Nina Dobrev.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Nina Dobrevis spilling her hair secrets.
While chatting exclusively with PEOPLE about working with streetwear brandOnlyNYandMilk-Bonefor their“More Dog” campaign, the actress, 34, also opens up about herpicture-perfect bangsand how she keeps them intact.
“My hairstylist, we did a FaceTime, and he taught me how to blow it out myself, and I use theKevin Murphy Doo Over Dry Powder Finishing Hairspray,” Dobrev says, highlighting her go-to product.
“It’s the only thing I put on my bangs after they’ve been blown out,” she continues. “It makes them more texturized and dirty looking, which is what you want when you have bangs. You don’t want them to be clean, surprisingly.”
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Dobrev firstdebuted her bangsafter a five-year hiatus earlier this summer, when she stepped out at Netflix’sTheOut-Lawspremiere in June.
The star even gave her new hairstyle a shoutout on Instagram, captioning apost highlighting her hairdo: “She’s bangin’ for the Outlaws Premiere ✨.”
Weeks later, Dobrev thenpoked fun at her bangs, showing what they look like after she wakes up in ahilarious TikTokthat featured her dogMaverickand boyfriendShaun White.
“That TikTok I made was purely for comedy,” theVampire Diariesstar tells PEOPLE. “I mean, I definitely do look like that when I wake up in the morning — it’s kind of scary.”
Nina Dobrev.Gotham/GC Images
Gotham/GC Images
Nowadays, Dobrev says her fashion outlook has changed from when she first broke into the Hollywood scene.
“I mean, my style’s definitely evolved, I would hope,” she says with a laugh. “Fashion and function, that’s sort of always been my thing, but I think it’s been elevated a little bit over the years.”
Dobrev also says that she has a style MO that is important to her, putting comfort over everything.
“I think it’s really important to be comfortable while also looking cool,” she explains. “Just more functional and comfortable.”
Being “functional and comfortable” is a big part of why Dobrev has teamed up with Milk-Bone and OnlyNY to celebrate their line of products for dog owners and dog-lovers alike, which includes dog collars, a crossbody bag with built-in treat pockets, waste bag dispensers and a T-shirt.
“The partnership is amazing because it combines my two favorite things — which are dogs and street style fashion,” the star tells PEOPLE. “So it was a perfect and seamless kind of collaboration.”
OnlyNY and Milk-Bone for their “More Dog" campaign.Nayquan Shuler for Harbor Picture Company x Milk-Bone
Nayquan Shuler for Harbor Picture Company x Milk-Bone
“Nothing is better [than having a dog],” Dobrev continues, before adding with a laugh: “I know this for a fact that I like dog more than humans 100 percent of the time.”
source: people.com
