A
remarkably tumultuous time in June gave Malle, who describes her hair
as curly, easily oily, and hard to tame, the perfect opportunity to try
the Nexxus #LockIn24 challenge—three
products, seven days, 24-hour hydration. It started on a rainy night
before a friend’s birthday party on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Malle,
who admits to shampooing her hair every three days, “or whenever I see
my mother,” she says, made an exception. “I washed my hair with Nexxus’s Therappe Ultimate Moisture Shampoo and Humectress Ultimate Moisture Conditioner, let it air-dry, and styled it with the Humectress Encapsulate Serum,”
she says. “Wearing my hair curly made sense for that casual night, but I
carried the serum with me in my purse for touch-ups, just in case.”
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Malle,
who typically battles flyaways around her center part with brow gel,
confesses she’s always on the lookout for that one hair product that can
work as both a moisturizing leave-in treatment and go-to insta-fix.
“I’m typically dubious of products that can be used for both dry or damp
hair. But there was no residue, no goop-iness,” she says of Nexxus’s
serum. “My hair felt so soft and light, I kept petting myself like a
kitten.”
Later in the week, before a wedding in
Brooklyn, Malle used the conditioner again, then finger-combed the
serum through her moisturized strands. It’s a good combo for when hair
needs a boost but not a full cleanse, she says, because “it keeps frizz
in check and volumizes.” Spinning her hair into a slicked-back low bun,
she wrapped a satin bow around the base. “I feel like hair accessories
are a good way to get around having inherently messy hair,” she says.
“It makes frizzy curls look more thought through.”
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next day there were morning showers, and Malle was to attend the Public
Theater’s Annual Gala for Shakespeare in the Park (fittingly entitled Hair to Hamilton)
later that evening. She didn’t rinse out her look from the night
before, and instead simply touched up her still highly-moisturized
tresses with a curling iron for a more “Apollic look,” she says. This
time, she let her lengths lay loose in a low ponytail, that satin ribbon
still in play.
By the end of the week, a
proper wash was in order, and Malle, still in awe of her soft and
hydrated tendrils, was pleasantly surprised once more: “I love that I
can replicate that fresh smell that I’m always excited about at
hair-washing stations in salons,” she says of her new collection of
Nexxus products. “Somehow, the scent makes my shower and routine feel
more professional.”
