3 steps to easy DIY princess hair
Fashion DIY
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on February 16, 2012
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Could this be a candidate for easiest hair tutorial EVAR? You be the judge. If you're planning on styling your own 'do and have a headband at the ready, that's all you need for this princess-style DIY hair look.
Megan and Coco schemed this look together, and Coco says, it looks even better messy. Here are the three steps to getting this look right: cute headband on, tuck hair up and in, and hairspray.
Check out the full tutorial over at Instant Coco and let us know if you're planning a similar look or have other plans for self-stylin'!
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Megan Finley said
I have to say, that I wear my hair like this all the time and people LOVE it. Like, total strangers come up to me and ask me how I did my hair like that. So easy and SUCH a big impact!
Goose said
Any idea if this is possible with longer hair? Mine is halfway down my back!
Coco said
Totally. My friend who taught it to me is half Chinese and she has really thick waist length hair and she does it ALL the time!
madame stitches said
my hair is also halfway down my back and i just did it really easily.
deirdre said
I'd bet longer hair would look great rocking this + pincurls.. you know, like myrna loy in the thin man?
Cat Rocketship said
Omg want more hair tutorials. Coco and Megan every day.
Colleen said
Just tried this – so easy and simple!
Totally incorporating this into my hairstyle repertoire.
Brittany said
but what about it you have a big head that headbands always slide up and off of?…le sigh
Shondypie said
This. I can never use thin elastic headbands because they always slide off. The only thing that semi-works is to hairspray the bejesus out of the hair where the headband is going to lay so it has a little bit more texture and isn't smooth enough to slide off as easy. After that I bobby pin it in. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Dirty-ish hair would probably work better too. If it looks too greasy spray some dry shampoo to get rid of the oils. I live off of dry shampoo and Suave makes a great one and it's only around $3.50 or so.
Megan Finley said
Headbands ALWAYS slip off my head, but not with this style. I mean, it starts to slip back over the day, but it's SO easy to take your hair down and re-do it if it slips too far.
Liset said
This is how I curl my hair! If you tuck the front parts in as well it looks so pretty when you take the headband off. : )
Becca said
How many of us did our hair like this today? I did!
Laura said
This is freaking amazing. Quick question for those in the know: how short could you go with this style? As in, what is the shortest possible hair length, in your opinion, that could work with this?
Emily said
I am sooo doing this! Finally! Short hair updos!
Halle said
This is sinilar to how I do my hair when I want to pincurl the front, but don't have enough time (read: am too lazy) to do the back. It's the best compromise for crazy, thick, frizzy hair.
Catie said
True story: We're totally using this in the show I'm doing. Looks like OBB, Coco and Megan just earned themselves a spot in the "special thanks" section of the program.
Megan Finley said
That's awesome!!!