Wedding Hairstyles + Easy Tutorial for Short and Long Hair
In today’s video I am showing you guys my favorite wedding hairstyles for this year that are easy and can be done on short hair and long hair! Hair can be tough, especially if you add the pressure of wedding hair. Weather you’re looking for a bridesmaids hairstyle, wedding guest hairstyle, or a bridal hairstyle this hair tutorial is for you! I am showing you guys all my tips on formal hairstyles for both long and short hair in this tutorial!
everyone Kaleigh your friendly
neighborhood hairstylist here and today
we’re doing some wedding hairstyles
because fall in winter is kind of
wedding time surprisingly so whether
you’re in the wedding or attending a
wedding we’ve got some hairstyles for
you for today you have both myself and
my medium / short hair and my sister
Anna Laura and her long hair I’m gonna
be showing you how to do the hairstyles
on my hair and then she’s going to be
doing them on her long hair and the
benefit is that she’s not exactly the
friendly neighborhood hairstylist
she’s a lot more like learning along
with y’all so I’m gonna help her out as
she tries to recreate it hopefully this
will just be all the great tips for you
whether you have shorter or longer hair
and it will be easy to do on the day of
we always want the easiest stuff to do
because wedding days are stressful
enough anyway am i right so that being
said let’s get into it okay so first
things first we’re gonna curl the hair
both Anna and I are curling the hair
away from our face with a one-inch
curling iron which i think is just a
good standard base for any formal up to
or half updo
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and yeah we have some voluminous pretty
curls in I think it’s time to do this
half updo first I shall demonstrate on
my hair basically we’re gonna be taking
three sections and twisting and pinning
them and it should all come together in
a beautiful Huff updo
let’s go ahead and say our prayer to the
twisting gods and goddesses that this
goes well alright so first things first
let’s brush back the hair on top because
you want this crown area going back that
way you get some volume
if you leave your hair parted to here
then you just have like a before your
half updo and that’s not as cute
conversely you also don’t want to brush
everything here but cuz they end up what
the also don’t want that then you’re
just gonna take like a 3/4 inch wide
section right here at the crown of your
head to get it all smooth and I’m just
gonna give this a light tease for once
she says light tease and she does light
tease then I’m just gonna twist the
section to the right a couple of times
and pin up and into the twist
you can choose to loosen this up before
or after the bobby pins whichever works
best for you for extra hold on these you
can pin into the twist and then do one
pin perpendicular to that so you’re
getting the crisscross effect and you’re
holding it as securely as possible
pinning into the twist means that the
Pens are gonna be hidden the most and
they’re gonna stay really well and
adding that crisscross one that just
kind of lays under the rest of the hair
is like your hairstyle insurance just
gonna keep it there that much better and
now we’re gonna do two more of those I’m
gonna take a section on one side I’m
gonna start on my left and as always I’m
leaving some hair on my face sweeping it
back I’m gonna give it just the lightest
of teases smooth and then twist loosen
and pin
and I’ll do the same thing on the other
side and there is your short to medium
version of this hairstyle it’s very
quick and easy to do as always with a
special occasion practice first and then
you can wear this to a wedding you can
be in a wedding add some accessories
into it whatever is cute
there’s the Shorthair version now let’s
have Aunt Laura try it on her long hair
and it will be here to help and I come
in and help one of the things you were
doing if you were opening up the bobby
pin to put it in okay and one of the
things that did is more hair which isn’t
the wrong thing but it ends up where you
could like see the bobby pin on top
which isn’t a problem for this layer but
it will be a problem for the next ones I
would just have you actually keep the
mouth of the bobby pin closed and push
up and in just like that but yeah other
than that you did great okay let’s keep
going
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all right this is looking good so here’s
what I was saying before you did a
really great job of matching these two
sections up now it’s drooping a little
bit below this and instead of picking
this up because I don’t like that shape
I’m gonna loosen this up so that they
match and if it doesn’t lay nicely down
the way you want it to you just add in a
little bobby pin some – there we go
so now we have this nice pretty line
right here and all that took was just
loosening this up so that it all flows
together and there you know so basically
you did everything right all I did was
just to like loosen things up in
strategic places and it might help to
have a friend would definitely helped
have a mirror and it would be pretty
easy to do that yourself Anna’s doing
this blind by the way which I’ve been
doing forever so it doesn’t feel weird
to me but that’s a lot you’re doing
great all right here we go with the
other side
all right there we go I’m gonna come in
and help you finesse it cuz you don’t
have it here so first thing I’m gonna do
is finesse up here a little bit like we
did on the other side go we’re just
tucking and pinning and then part of
this horn is this little bubble right
here so we’re just gonna push that
against the head we’re gonna pull out
some over here to help balance out the
volume so part of what was happening is
that this section was coming up and so
it was creating a bubble right here so
by flattening it down and letting it lay
as it naturally would if you were to
sweep it back that keeps it from having
that bubble effect and it makes it look
really pretty as it goes back into the
twist so to make this twist look a
little bit bigger I just kind of
untwisted it a little and I’m hitting
that and then I’m just running my
fingers lightly through the ends here
