Sam McKnight’s products are a staple in the hair routines of models and celebrities (Picture: Hair by Sam McKnight)
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When it comes to celebrity hair stylists, there’s not many that have as many A-list fans as Sam McKnight.
The Scottish hair stylist is practically a magician with hair, hailed as a ‘genius’ by fashion bibles and has worked his magic on supermodels, musicians and even the late Princess Diana. Yep, Sam is the man behind Diana’s iconic 90s feathery chop. Be still our beating curtain bangs.
This is a talented man and while we can’t offer his services to you, we can offer the products he uses on his beautiful list of clients – which also include Kate Moss, Jodie Comer and Elle Macpherson.
Even Alexa Chung adores his products and what Alexa says is gospel.
Seriously, this woman could recommend a smack across the face as the new IT girl product and our skater dress wearing, side-swept fringe styled, overly lined under eyes inner child would be powerless to resist.
Sam has his own range, called Hair by Sam McKnight, that includes these five holy grail products. And you need to snap these bad boys up pronto (we’re also wildly obsessed with his other products, including these hair cleansing cloths).
We don’t care if your hair is as voluminous as a half-eaten stick of candy floss or dryer than your mouth after a wine-fueled night out. These products will make you look like a supermodel as you strut your way to your local tube stop.
Cool Girl Barely-There Texture Mist – £27.00
THE product, according to the stars (Picture: Hair by Sam McKnight)
This no.1 best-selling volumising texturising mist is the perfect dry styler. It achieves Sam’s signature ‘done, undone’ look. To put it simply, you want your layers as feathery as Lady Di? You need a spritz of this baby.
The mist is lightweight, so it doesn’t weigh down the hair. Plus, you can brush it out with ease. As Sam explains, this is his signature look in a bottle.
This product was made for Kate Moss, who is also a big fan.
‘Before I go out of the door I would use this,’ she previously said. ‘Smells amazing!’
Not enough to convince you? Well, how about a word from Alexa Chung?
‘I love Sam McKnight Cool Girl,’ she previously mused. ‘It does what it says on the tin. It makes you look like a Cool Girl. It just makes it look like you’ve been dancing at a gig. This is it – A gig in a can.’
SAY NO MORE ALEXA, WE’RE THROWING OUR DEBIT CARDS AT THE SCREEN AND SCREAMING.
Oh, Elle Macpherson said she loves it, too.
Cool Girl SuperLift Volumising Spray – £26
The orange volumising spray will give serious lift, according to the brand (Picture: Hair by Sam McKnight)
This spray is also great for adding that texturised look to your hair. Perfect for accentuating the layers and creating natural-looking volume that doesn’t require constant teasing and backcombing.
If you’ve gone for face-framing layers or butterfly chop, this product will give you the perfect look.
Cool Girl Volume Foam – £32
The stylist is renowned in the industry (Picture: Hair by Sam McKnight)
We’ve had a spray, we’ve had a mist. Of course, we need a foam. Every cool girl knows that behind an effortless ‘I just woke up like this do’ is a multitude of products. And this foam achieves fuller and thicker hair without creating that sticky, stiff feel that traditional foams or mousses do.
Remember how your hair would feel in the early noughties when you’d scrunch a bottle of mousse into it wet before heading out for a night drinking in the park? Yeah, it basically feels like the opposite of that.
Plus, Sam says it’s also the perfect heat-protecting blow dry partner. Consider us influenced.
Happy Endings Nourishing Balm -£36
It’s for your hair…(Picture: Hair by Sam McKnight)
We’d like to firstly say that if your minds are firmly in the gutter like ours, this is not THAT type of balm. Despite the name, this balm achieves happy endings to the ends of your HAIR. HAIR, people.
This balm has been clinically proven to seal 50% of split ends after the first use. Ideal if, like us, your ends resemble the bottom of an outdoor broom following years of service.
It also helps to smooth and tame the flyaways and frizz. If that wasn’t enough, Jodie Comer is also a big fan.
‘I use the Happy Endings Balm a lot in this weather, which makes my hair dry,’ she explains.
Deeper Love Intense Treatment Mask- £48
We could do with some of this to our tired tresses (Picture: Hair by Sam McKnight)
Just six treatments of this mask and your hair will be ten times stronger. And you can’t argue with that science.
This little pot of joy will make your hair damage-proof. So even if you’ve endured a week of UV rays, heat damage or bleach, this will rewrite the wrongs.
Our hair is already singing and we can’t help but think it’ll look just like Gigi’s after this…
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‘Alexa Chung wore the Cool Girl Barely-There Texture Mist so we wore the Cool Girl Barely-There Texture Mist…’
