Do Easy Hairstyles For School Graduation

Keep your hair looking neat and pretty for your graduation ceremony with easy hairstyles.

School graduation is one of life's milestones for which you want to look your best. If you don't want to shell out for an expensive trip to the salon, you can use a variety of easy and attractive hairstyles to keep your hair out of your face and safely under your cap during the graduation ceremony. And when you toss your cap up in the air as the ceremony concludes, you can count on your hair still being camera-ready.

Instructions

Low Ponytail

1. Pull hair back so that it falls behind your shoulders and down your back. You can keep a side part for a chic look, or brush the hair back to cover your scalp without a part if you prefer.

2. Gather the hair at the nape of your neck in a ponytail, leaving a thin strand of hair out of the ponytail.

3. Secure the ponytail close to the nape of your neck with a hair elastic.

4. Take the thin strand of hair and wrap it around the hair elastic to cover it completely, then tuck it underneath the hair elastic to conceal.

5. Lightly spritz your hair with hairspray to keep the style in place, or spray some on the palms of your hands and gently run over your scalp.

Half-Up Pony

6. Brush your hair back away from your face, keeping a side part or brushing the hair over the scalp to cover up a part.

7. Take a small amount of hair from the sides of your scalp and pull it back as if to create a ponytail, leaving the rest of your hair falling behind your back underneath the gathered hair.

8. Twist the hair slightly before securing it with a hair elastic. You can also braid this piece of hair to keep the style flatter to your scalp.

9. Slide a barrette, hair slide or bobby pin on either side of your scalp to keep the gathered hair in place.

10. Finish with hairspray by applying a small amount to your palms and gently running it over the hairstyle to prevent flyaways.

Headbands

11. Pull an elastic headband over your head and leave it around your neck. Avoid solid headbands, as they do not sit well underneath a graduation cap and can become painful after several hours of wear. Choose a cloth headband made with elastic instead, which will stay in place, lie flat and minimize scalp pain.

12. Brush your hair back away from your face with your fingers or a hair brush.

13. Create a side part with a comb by choosing a location for the part, then gently coaxing the hair to fall over either side of the part with a comb. Keep your hair behind your shoulders.

14. Gently pull the elastic headband up and over your scalp in front of your face, keeping the back of the headband as close to the nape of your neck as possible. Place the top of the headband near the front of your head, leaving 1 to 2 inches of hair in front of it.

15. Gently pull and tease the headband to add a little volume to the hair in front and behind it, and position it where it feels most secure on your head. Clip hair slides underneath the headband, where they are concealed from view, to prevent it from sliding.

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