3 easy date night looks

The perfect date night hairstyle doesn’t just complete your outfit, it can also make you feel like your most confident self.

Whether it’s a first date, friend date, or night out with your partner, gorgeous hair is sure to give you a boost – whatever you’ve got planned this Valentine’s Day.

Looking for the perfect date night hairstyle?

It can be tempting to use high-heat straighteners or curling tongs to wrangle your hair into shape, but there’s no need to cause lasting heat damage to get a sleek style. Show your hair some love with these easy date night hairstyle ideas.

Root volume and texture adds interest to this elegant half-up, half-down hairstyle.

1. Dry: If your hair is straight or wavy, blow-dry with round brush underneath your roots to add volume. If your hair is curly or coily, this style works well whether you leave your hair natural or lengthen while drying with a paddle brush.
2. Add texture: Add loose curls to your hair for a tousled look. For casual waves with no heat damage, use Shark FlexStyle with the Auto-Wrap Curler attachment. Alternatively, create waves by plaiting your hair while damp and leaving to air dry overnight. If your hair has natural curls, you can skip this step.
3. Apply any products: Some hair types will benefit from a texturising spray to add grip and help the style to last.
4. Section: Use a tail comb to divide off the hair you want in the top section. For more volume, you can backcomb this section at the root. Gather the top section hair in one hand and secure with a ponytail elastic, then wrap into a bun and secure with hair pins.
5. Style: Leaving bangs or loose hair around the face can soften the look, and give it a more sixties feel. You can also tie a ribbon around the bun for an on-trend look.

This sleek style is everywhere, giving modern minimalism to any look.

1. Prep: Blow-dry your hair until completely dry. Brush through using a paddle brush to give you a smooth base to work with. Use a tail comb to define your parting.
2. Eliminate frizz: This style looks most dramatic when hair is super-smooth and glass-shiny. To avoid using high-heat straighteners on your hair, try Shark SpeedStyle with the RapidGloss Finisher attachment, which uses Coanda airflow to attract and tame flyaways for a glossy finish.
3. Apply any products: Some hair types may benefit from a smoothing mousse, hair oil or serum at this stage.
4. Gather: Using a fine-toothed comb, smooth your hair into a low ponytail, working sideways from your parting. Lie the hair as flat as possible around the face. Secure the ponytail at the back of your hair with a hair elastic.
5. Finish: Twist the ponytail into a bun and secure with hair pins. If you have bangs or any pieces are coming loose around the face, you can smooth them down and secure with more hair pins or a statement clip.

Big hair is back! The key to this romantic style? Va-va-voom volume.

1. Rough dry: This style works best on clean hair. Wash and blow-dry your hair until 70% damp – if your hair is naturally fine or flat, use a round brush to create volume at the roots. You can also add a thickening spray product to help.
2. Detangle: Comb through your hair to ensure there are no tangles. Section your hair into layers.
3. Shape as you dry: A section at a time, use a heated blow-dry brush such as Shark SmoothStyle to slowly brush through each section, starting at the roots and rolling the brush towards the ends. Repeat until each section is dry. You can also do this with a hairdryer and large round brush.
4. Style: Switch your SmoothStyle to Dry Hair Mode and comb through your dry hair a section at a time, rotating the brush as you go – bend layers and ends towards your face for a ‘90s look, or away from your face for perfect flicks.
5. Secure: Mist a fine layer of flexible hold hairspray over your style to help it last all night.

For more inspiration, check out our hairstyling tips for all hair types.