Last summer I was in London and I was blown away by how anemic hair looked there. The trend of the moment was blonde or dirty blonde hair that had been flat-ironed stick straight like Nicole Kidman's hair, pictured here. The result was flat and lifeless hair. It also seemed as if no woman had much hair at all, it was if all the blondes in London had been born with a thin sheet of super fine hair. What was likely happening was this: their hairdressers were thinning the hair out so it would fall in perfect sheets on either side of the face.
Not every woman looks great with this type of hairstyle. Gwyneth Paltrow can get away with it because she has a square, angular face. Women with round faces look good in this look because the hair hangs like a curtain, essentially masking roundness on the sides of the face. But if you have a thin or long face? You look best with some body in your hair. Note how much younger and better Nicole Kidman looks in this picture in picture 18 of this photo gallery.
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Nicole Kidman is always beautiful but she does look better with some fullness in her hair. I like the lighter hair color too. She used to wear her hair in a full curly style & looked wonderful. Now, with the straight hair it looks thin & not too healthy.
I have natural curly hair & wear it that way. Once in awhile I will use a flat iron & but my hair looks better with fullness & curls. Too many women are getting their hair straightened. Most of the time it lacks fullness & does not look very healthy.
Had to chuckle at your observation about London girls and their flat, limp blonde hair. Maybe a side-parting would have softened Nicole’s look – here she looks a little too council house/Vicky Pollard/’Am I bovvered’. All that’s missing is the pink velour tracksuit top.