Pageant Hair Styles for Girls: Do Your Hair For Formal Dances

Friday, February 4, 2011

Do Your Hair For Formal Dances

Pull your hair up for formal dances

You don't have to spend time and money at a salon in order to get the perfect hairstyle for a formal dance. If you can style your hair on your own for everyday occasions, odds are you can style if for prom or homecoming. Choose a style that suits your personality and matches the style of dress you are wearing. A classic ball gown is more suited to an updo, while a more modern and trendy dress will pair well with a looser, half-up style.

Instructions

Classic Up-Do

1. Comb or brush your hair until it is smooth and tangle-free. Gather hair into a ponytail high on your head and secure with a hair elastic.

2. Twist the hair in the ponytail up into a bun around the elastic. Secure the bun in place with several bobby pins. If you want the pins to be noticeable, use ones with small gemstones on the ends.

3. Spritz hairspray over your hair so that you don't get any flyaways during the dance.

4. Embellish the updo by placing a floral barrette in the center of the bun or by tying a ribbon around its base. You can also pull a glittering headband over your hair, so it looks like you have a tiara on.

Half-Up Hairstyles

5. Brush your hair to remove any tangles. Brush the top of your hair back over your scalp and off of your face. Pull two tendrils of hair loose on either side of your face.

6. Gather the top portion of your hair into a loose ponytail and secure with an elastic. Let the bottom part of your hair hang free.

7. Braid the two loose tendrils into mini-braids on each side of your head. You also can use the curling iron to twist them into ringlets.

8. Pull the two braids back on either side of your head to the base of the half ponytail. Secure in place with a bobby pin or barrette. If you decided to curl the tendrils, let them hang free.

9. Create gentle curls in your hair by twisting large portions of it in the curling iron. Hold for a few seconds; then release. Run a comb gently through your hair to loosen the curls. Spritz with hairspray.