The truth about Donald Trump's hair: Former hairdresser reveals the lacquer, home cuts... and if it's real

Amy Lasch reveals the presidential hopeful got his own family to cut his 'calamity' hair, which was 'solid and matted'

Detail of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's hair

Donald Trump’s former hairdresser has revealed the secrets of his infamous barnet for the first time.
Amy Lasch, 52, has told how the Republican presidential candidate shunned professional stylists and even got his own family to cut his locks.
She described his blond dye job as a “calamity” and revealed he used so much lacquer to achieve his trademark style his hair was “solid and matted”.
And Amy, who worked with Trump on early seasons of the The Apprentice USA, dismissed rumours the businessman wore a toupee or had a hair transplant.
She said: “He has really long hair and he combs it back straight.

“He does it himself. It is real and it is his hair – he doesn’t have plugs.”
Amy continued: “When I looked at the back of his hair I could tell it was not a hairdresser cutting it. It was scary. It was just cut in a straight line.

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“The colour was so inconsistent. It was not done correctly. They just coloured the top and did not colour what was underneath properly.
“It was someone in his inner-circle who was cutting and colouring his hair. His wife or maybe his daughter.”
Amy revealed Trump, 70, would arrive on set with his hair already styled but she was responsible for keeping it to his liking during filming.

She added “He used a spray with a stickiness to hold it in place. It was not up to me to change what he looks like – I couldn’t do that in a few minutes on a set.
“I would take my comb and point out what I would like to fix and he would normally fix it himself.
“I did comb the back and did the sides a bit. But everything was solid. It was matted to stay put. I tapped it with my comb and it would bounce back.”
Amy also claimed the property-mogul-turned-politician could make life difficult for others on the set of the show.
She said: “He was very commanding and you did not want to be caught talking about him on set. If you’re on his side and doing well in his eyes, everything is fine – if you are not, then it is difficult.”

Amy Lasch worked on early episodes of the Apprentice USA

Amy even believes Trump’s odd haircut is representative of personality failings that could be problematic in his political career.
She added: “He’s been combing his hair in the same way since the 1980s.
“What I don’t like about that is that he is afraid of change.”

Trump has also battled allegations of sexism throughout his campaign and a newspaper article earlier this year accused him of “unwelcome advances” towards women and “unsettling workplace conduct”.
And Amy said: “I do believe he’s sexist – I also believe he is xenophobic. He’s critical of groups who are not like him and that would include women and illegal aliens. He wants to impress a woman and feeds on that.

Donald Trump gestures during a tour of his Trump International Golf Links course on the Menie Estate near Aberdeen — The Republican presidential candidate tries to keep his hair in check on the golf course

“He was flirty. It was inappropriate. He wanted me to giggle at his jokes. I was not allowed to react.
“He was at the Today show one day and I was in the make-up room. He stood next to the door and gave me a sideways smile. He shook his head a little bit like he was saying, ‘It’s me. Gawk.’
“I didn’t react. He couldn’t care less who I was unless I fed him the attention he wanted. He’s chauvinistic."