and posts. And life could not be better. Whatever your attitude should dictate. I embraced the messy look because I have shorter fine hair. I do have a very good hair cut for that look which can also be flat ironed. I also do not wear a lot of makeup on a regular basis.
I color my hair, so no grays. I receive compliments on my look often. I travel often and find that a versatile hair style works wonders on vacation too. French women can teach us a thing or too about simplifying our lives.
Thanks Vicki! Love your blog. If you want a freestyle sculpture wabi sabi French style haircut in Sydney come to me Dario Chicco. I also put on the inevitable stone in weight because I was enjoying myself eating and drinking.
Not a good look though :. If a women has well cared for hair and good skin, even if she is over 50 or 60 I think longer hair looks good. Maybe not waist length, or totally messy. Now that would be too much, but shoulder length and a bit below the shoulders could look soft and lovely. I am over 50 and I rebel at getting the short hair cuts I see all around me that all the women I see get as soon as they turn 55 and they mostly get bad hair cuts.
Your email address will not be published. Rather than a full head of highlights distributed uniformly through the hair, French women prefer to get their hair coloured with a more freestyle but still expert touch. Mallet says they like a darker shadow at the root, with lighter, washed-out colour towards the ends. Overly fine highlights are a big no! Forget anything blunt cut or razor sharp.
Or, for our laziest clients, we advise going to bed with wet hair — you wake up with it naturally tousled! As with all other elements of French hair, products should be totally imperceptible, enhancing texture or covertly smoothing frizz, but without ever being too obvious. The haircuts.
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