need new styles help
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Topic: need new styles help
Posted By: justblonde1390
Subject: need new styles help
Date Posted: February 26 2005 at 5:38pm
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hi i am running out of ideas on hair styles for my hair its straight (no layers)whith a little volume blonde with natural highlights its not really thinck but no fine and its a little below my shoulders please help and any prom hair ideas? thanx Megan  ------------- Music=Love You Are My Music |
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 6:37am
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Your hair sounds almost exactly like mine. You can do a french twist for an elegant updo. I can tell you how if you don't already know, there are also a lot of instructions on the web on how to do it. You can also french braid it, and tuck the end of the braid inside for another nice updo. For more casual stuff, what do you do already? If you get some decorative clips, you can just clip one on the side of your hair and this looks nice. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: justblonde1390
Date Posted: March 01 2005 at 3:46pm
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i dont no how to do a french twist normally i keep my hair down or i put it in a pony or a messy bun. ------------- Music=Love You Are My Music |
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: March 02 2005 at 7:07am
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There are many ways to accomplish the twist. You will find articles on the net for twisting it up with no added accessories (just bobby pins) for longer hair, and articles about adding lots of gel and spray for twisting up shorter styles, but I don't like using goop, and I could never get hold with what works for longer hair, so here's what works for my shoulder length hair. (Keep in mind that the twist is a difficult style to do, so you may need to practice lots of times before you get the hang of it, but with practice it becomes easy). The way that works the best for me is to put your hair all in a low ponytail with a thin elastic, pull the elastic down so it's a few inches from your head, but not quite near the end either. You will want your ponytail off to the side because you want the fold of the twist in the middle of the back of your head. (So if you're going to twist towards the left, put your ponytail a little to the right....if you don't see what I mean, just try it in the middle, see how it comes out, and you'll understand.... Then holding the ponytail upward, twist it so it rolls inward and makes a fold. Then fold the ends downward and tuck them under the fold. You now have a twist that you're holding up with your hand. You may notice at this point that the hair on top of your head is poofing up too high, so you can run your hand over it to push it back and downward and shove it under the twist with the rest of your hair. To prevent this problem, try parting your hair on different sides or the middle before you twist and see what works best for you....each part will give it a different look (if you always twist in the same direction). The easiest way to hold it at this point is to slap a claw clip on the fold of it. If you use a nice decorative clip, this looks very elegant. Remember that the upper half of the fold is the key. If you hold this part to your head securely, it will stay. It's like having your hair in a pocket and if you keep the pocket zipped closed, even though your pocket is sideways your hair won't fall out. You can use bobby pins to tuck under any wayward hairs. Once you get the hang of it, you can also use hair sticks and bobby pins to hold the twist up. Put some long bobby pins in it (downward and through the elastic) to get inital hold. Then think of the fold as a seam, and you sew a seam there with the hairstick, ...meaning weave it in and out (to your scalp, out and through the hair elastic that's in your twist, back to your scalp, and out into the twist again, all along the fold). I find it holds best sewn with two short sticks instead of just one...and longer ones tend to poke you in the neck all day. You can also hold it up with concord clips, using one to pinch the edge of the seam. (you can see this on my hair if you click the link in my signature and go to my "concord clip" web page). With a concord though, I find it helps to stick a few of the long bobby pins in through the elastic to help hold it in place. Please let me know if anything is unclear, or if you try it and something isn't working....I will continue to try to help if you, or anyone else, wants to make this work. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: justblonde1390
Date Posted: March 02 2005 at 5:40pm
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i think i under stand it but would i just use bobby pins if i didnt want to have apperance of clips? ------------- Music=Love You Are My Music |
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 8:34am
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As long as you use them on the seam, (plus one or two long ones through the elastic) you should get just as good of a hold. Experiment to see what works best for you...if I were to use just bobby pins, I'd need a lot of them on the seam. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Hal
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 9:13am
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Is cutting it an option, layers bangs move your part... all ways to open up more styling options. ------------- |