I grew up watching more old movies than current ones, and as I developed my personal style, those early influences stayed with me. Naturally since I like wearing 50s and 60s style dresses, I’d also like retro styled hair to match. But, like, teasing hurts. I mean not when you’re teasing it, but afterwards when you finally go through the process of de-tangling it and crying over your damaged hair. Thankfully if you have medium to long hair, I’ve learned a trick to give you that bold bouffant/beehive style without the damage of teasing!
Step One: Tie a good amount of your hair into a small ponytail using a clear hair elastic. I like to use the top of my ears as a guide and gather everything above that line into my ponytail.
Step Two: Roll your ponytail down towards your scalp and then tuck this roll underneath your hair elastic. This can be a bit messy or tricky the first time, but just shove all of your ponytail up and underneath the elastic.
Step Three: Pin your new bouffant in place by pushing a bobby pin through the elastic and into your hair. Carefully smooth and rearrange your bouffant to keep it even (I’m almost always lopsided at first), and add bobby pins as necessary to hold it in place.
Step Four: Divide the rest of your hair into two sections and braid these.
Step Five: Pin your braids across the front of your head, tucking the ends underneath.
That’s it! A bouffant or beehive look with no teasing or damage to your hair afterwards. You can rock this look at your next party this year and not regret the style when you take your hair down at the end of the night or next morning! You can also dress this style up with a hair clip, and heavily winged eyeliner is always recommended! Cheers, Rebecca.
Credits//Author and Photography: Rebecca Stice. Photos edited with A Beautiful Mess Presets for Lightroom.
16 Comments
I’m amazed that there was no teasing involved in this do! I’ve damaged my hair far too much with teasing it, so this tutorial is a refreshing one! I just need to grow out my hair a bit more to create this look.
Monica – Mocha and Moccasins
You’re hair is awesome, Rebecca! I remember when you use to have short haircut. And the shirt is SO cool!!
I absolutely love that you work it the ABM team!
WOW. I really like this hairstyle but unfortunately I don’t have that amount of hair to do it.
Anyway, I love your hair.
xo.
Dominika
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This is such a cute hairstyle! I love that there’s no teasing involved because I often stay away from cute hairstyles like this out of fear of damaging my hair. Thanks for sharing!
-Helen
http://www.sweethelengrace.com
This look is so pretty! Now if only I had gorgeous red hair like that!
Paige
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I need to learn how to pack like you.Your hair is fabulous！
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Stunning! I’m sure it will take me a few times before I get it to look as beautiful as your hair. ?
If I had that great of hair I’d do this too!
It looks soooo amazing=)) love it=)) happy new year=)))
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That hair is amazing!! I can’t wait to try one myself
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Wow, this looks amazing! I wish I had this long hair so I could do this!
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Your hair is absolutely gorgeous! While my hair may be long enough, it’s so thin and fine that I don’t think I could pull this off. Happy New Year!
I love your style! would love to hear more about your 50’s and 60’s inspired wardrobe. Blog post, please? 🙂
Milkbraids are my favorite hairstyle. I love how this is an added twist to my pretty classic style. Love it!
Love,
Julie | http://www.xfallenmoon.com
Who makes your shirt??? I love it!
How pretty , ladylike and easy to do . I love long hair but I don’t like it on my neck because in gets very hot and wild. I’ve been looking for easy updos . Thanks