5 Christmas Hair Trends 2018
Looking for some Christmas hair inspiration for the holidays?
Christmas has always been a time for festive flair, but social media has often driven wacky beauty trends. Last year we saw Christmas tree hair tall enough to make Cindy Lou Who from “The Grinch” jealous, Christmas tree eyebrows and beard ornaments that give men’s facial hair the “extra” look for the holidays. These wacky beauty trends certainly keep the holidays “mhairy” and bright. But what festive looks are blowing up this year?
Christmas Tree Hair
Last year people were literally turning their hair into tree shapes. Wrapping it in tinsel and adding baubles. The result was something the townspeople of Whoville would approve of. This year Christmas tree hair comes in a variety of looks, from simple and elegant to elaborate and ornate…
Above: Hair by Cate “Ruby” Torrealba @beautybymissruby
Above: Hair by Diana Giannini @lzhouseofhair
Above: Hair by Shayla @samirasjewelry
Winter Solstice Hair
Marking the day with the longest night of the year, and a pagan celebration these looks incorporate earthy elements such as evergreens, berries and pine cones in the hair.
Above: Hair by Diana Giannini @lzhouseofhair
Above: Hair by Savannah Daras @savannahdaras
Above: Hair by Meg Gilbert @mermeg.hair
Above: Hair by Liz Cordis @liz.colors
Candy Cane Colours
This sweet look is a peppermint treat! Using hair colours inspired by one of the most iconic candies of the Christmas season.
Above: Hair by Savannah @goldduststudio3
Above: Hair by Savannah @goldduststudio3
Above: Hair by Anya Goy. Read the full blog post “Christmas Hair – Candy Canes”
Snow and Ice Hair
Elsa eat your heart out! These frozen hair styles are perfect for ice queens.
Above: Hair by Vanessa Ospina @_vanessaospina_
Above: Hair by Sydney Lopez @sydneyannlopezhair
Above: Hair by Caralee Pridemore @caraleestyles
Above: Hair by Kelly O’Leary @hairbymisskellyo
Above: Hair by Meg Gilbert @mermeg.hair
Above: Hair by Anya Goy @anya_goy
Classic Red and Green Festive hair
These are the colours for the season. From a simple split dye to and perfect colour melt, you can’t go wrong with the classic red and green hair colours.
Above: Hair by Cydney Weiss @hairbycydney
Above: Hair by Kayla @kayla_thehairwizard
Above: Hair by Anya Goy @anya_goy
em>Above: Hair by Chesea Dorsey @thechelvis
Above: Hair by Nik Butler @nikthehairchik
Christmas Wreath Hair Upstlye
Why put a wreath on your door when you could have one in your hair? After all the Greek and Romans wore wreaths as crowns to show their status and achievement.
Above: Hair by Ashley @beautybyashle
Above: Hair by Trisha Reibelt Read the full blog post “Christmas Hair Wreath – Braided Updo”
Above: Hair by Maxine Glynn @maxineeglynn
Above: Hair by Savannah Laney @hairbyduhsavannah
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Rainbow Hair on Katy Perry the Christmas Fairy for H&M
Katy Perry turned heads with her pastel rainbow hair as the festive fairy in H&M’s Christmas commercial
For the H&M Holiday campaign, Katy Perry does everything from a chic chignon to a black and green ombre wig. But the look that stood out to us was, of course, the magical wavy pastel rainbow hair as part of her glittery Christmas fairy look: Katy Perry the Christmas Fairy!
Perry’s festive fairy wig reminds us of the Opal hair trend we saw back in September. With soft mint, lime, lavender and turquoise tones, all melting into each other in loose waves. The colours match the iridescent tones of her wings perfectly!
The man behind the wig: Shon Hyungsun Ju
Katy Perry’s rainbow front lace wig was created by hair artist and wig maker to the stars, Shon Hyungsun Ju. Shon is originally from South Korea. He worked on a number of leading publications including Korean Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Elle. Wanting to stretch himself further, Shon decided to pack his bags and move to London to place himself in the center of the fashion world. Today he regularly contributes to Vogue, ID, Love and Interview. Shon has also worked on numerous fashion shows across the world. His work is seen on celebrities regularly. Katy Perry often rocks Shon’s beautiful wig creations, as he is her wig specialist!
