With the gorgeous Maya Jama hosting the new season of Love Island All Stars, Celebrity Stylist Jay Birmingham takes a look back through the archives at some of his favourite hair looks he's created for the presenter.
GQ Awards
This was a completely different look from Maya. Strikingly beautiful and very fashion forward. As Maya's outfit was such a statement, I wanted to keep her hair simple and understated. I pulled her hair away from the face to tie it up underneath her stunning headpiece, then I carefully brushed out her edges to create a soft finish around her hairline.
Black Panther Premiere
Maya wore a stunning floor length red gown with an eye catching design and a necklace that did all the talking to complete her red carpet look. With this in mind, I wanted to create a soft, sultry and understated sexy hair look for her to complement this. The overall finish of her hair was undone and effortless which worked perfectly with her outfit to balance it out. Firstly, I created a soft curl through Maya’s hair to give texture to the hair up and movement to the pieces of hair that would fall to frame her face. I used the Babyliss Small Tong to create this through her hair before creating the shape of the up do. I carefully secured using grips and then teased pieces of hair to fall round her face and towards the back to give then effortless chic feel. The key product for this look was the Living Proof Volume Blast to help give me height, definition and volume. I love this for red carpet looks!
NTAs
An updo was the obvious choice for the NTAs this year to pair with Maya’s asymmetric dress. I created a knotted style sitting in the middle of her hair at the back, leaving one piece of hair out around her face to balance out the dress. The style was textured yet shiny to give it a glam feel. I loved this look on Maya!
Team HJ can't wait to see how Maya Jama will be styling her hair in the new season starting tonight!