and then on long hair one thing you can
add in is picking up the tails of what
we twisted back and lightly teasing
underneath just down the length of the
hair this kind of helps to Josh up the
curls and shows up the volume so you
have this kind of really voluminous
cascade coming down from the twist which
is always a really pretty look but there
you go you did it sissy and that’s the
long hair version it’s very similar to
the short hair but you do have the extra
cascading waves which are very pretty
and have kind of like a Blake Lively
look which we love and now it’s time for
some braids
yes definitely for the short hair option
which would still work on long hair
we’re going to do this half a pack down
and then Anna Laura’s going to show you
how to take it into a side braid so
you’re gonna start off with a side part
I am parted as far to the side as I want
to go and then you’re going to do a lace
French braid starting from your hairline
and sweeping back once you’ve reached
about two to three inches behind your
ear you’re gonna switch to braiding
normally and then hold your place with a
bobby pin now on the other side you’re
going to sweep back kind of an equal
section of hair and twist it loosely
underneath the crown of your head and
pin it in place by pinning into the
twist a couple of times and loosening if
you want to and now we’re actually
almost done first we’re gonna pull this
braid apart which I guess you could do
before you twist the hair if you want to
I was just getting excited and once you
have the braid is pulled apart as you
like you can sweep the end of the braid
underneath the twist and pin that in
place a couple of times pinning
up and into the brain and ice hairstyles
done and there you go quick
easy short hair version which bonus
points could be really cute on a flower
girl
I’m just saying and now for the long
hair version you’re going to start the
exact same way with that French lace
braid going back from your hairline and
then braiding a couple edges normally
and then this time you can secure your
hair with an elastic
now you’re gonna pull that braid apart
to get it as fluffy as you want and then
we’re moving on to the side braid now if
you have any shorter layers you’re gonna
want to do that same kind of sweep and
pin that I did for the half up half down
hairstyle just to make sure everything’s
gonna stay in place all day or if you
have pretty much one length long hair
you can skip it but essentially all you
have left to do is bring all the hair
together on one side and braid it all
the way down secure it with an elastic
and then loosen it up and you’re done
I’m just gonna open up this part and
then do it I think you did a great job
do you have a headband I do let me go
find something for you there you go it’s
really pretty and that’s the long hair
version again so so easy so so simple
and it looks great
I think it’s time for a full-on up dude
even with my somewhat shorter hair so
for this we’re gonna be creating two
ponytails for the first one you’re going
to sweep back most of your hair and then
leave it looped on the last rotation and
kind of a little shenyang and then
you’re going to pull everything else
into another ponytail just underneath
that shenyang that’s the hairstyle it’s
getting okay so now you might look a
little nuts or a little bit like kind of
an off ray of Star Wars cosplay one of
the two what you’re first gonna do is
pull apart the hair up here to loosen it
all up so that’s the top bit of the hair
sorted now let’s finish this bun
situation because this is looking really
funny right now the first thing you’re
gonna do is put an elastic on the very
end of the ponytail we’ve left out yes
the very end of it it’s a look now this
is where the fun part comes in you’re
going to wrap this funny little ponytail
around the top of the chignon and pin
that in place now it still looks a
little crazy because the final thing we
have to do is pull it apart lots and
lots of just little tiny pulling motions
with your thumb and forefinger to get it
looking the way that you want it to you
might need to pin and reposition certain
pieces if any flyaways come out you
might need to pin those as well but in
general fluffing this out is going to
give it a much more voluminous textured
style look and then if you want you can
just add in an accessory and you’re done
and there you go that is the short
medium version of this hairstyle it’s a
great way to get the look of an updo
even if you don’t have a lot of hair so
if you need to match the rest of a
bridal party or you just want your hair
out of the way it’s a great option now
for the long hair version it’s actually
very similar but for the long hair
you’re just gonna pull all of your hair
into one ponytail and leave it looped on
the last rotation then with all the ends
you have left you’re going to secure
those at the end with an elastic now
before we finish the bun you’re going to
loosen up around the top and any pieces
around your face just like I did with
the short hair because obviously we want
everything nice and floaty and beautiful
and textured then with our funny little
ponytail that we have left you’re also
going to cross that over the top of the
chignon and pin that in place pull
everything apart pin as you go and it’s
done
one that definitely helps if you have a
mirror and or a friend I will be your
friend
so basically at this point you can kind
of live the bobby-pins guide you you can
stick them in and then put the hair
where you want it and stick it in to the
PI tail and there you go there is the
wedding hair inspo I hope that you guys
enjoyed this if you did hit that like
button because you know what weddings
you go to a lot
you always need like a new hairstyle or
a new dress or something you just need
something so I hope this hair video
helped you out whatever way you need it
let me know in the comments down below
which was your favorite and which one
you would be most likely to wear do you
have any weddings coming up I actually
think I might be wedding free this fall
in winter ha that’s rare but whether you
know you’re gonna use this for weddings
or holiday parties or whatever I hope
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