Between teachers’s back-to-school routines trending on TikTok (with under the hashtag #teachertok) and about appropriate hairstyles for students, hair is the first lesson of the 2024 school year. “Having a great haircut is so important so that no matter how it falls it looks good styled or natural,” celebrity hairstylist and creator of Kim Kimble tells ESSENCE. “Bobs and lobs, nice blowout styles and natural curly styles,” Kimble says, are all hairstyles you can wear and maintain quickly.
Meanwhile, she recommends avoiding “anything that’s going to be too much maintenance or that takes too long to get ready in the morning.” (Say bye to finger waves!) Below, Kim Kimble shares her best back-to-school hair tips you can pull off in under five minutes. From Halle Berry’s and Zendaya’s , to a on Taylor Russell, short haircuts are a trans-seasonal trend you can wear all school-year long.
“Make sure to have a great cut so you can wear it wavy or straight,” she says. Whether a short blonde wig or bi-weekly , less hair means less maintenance for your get-up and go look. Despite managing shrinkage (try: or the ) on the more humid school days, a blow out can be your one-stop solution to cut down your detangling time.
“Incorporate products into your routine that add volume to help maintain the blowout longer,” she says. Or, make like Rihanna and wear your to school. “Sleep in a silk scarf and use hydrating products to help keep your curls in their best shape,.