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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Eva Wiseman

The new straight hair

Line of beauty: straight hair at the Jonathan Saunders show, Spring Summer 2016.
Line of beauty: straight hair at the Jonathan Saunders show, Spring Summer 2016. Photograph: WWD/Rex/Shutterstock

Straighteners have evolved. Just in time for poker-straight hair – hair that is glass-like in its shine, polished and sleek – to come back into fashion. Rather than iron your hair into submission, these 2016 tools steam it, or have a lower heat setting than earlier models, with most brands adding little tricks (such as treatment cartridges for coloured hair) to protect and moisturise, too.

Get the look

Kérastase L’Incroyable Blowdry £21, kerastase.co.uk KMS Free Shape Hot Flex Spray £17, feelunique.com S-Factor Shine Spray £15.36, feelunique.com Shu Uemura £22, urban retreat.co.uk Percy & Reed No Oil Oil £14, thisisbeautymart.com Treatment Iron £120, marksandspencer.co L’Oréal Professionnel Steampod £170, lookfantastic.com GHD Serene Pearl Styler £165, johnlewis.com T3’s SPX £165, t3haircare.co.uk

Email Eva at e.wiseman@observer.co.uk or follow her on Twitter @EvaWiseman

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