How to Create Prom Updo Hairstyles

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Amelia and I'm going to talk to you about different ways to create Updos for prom. You always want to make sure that you take into consideration the layers and length of your hair. If you've got shorter hair, you may just want to flat iron or blow it out special for the prom and maybe use a clip or two to accentuate and style. If you've got hair with a lot of layers, you've got to take into consideration what to do with all this layering up top. So, I find the best way to work with hair that is heavily layered or, you know, that you've got some different styles going on with, is you want to make sure that you just divide it up into different sections on the hair. You're going to want to push these layers out of the way, you can deal with them later. I always find the best foundation for an Updo, especially for one that you're going to do at home is either a twist or a ponytail. And you can do several different ponytails, or two twists, doesn't matter. You can just do a twist here, and a twist here, and have these pieces hang out. Or you can do one large twist, and I like to anchor that with a hair pin. And then these pieces you can either flat iron straight or make them curl. And then this hair in the front you would just bring back. Another thing to take into consideration is the style of your dress and the neckline of your dress. If you're wearing a strapless dress you can wear your hair up or down. If you've got a halter style dress on, you're always going to want to wear your hair up to bring out the neckline of the dress. Jewelry is also something that's really important when figuring out what you want to do with your hair. Because if your hair's down, you don't need to wear as large, or as flashy jewelry. Half up, half down is also a great way, and it's become very popular. You kind of get the best of both worlds, rather. So, you would just put half of it up with a hair pin or clip and wear the rest of it down. You could curl this, flat iron it, it just depends on what you prefer. And those are some great techniques to use when creating Prom styles."