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Festive Holiday Hair Looks for 2017

houseofebbittsalon
Nov 14, 2017
4 min read

The best holiday hair looks of 2017 are easy and festive. Our over-loaded holiday schedules can make trying to look even halfway put together much harder to do. Somehow we have to fit in whole lot of extra shopping, decorating, baking, and year-end deadlines at work into aour schedules. Full hair and makeup every day are out of the question. And yet, we have parties and events to attend almost every day. There is so much to celebrate. This is exactly when we want to add some glamour to our look most. The idea that we might arrive at a festive event looking like we just came from a hard day at the office, or even worse, skip a holiday party because we don't have time to doll up is simply wrong.

Holidays are the perfect excuse to add bright color to our hair, dust on the glitter and accessorize with shiny objects. We all want a way to create a fashionable holiday hair look that is a little daring, a little playful, and makes us look gorgeous. we just need some great ideas. This is why in 2017 the best hair ideas for the holidays are easy! Curling our usually straight locks, adding some pretty streaks of bright color to our normally conservative hair-do, adding colorful hair extension, and, in general, making a fun, frivolous change to our everyday lives and our everyday hair, is exactly what we want Santa to let us do!

Do you need a holiday look that you can pull together at a moments notice? so that you and your hair look gorgeous and festive despite your hectic schedule? Are you terrible at styling your hair? Do you fear heat tools? Are hair products a mystery? Here are some of the best and easiest hair styles for the 2017 holidays, along with instructions! I call them “rescue-me do’s”. They will save you time, they save you trouble, and give yuo more time to have a cocktail, kick back and spend your precious time with friends and family

The Bouffant Bun

Haven’t washed your hair this week? Of course not, NO time!! Life gets hectic over the holidays.

An updo is a classic way to dress up your look, and you can create this look with all but the shortest hair. Even better, all you need is dry shampoo to texturize your locks, a round brush, some shine serum, and a spritz of hairspray to tame fly-aways and you’ll be the belle of the ball once again as you sport a sleek and sexy bun - the perfect choice if you’re running late to a Friday night dinner party.

If your hair is long enough,, make it even easier and use A Bun Maker. First, put your hair in a ponytail, and place a bun maker at the base. Split the tail into two sections. Starting with the left side, start weaving the hair over, under, and around the donut until all hair is looped through. Repeat on the right side.

Add some sparkly hair accessories,

match your look with some red lipstick

and you and your hair are ready for

holiday cheer.

Tousled Side-Bangs

Again, this is a look you can create with freshly washed hair or with day or two day old, more texturized hair. Either use the dry shampoo trick I mention above, to give hair texture and to help keep it from getting two flyaway (a little hairspray helps) or, if you washed your hair yesterday or the day before, tuck a section of hair behind one ear and blow-dry the rest to the other side for this easy but dramatic ’do.

With this easy and contemporary hair style you can experiment with earings as hair accessories; choose an earring that looks like a christmas tree ornament from the exposed ear - or even better, adapt an actual ornament, for an even more playful and festive look. Messy side-swept bangs work very well a few days after you’ve washed because they’ll stay in place longer, which means you can sport the side-bangs two nights in a row ... so get your social calendar in order!

Casual French Twist

This is another fast hair style that works with many different lengths of hair. It's a simple-to-do chignon that is sexy, girly and very pretty. It's also a classic and makes any outfit look more elegant. It’s particularly great for a low-backed holiday dress, it takes under five minutes to complete, and it’ll still look good if you get caught in a snowstorm. Plus, some dramatic holiday earrings will take it right to the edge, without making you look overdone.

Here’s a step-by-step on how to create this pretty and classic up-do – just in time for the holidays

1. Start with a deep side part. First, add some texture to your hair.

Rene Furterer Spray Texturisant is the gold standard in hair texturizers, giving you phenomenal lift and hold. It also smells gorgeous. This is what we use at the salon, and we do have it available for sale to our clients. If you do not have that, a very good dry shampoo along with your day or two-day old hair can also work. (did I mention how busy this season is? no time for repeated washing and low-drying between parties!)

2. If you do have the time, you can also use a 1-inch curling iron to create a messy wave.

3. then tease your hair throughout the crown as shown.

Holiday hair 2017 french twist Annapolis

4. Loosely gather the teased and texturized hair at the nape of the neck and begin twisting - the more tightly you twist the tighter the bun so be careful you do not pull the hair too much. The goal is an elegant updo that is also full, sexy, and touchable.