As the optime of British class and culture, the Royal Ascot has entertained and enthralled crowds for centuries. The Ascot racecourse was first founded in 1711 by Queen Anne, where its first race awarded a princely prize of 100 guineas!
Ever since, the prestige on the track has been matched by its attendees, A-list and Royal alike, offering them the chance to see and be seen! While it’s often the showstopping hats and dresses that get all the attention, finding the right hairstyle is just as important.
This year, get ready for the races in style! With our knowledge and experience, Belle Amour can guide you to find a style that perfectly complements your face, hair, and personality.
Perfecting Your Hat Hair
When deciding how to wear your hair for the races, the most important consideration is the hat accompanying your look. For those wearing more striking hats, a simple chignon is a popular occasion hairstyle for those with longer and thicker hair types.
Suitable for straight, wavy, and curly hair textures, a chignon elegantly secures your strands in place. As a classic and timeless option, this style lends volume and dimension to your hair. Depending on the placement of your hat, a chignon can also help to balance asymmetry from larger accessories. Depending on your preference, this style can be worn low in the centre, or on either side of the head. This is beautifully demonstrated by the Duchess of Cambridge below.
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At Belle Amour, our experts can recreate this simple style or grant it a unique touch. To compliment a classic hair knot, intricate braids and twists can be used to frame and accentuate your chignon.
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For a slightly more modern and relaxed style, face-framing strands can be added to soften the look and bring attention back to your hair.
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Softer Styles
If you’ve opted for a wide-brimmed hat, wearing your hair down is both stylish and effective. With this accessory, soft tousled waves are the perfect way to go. Understated and classy, a subtle wave provides a perfect contrast to the drama created by a wide-brimmed hat. English rose Kelly Brooks shows us how tousled waves can create a casually coiffed style in the image below.
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To replicate this look, our experts at Belle Amour offer a bouncy blow dry to lift and wave the ends of your hair. Whether you desire loose, bouncy curls or a straighter look with inward curling ends, we carry a range of styling tools to bring your vision to life.
For added shine to your curls, an Olaplex treatment can restore your hair’s vitality, health, and strength. Specialist Olaplex treatments offer an immediate and noticeable result, making them the perfect solution to transforming your hair for an upcoming event and long after.
Creative colouring through highlights and balayage also work well with this simple style. Blond, honey, and caramel highlights create a tonal shift in the hair, helping to catch the light for added movement and body.
Our stylists at Belle Amour will personalise your highlights to accentuate your face and hair using specialist techniques combined with expert foiling. For your colouring, we’ll consider factors like your skin tone and existing base colour to identify what works best for you.
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Head-Turning Hair
Colloquially known as Ladies Day, the third day of Royal Ascot is traditionally an event to showcase the best of British fashion and beauty. For those not visiting the Royal Enclosure, wearing a headpiece or fascinator allows for more creativity with your chosen hairstyle. The Ladies below provide an example of the versatility a fascinator can lend to your look.
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Depending on your chosen accessory, our stylists can create the perfect hairstyle to match. Whether you have a classic, sophisticated look in mind or something more relaxed and bohemian, we will listen and provide our expertise.
Traditional and timeless updos remain one of the most popular hairstyles for the Royal Ascot when incorporating plaits, twists, hair roses and various accessories. Below is an example of just what we can do.
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Alongside updos, our stylists can also create more relaxed and romantic styles, with face-framing curls and tendrils. For those who are a little more daring, we love experimenting with different styles that veer away from tradition and make you look your best. Half up half down styles can achieve just that, as seen below.
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Occasion Hair At Belle Amour
At Belle Amour, our stylists can create a wide range of occasion hairstyles, from on-trend updos to long-lasting curls and intricate braids.
To ensure your hair is in good health for the day, we can also help you achieve the perfect cut or colour to enhance your overall look. Visit our full services list to learn more about the treatments we offer.
Based in Bagshot, our salon is easily accessible to those in Ascot, Camberley, Chobham and surrounding Surrey areas. We would love to help you create the perfect style for Royal Ascot, to secure your appointment in time, don’t hesitate to get in contact with us!
Give us a call on 01276 423113. Our haircare experts would be happy to answer any of your questions!
