| With prom season right around the corner, you | | | | Next, pull hair in 1" sections from around |
| are no doubt already thinking about how you | | | | the hair line. Twisting slightly and loosely, |
| want to wear your hair for the special night. | | | | pull the sections up and back toward the top |
| While many of your friends may end up | | | | of the crown and pin into place. Continue |
| spending a fortune getting their hair done at | | | | around the entire perimeter of the head until |
| a salon, you can easily do your hair at home | | | | all of the hair is pinned up. If the curls on |
| and achieve stunning results. The key is in | | | | the crown look a bit funky, rearrange them to |
| the details. | | | | where you would like them and pin into place. |
| | | | You can also leave tendrils of soft hair |
| When creating updos at home, one of the | | | | falling around the face and neck of this updo |
| hardest things to do is craft perfect twists | | | | to create a wispy effect. Spray to hold. |
| and dramatic effects. But you can have | | | | |
| equally stunning results by taking a few | | | | Fun and Modern Updo |
| shortcuts. Here are a couple of ideas that | | | | |
| you can do yourself at home. | | | | This updo is extremely easy to create. Start |
| | | | again dry hair. First, create a dramatic |
| Loose, Romantic Updo | | | | design parting in the front and top of the |
| | | | head. You can do a zigzag parting or an |
| Remember Kate Winslet's hair in the Titanic? | | | | angled parting, really any parting that adds |
| This classic, romantic updo is very simple to | | | | interest. Sleek the rest of the hair down and |
| pull off at home. All you need is a medium | | | | back to the nape of the neck in a temporary |
| sized curling iron, some bobby pins and | | | | ponytail. Holding the ponytail in your fist, |
| super-hold finishing spray. | | | | twist up until the end of the hair are |
| | | | pointing up and over the crown leaving only |
| To begin, start with dry hair. Give your hair | | | | about 1" of hair to play with. Hold with a |
| a once over with the hairspray and start to | | | | clip and fan the ends out with some pomade or |
| curl your hair in ringlets. You can do this | | | | styling wax. Spray to finish. |
| by taking ½" sections starting in the nape | | | | |
| while pinning the rest of the hair up. After | | | | You see, it's not that hard. And when your |
| completing each section, pull down another | | | | friends all show up with cookie-cutter |
| ½" parting and curl until the whole head | | | | hairdos and less money in their pockets, you |
| is covered in Shirley Temple ringlets. (Don't | | | | can smile with the knowledge that you not |
| worry; it's not going to stay like that.) | | | | only have an individual updo but that you |
| | | | also have more money to burn. |