When you’re looking for something different, yet still elegant, heading back to your roots (no pun intended) is one great way to spice up your formal updos. Old fashioned formal updos have a certain elegance that a lot of hairstyles nowadays just can’t beat. So here are a few tips, tricks, and hairstyles that you can try!

Formal Updos Tips

First of all, you’ll need products. Look into products used in the olden days and see what you can replicate with other, more modern products. If you have a family member who is familiar with old fashioned formal updos, give him or her a ring and see what they know and what they can explain to you. It might even be worth a trip!

Next, try and find as much information as you possibly can on certain updos—and practice, practice, practice! You wouldn’t believe how much it’ll help you if you just practice the hairstyles that you’re planning on doing!

A lot of older formal updos also had a lot of teasing involved—learn how to tease your hair effectively.

Formal Updos Tricks

As for the tricks, while teasing your hair for any hairstyles, try spraying, letting dry, and then re-spraying after teasing the hair that you plan on teasing. This helps you to hold volume longer.

As for bangs—to keep them sleek and shiny, use just a little bit of non-hardening gel. You’ll need maybe one fourth of a dime of gel to do this.

Don’t straighten your hair—most people in the 20th century WANTED curls. Unless you’re going for a straight hairstyle, then try and leave your hair unstraightened or curl it slightly. Make sure to use a heat protectant.

Formal Updos Hairstyles

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One of the most popular hair styles for prom are the long curly hair prom styles.  These are great styles that a lot of people really enjoy and really look great.  If you are interested in getting a different look for prom, you need to check out the long curly hair prom styles out there and see how they fit you.  This style is something that a lot more people are looking at today whether or not they have curly or straight hair, if it is something that you think would fit your prom look well, you should definitely check them out and see how it works for you.

With your long curly hair prom styles, you don’t have to have curly hair naturally; this is something that can be replicated.  With a good hairstylist, if you want to have the long curly prom hair styles, you are going to be able to; they will be able to curl your hair if it isn’t naturally that way.  They will also be able to make sure that they are putting it in a way so that it will stay and it isn’t going to come lose or fall out.  Make sure you are getting with a great hairstylist to look at these options and get a great curly hairstyle for prom.

For prom, you want to have that complete look that really makes you stand out; one of the best ways to do it is to make sure that you have a great hair style.  Make sure that you are working with a great hairstylist to find out what they can do for you and the hairstyles that they can help you create.  You’ll love how the long curly hair prom styles can look and how much they are going to add to your complete look.

At first glance dreadlocks might seem too coarse to create something so smooth and sleek as updo hairstyle for special events, but it all comes down to styling and you can be surprised how sophisticated and elegant dreadlock hairstyles can be. Here is a great example of African American prom hairstyles, excellent also for casual occasions. You need to have at least shoulder length locks for this hairstyle. You will also need a hair net and French hair pins.

Take few locks, around 8 to 10, from the temple area on both sides of your head. Bring them to the back and pull underneath the rest of the locks. Tilt forward and tie those two sections of locks to form a knot supporting your hairstyle and creating volume at the crown of the head. Take few more locks, pull to the back and tie over your hair to secure the formation. French hair pins will give you all the necessary anchorage you need to keep the locks and the formation at the crown area in place.

Now you want to create a bun from the rest of the locks. For this purpose you are going to use hair net. If you can see that your net is very loose twist it and fold it in half. Now your net should have the right size and tightness to anchor your bun. Put the rest of the locks into a ponytail, secured with an elastic band. Push the ponytail into the hair net, trying to fill it out evenly and create nice circular shape. Use the French hair pins to secure the base of your bun and to prevent your locks from falling out of the net. In the end you should have a nice full bun in the back of the head and corresponding with it volume at the crown of your head.