People with really long hair: STYLES?

Question

I have really long hair like all the way down my back,,, i want to put it up in a bun or fun hair style like a sloppy bun so bad... i love my long hair but i need some new styles. Can anyone help? Thanks!

Answer 1

I wish I could have long hair, but mine is too thin, it just looks "scraggly".
Try these websites...

http://www.dressytresses.com/hair/gallery/default.asp
http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip167.htm

Answer 2

My hair is down to my butt so I totally understand.There is a site that has a virtual girl you can alter to look similar to you. Just run your mouse over the Hairstyles tab (at the top)& Choose a Model, face shape, & eye Color & it will take you to a free demo. There, you can alter the hair length, style & color as well. It even gives you instructions how to do it all! And, if you pay $15 you can upload your own picture. Do I sound like an info-mercial or WHAT?!?

Answer 3

You could put your hair in a ponytail and then take a big clip and clip your hair up. Or you could put your hair in ponytails and curl the ponytails alittle so that they are wavy and then lay 1 pony tail to the front on one side and the other on the other shoulder. You could put your hair back in a ponytail but not pull it all the way through. You could always french braid your hair. Or just plainly a high pony tail.

Answer 4

You know what one of my favorite long hair styles are, Zulu knots. You take a section of hair and you twist and twist until it starts twisting into itself and you pin at the scalp. You can use pretty bobby pins or barrettes and you can put in one or two or a load of them. They're very different and always attract attention. But they can be glamorous for an evening out, or a prom type thing.

Answer 5

Experiment in front of a mirror. Also, it's easier to make long hair stay up a couple of days after you wash it. If it's too clean it falls down too fast!

Answer 6

You can do twistees, ponytail, pigtails, or you can curle your hair.
It depends on how you are it should reflect your personality ok.