You can follow more of Shon’s amazing work on Instagram here: @shonju
Above Left: Shon Hyungsun Ju working on Katy Perry’s rainbow wig
And lets not forget those wings!! What is a fairy without her wings? I just love how the iridescent tones in her wings bring out the hair colours.
The woman behind the wings: Angela Jarman of Fancy Fairy Wings & Things
This stunning set of Fancy Fairy ‘Titania’ wings was crafted by wing maker Angela Jarman, owner of Fancy Fairy Wings & Things. They wings are even lined with green pixie LED lights so they actually light up!
“These were actually the first set of light up wings I created with Jordan Price, who did the light work. The film set is extremely bright so you can’t see the lights, but they sprinkled the wings with crystals and even made them flutter to make up for it!” Angela said on on her blog. “I’m still over the moon that Katy Perry, or as I’m going to prefer to call her now, Katy Fairy wore them in such spectacular fashion!” Angela commented on her Instagram.
Above: You can see how Katy Perry’s Fancy Fairy ‘Titania’ wings light up with the green pixie LED lights!
You can even buy your own pair of magical wings from Angela in her Etsy shop here: Fancy Fairy Wings & Things
Katy Perry the Christmas Fairy also did an exclusive interview with H&M Life, where she discusses confidence, beauty and of course her Fairy look.
Here are a few of the highlights from this interview…
“I’m always changing my look and trying new things. The pixie wig was fun. I had once cut my hair that short when I was 15 or 16, and I like that androgynous look. It’s edgy, and it’s not your typical bombshell, sexy, pin-up-y look. It’s a little bit more alternative. I like to be able to play with different styles, and go from one side of the spectrum to the other. I don’t like to be just one thing, and it makes me feel like I can continue to evolve”, Perry tells H&M Life about the tomboyish pixie look she debuted at the Met Gala. Here are a few more highlights from the interview Katy Perry did with H&M Life…
Tell us about Katy Perry, the onstage persona versus Katy Perry “the real person”.
When I’m off stage, I’m more business-minded. I like to wear a little bit of the same thing every day so I don’t have to sit in a chair and do hair and makeup for a couple hours each day, and I can just get on with my day because I have a lot of business to manage during the week. But when I’m on stage, I like to be a kind of larger-than-life cartoon character. I don’t believe in the statement, “less is more”; I believe in “more is more”! I like lots of hair. I like to let my skin breathe when I’m not on stage, so I wear a lot less makeup, but I always like to play up my lashes, always have mascara on, and define my brows because that kind of shapes my face.
When I’m on stage, I like to be a kind of larger-than-life cartoon character. I don’t believe in the statement, “less is more”; I believe in “more is more”!
KATY PERRY
Going from one look to another, what have you learned about yourself in the process?
I’ve learned that the confidence in yourself goes a long way, and actually wears the look more than you wear the look. Confidence helps pull the look off.
Tell us about the fairy look you have in this H&M campaign.
It was created by B. Akerlund, and it was the shiniest thing I’ve ever put on, and I’ve put on a lot of shiny things. My hairstylist, Shon, created a lovely rainbow wig to match.
The Christmas season is all about giving – but what do you wish for?
I wish for continued health in my family and my friends. We have a child in the family now, so it’s all about giving – it’s fun to see Christmas through the eye of a child.
Watch Katy Perry the Christmas Fairy in the H&M’s Christmas commercial…
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Christmas Tree Hair
Christmas Tree Hair
Concept, styling, model, makeup, photography and hair accessories by Anya Goy.
Hair colour by Cathy Scanlon.
Origin and symbolism: The Christmas tree is one of the most popular Christmas traditions. Fir trees remain ever green all through the year, and during the middle ages became symbols of life, hope, and stamina needed to endure the winter months. Later Christians used the fir tree as a symbol of the Tree of Life. The ever green trees represented everlasting life, eternity of God and God’s eternal love for mankind. This is why we have the Christmas tree.
What was the inspiration for the Christmas Tree Hair?
I had seen a few christmas tree hair styles online, but they where all tall Marg Simpson style cones of green hair covered in tinsel. While great fun, they were impractical for daily styling and I wanted something a little more elegant. So this was mine and Cathy’s take on the Christmas tree hair concept.
How was the Christmas tree hair coloured?
Cathy Scanlon used a two tone colour technique, where multiple shades are layered in foils. The foils are stacked back to back separating the different shades. The bright shades were applied on the ends for neon results.
