Also see our other women's hair style articles: Prom Hair Style and Prom Hair Dos
A great look for all occasions is a simple to do - do. It starts with a really compact twisted and curled ponytail that is brought up to the crown and then allows the hair to be fanned. This up do conforms to the crown and the rear of the head. As always this style could be done to look sassy with bangs or refined without bangs. Go for the style that makes you look - you...
In any up do your face shape is important: To get an elegant do that works for you, makes sure it is attractive to your face and is matched to the mood, clothing, and effect that you want to bring to the party. All types of looks will be targeted by this hair do. If you have an oval or heart shaped face, you are the lucky one. You will look incredible with this hairstyle. For those with a face that is more boxy, you can get dramatic effects with bangs and hair strands framing the face to balance your edges. A face shape that is more rounded needs to pile hair at the crown and blend your features with hair strands in the right places. This will make your face look more slim and give you a softer, sexy look. This hair type allows women to jump between daytime work or school and nighttime WOW!.
It is all a matter of a change of clothes and minor touch ups to your hair. Try bangs and hair tendrils at night for that soft, sexy look with the right guy and no bangs during the day for the non nonsense business setting.
To have this flexibility in your hair style the elegant fanned up do is for those of you with moderately long hair. Almost any hair texture works for this hair style. It is important to use the right hair shampoo.
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Now for our recommendations...for fine hair use a shampoo that is exactly right for your hair to give luster to your fine hair. For normal to dry hair use our Women's Gold Shampoo Normal/Dry. This shampoo will add the volume and luster that you need for normal to dry hair. Regular shampoo does not have the right pH balance to get perfectly clean hair. It is important for dry hair shampoo to have an extra mild cleaning base with proteins and special hair conditioners that provide luster to over stressed hair.
For those few with oily hair we recommend our Women's Gold Shampoo Normal/Oily. This shampoo will give you back the bounce and sway you should have with your hair type. This shampoo lathers away excess oils that have made your hair flat and heavy. It is very important with this hair do to use the right shampoo.
Using the right conditioner is also important. An up do of any type requires adequate hair volume. We believe that we have the absolute best hair conditioner on the market. Our Gold Protein Moisturizer is the secret Jay Sebring used on all of his celebrity clients. If used over time, this moisturizer will provide a nourishing treatment of dry, damaged hair. It will provide protein that will penetrate to the hair shaft. No other product has had the dramatic effects of this formulation.
Once the hair is prepared with for the do you might add a little gel or gel hair spray to provide that last amount of volume to the hair shaft. What to do: First get a friend to help if you have not tried this before...you cannot have too many hands. To begin we need to make a big ponytail. Start with a side part on the side of the your head. At the front of your head, comb your hair back from the to get a ponytail at near the top of your hair. The end result needs to be a very pulled back pony tail at the very top of your head. You will need to fix the base of the ponytail with a bungee or hair band. Use one that is close to the same color as your hair.
You might use a little spray gel, never hair spray to manage any loose ends along the length of the ponytail. Not too much...don't wet the hair with gel. Next begin to wrap the ponytail over and around your crown.
The ends of your ponytail needs to be pulled up and allowed to fan out through the center of the bun or depending on the length of your hair and the number of loops, thru the last loop. Experiment and try different locations to pull the ends of the ponytail thru.
The end result should be a bun that is smooth and pinned perfectly in place and blended to get an elegant effect, with the ponytail ends sticking up. Use a little more spray gel...not hand gel...to provide form and texture to the fanned ends of the pony tail. At this point the hard part is done.
Experiment with bangs, no bangs, and hair tendrils hanging down around the face. If it is a big night, try this out before you have to pull this off for real. It is important to make sure that everything works before the stress of a big night.
Once you master this look however, you have a new "look" that you can use for business or casual, elegant and sexy, or prim and proper. As always experiment...have fun.