HOLIDAY UP DO

I know I haven't posted anything for a while so I decided to do a post for the holidays. There are lots of fun party's to attend this time of year so I thought I would teach a quick and easy up do. This really should be pretty easy don't worry about getting it perfect. Be creative and add your own personal touch!

The outcome may look completely different depending on the length and thickness of your hair.

Tools: Comb, hairspray, bobby pins and some gloss serum or styling creme would be helpful if you have some.

First you want to start off by parting the hair. Make it a pretty dramatic diagonal part on on side of your hair.

Then what you want to do is backcomb the heck out of it. Start at the crown area and continue around the top of the head and then down your head so that the whole thing is BIG.

This is what it should like like after backcombing. If you need tips on backcombing check the post on round brushing and styling your hair and it should help.

After back combing take your comb and smooth out the very top of the hair so that it looks nice and neat.

This is what it should look like at this point.

Then you will want to take the entire front section of your hair (your bangs) and clip or bobby pin them away and we will get to those later.

Then bring up your first section. You want to pull up the hair from the crown of your head and part of the sides. Pull it back like your going to put it in a loose ponytail and comb it out so that it is smooth.

Then you will take that section and start to twist it, then turn the ends underneath the twist almost like you are going to make a knot.

get a bobby pin and stick it into the hair making sure it stays in place. Sometime two bobby pins are needed.

Then bring the another section of hair right underneath the one you just twisted up. smooth it out with a comb just like before. It helps to use the styling creme to smooth all the hairs back.

Once again, start to twist and turn the hair under itself.

Place the twisted knot under the other knot and a little to the right. Fasten with bobby pins.

continue to add more knots in this same way until all your hair is up. I usually like to alternate were I put the knots, first one on the right then one on the left, but be creative and do whatever you want!

When all the hair is up then take the front section of hair and smooth it back and secure it with a bobby pin.

I usually try to hide the bobby pin with the hair in the back.

Hopefully my directions made sense. let me know if you have any questions.

You can also do this up do with shorter hair you just might not be able to make the knot. Just twist it up and secure it the twist with a bobby pin. Then spike out the hairs a little bit with styling creme.

You can also try just doing it half up. leaving some of your hair down and curling it might be cute. If you want to do this just do two or three of the twisty knots and style the rest of your hair however you want. Good luck and happy holidays!!

SIMPLE WAY TO GIVE HAIR BODY AND STYLE WITHOUT THE ROUND BRUSH.

many of us have a hard time using a round brush to hair dry and style our hair. I wanted to show an easier way to achieve this same look without using the round brush. Check out these step by step videos and let me know if you have any questions.







After you take all the the bobby pins out. Flip your head upside down and shake out your hair lightly. Then flip it back and part it where you want and it should look fabulous!



To finish it off just back comb if you want and use a little hair shine or gloss and hair spray.

ROUND AND HEART FACE SHAPE

It is very easy to find a hairstyle for a round face shape and a heart face shape. If you have a heart face shape your the goal is to make the forehead appear more narrow. Most hairstyles look good as long as you use some sort of bang whether it be a forward heavy bang or a side bang. Using bangs will cut the line of the forehead off making it appear not as wide.


Pictures of Good hairstyles for a heart face shape:


** These pictures below don't necessarily show women with a oblong face shape. I am just giving examples of the actual hairstyles**


Using bangs to cover your head like this will make your face appear to be oval which is the goal!






Here we have a hairstyle that doesn't have bangs but it works because the hair is parted way over on the side. the line of the hair is cutting off the width of the forehead.

Hairstyles to stay away from:

Exposing your forehead all the way like in this picture will show off the width of the forehead.

If you have a round face shape what you need to do is try to find styles the elongate your face shape.

Pictures of hairstyles that would look great:

** These pictures below don't necessarily show women with a oblong face shape. I am just giving examples of the actual hairstyles**

Short hair is tricky when you have a round face shape. However, this style would work because the length is just longer then the chin and the style itself is more square looking. This would look great and it would draw the eye down making the face look longer and more narrow.

Longer styles look the best on people with a round face shape. Most long hairstyles would work. Just stay away from heavy bangs because those will cut the face off even more making it appear really small.

If your going short make sure the length is longer or shorter then your chin. If your going shorter make sure there is some sort of poof on top elongating the face shape.

This is an example of a short haircut that would work. the poof on the top makes the face look longer.

Hairstyles to stay away from:

curly, short hair is a no no. The curls make the face appear round.

This long hairstyle would normally work but the way it's curled around her chin will make it look round. If you have a longer style try to leave the layers longer then the chin.

