Watch Alexa Chung Get A Virtual Haircut

The A-list are not immune to the beauty-related restrictions imposed by lockdown - hairdressing services being one of them. And Alexa Chung is a prime example, as this video of her cutting her own hair demonstrates. However, she does have her stylist on Zoom speed-dial, who holds her hand (virtually) through her first DIY haircut.

George Northwood, who also counts Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as his clients, has been working with Chung throughout her television and fashion career. So, naturally, she was one of the first in line to create lockdown hair tutorials with him for his new YouTube channel.

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"I have never once taken a scissor to my own hair," Chung reveals, but admits: "My hair grows like weeds, it grows really fast" and therefore requires regular trims. So, needs must, (plus, it makes for a great video).

While the designer and presenter may have been "worried" that she was "going to cock it up," the results of her haircut are really rather impressive.

Here's how Northwood guided Chung through the home-hair trim process:

Cutting the length

Chung first addressed the lengths of her hair, as opposed to the front where she has a grown-out fringe.

Taking her centre parting from the crown of the head down to the nape of the neck, she separated the hair in two, as if to form pigtails. Starting on one side (with the other sectioned away), she combed it all down in one and sandwiched the hair between her ring finger and index finger. Next, she used a 'point cutting' technique to cut into it – not across. This was repeated a few times until she was happy with the length on each side.

Cutting the front

Next, she tackled the grown-out fringe. Northwood instructed her to take a triangular piece of hair an inch back from the forehead into the hairline and clip the rest back. She then combed this flat to the face and mirroring the parting cut a triangle (the shortest bit being in the middle). This technique was repeated with more sections of hair further back from the parting, in the same triangular shape but longer versions.

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Connecting the front to the ends

Finally, Chung connected the front section to the ends. To do this, she followed guidance to comb the front sides flat to her face and following the line of the comb 'point cut' them from the shortest length to the longest on both sides. This blended in the fringe while maintaining some shape around the face.

When an undone messy wave is added thanks to some tonging, it's essentially Chung's current signature style.

• If you're similarly in desperate need of a trim (and don't have personal access to Northwood himself), some other top London salons are offering virtual services, including 
• Josh Wood
•  and 
• Hershesons
• .

You can also follow our expert tutorial on how to do an invisible haircut at home. Remember, though, to tread with caution when cutting your own – or others' hair – and only attempt a trim with professional hairdressing scissors.

This article originally appeared on Harper's BAZAAR UK.

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