How to Style a Modern Beehive Hairdo

If you've seen photos of 1960s beehive hairdos, you'll understand why the cone shaped pile of hair is named after the beehive. Beehive hairdos are back in style, but modern beehives are generally more flattering and understated. They're also much easier to accomplish.

Things You'll Need

• Moisturizing shampoo
• Rollers or curling iron
• Comb
• Bobby pins and clips
• Extra hold hair spray and styling gel or mousse

Instructions

1. Shampoo the hair with a good moisturizing shampoo and pat it dry with a soft towel.

2. Set the hair in curlers, electric rollers or with a curling iron, but don't brush through the curls. Giving the hair some curl will help to provide volume and height when you begin styling the beehive.

3. Work a generous amount of hair spray, styling mousse or styling gel into the roots of the hair.

4. Separate the hair between your forehead and the crown of your head and clip it to one side. This section will be styled last.

5. Begin in the upper part of the back of your head and section the hair across the back of your head. Bring the section up towards the front of your head, and secure it with hair gel and bobby pins.

6. Continue one section at a time, bringing each section up and over the previous section, building layers and pinning them as you go. Each layer that you add will increase the height of the beehive.

7. Style the front section any way you like. You can pull it up over the top of the beehive, adding more height, or style it across the forehead. Give the entire beehive an additional misting of hair spray.

Tips & Warnings

• Modern beehive hairdos typically aren't as tall as the original beehive hairdos. However, if you want to add height to your beehive, use the tail of a rattail comb to push into the beehive, carefully lifting it up.