Thursday, March 27, 2014

Spring Hairstyles!!! (Y)

(S.K.) Spring is here and it came faster than we thought it would! With all of this cold and snowy weather, it doesn't feel like it is Spring at all. Here are a few quick and easy hair styles that will get you into the spirit of Spring! What a better way to remind you of Spring and get you into the season than flowers! Flowers or floral headbands are something that can be a very simple addition to your look, but at the same time, they add a very unique touch to your outfit. Depending on how you wear them, you can make them look bohemian, or just girly.


1.     Floral head bands can be worn many different ways and with any type of hair style. You can leave your hair down and natural, curled, or even straight. Anything will work for this really. For a more bohemian look, keep your hair down, and put the floral headband over the top of your head, like a crown. Move it down until it is near the center of your forehead.





 2.     If you want to wear a floral headband, but want to dress it up a little more, and make the look seem more girls, a simple up do will be perfect, and the touch of the flowers will be the perfect thing to add a little bit of girly-ness to the hair style. A headband with a stretchy back is recommended for this look. First, put the headband on over your head like in the first look, but instead of moving the flowers down to the middle of your forehead, keep them at the edge of your hair line like you would a regular head band. Next, taking the hair that is down, falling behind the headband, bring it up and wrap it over the stretchy part of the headband at the back of your head. tuck the hair into the headband, so it creates a slightly messy, spring up do.


3.     Loose flowers can also be used in hair styles. Real or fake, either will work! Of course real ones will only be able to be used once, and fake ones can be used over and over again. For this look. you will want to start off by parting your hair to the side, and braiding all of your hair to one side of your head, and bring it over your shoulder. This is where you can add your personal preference. You can either do a regular three stranded braid, a four or even five stranded braid, a fishtail braid, or any other braid that you want to. Don't forget to pull at the braid when you finish it, to make it looser, and give it a more wispy effect. Now for the flowers, fake ones will most likely have a small metal stem on the ends of them that will be perfect for sticking into the braid. Arrange them in any pattern that is pleasing to you, and you are ready to go!

4.     The last look that you can incorporate flowers into is a waterfall braid. Just like the first look, your hair will need to be down, but it can be styled any way that you want, meaning that it could be natural, straightened, curled, or whatever you like. When you begin the braid, you are going to wrap it around your head, just below the crown of your head to give it a more laid back kind of feel. Begin braiding your hair as normal to create a base for the braid, Drop the bottom section of hair, and pick up another piece from the bottom. The pieces you drop will be what creates the waterfall. Alternate with grabbing pieces of hair from the bottom then the top of your head. Work this braid all the way around your head until you get to the front of your head. Finish the waterfall braid off with a regular braid, all the way down to the tips of your hair and secure it with an elastic. Now for the flowers, you will be adding them just like you did in the last hair style. Poke them into the braid, all the way around your head. You may need to use a few bobby pins to make sure they are secured in place, and don't fall out of the braid.