The colours used where: Special Effects Sonic Green, Crazy Colour Pine Green, Directions Apple Green, Turquoise, Manic Panic Green Envy and Electric Banana (some of these where mixed together to create more neon shades). There was also a streak of Manic Panic Pillarbox Red added in a foil to one side.
As you can see from the foils above, the deeper greens and turquoise colours where applied to the roots and mid-length, then Manic Panic Electric Banana was applied to the tips. Then when the colour was rinsed the deeper tones where washed over the yellow tips creating a neon lime green colour.
How was the Christmas tree hair styled?
First the hair was towel dried and I applied NAK Sculpting Lotion which acts like a liquid mousse adding hold and body. I then blow-dried with a round brush for root lift, volume and a flick on the ends. Then to exaggerate flick on the ends I used the GHD, twisting out and up (think 70’s flick). This got the layers in the hair to sit out in the shape of a christmas tree. I then finished it off with NAK Fixation Finishing Spray for hold and definition.
The Result:
♫♪ Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree ♪♫
How did you make the Christmas Tree Hair accessories?
The angel on top was taken from a hanging Christmas tree decoration. I used small wire to attach it to a hairband, then covered the band with red ribbon, and attached bells, sequins and ribbons.
The Christmas gift was a small foam square, wrapped with gold paper and tied with gold string. This was then glued to a cutting of fake tree. Then I attached it to a bobbie pin with the wire, so it could be secured into the fringe.
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Christmas Hair Wreath – Braided Updo
Christmas Hair Wreath
This is the amazing Trisha Reibelt’s colourful hair for the holidays; The Christmas Hair Wreath. Complete with mini Christmas crackers. Why put a wreath on your door when you could have one in your hair? After all the Greek and Romans wore wreaths as crowns to show their status and achievement.
Meaning and Symbolism: The original Advent wreath was constructed of evergreens to represent everlasting life brought through Jesus and the circular shape of the wreath represents God, with no beginning and no end.
Today Trisha (aka Tree) talks to us about her Christmas hair colours and how she created this stunning festive braided updo.
Here is our Q & A with Trisha Reibelt:
What was the inspiration for the Christmas hair wreath?
I normally wear my hair in a wreath around my head to keep out of the way for work and when the Christmas decorations started showing up on the shelves in stores, I thought it would be fun to turn into a Christmas wreath. With the help from a friend, we dressed it up with various decorations (he made the mini bonbons)….we may have gotten a little carried away as I initially didn’t intend to cover all of the wreath. We were both happy and amused with the outcome.
What dyes did you use?
The colours used were all by Directions: Rubine, Pillarbox Red, Fire, Mandarin, Fluorescent Glow, Spring Green, Apple Green and Alpine Green. I used these colours to create three reds and three greens.
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5 minutes with Lizzy Davis talking about her Christmas hair.
About the artist:
Lizzy Davis is a event photographer and graphic designer with a love for vibrant hair colour. Based in North Carolina her unique colourful hair creations are often featured on social networks and blogs. Lizzy is a non-professional home colourist, and has been colouring her own hair for over 10 years. She started with just dip dyes and streaks, but eventually the colour took over! Manic Panic is generally her brand of choice, and she loves to experiment with different colour combinations.
Today she talks to us about her Christmas hair colour’s past and present and shares some of her fantastic festive creations.
Here is our Q and A with Lizzy Davis:
What inspired you to start colouring your hair?
I don’t remember the first time I ever saw someone with unnaturally dyed hair, but I had wanted purple hair ever since I was a little girl. I had a friend in high school that cut her hair into a mohawk and dye it blue and purple. I absolutely loved it and nagged my mother for weeks until she finally gave in to letting me do purple streaks… though my dad was not at all pleased when he discovered this!
Lizzy’s Christmas hair colours for 2013 including gold tinsel!
What reactions have you had to this years Christmas look?
Everyone really seems to like the gold tinsel. I have had random people at gas stations approach me and ask if they can touch it. I guess shininess does that!
My favourite reaction came from my father. He loves the Holiday season, he goes all out with a huge Christmas tree and usually covers his house in lights. However, this year he’s been a bit down and hasn’t been able to do much in terms of decorating due to having hip replacement surgery last week. It might sound a bit silly, but I really wanted my hair to bring him a little bit of cheer.
I stopped by my parent’s house this past weekend to visit and when he saw the hair he reached out and touched it and then spent a couple minutes playing with/admiring the tinsel. My dad has grown to appreciate my hair as a canvas over the years, but he’s still pretty vocal about what he does and doesn’t like, so it always means more to me when I have his approval.
