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Kim Kardashian’s “Flip Bun” Is This Season’s Coolest — and Best — Updo

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Generally, it is the seemingly refined seems that flip probably the most heads. Such is the case with Kim Kardashian‘s newest updo, a bun-ponytail hybrid that exudes easy cool. From the entrance row at Fendi to the streets of NYC, Kardashian’s newest look pulls focus to the deep roots of her grown-out peroxide lengths — which is form of the purpose. 

“A bun can look fairly critical — this one is much less completed,” says hairstylist Chris Appleton, who calls the updo the wet-look flip bun. For this hybrid coiffure, Appleton brushes Kardashian’s white-blonde hair again for the slicked-back hairdo that does not have a strand misplaced. The type’s “moist look” makes it seem as if Appleton created the type on freshly washed, towel-dried hair. 

The truth TV star’s modern hair is then styled into the half-ponytail, half-bun look proper in the midst of the again of her head. Appleton provides that, although the type does seem easy, the positioning is essential. “Kim’s standard low bun tends to be decrease, whereas this one follows the attention line… it snatches the attention.” The look is strongest when mixed with a bit of additional texture, achieved by Appleton by means of a finger-rake relatively than the same old super-slicked end. Her darkish brunette roots distinction along with her platinum hair shade which supplies the type an added edge. 

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