Cute Hairstyles For Halloween

Add volume to long hair for a scream-raising witch look.

Some folks use their hairstyles and fashion choices as bold statements of individualism all year-round. For many others, Halloween serves as the one time of year to shed a slightly more conservative every day look and create an outrageous hairstyle. Whether its paired with a costume or worn on its own to celebrate the holiday, a Halloween inspired hairstyle is a spooky good time.

Female Short Styles

Women or girls with short styles can create Halloween looks that are naughty or nice. Ladies with classic bob cuts to the chin or below, use the cut's natural style to be a character such as "Snow White" or a girl from the 1950s or '60s. Curl the ends under using a large-rod curling iron and wear a wide ribbon with a bow or a plastic headband to hold hair back. Women with short pixie styles, use lots of gel and hairspray to create small spikes all around the head. This look works for demon or witch costumes.

Female Long Styles

Girls and women with long hair can wear it a number of ways for Halloween. Long braids work well for costumes such as milkmaids or Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz." For a Grecian Goddess look, wrap a long braid around the head and pin it in back. Long, flowing styles work well for hippie looks, with flowers placed in the hair. For a witch style, blow dry the long hair upside down, ratting the hair with a comb and spraying sections with hairspray as you dry, to achieve frightening volume. Add colored extensions for a Gothic flair.

Female Curly Styles

Women or girls with naturally curly long hair can embrace their inner witch as Hermione Granger of "Harry Potter" fame. Possible Halloween looks for shorter curls include "Annie" the lovable orphan, or a clown. For these looks, allow curls to air dry and even use curl activator cream to scrunch the hair and achieve tighter curl as it dries. Use a pick to make the curls stand out from the head without brushing them out.

Male Styles

Many men and boys wear their hair in short styles that may not have a lot of range. With some imagination, they, too, can make their own hair work for Halloween instead of wearing a wig. Create a vampire look by slicking the hair straight back with hair gel while it is wet. Draw an inverted triangle on the forehead with a black eyeliner to make a widow's peak. Slicked-back hair also works for the King of Rock and Roll. Become Elvis by slicking the sides back with gel, while shaping the front into a gelled curl on the forehead.

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