If you cba for the whole wash, dry and style shebang, but your roots are looking oily as hell, your best bet is to google “hairstyles for greasy hair”. Lucky for you, we've already done the leg work and rounded up some truly banging tactical hairstyles below.
But before you hair shame yourself for choosing a lie-in over a date with your shampoo, it just so happens that leaving bigger breaks between wash days can be great news for our strands. (True story). Washing our hair every day can create damage since it strips the oils – and regardless of how much conditioner we slather on afterward, it can actually dry hair out hair overall. Likewise, ditching the frequency with which we use our heat tools will give your hair the best mini spa break going.
Granted, no one likes their hair to feel gross. When we look good, we feel better, but the good news is, we can feel put-together while giving our hair a break from daily washing. All it takes is one ingenious tactic: choosing pretty, mussed-up second-(or third)-day hair hairstyles.
If you ask us, a slightly dishevelled, or messy hair texture is vibe. That's why top hairstylists work hard to replicate the appeal of undone strands. Hair maestro (and the man behind Kate Moss's mane) Sam McKnight admitted to regularly using products to distress shower fresh hair into something slightly more unkempt. And there's no denying that a trusty spritz of dry shampoo can works wonders (especially if you blast it with a hairdryer afterwards, which happens to be our number one dry shampoo hack). Our fave hair gurus, Justine Marjan, Emma Chen and Kristin Ess regularly opt for messy partings, loose strands and a non-neat boho takes on updos and messy indie sleaze strands are starting to trend again thanks to TikTok brushing up on yet another '90s throwback aesthetic.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, super slicked-back hair is equally stunning. Snatched ponytails smoothed back into place can look ultra chic and throw-back nineties neatness is a vibe (case in point: the supermodel bun). Perfect if you want to feel a bit more put together.
And the celebs are very much on board, too. This awards season saw Florence Pugh serve up multiple seriously cool slicked-back updos on the red carpet that could easily have disguised greasy strands (nobody's gonna know).
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