Gorge Northwood is one of London’s most coveted hairstylists, having mastered the art of the fuss-free blow-dry. His enviable client list includes Alexa Chung, Rosie Huntington-Whitely and Gwyneth Paltrow.
“I’m all about women being able to emulate salon looks at home. I think it’s about hair that’s easy, beautiful and natural, not too overdone. Most importantly, it’s about simple hair!”
Rather than go for that dead straight look, Northwood prefers his girls to look carefree but polished.
“I am over that poker-straight blow dry that was big in the 90’s. I just want hair to be smoothed out nicely and look natural.”
When Victoria’s Secret model Candice Swanepoel debuted her new platinum hair, she kept the look modern by sporting a care-free blow dry. Here are Northwood’s steps for creating this thoroughly modern model worthy look at home using the new VS Sassoon Go Travel Dryer.
How to:
- Wash hair and treat it with a spray in conditioner. If your hair is delicate or colour treated like Candice, opt for a leave-in detangling spray to prevent breakage.
- For lift at the root add a small egg-sized amount of volumizing mouse focusing on the crown and then work through hair using a wide toothed comb.
- Using your blow dryer on the highest heat setting, rough dry until 90% of the moisture is removed, remembering to lift hair with your fingers at the root as you dry and parting hair down the middle and drying flat onto face as you go.
For an international jet-setting model like Candice, there’s no better dryer than the new VS Sassoon Go Travel Dryer, which is the first travel dryer on the market with 2000 watts of power so you get all the benefits of an at home dryer with the compact versatility of a travel dryer. It features a concentrator nozzle for sleek frizz-free results and the dual voltage means never having to use those useless hotel hair dryers again. - Start by pinning the upper layers of hair and focus on the bottom sections. Blow dry wrapping sections of hair over a natural bristle brush keeping taught at the root (hair sections should be a similar width as the brush).
- Holding the nozzle right on the brush, pull down through the length of the hair until smooth. For height, blast dryer under the hair at the root and pay special attention to the ends curling the brush slightly under for a smooth polished look. Repeat for entire hair.
- When hair is completely dry loosely blast with air using your hands to arrange hair where you want. Add a drop of hair oil for extra shine.
VS Sassoon Go Travel Dryer
Want the convenience of a travel sized dryer with the drying and styling power of your at home hairdryer? Want a lightweight and super compact dryer with a folding handle that won’t take up room in your luggage? Want a dual voltage dryer with a choice of heat and speed settings plus a concentrator nozzle that will work anywhere and everywhere? Want the power and technology of a professional dryer to create all the latest looks from Paris, London and Milan while you are IN Paris, London and Milan? Yes of course you do! Then get yourself the new GO dryer from VS Sassoon.
RRP $22.95. Model number: VS5344A.
Stockist number: 1800 650 263
Visit: www.vssassoon.com.au
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Hi, I’m Anna the Editor of Beauty and Lace.
Travelling with three kids the car is always choc o block full! If I had this VS Sassoon Go Travel dryer I’d have more car room and never have another bad hair day away from home again!.
I currently don’t own a hairdryer, so to win this great travel one would be amazing. I’m over going to work with wet, unstyled hair.
Fun-filled days or nights of passion, Vidal Sassoon keeps your hair in fashion
Travelling with a toddler means I often have to sacrifice a lot of my baggage space for his needs (nappies, wet wipes, plenty of change of clothes) and often than not, I accidentally leave behind my essential beauty tool, my hairdryer that can up-do my look from my limited ‘wardrobe’. Winning this means I can leave this dedicated travelling hairdryer in my luggage, that way I won’t ever forget to pack it.
Engineer by day, mum by night,
My hair’s looking quite a fright.
Worn out mummy combined with geek,
Need this dryer to make me chic!
Early gym mornings means showering and washing my hair at the gym before work which also means wet hair for work..in winter. A travel hair dryer would be fab!!
Bit of a tangled mess after a swim in the pool. Thanks for any help.
you can never have too many hair products and especially for travel they are mush needed
I have been taking inspiration from Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s and covering it under hats and scarves, but Summer is coming, please help!
Would be great to have my hair to look good at all times when i least expect to bumping in to a ex!
I need this as the little hotel hairdryers always leave me all frizzy. So annoying!
My hair drier died 2 days ago and I know I wont be able to get one until christmas when I ask for one lol
Help!! I need a dryer! A VS SASSOON would be just what the hair fairy would want me to use. 😉
I have had short hair most of my life, now I am working to grow my hair below shoulder length, I am at the rugged out of shape stage needing plenty of extra attention, this beautiful dryer would make looking after my hair so much easier!
these are the best and with my hair i could make it look like i have gorgeous hair i cant find anything too help me look like i did when i was 16
Last time i travelled i forgot my ‘large’ dryer..(subconsiously on purpose?)..thought i could use hotel dryers..WRONG! They just dont cut it!
