Umberto Giannini 7 Days 7 Ways- Hollywood Siren

Of all of the Umberto Giannini 7 Days 7 Ways looks, this Hollywood Siren look has probably been the most the most difficult for me to adapt to my hairstyle. Best suited to layered hair in opinion, it aims to give you the look of shorter hair in a sophisticated fashion, but after having a go myself, I found I had to adapt it slightly, as my hairs pretty much one length at the moment.

To recreate this look, I started by loosely taking hold of my hair and twisting it at the nape of my neck into a simple yet effective pleat. I didn't take too much control of the rest of my hair, as realistically, I wanted as many loose bits to fall down naturally as possible. With my hair doing that on a good and bad day, I then took the sections that were loose and had fallen out and ran a curl through them with as small a tong as I could find. This created small barrel curls, which appear shorter and suit the look alot better. After all my loose hair was curled, I then sprayed a generous amount of Backcomb In A Bottle and finished the look by going in with my backcomb brush to give some lift around my face from my side parting.

Although it took slightly more work than I had first anticipated, I do think if I had a few more layers in my hair, I would have been able to recreate the look a lot more sufficiently. My hair didn't have as many loose bits at the back, which in turn didn't allow me to curl my hair all around to create a short haired look but I'm quite pleased with how it turned down nonetheless. 

I would definitely recreate this look for more of an elegant occasion, what do you think? Will you be rocking short hair in the style of Hollywood Siren?

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