Introduction
In many ways long hair can offer lots of different options that is not available to other hair lengths. Normally I let my own hair just flow long and loose around my shoulders. Sometimes I will dress it up a little by adding a loose cord around one side forming a modified set of pigtails.
Bangs can be slicked back off the forehead or clipped back with a jeweled hair clip or barrette. Doing something different, no matter how small, has often helped me get through the dilemma of how to wear my long hair differently. I have included some of the various different styles that I have tried recently to add some elegance to my own long hair. Add An Unusual Braid Or Wrapped AccentAdding a braid or twist is always a way to add instant hair glamour. Adding an angled braid or braids woven from the front of the hairline was a favorite of many stylists. The "add an angled braid" style is still very hot and it offers the advantage of instant, but temporary change, to anyone that wants to dress up their hair. Adding an angled braid works great for just about any length of hair including very long. This look is easy and simple to create. You don't have to braid for hours and then worry about balancing massive coils or plaits to hang in unusual shapes.
The accent braid look can be modified in a variety of ways to give it a unique look. Take the hairstyle to the next level by wrapping it with tiny threads to make the French braids "stand up" higher against the scalp.
I have also wrapped my own accent braids with velvet to match a favorite long black velvet dress. You can also add instant class with hair jewelry pinned at the end of the braids or embedded in the hair near the braid. InstructionsThe angled braid look is easy to accomplish. You can create the braid with either dry or wet hair. Keep in mind that "day old" hair often does better holding a braided shape. If you want to add accent thread or ribbon you will need to create the accent braids on dry hair.
Lisa Marie Presley was recently spotted with one tiny accent braid woven into her long hair extensions (see side photo) in keeping with the current "add a braid" hair rage. Lisa's flat three strand accent braid falls at a slight angle in front of her earlobe and blends in with her overall length. Instant Dress Up Hair
Russian tennis ace Anna Kournikova has been known to appear with one simple, but elegant, rhinestone hair clip clipped to hold her gorgeous long blonde hair off her forehead. Anna has very long hair and will often pull part of it high up at the back of her crown into a high ponytail and then wrap the very top of the ponytail with a section of her thick blonde hair. She lets the ponytail fall to one side of her shoulder.
If you want to take the quick and easy road to changing your look you can follow Anna's guide to adding a new barrette or hair clip.
You can then wrap the top part of the ponytail into a single soft bun and let the rest of your hair hang free down your back. Another option is to set the hair on rag curlers for lots of waves.
This long but elegant look is created by pulling an equal section of approximately 2 inches of hair up from either side of the scalp above the ears and then softly clipping the hair to form a "half ponytail" at the top of the crown. The rest of the hair is allowed to flow freely down the back and is adorned with silver hair clips. SummaryThere are many ways that long hair can be instantly dressed up from adding accent braids that are angled from the crown to adding flat side braids and rhinestone hair jewels. Long hair provides many options for ways to dress up the hair. The key is to experiment and be creative. |
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