Marilyn Monroe's hairstyle captured the world with tight tousled curls perfectly placed and created one of the most desired and seductive hairstyles of all time. Her signature-bleached-blonde hair color and retro waves were her most prominent features, which appealed to the masses and never went out of style.
And hairdressers are seeing requests for “the undone Marilyn bob” surge as women seek a modern take on the classic bob hairstyle made famous by the Hollywood icon.
Brush the curls near your face in the direction of your face, and the curls near your neck towards your nape. Gently pull the brush through each section from the roots. Only brush a few times and then let the curls drop naturally into place. Spray each section with hairspray after brushing for additional hold.
The Standard Middy is cut at 4" at the longest point, tailors into a rounded "U" with heavy blunt layering that is also cut at 4" long and has face framing layering. Styled out, this cut gives an Elizabeth Taylor kind of look.
Marilyn always wore her hair brushed to the left.
Kim Kardashian was given a lock of Marilyn Monroe's hair by Ripley's Believe It or Not! as a special gift for wearing Marilyn's iconic dress to the Met Gala, and it's causing all kinds of drama. Mostly because a Marilyn Monroe expert is out here claiming that the lock of hair isn't actually real.
Hollywood icons Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor used a common grooming tool to battle unwanted facial hair: a razor. Aesthetician Kate Somerville tells Style.com that the stars shaved their faces in order to obtain completely bare skin with the added bonus of exfoliation.
Peekaboo highlights are highlights that are generally applied to your hair underneath the top layer, so that when you wear your hair down with your normal parting, you don't see them. They are usually applied towards the front of the head, no closer than an inch or so down from your natural part.
The Waterfall Cut is such a beautiful cut that suits medium to long hair that's straight, wavy or curly. The soft, rounded layers, waves and curls cascade like a waterfall. In the shape of a upside down teardrop, tapering into a softly rounded V-shape at the ends.
“The skunk hair trend is when the hair is parted evenly down the middle and each half-section is colored in two, extremely contrasted shades,” Hillier explains. More specifically, one side is completely black and the other side is a stark white or an almost platinum blonde (like the animal's signature tail).
Marilyn Monroe
Early on, Marilyn was told to perm and straighten her hair to better define her curls.
The term "ghost layers" was first coined by celebrity stylist Ramon Garcia, but the style is also commonly referred to as invisible or internal layers. Essentially, it's a cutting technique involving subtle layers that are camouflaged within the hair to give the appearance that everything is one length.
The beehive is a woman's hairstyle in which long hair is piled up in a conical shape on the top of the head and slightly backward pointing, giving some resemblance to the shape of nature's beehive. It is also known as the B-52 due to a resemblance to the distinctive nose of the Boeing B-52 airplane.
"Hair dusting is a technique in which you don't get rid of any hair length, but only the damaged hair tips. This can be done by snipping the very bottom of each hair strand. Think of it in terms of removing fuzz from clothes," Los Angeles-based stylist, Sal Salcedo, explained to Refinery29.
The hairstyle, defined by long, loose, and slightly unkempt waves, is said to be inspired by the Italian painter's romantically-captured subjects with flowing hair.
As celebrity and editorial hairstylist Neil Moodie explains: “A wolf haircut is a mix of the shag haircut and a mullet, but generally created on longer hair. It has shorter choppy layers on the top and longer choppy layers around the sides and back.”
A teddy bear trim or teddy bear head usually describes a rounded, fluffy shape to the top of the head or entire face, so tends to be less confusing, although that also varies in style and length to suit the dog's size, head shape and coat, and how you want the ears to be.
The broccoli haircut, also known as the zoomer perm or bird's nest cut, is similar to the indie-inspired looks of the 00s, featuring shaved or faded sides and a whole lot of volume and length on top.
It's anything shoulder length or shorter. There's the bob, the long bob (lob), the pixie, the Kate Gosselin, and several other styles. But the general consensus is, a mom haircut is a short, low maintenance style which moms adopt after they get sick of a perpetual messy bun.
Suffering from dry skin (she is rumoured to have obsessively washed her face up to five times a day to ward off breakouts), Laszlo prescribed the actress a rigorous skincare routine, which differed depending on the time of day and occasion.
Monroe wanted her lashes longer and more voluminous with help from fringy falsies, but with natural-looking results. Therefore, Snyder would cut her false eyelash strips in half and apply them only to the outer corners of her eyes.
To avoid washing it too much (which can affect the colour) she swore by a makeshift dry shampoo – Johnson's baby powder– applying every two days to keep her hair looking fresh.