textured hair

A change in season is the perfect time to reinvent your hair colour and style, and if you want to keep on-trend, celebrity hairstylist Barney Martin says there's a few options to consider as we move into Summer. "For starters, it’s time to pack up your curling tongs and think natural texture and long, grown-out layers."

The natural look was huge at the Spring 2013 international runway shows, with designers including Charlotte Ronson, Lanvin (pictured above) and Versace all giving a nod to minimal styling and effortless hair.

"Hair is moving away from the Kardashian and Victoria's Secret bombshell look and towards a more unstated look, just like the fashion from the catwalks," says Barney. To find out his top five hairstyles to try this season, click through.

See, it's not just you. The Curse of the Flattened Hair — not the next Pirates . . . movie, but the state that strands can find themselves in: flat-packed next to your head like an IKEA bedside table — happens to us all. Even A-list strands like Alexa Chung's fall prey to it. Huh.

It doesn't matter how long you spend styling your hair — could be an hour, could be days; my neighbour Mary once styled her hair for a month and it even happened to her — or how good you are at it, sometimes it just happens. And sometimes it happens to just half of your head. Odd. Just be thankful that you weren't at the Teen Vogue shindig like Lex. Poor love.

But there is a Speedy Gonzales trick to getting your hair back to tip-tip awesomeness: Dry Shampoo. Hallelujah. Clive Allwright, KMS California International Artistic Director, says "no brushes or blow-dry tricky techniques are needed." Simply add in some dry shampoo, such as KMS California Hairplay Makeover Spray ($33.95), which features a fine rice powder that "lifts the shape, makes the hair naturally fuller and gives hair that perfect wiggly texture." Perfect. Clive swears by it and uses it on shoots. You can even use during in a powercut. LOVE. Also try Ojon Rub Out Dry Cleaner ($50) or Cedel Dry Shampoo ($7.99).

Stockists: KMS California (1800 506 060).

There are some women that just have it. Eva Mendes is one of those women. She graces the August cover of Allure magazine looking ah-mazing wearing a fiercely winged cat eye and seductive pout. More like a young Sophia Loren than ever. She describes a loaded '60s eye — think smudged liner and lashings of mascara — as "insta-sexy" in the accompanying interview so it's no surprise that that's her fail-safe beauty look. And it looks as though she's a D&G fan through and through — she was dressed head to toe in the Italian designs for the sexy shoot — and prefers the dry, textured style of '70s hair that we saw in their A/W 2010 collection over the sleek, slick wet-look vibe that we saw elsewhere. FYI, Eva and I are like two peas in a pod; we use the same foundation: Perricone MD No Foundation Foundation. LOVE. Pretty, huh?

Allow me to introduce two dirty pretty things: evo haze styling powder ($29.95) and Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray (approx $44.50). You'd be forgiven for thinking that they're straight-up dry shampoos, but their mission is actually to put the "dirt" and easy texture back into freshly-washed hair. It's like this, Dakota Fanning has lovely, soft and smooth hair, right? Which is nice if you like that kind of thing, but not so great if you don't. Especially if your hair has a tendency to stay like that for two days post-wash. If your look is more Miss Moss, ie. lived-in glam, then this is what you need. It's like good dirt, just like olive oil is good fat. They give body and texture and most importantly that coveted matte finish. I swear by the evo one, and while I haven't tried Oribe, it's creating lots of buzz in the states. Have you tried either? Will you?