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Vogue
23-07-2025
- Lifestyle
- Vogue
Love Curtain Bangs? Try Her Relaxed Sister, Trompe L'Oeil Bangs
At 43, I still find myself squaring off with the girl inside me when it comes to cutting the ends of my hair. I procrastinate, even when I know I really need it. I promise my hairdresser that, at the next appointment, for sure, I'll let them take the scissors to my lengths. When the moment comes, I'm making them promise to make the chop minuscule, just enough to clean up my mane. By then, I've left it too late. My hair is grown out and broken, in need of more than a few centimeters off to keep it looking healthy. My comfort in Rapunzel-like hair, at risk. The more anxious I've gotten in the run-up, the more I've put it off, the more inches need snipped. The last time I went to have my hair colored, my hairdresser suggested I get some long bangs, to my cheekbones, with the promise that my hair would look longer and healthier. 'This type of fringe visually lengthens the hair,' he told me as he took the scissors to my front pieces. And he wasn't wrong. We're calling them the 'trompe l'oeil' bangs—the French phrase meaning that which 'deceives the eye.' Quique Sanchez, hairstylist at the Madrid-based salon Espacio Q, confirms this bangs-related revelation. 'It is true that this type of fringe creates the 'trompe l'oeil' effect of longer hair, because it visually lengthens the face and thus the contour of the hair,' Sanchez says. 'They integrate perfectly with the rest of the cut because they create continuity and length from a cascading effect, giving the impression of longer hair.' Hairstylist and makeup artist Gabriel Llano adds that the key success with 'trompe l'oeil' bangs is that they're integrated seamlessly into the rest of your hairstyle, creating a 'frame that directs the eye downwards, especially if they are styled with a natural fall or slightly curled.' Why get 'trompe l'oeil' bangs? Long and short bangs have been top of the hair style trends and a regular request from those in the hair salon chair for quite some time now: Side fringes of the early '00s, baby bangs a la Emma Stone, and pumped up hair with big bangs to match by way of Keke Palmer. Curtain bangs have been the dominant, longer style—think Priyanka Chopra and Emily Ratajkowski's bouncy sets, which frame the face and hit at the cheekbones, or Dakota Johnson's ever-coveted, cool shape.
Vogue
05-06-2025
- Health
- Vogue
How I Went From Washing My Hair Daily to Twice a Week
This is not just another article about hair washing. No, it's a true story—one that follows the remarkable journey of how I went from washing my hair every day to twice weekly—no style dramas or greasy strands involved. I'm being a little melodramatic, sure. But I think we can all agree that figuring out the right cadence for shampooing sometimes feels like an epic adventure. My own adventures in hair-washing have been chaotic: I used to wash with just one shampoo each day, then I experimented with double washing and triple-washing. Then I started to space out the washes a bit more. I even briefly tried the no- shampoo thing. Most of the time, I didn't see a big difference—I usually liked my hair as often on the second day as I did on the first. But my personal shampoo epiphany came when I started practicing what I now call 'the Swedish technique.' If you Google it, you won't find it. I'm pretty sure I made the term up. Still, it has merit: The technique consists of washing the scalp—not the hair—using the basic movements of the classic Swedish massage technique. These circular movements are carried out with the fingertips to stimulate blood circulation and release tension. But the key to this modus operandi is not only in the movements, but in the fact that they are done on the scalp using the fingers to apply shampoo to the skin of the head instead of to the hair root. This was explained to me by Felix Burillo, stylist at Espacio Q in Madrid, while he was washing my hair during my latest appointment. He insisted that the fingertips should not rub the hair but the scalp. Why is it important to wash the scalp? Washing the hair correctly does not consist of rubbing the roots, middle, and ends with shampoo, but of washing the scalp and letting the foam fall through the hair to do the rest. The efforts when depositing the shampoo and directing the fingers should be on the skin of the head. 'It is essential to pay attention to the care of the scalp as well as the hair,' says Burillo. 'Keep in mind that the scalp secretes sebum and accumulates dirt caused by product residue and dead skin cells. It is important to clean the scalp and to do it with circular movements that allow us to lift the impurities and clean all the zones well. These movements help to better distribute the natural sebum generated by the scalp,' he says. Time matters When implementing this technique, Burillo insists on using the fingertips, massaging gently, and dedicating time for the massage—around one to two minutes. Washing your hair as a formality and without intention is not a good idea. I can attest that since I have been using this strategy and dedicating more minutes to this technique, my hair stays cleaner longer. 'We have to avoid abrupt or linear movements, since doing so will not stimulate well or clean properly,' says Burillo.