Mini me please with a VS Sassoon Go Travel Dryer..its got power to style perfectly!
Energizer battery during the day,
My hair looks scary in every way,
Would love to be a stylish and groovy chic
This hair dryer would certainly do the trick.
I would love to have a travel sized dryer with the benefits of at home dryer. It will save space in my luggage without compromising my look.
I travel a lot for work,so this would make my life so much easier if I could style while on the road.
There is no travel hair dryier in my posession so I might need one
With girls in the house and only one hair dryer, well I don’t have to paint a picture, lol. This travel dryer is small and compact enough to store and take along wherever the need to dry and style hair permits 🙂
I would love to have a travel hairdryer that is effective and efficient and not have to reply on dodgy hotel hairdryers that don’t work and have cords that limit you to the bathroom!
My travel hair dryer is over 20 years old and on my last holiday it died! I will need one before I go away again and the VS Sassoon Go Travel Dryer looks a beauty!
This unit being so light weight intrigues me …I am looking to update my heavy clunker…ideal for the caravan or for home use
it would be great to replace my old noisy hairdryer with a beautiful sassoon go travel dryer
my old UK hairdryer is a little worse for wear – I got it 8 years ago from my old flatmate! Kinda need a new one, yes?
I wash my hair and style it, but the mirror’s not my friend,
My hair is everywhere, it’s a battle I can’t win,
It sticks up in all directions, like an explosion in a mattress factory,
A Vidal Sassoon dryer would be my saviour, so won’t you please pick me?
Functional, sleek, not a curve out of place, I want the VS Sassoon travel dryer. A model that good looking must have some pretty tricks to spare for me.
A VS Sassoon hair dryer to guaranty a good hairday – that is what I wish for!
I have NO dryer and I have never even owned one, but I have borrowed ones before…..to have one now would be terrific!! I have always had to stand in front of the fan…..lol
In Thailand my hair was abuzz with excitement like the rest of me but it wasn’t a great look! Never again!
Teen Daughter stole mine,
Now I’m lost and without,
Would love a new VS dryer,
As Styling is what I’m all about!
I really would like to win please as I need a new hairdryer and this is such a great brand, also with travelling I need one please pick me ♥
Going to hairdressers nowadays for a cut. They wet your hair, cut it and charge you an arm and a leg, sending you out the door with wet hair. If you want to pay an outrageous excess you can have a privileged blow dry.
Saving my pennies, I’d go to the nearest McDonalds, public toilets or rest centre and blow dry my own hair. This Travel Dryer, the perfect size for my handbag. If I felt cheeky enough I might even pull out the dryer at the hairdressers and do it myself, right there and then.
Fitting essentials into luggage is always a test of skill- shoes take up so much room, space is precious. This lovely compact drier will certainly make packing a whole lot less stressful.
Having long hair leaves me in despair,
Awaiting a dryer to tame my mane,
I think this is it,
Ravishing I make it my wish!
Picture this. Hair perfect, walking to board the plane……..it’s a tarmac boarding. Wind, jet engines, rain…..not the look i want for my destination.
With the money saving option of carry on luggage only, this compact hairdryer would hardly take up any room. It’s great.
im always traveling and would be very handy to have one packed ready to use!its not nice to go abroad, not drying the hair properly then you look like a “brush”….
My daughter has just informed me instead of using her straightner she wants to use a hairdryer, apparently it is better for her hair, not so demanding…unfortunately due to financial pressure this month I am unable to get her one, so I thought I might try and win it…It would be such a great prize for her, thank you
Im am moving out of homd for the first time to go travelling through Europe, and I have NEVER owned a hairdryer, so this baby would be a treat to take away!
This gorgeous and sleek hairdryer is perfect to pop in your carry-on bag for weekends away. Quieter than my current dryer which sounds like a jet plane taking off!
My last hair dryer died so after a very sad funeral I’m hair dryerless and in need of one desperately.
Kinky! Unruly! ~A hairy mess!
When travelling, it causes untold stress!
Need “VS-Sassoon’s” compact “Go Travel” dryer!
Light! Easy! ~My hairstyle you’d then admire!!
There’s no better hairdryer than this one. In next to no time it’d get my hairstyle done. Styling my hair would be fun.
I would love this hairdryer as mine has gone to hairdryer heaven and thank goodness it is winter because my hair has been hiding under a beanie for weeks.
I am an old critter with thinning locks and need all the help I can get! VS Sassoon to the rescue hopefully.
when flying you can be seated for hours and long periods of time,the environment is low in humidity,so you can imagine what havoc this plays your hair,how nice to think your VS-Sasson dryer is right above your head ,your handy traveller with no fear of dreds
No more festy hotel room hairdryers for me- thank you very much!
I’m sick of my huge and broken hair dryer. Yesterday while trying to blow dry my hair I sucked it into the intake fan. Yuck!