Haircuts that end right near the chin shorten the face shape making it appear even more round.

another short curly style.

this style really hugs the face and enhances the roundness.

*Remember also that if you are doing what I have written not to do, its OK! These are just helpful hints. Be creative and have fun with your hair I don't want anyone to feel limited. I encourage trying new things because in doing so you may discover something you absolutely LOVE. I just think it is helpful to know your face shape and understand what styles might look the best!

DIAMOND FACE SHAPE

What we all want to achieve when styling our hair is for it to appear that our face shape is oval. When it comes to the diamond face shape there are so many styles that really would work and look fabulous.
People that have this face shape have really dominant cheek bones. They also have a very narrow forehead and jaw line. So when styling your hair you just need to think about what will make your forehead and jaw line just a little bit wider and to not enhance the cheek bones any more.

styles that look great for a diamond face shape:
-Straight across bangs would look great because they will appear to widen the forehead.
-Short hair that is full on top.
-any length would really look good as long as it doesn't end right at the cheek bones.
Styles that wont look as good:
-parting the hair down the middle will enhance the diamond shape.
-hair length or layers ending right at the cheek bone.

** These pictures below don't necessarily show women with a oblong face shape. I am just giving examples of the actual hairstyles**

Pictures of what to do:

This short, curly style sould look good it is rounding out and widening the forehead. Doing this will make it appear more oval. If your doing this style just be sure to part it on the side and not directly in the middle.

any sort of bang would look great just make sure if your are doing a sweep bang to part it far enough over on the side widening the forehead. If it is parted closer to the middle it the bangs will draw a straight diagonal line making the diamond shape more apparent.

The length here will look great as well as the waves, widening out the jaw line.

A thick heavy bang looks great!



Pictures of what not to do:

This style is right at the wrong length for a diamond face shape. When the hair length is right at the cheek bone it will make them appear even more dominant then they already are.
Parting the hair down the middle will make diagonal lines from the middle of the hair line to the cheek bones making it look much more diamond like.
The shape of this style and the exposed forehead will enhance the diamond shape.

*Remember also that if you are doing what I have written not to do, its OK! These are just helpful hints. Be creative and have fun with your hair I don't want anyone to feel limited. I encourage trying new things because in doing so you may discover something you absolutely LOVE. I just think it is helpful to know your face shape and understand what styles might look the best!

OBLONG FACE SHAPE

Now I will go over what hair styles look great for those with a oblong face shape and those styles that should be avoided.

There really are so many dang cute styles that would look fabulous on someone that has an oblong face shape. You just have to think to your self before getting a style, would this lengthen my face shape? or, would this style shorten it?

Things to stay away from:
-growing your hair out really long with no bangs, layers or body. Leaving the face shape looking longer.
-Parting the hair down the middle, unless your hair is fairly short.
- Styles that are really straight and flat to the head.
- lifting the hair straight up in any way on top of your head elongating the face even more.

Things that will look great for this face shape:
- Bangs!!
- For the most part shorter hair looks the best.
- Curly hair or wavy hair.
- Fun textured or layered medium length hair with some sort of bang.


** These pictures below don't necessarily show women with a oblong face shape. I am just giving examples of the actual hairstyles**

Pictures of what not to do:



This style is all wrong for someone with an oblong face shape. Its very long, very straight and flat to the head and face there is nothing breaking it up such as layers or bangs. The length will make your face look longer, leaving it flat like this will make your face look thinner, and by not having layers or bangs you are leaving the shape of the face very long and very skinny looking.

Styling the hair up like this will lengthen the face shape even more.
Parting the hair down the middle with a medium to long hair length is going to also make the face appear longer.
uh, no!


Pictures of what to do:

I love all of these styles and think they would all look great with those with an oblong face shape.

The short length and the bangs will shorten your face shape. Way cute!!

When working with really short hair try to style the bangs forward like this shortening the face shape.
You don't always have to have bangs. You can part your hair farther over, sweep it across the forehead and wear your hair like this with a lot of body and some soft beautiful layers.
And like this with some curls, rounding out the face on the sides.
If you are going for a straighter look just make sure you have some bangs breaking it up a little.
Long hair is ok too curls like this would look great with the side bang.
Even long and straight can look great just make sure to add the bangs!!


*Remember also that if you are doing what I have written not to do, its OK! These are just helpful hints. Be creative and have fun with your hair I don't want anyone to feel limited. I encourage trying new things because in doing so you may discover something you absolutely LOVE. I just think it is helpful to know your face shape and understand what styles might look the best!