Having a full fat fringe can be great – but maintaining beautiful bangs is no easy task. Wind, sun, rain, sweat… It doesn’t take much to leave your fringe looking a little lacklustre.
So how can you make sure your hair looks great, whatever the weather?
Follow our top five tips to maintaining a full fringe:
1. Wash Your Fringe
If you don’t like to over-wash your hair, in between washes just shampoo your fringe. The oils from your face will likely make your bangs get greasy more quickly than the rest of your hair, so freshening up just this front section of your hair isn’t a bad idea. Plus the hair is shorter here and more regularly trimmed so won’t be so easily damaged by over washing and styling.
2. Blow Dry It
Always blow-dry your fringe from above, aiming the nozzle straight down the bangs from the root. Brush hair first to one side, then the other, then straight down for a fringe that falls just right. Finish by gently curling round a barrel brush and drying if you want a rounded, bouncy finish.
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3. Use Dry Shampoo
Carrying a brush around to brush your fringe isn’t a bad idea – but constant brushing or combing can leave your bangs looking greasy. Instead, give your fringe a refresh by spritzing with dry shampoo and teasing through with your fingertips. This will add a bit of extra volume when you’re out and about and stop your hair looking flat.
4. Invest In Some Velcro Rollers
If you have fine hair, give your fringe some bounce with a Velcro roller after blow-drying. Throughout the day your hair will fall and become more flat, so starting off with maximum volume is a good idea. And never straighten the roots of your fringe – you will end up with bangs that are flat, flat, flat.
5. How To Style Your Grown-Out Bangs
If you’ve decided to grow out your bangs, styling it out can be tricky, too. We’ve found some celebrity hair-spiration for you, to give you some in-between-y bangs ideas. From side-swept layers to rolled-under tresses, here are some ideas to help your fringe grow out gracefully...
Fringes Growing Out A Fringe
1 of 5Chanel Iman
Victoria's Secret model Chanel Iman grows out her fringe perfectly - it looks like a hairstyle of its own.
Try parting your hair to one side and sweeping your fringe across your face so it's out of your eyes.
2 of 5Emma Stone
Do like Emma Stone and sweep your fringe to the side if you're growing it out - it hides the awkward-length stage and still looks great.
3 of 5Kate Middleton
She may be the Duchess of Cambridge but she's the Queen of hair in our eyes. Kate Middleton is recognisable for her perfect bangs. Even at their long stage she styles them well by parting them and then using a round brush to blow dry them apart.
4 of 5Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley has had many fringe styles, and this one is up their with our favourite. Be brave and wear your full fringe straight down, so it just grazes your eyes - this may be easier if you have thicker hair, though.
5 of 5Bella Thorne
Bella Thorne has cleverly blended her full fringe into the rest of her hair, by parting it in the middle and blow-drying it apart.
We're also obsessed with how glossy her hair is - goals.
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