HerHairdos – Hair Styles For Women

Bun Hairstyles For Women

Hair buns are an easy and convenient way to look stylish without spending hours on your hair. We’ve come up with a few that you can easily do yourself at home.

Simple Top Knot

Brush all of your hair upwards to create a high ponytail. Then wrap into a top knot. Use pins to secure any loose strands.

Curly High Bun

Put some hair serum on your hair and then brush up into a ponytail. Make a loop and run your ponytail through it and then wrap the ends. Loosen the bun to complete the look.

Braided Bun

Brush all of your hair into a ponytail and make sure it’s smooth. Braid your ponytail and then wrap it at the base. Add pins to secure it and be sure that you tuck all the ends under the braided bun.

Retro Bun

Be sure that you spray your hair and then back-comb your hair to get volume. Brush your hair back into a bun without pressing down on it. Spray it into place.

Low Bun With a Crown

Part your hair in the middle and make braids in the sides and secure them. Pull both braids to the back and secure them together. Create a loose, low bun and the braids will be on the side.

Braided Top Knot

Gather all your hair to the top and make a high ponytail on your crown. Braid the ponytail and secure at the end. Wrap your braid around itself and secure it in place with hair pins. You can pull the bun apart some if you don’t want it to look so formal.

Ballet Bun

Brush all your hair back and create a tight ponytail. Wrap the hair around itself. Using a rattail comb so that you can add volume and loosen the bun a bit.

How To Braid

By Jeanine M

A braid is a hairstyle that may appear complicated but a simple braid is easy to master.

First thing to do is to get your hair ready. Use a comb or a paddle brush to comb your hair back. Be sure that there are no tangles or snags. You can finger comb smoothing serum throughout first if you want to eliminate flyaways and make it look neater. If you have wavy or curly hair, you can braid it wet so that it won’t be so difficult. But either wet hair or dry hair will work.

Place all your hair in a ponytail. You can use an elastic hair tie if you want but it’s not required.

Now, separate the ponytail into three sections. You will have the left section, the middle section and the right section. Keep both the left and right section in each of your hands. Use the left thumb and left index finger to hold the middle section.

Grab the right section and cross it over the middle section. You pass the middle section to the right hand and the right section to the left hand. Be sure to keep each section separated as you do this. So now, the right section will be the middle section. Now cross the left over the middle and continue this pattern of moving the sections. Keep going until you reach the end of the ponytail. Secure the braid with an elastic hair tie.

You can keep practicing until you get good at this. Once you learn this basic braid, you can make a variety of sizes to create different looks with your hairstyles. You can make pigtails, which are braids on each side of your head. Once you learn the basic braid, you can find all different ways to use them and come up with your own unique look.

Short Hair Styles for Women

By Jeanine M

There are a huge number of hairstyles available for short hair. The cut you get should be determined by your face shape but with the amount of styles and cuts, it doesn’t matter your face shape, there is bound to be a cut that will fit your face. Short Wavy Bob It perfectly combines an edgy feminine look with a bit of masculinity that makes it on point. You can mix things up with this look. You can be unique without being too far out there.

Blunt Cut

If you have been thinking about a cute pixie cut but your hair is starting to thin out, you may be thinking a short pixie cut would look flat, this might be the cut for you. A blunt cut frames your face while accentuating your best features. More masculine looking hairstyles are becoming in style. If it looks too manly, you can add a few waves in your hair or sport some feminine earrings to bring back your feminine side.

Pixie Cut

***Pixie Short Haircuts for Young Women***

If you have thick hair you may have been hesitant about going with a short hairstyle. For thick hair to look good short, you need lots of layers and texture. The layers allow your hair to flow and will take off some of the weight of your hair.

Buzz Cut

A buzz cut is as close to the head without a complete shave. This looks great on women with oval faces. A platinum blonde hair color will draw even more attention.

Short Shag

The layers in this style will give it a wispy texture. Longer bangs that go right to the top of your eyelids are perfect. For added dimension, add in some carefully place highlights.

If you are considering pulling out all the stops and going short, there are hundreds of variations and styles that keep your hair from looking limp and lifeless. Be sure that you pull your hair into a ponytail to get an idea of what you might look like with shorter hair. Although you may have to visit the salon more, cutting it all off can be quite liberating.

Hair Styles for Women That Enhance Their Beauty

By Jeanine M

One of the things that are important to many women is to look their best. It doesn’t matter if it is the way they dress or the makeup they wear, it focuses on the way they look and that all-important first impression. One other option that is vitally important as far as looks are concerned is tied up in the hair. In fact, choosing the best hair styles for women is going to make a difference in the way they look and the way they feel about themselves. The following can act as a guide to help make the right choice.

Consider Face Shape

One of the most important factors for choosing the proper hair style is to consider the shape of the face. In some cases, it can provide very specific options. Not only can those options make a difference in how good someone looks with their new hairstyle, it can also keep them from making a very common mistake.

Typically, most women will fall into one of a few different face shapes, including round, long, heart, oval and others. Although there may be instances in which some women look great with any hair style for their shape face, that isn’t always the case. That is why the next suggestion is so important.

Look at Plenty of Examples

There is something that you will find in almost any beauty salon; books of hair styles. These are there for more than just something to pass the time while someone else is having their hair done. They are a guide to help with that all important decision of what are the perfect hair styles for women. Most women will be able to find someone a face and coloring similar to them, so it acts as a general guide.

Software

There are a variety of programs available that can take any face and put a hair style on it. It is a great way to get a better idea of how the style will work and some of those programs are very accurate when they do so. There are programs available online or for download to a desktop computer. In addition, you can download them to a smartphone and take a selfie to add some hair to it. It is quick, easy and quite enlightening.

Ask Someone Who Knows

The women who are responsible for styling hair at the beauty salons are also often quite knowledgeable about what type of hair style will look right on which women. This is not something that should be underestimated. They can often provide some professional advice and, since they will be doing the style, they know their name is on the line.

When it comes to hair styles, there really aren’t any hard and fast rules. It really depends on what the person who is going to live with the style wants. If they are happy with the finished result, then it is the best hair style for them.