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"    Photo: James Brown   If you&amp;#039;re like us, your pre-getaway beauty prep almost always includes a quick trip to the salon for a blowout that, like your trip, is both breezy and carefully orchestrated. By the time you&amp;#039;ve checked out, however, that foxy &amp;#039;do has most likely fallen flat and you&amp;#039;ve retreated to the safety of a basic ponytail. Well, it was fun while it lasted\u2026 But if you&amp;#039;ve ever seen photos of Kate Moss sporting perfectly tousled locks as she suns herself on a yacht or tromps through the mud at Glastonbury, you know that hot holiday hair isn&amp;#039;t exactly a myth. Hair pro James Brown has been doing the supermodel&amp;#039;s mane for over 20 years (they both hail from Croydon, England), and fortunately for those who don&amp;#039;t have a stylist on standby, he&amp;#039;s happy to share the secrets to achieving\u2014and maintaining\u2014that sexy bedhead look throughout your weekend away. Put that sun hat away!   Fresh off working with Sarah Jessica Parker in Italy\u2014she&amp;#039;s the &amp;quot;nicest celebrity ever,&amp;quot; he swears\u2014Kate&amp;#039;s mane man dishes to ELLE.com about the ins and outs of backcombing and the hair products you need to throw in your suitcase.  First, walk us through creating &amp;quot;The Kate&amp;quot; hairstyle. Start by washing the hair with my James Brown London Volume Boost Shampoo and Conditioner. Squirt a quarter-sized amount of Volume Boost Mousse into your hand and work through the hair evenly before blow-drying with a big round brush. Use a smaller brush around the front to create a bit of a wave. Back-comb the hair at the crown and temples, then finish with Effortless Hold Hairspray. Do you have a trick to backcombing the hair without it ending up a tangled, ratty mess the next day? Backcombing with a brush is the best way. You pull hair in the opposite direction that you want it to go. So if it&amp;#039;s on the crown, most people try to backcomb by pulling their hair backwards. But if you pull forwards towards the front of your face, and then backcomb at the roots, it happens a lot easier, and it&amp;#039;s a lot better to get out. You&amp;#039;ve got a lot more control. How do you keep the bedhead look from getting too messy? The main thing is not overdoing it. People always forget to backcomb the temples. They always backcomb the top, but they always forget to do the temples, and the way to get that rock &amp;#039;n&amp;#039; roll Brigitte Bardot look is to make sure you backcomb the temples. Are there specific products we should us? The best tip ever is to spray a little bit of hairspray on your fingertip and rub it into the roots to give it a stronger foundation. Instead of spraying tons all over the hair\u2014that&amp;#039;s when it starts to look crunchy. Then, it&amp;#039;s hard to brush straight out the next day. Just use spray where you&amp;#039;ve backcombed, rubbing it in with the fingers, and do a very light spray from about 10 inches above your head. The hair should all move about, and bits should sort of fall and tousle.  What other products should we pack to maintain the hairstyle on vacation? The best product you&amp;#039;ll need to keep that shape is a really good hairbrush, like a Mason Pearson natural bristle brush. Also, dry shampoo is an absolute must. When your hair is backcombed at the roots, you can brush that out in the morning softly, redo the roots, and then spray again. So, a good brush, dry shampoo, and a hairspray. Any other tips for keeping hair fresh the next day, or even two days later? If you&amp;#039;re doing that kind of look, the next day the hair will look even better. But a silk or satin pillowcase can protect the hair from rubbing and getting messed around in your sleep. Just be gentle with your hair. Don&amp;#039;t expect too much from it. Be firm on the roots, but gentle on the ends.    "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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