The holidays sure can throw a lot your way: shopping, cold weather, traffic, cooking, celebrating, travel — the list goes on. So while your life may be in a bit of a rushed upheaval, your hair doesn’t have to be! If you’re stressed about your next holiday hair style, a wavy side chignon is an easy, quick and classy look for any celebration!
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All you’ll need for this look is about five bobby pins, depending on the thickness of your hair — you may need more, pomade, shine spray and hairspray. Quick, simple, timeless — that’s the look you’re going for!
- Apply a small amount of pomade to your palm, rub your palms together and then begin by gathering the hair into a low side ponytail at the base of your hairline. This will help to keep frizz and flyaways at bay without making your hair look greasy or dirty.
- Twist about half of the ponytail keeping the ends free from the twist. Then, wrap the twist pony section onto itself, around the base of the ponytail forming a bun. Secure with bobby pins.
- Continue to secure the bun by inserting bobby pins around the base until the bun is anchored in place. Add as many is necessary to completely secure it. As a rule of thumb, the thicker your hair, the more bobby pins you will need.
- For a messier look, leave the untwisted ends out. For a more polished look, tuck the untwisted ends in to the middle of the bun, creating a fountain look. Add additional bobby pins to keep the fountain in place.
- Apply a shine spray and secure the entire look with hairspray, to ensure that it stays in place.
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