Which has been your favourite colour Christmas style to date?
I didn’t think I could top last year’s red/green/white streaks, but I believe I succeeded. I absolutely loved Anya Goy’s candy cane colours and actually debated doing that this year, but in the end decided to go for something I haven’t seen done before.
Who inspires you?
So many people! I would have to say stylist Ursula Goff has the hair that’s inspired me the most. In fact, I’m almost convinced she’s a hair goddess with magical dye abilities. My rainbow hair was inspired by the well known Melanie Dawn Harter (aka wisely-chosen). However Anya Goy’s 2010 Christmas hair is what originally inspired me to start colouring mine for the holidays!
Tell us about your latest Christmas colours, how did you come up with the idea?
The idea started as doing a solid red half and a solid green half. I felt like that would be too simple, but I was struggling to come up with a more exciting solution. I frequently visit HairCrazy.com‘s forum, it is dedicated to unnatural hair colour, and so decided to ask people there for some input. Someone suggested doing multiple tones like my streaked rainbow hair from earlier this year, which I thought was brilliant. The inspiration for the hair tinsel happened last week while my fiancee and I were decorating our tree with tinsel. I was suddenly reminded of Megan McKay with tinsel in her rainbow hair at one point. So I went off on an Amazon.com search and bought some gold hair tinsel for the final touch.
What Manic Panic dyes did you use to create this look?
Lizzy’s half red, half green hair before adding the gold tinsel.
The inspiration for the hair tinsel happened last week while my fiancee and I were decorating our tree with tinsel.
How long does it take you on average to apply all the colours?
There’s a pretty big range. For a regular half and half (like the pink/purple I did), it takes about 2 hours. For the nine colour rainbow, it took me around 5 hours. This year’s Christmas hair took 3 hours. I’m meticulous about colour placement and make sure the dye is covering every where.
The hair tinsel you used works perfectly to add to the festive look. Can you tell us what you thought about working with this product?
Thank you, and absolutely! The instructions that come with the tinsel tell you to fold the tinsel in half and make a slip knot, then slide it over a couple strands of hair. Pull the knot tight, then tie a regular knot and put one half of the tinsel on one side of your hair and the other on the other side. But as soon as I went to side part my hair and pull it back, I realised this was not going to work for me. I ended up just leaving both halves of the tinsel on the same side of my head, since I constantly part my hair differently.
The first night of tinsel installation was pretty fumbly… I think I got maybe 6 strands in there in 30 minutes before I called it quits (it was also 3 am, so my coordination wasn’t the greatest). I added some more the next day, and found it to be much easier when you’ve slept. It’s almost like braiding, where once you get into the pattern motion, it just flies by. I can put a strand in in about 2 minutes now.
The only con is that you have to be really careful doing anything with your hair. I’ve already pulled about half of the tinsel out… but on the plus side, it’s completely reusable, so I’ve just been reinstalling the strands as they slide out. The tinsel can be washed, styled and curled as regular hair. I have been recommending it to everyone, it’s only $10 for 100 strands (I haven’t even used half of them) and it’s completely worth it. It would be a fantastic flare in natural hair colour, too!
Where can you buy the hair tinsel?
I bought mine from Amazon here. However you can also buy them direct from www.hairflairs.com. They come in a wide range of colours and designs.
Do you have any ideas for next years look yet?
Actually, I haven’t even thought about it much yet! I’ll probably do another something red/pink/purple for Valentine’s Day and then I might try to make my way into another rainbow. I’ve been getting hair envy every time I see other rainbow hair!
What have you asked Santa to bring you for Christmas?
A permanent vacation to the Caribbean! Hey, one can dream!
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Want to create Christmas hair at home?
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Christmas Hair Colour – How to dye your hair red & green
Christmas hair colour:
Hair colour, styling, model, makeup, photography and edit all by Anya Goy.
Discover how I created this unique festive look. How to dye your hair red and green for Christmas. I also look at the origin of the famous festive red and green colours. Discover the original symbolism and meanings…
Who colour-coded Christmas?
Jolly Father Christmas with his rosy cheeks and scarlet coat, shiny green holly with its bright red berries, glittering red decorations on a lush green Christmas tree – the colour coding of the Christmas season has been used for centuries. As with most traditions, the reason can be traced to religious beliefs.
