{"id":2043,"date":"2026-07-07T03:37:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/zendaya-is-an-irl-goddess-with-waist-lenth-wavy-hair-see-photos\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T03:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:37:51","slug":"zendaya-is-an-irl-goddess-with-waist-lenth-wavy-hair-see-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/zendaya-is-an-irl-goddess-with-waist-lenth-wavy-hair-see-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya Is an IRL Goddess With Waist-Lenth Wavy Hair \u2014 See Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Four months into <strong>Zendaya<\/strong>\u2019s bixie, we haven\u2019t come close to tiring of it. She&#8217;s cycled through soft curls, slicked-back styles, and vintage-inspired swoops that have made her hair one of the biggest beauty stories of the year. But for the world premiere of <em>The Odyssey<\/em>, she surprised us by suddenly wearing waist-skimming waves and a braid crown that couldn\u2019t be more fitting for someone playing a goddess.<\/p>\n<p>Zendaya arrived at the London event on July 6 with not several inches but several <em>feet<\/em> of additional hair. Simultaneously regal and seemingly effortless\u2014her hairstylist would surely disagree\u2014it cascaded in the softest of undone waves down to her corseted waist.<\/p>\n<p>Her rich brunette color was brightened with shimmering, blonde highlights that were especially apparent in her half-up braid crown. Two thick braids began just above the temples before wrapping over and around her head like an organic headband. Rather than being tightly woven, the braids had a relaxed texture that blended with the softness of her length.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fnduJP iaVSwI asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kFnjvc eKnjjD responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jKunQM gjCCFj AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zendaya posing over her shoulder in a white beading corseted gown\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf5eabc94c2c641e57f63\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/zendaya%20long%20hair%20odyssey.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf5eabc94c2c641e57f63\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/zendaya%20long%20hair%20odyssey.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf5eabc94c2c641e57f63\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/zendaya%20long%20hair%20odyssey.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf5eabc94c2c641e57f63\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/zendaya%20long%20hair%20odyssey.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf5eabc94c2c641e57f63\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/zendaya%20long%20hair%20odyssey.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf5eabc94c2c641e57f63\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/zendaya%20long%20hair%20odyssey.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf5eabc94c2c641e57f63\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/zendaya%20long%20hair%20odyssey.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf5eabc94c2c641e57f63\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/zendaya%2520long%2520hair%2520odyssey.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk doOFzq hRFzlA caption__credit\">Photo: Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The style feels especially appropriate given her role as Athena in Christopher Nolan&#8217;s highly anticipated adaptation of <em>The Odyssey<\/em>. It evokes exactly what you\u2019d picture for mythological beauty, and just like so many of Zendaya\u2019s premiere looks for other movies, it stays on-theme.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fnduJP iaVSwI asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kFnjvc eKnjjD responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jKunQM gjCCFj AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Zendaya posing in a white highneck dress\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf6340a39d629842368e2\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/zendaya%20braid%20crown%20odyssey.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf6340a39d629842368e2\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/zendaya%20braid%20crown%20odyssey.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf6340a39d629842368e2\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/zendaya%20braid%20crown%20odyssey.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf6340a39d629842368e2\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/zendaya%20braid%20crown%20odyssey.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf6340a39d629842368e2\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/zendaya%20braid%20crown%20odyssey.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf6340a39d629842368e2\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/zendaya%20braid%20crown%20odyssey.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf6340a39d629842368e2\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/zendaya%20braid%20crown%20odyssey.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/media.allure.com\/photos\/6a4bf6340a39d629842368e2\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/zendaya%2520braid%2520crown%2520odyssey.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk doOFzq hRFzlA caption__credit\">Photo: Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four months into Zendaya\u2019s bixie, we haven\u2019t come close to tiring of it. She&#8217;s cycled through soft curls, slicked-back styles, and vintage-inspired swoops that have made her hair one of the biggest beauty stories of the year. But for the world premiere of The Odyssey, she surprised us by suddenly wearing waist-skimming waves and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}