Updos are extremely popular as they are very versatile and can be adapted to suit your mood or any occasion. Whether your style of choice at your wedding or pulling your hair back for a night out or just for work, the updo is a great look and is easy to pull off with a little practice. As long as you have hair that is at least shoulder length, it is an easy style to pull off. With a side parting and a tortoise shell clip, you’re ready for a day at the office. Let your bangs down and put in a flower and you’re ready for brunch. Add a fancy clip and some dangling earrings and you’re all set for a night on the town.
One must keep in mind that when creating any of the updo hairstyles, you should create some volume and body in the hair so that it hold the desired shape and stays put. Create volume by back combing the hair or put it in rollers for a while. Take them out and style, but make sure you do not flatten it out. You can choose to have a parting or just sweep all the hair straight back. It can be sleek and severe and have everything tightly secured or you could have delicate tendrils around the front and framing our face. The possibilities and choices are absolutely endless.
The key to fantastic updo hairstyles is to accessorize, accessorize and accessorize! Though some occasions may call for a plain and simple style, on most occasions you can let yourself go and be extremely creative in the process. There are a staggering amount of accessories for hair that are readily available everywhere. Fantastic clips that are subtle, bold statement pieces that depict butterflies or flowers or delicate silver dots that look like snowflakes once fastened into your hair. Accessories are a great way to pep up a plain and simple style and make it come alive. Who says you have to have a huge range of accessories to make it work. One can use a simple pencil in your hairstyle to make it interesting and make a statement at the same time.
There are quite a few ways you could change an updo hairstyles to best suit your style. A fantastic example is to partition your hair and create a French braid going from the center to the side. Do the same on the other side. Then gather together all the loose hair and using a chopstick, twirl your hair and secure it up. Pull out tiny tendrils to fall over and frame your face. Secure tiny flowers into the braids and voila! The absolute perfect bohemian meets hippie chic updo that will turn heads for sure.
It’s important to remember that the more you practice, the easier it gets. But don’t pull your hair back too much as you will end up with a larger forehead. Updo hairstyles create a longer neck and highlight your jawline- a great way to create a dramatic look!