“We associate Christmas with red and green because that’s the way we’ve always done it. But one can trace the roots of this colour coding back through the centuries, to a time when the colours themselves had symbolic meaning.”
- Green represents eternity. Everlasting life, eternity of God and God’s eternal love for mankind. Holly bushes and fir trees remain ever green all through the year, and during the middle ages became symbols of everlasting life. This is why we have the Christmas tree. Shaping the ever greens into a circle reinforces that meaning as the circle is also a symbol of eternity. Hence the Christmas wreath.
- Red represents sin payed the in blood of Jesus. Sacrifice, love, the price payed for the sins of the world. The first Christmas trees were decorated with red apples for the The Paradise Play (done by 14th century churches). The red apples represented the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The red of the first sin, temptation and fall of man, payed for by the red blood sacrifice of Jesus. Hence the design of Christmas tree baubles based on the red apples.
How do you dye the hair?
First the hair was bleached blonde (please refer to my book to learn how to bleach hair correctly). Then I section the hair in half, back and front. Then I sectioned the hair again in the front, 2/3 and 1/3. The lager section at the front was dyed red with Manic Panic Vampire Red, and the smaller section in front was dyed green with Manic Panic Green Envy. This frames the face with the iconic Christmas colours.
Then all the back section was dyed purple with Manic Panic Purple Haze. Purple has traditionally been the primary colour of Advent, symbolising repentance. Purple is also the colour of royalty, demonstrating the anticipation and reception of the coming King celebrated during Advent.
There was some remaining blue from the previous colour in a small streak between the green and purple. It had been dyed with Fudge Paintbox Blue Hawaii. I decided to keep this as a touch of winter, and as a blending point for the green and purple. You can see this hidden colour only when the hair is styled right across.
How did you style the hair?
I blow-dried the hair smooth with volume, using a round brush. Having the two panels of red and green at the front meant you could style the hair one way to appear all red, and then style the parting the other way reveal the green. I utilised this in the photos to demonstrate the variety of looks you can get this sectioning pattern.
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What to create Christmas hair at home?
Discover Anya’s eBook guide: ‘Any Colour Of The Rainbow – The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Hair Colour‘. This guide covers everything from safe bleaching with ammonia free bleach to creating stunning multi colours with foil. Find out all the best products, how to do pastel colours, how to maintain vibrant colour, create ombre colour like to professionals and so much more…
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How to do Candy Cane Hair
Candy Cane Christmas Hair
Hair colour, styling, model, makeup and photography all by Anya Goy.
How did you create this Christmas hair candy cane effect?
First the hair was bleached blonde. Then I applied Crazy Colour “Fire” in sliced foils to create the red streaks. I also used a toner: “Fudge Paintbox Whiter Shade of Pale”, on the left out bleached blonde hair. (Please refer to my book to learn how to bleach hair correctly and how to use foils in this type of application.) That was the easy bit. Washing the foils out was another story…
How did you wash the hair without the red mixing into the white?
Each red streak was shampooed 3x individually then conditioned to reduce the chance of the white hair being affected. Very fiddly, time consuming and difficult even for a professional. The result was awesome, but despite my best efforts, when I next needed to wash my hair, the red still ran into the white and gave the white a slight pale pink tone. For those thinking of trying this for Christmas I would suggest spacing the red streaks out a lot, leave a lot of white hair. As the red will take over with each wash. Alternatively for a much easier festive look, try red and green. (I’ll be covering this in my next blog post).
How did you style the hair?
The styling is what makes this look come together, without twisting the hair it’s just not a candy cane! So I used two twisting techniques:
- Rope Braids: I did two of these on the side. I took one strand of red and and another of white, then twisting them in opposite directions while coiling the strands around each other to create the ‘rope’ braid.
- Cornrow twist: I first took 6 vertical sections on the top of my head. Then using hairspray to control the fly-aways I twisted each section back, like a cornrow, twisting the hair to turn inward. I then secured the section with a bobby pin. If any looked to flat or tight, I would gently pull to loosen and add height. Finishing with hairspray to set the style.
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What to create candy cane hair at home?
Discover Anya’s eBook guide: ‘Any Colour Of The Rainbow – The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Hair Colour‘. This guide covers everything from safe bleaching with ammonia free bleach to creating stunning multi colours with foil. Find out all the best products, how to do pastel colours, how to maintain vibrant colour, create ombre colour like to professionals and so much more…
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