Eyal Booker Straightens His Hair For Exclusive FashionBeans Shoot
You’d have to have been living under some large and particularly cumbersome rock to have missed the Marmite TV phenomenon of our time: Love Island. And, whichever side of the national divide you found yourself on this summer, it’s impossible to deny the show’s impact.
Best known for its endless supply of photogenic contestants (for whom there exists no such thing as a bad angle) the TV show’s wardrobe was mostly modesty-preserving swim shorts and not a lot else. Model Eyal Booker was one of the 2018 season’s quintessential contestants: a mix of starry-eyed optimism, boy-band hair and fitness-model abs that amped up the escapism quota for those of us marooned in pre-Brexit Britain. And, much like his castmates, he spent his duration in the villa clad in swimwear, swimwear and more swimwear.
Away from the glare of that Majorcan sun and back on more familiar soil in London, we took the man best known for his gravity-defying mane and megawatt smile and transformed him into a lesser-seen version of himself. We straightened his hair, binned the spray-on jeans and gave him a man-about-town transformation that will be (almost) unrecognizable to his 900,000 Instagram followers.
And in between shots, Eyal told us how he achieves those majestic locks, what work goes into keeping the six-pack and what he thinks of those accusations that Love Island has a diversity problem.
FashionBeans: How would you describe your personal style?
Eyal Booker: My personal style changes all the time to be honest, it depends what mood I wake up in. It all depends on where I’m going or what I’m doing, if I’m just having a casual day then it’s laid-back street style: a T-shirt, jeans and trainers. But, if I’m off to an event, then I’ll dress things up with some tailored trousers to go more formal.
How do you like the straight hair?
It’s a cool change to have straight hair for the day, so thanks to the team at Aveda. It’s the perfect fit for the vibe of the shoot. I do think I’ll be sticking with the signature curls on a daily basis though – they are a lot quicker to style in the morning!