Answer 7

I have worn my hair long for 27 years. The most likely thing I do when bored with my hair is to change it's color. I turned a lot of heads with jet black hair and bangs, ala Betty. Then I grew it out and used peroxide. My hair is now down to my fanny and golden blonde.Intrestingly people who knew me as a black haired person remember me because of that! Nobody remembers a blonde. Nobody looks at it now but I am happy NOT to use those toxic chemicals being green. So.... novelty is what turns heads, not blondes.
The bun is an art form.
Start by looking at lots of old engraveings of women in the 1800's.
You must handle your hair correctly to make this work . Messy buns are at least 20 years old . Therefore passe'. It is now time for the return of neatly and precisely coifed hair after 20+ years of california style. That's my opinion. So to get there you need to handle your hair with finesse.
When shampooing do not wad up your hair . Let it hang strait and massage the scalp. Do have your hair combed and polished with a boar brush before you shampoo. Then rinse it very well useing this technique:
The hair hangs wet in front . Spread the fingers and push them through the hair . Dont lift the hair Just let the water run between the strands . Apply your conditioner. Start combing from the tips -one strand -at a time going all the way up. Let the water comb your hair. Work around your head, then rinse it out. Wrap it in a towel ( no softner in that towel!) and leave it there 15 minuites. The AIR dry it. Use the best smoothest comb-out comb you can find dipped multi-color.I like Spreet combs NYC
Right now I like aussie 5 minuite miracle. I also use jojoba oil, Dax when the furnace is drying out the house. Any light oil is OK. Just on the ends and occaisionally the whole head. Sleep and B vitimins and protien 45g a day.
When the hair is dry, carefully comb it completely free of tangles. (keep away from fuzzy acrylic blankets and clothing. The fibers make tight little tangles- pick them out one hair at a time -DONT BRUSH OUT TANGLES ) Then Part your hair if that's your choice. A good parting comb has a curved tail . (I also use a blunted bamboo skewer. Burn or sand the tip -they are dangerous! But they give you reach)
Take a fine tooth comb and make your hair go in the direction you want down or back. Look at the profile and decide where to put the chignon on the head. It must balance with the nose and other features. Earings go in the picture as well. The chin has to be in a natural position by habit. So work on alignment. Various considerations present themselves. Your sun hat means the bun is either under the crown of the hat or at the nape low. Elegance depends on the persons face. Get the profile and work from all the views. There is a "right place"
Once you get the hair going in the direction you want it , usually up and back or down and back you make some more decisions.
If your hair is very long you can do some remarkable things with it. A Coil can have one coil flipped down and that will make a figure 8. You can also simply twist it as a long coiled rope and twist it very hard until it kinks. Then lay the hair in a figure 8. Ideally the loop on top bigger than the bottom loop. Place it high low or even horizontally. You MUST have 3 Inch hair pins to hold long hair. They should have little rubber balls on the tips or they'll scratch your scalp.
Insert them in steps 123 1. through the buns edge next to the scalp...2. Down to the scalp but not resting ON IT...3. Back up into the center of the BUN . This you learn with practice. If it hurts AT ALL re-do the pin . If done right should not give you a headache or anything like a sore spot. Wet hair done up is a sure headache.
Now that's your basic Chignon. To make tendrils you can pull them out as you make the coil . Alternativelyfast dirty: rubber band the pony tail pull out the tendril and then clip it and them make your bun wrapped around it.This gives you a bun with a pony tail comeing from its center. You can also pull them out on the top or the sides as you twist the rope( wet these strands to make them manageable ) and anchor them with BOBBY PINS. French hair pins work best if you can find them. They do not fall out. So also french hair barrets whose notched closer does not ever come loose- they anchor strand close to the scalp. Clamps with springs are worthless . Rubber bands NEVER.This is all done with tight twists carefull combing and pins.A little bit of water smoothes .gel the very end . trim it when it tangles up at the very end.
Then take the curling iron and lightly curl the bangs around the face to make it soft. ARANGE it . Artistic. Use fancy Chignon pins with jewels and flowers. make curls and color for variety. I like small clusters of flowers carefully chosen and not too flashy. However, I once did a Belly Dance show with a coronet of GIANT pink and yellow daisys across the top of my head (Like statue of liberty- on a hairband I made from wire). All wires are wrapped in silk and carefully glued.
Cut the front bangs and make tendrils on the side if it looks good on you.The side view of any style is also imortant. Side parts take off years. Symetrical center parted hair looks "old" on some women -depends on their features. Use hard gel to make curls and lay them flat against your face so they work with your brows.lineing the inner edge with khol will help you do this decision makeing. and a brow pencil lightly applied! You definitely want to consider the importance of LINE. texture has been the BIG DEAL now for 20 years but I think form is also important -the overall shape of the head, and also line and color. The key is to really master the elements of art and do the very best you can with the limiting factors you have chosen . I am fond of sweetheart bangs- a late 1950's item. But they have to be cut carefully and I do it myself being unable to find a hair cutter capable to do it. Cut the under side slightly shorter so they turn under and comb them a lot shakeing your head each time.very sharp shears a must and a fine tooth barbers comb .
I use l'Oreal base gold and 20 volume peroxide gel and 30 volume peroxide gel mixed 50-50. (I emty the color into a bowl fill its bottle 1/2 with 20 and 1/2 with 30) I don't do anything else . I used to part but not any more I put it on with my finger tips by feel with neoprene gloves that fit. Process it and rinse. It is wise to under process long hair. My hair is naturaly the color of cardboard. It is definitely NOT over-processed. It's conservatively bleached so that it still looks good. I do not recommend BOTH a perm and bleach for VERY long hair. It will be a nightmare to handle. It also looked wonderful in a deep mahogany auburn red. A toner is not a bad idea to tone down the brass but be consistent in your mixes-keep it simple . I retouch infrequently. That keeps my hair and my scalp healthy. I re-do it right before photos and shows and big occaisions. I recommend any color that is CLOSE to your natural color so the roots don't look awful. Roots are also 100% passe'. You can in a pinch retouch with a little peroxide in the front. Just be careful and not impulsive.
Take some photos with eyeliner . white liner works for me , lined lips and earings all sides with the hair pulled back and tied . blow the photos up on a Xerox machine , make several copies and draw on them . Include your brows and earings . Work on line and make the lines elegant. good light dark contrast in the make up makes it possible to "read" the lines on the face in photos. keep the lines close to natural. Then go from there exagerating what you think looks good. Do comb the eye brows!

Answer 8

really really long braids