Hairstyling Features
How To: Curl your hair into voluptuous curls with a flat iron
You don't actually need a curling iron to get beautifully thick, curly hair. In fact, all you need is a basic straightening iron - seriously. Like curling ribbon with the edge of a scissor, curly hair can be achieved with the right flat iron technique.
How To: Blow dry your hair with a round brush to create volume
Want to add volume to your hair? The answer may be as simple as a blow dryer and a hairbrush. Blow drying your hair with a round brush is the perfect start to any hairstyle. It creates lasting volume and smoothness. In this video tutorial, Jennifer Pompa from HairTalkTV walks you through her steps for blow drying with a round brush.
How To: Do side plaits in your fringe bangs
Want a stylish way to get rid of those fringe bangs for a day? Steal Lauren Conrad's signature do, with this lesson on how to give yourself side plaits in your own hair.
How To: Get a Lady Gaga inspired hair bow hairstyle
Lady Gaga's famous hair bow may seem extremely complex and difficult to achieve without a football team of hairstylists and assistants ready to fix every stray hair, but, as you'll see in this video, it actually takes less than ten minutes for you to do it yourself.
How To: Tease and backcomb your hair
This tutorial will show you how to tease your hair so that it's looking wonderful and big. If you're looking for a retro or scene hairstyle, this big hair tutorial is for yopu.
How To: Create "Sex and the City 2" bouncy Carrie curls
The only thing women have requested more than Carrie Bradshaw/Sarah Jessica Parker's wardrobe (and AH-mazing closet) is her lush, plump curls. The barrel-curled hairstyle is a look she's worn since day of of "Sex and the City," and it's lived on as an iconic style almost as popular as her character (and with as great a following).
How To: Do a crochet weave in your hair
Want to do something really creative with your hair? In this video, you'll be shown how to do a crochet weave in your hair. You'll have to get some hair extensions and attach it to your weave, but once you're done you'll be looking fine!
How To: Style your hair in pigtail braids
If you love braiding your hair but want to take your style up a notch, then pigtail braids are the perfect solution. All you need is a brush, a hair band,a comb and a hair ribbon. First, separate a small section on the left side of the head, and separate into 3 pieces. Braid this section until you are halfway through the hair. Next, separate a small section on the right side of the head and create another braid. Take both braids and join them in the middle. Create 3 sections to make a new bra...
How To: Get "GHD" (good hair day) loose waves with your hair
In this tutorial, we learn how to get loose waves with your hair. You will need to have your hair layered to make this hair curly. First, section off the hair so the top is up and the bottom is hanging down. After this, place the straightener in the hair and push it down away from your face and push down until you reach the bottom of the hair. Continue to do this in small sections throughout your entire head. The smaller the sections, the more defined your curls will be. Now, take some hair s...
How To: Temporarily dye your hair with Kool-Aid
Dying your hair with Kool Aid is a rite of passage... Every thirteen year old kid needs to try it sometime. In this video, learn how to safely apply Kool Aid to your hair to make it change colors!
How To: Braid your bangs into a half Dutch braid hairstyle
A Dutch braid is really just a French braid turned upside down. So rather than pleat your hair with the braid showing underneath the hair, with a Dutch braid the braid is on top, making it look more bulbous - and yes, milkmaid-ish.
How To: Curl your hair like Beyoncé
You gonna be looking so crazy right now. This tutorial video will teach you to curl your hair just like Beyoncé.
How To: Apply colored hair extensions
Instead of damaging hair with bleach and crazy color, small colored extensions give the same effect without the commitment. Use them for a night out or even as part of a Halloween costume. Check out this video hair styling tutorial and learn how to apply colored hair extension.
How To: Create long lasting curls for straight hair
If you have very fine, straight hair and have always had a hard trying to keep your strands curled, this video will give you a look into steps you can follow to solve that problem. Before starting on your hair, collect all the necessary tools which include: flat iron, hair clips, Velcro rollers, hair tie, and comb with pointed tip. To start, prepare your hair by adding mousse. Don’t forget to also add a heat resistant chemical to avoid damage and breakage in hair. Then work with the upper t...
How To: Use hot rollers to curl your hair
Set your hair in hot rollers, then forget it—apply your makeup, wash the dishes, read the paper, whatever. When your chores are done, your hair will be, too.
How To: Create a low side fishtail braid with bangs
What hairstyle is more elaborate and pretty than a ponytail but less complicated - and time consuming - than a full on curly updo? The answer is a fishtail braid. Don't worry, you won't end up looking like Pippi Longstockings come to life; fishtails braids are super mature and feminine.
How To: Style short hair and get volume
This video demonstrates how to style short hair and get volume. If you have side bangs, part them around and up from the arch of the eyebrow. Make sure you have a blow-dryer and a large round brush, as well as a hair serum, and clips. Rub a quarter size amount of the serum on the ends of your hair, trying to avoid the roots. Put mousse on the hair roots near the top of your hair where the volume will matter the most. Section your hair off at the top and begin blow-drying by lifting the hair u...
How To: Do big hair right
With the '70s gaining major fashion momentum in the recent Spring/Summer 2011 shows, big hair is here to stay. While voluminous, Beyonce-like locks has always been popular, it's especially hot this season.
How To: Cut or trim your own bangs
When cutting or trimming your own bangs, make sure your bangs are dry, and use a comb to hold down the bangs while you are cutting them. Learn to hold the comb at a 90-degree angle to cut or trim bangs in this free video on haircare from an experienced hairdresser.
How To: Create big faux finger waves like Gwen Stefani
Finger curls probably don't sound familiar to you, but we can bet you've seen them before. Think Marilyn Monroe's tightly curled hairdo, Gwen Stefani's tight waves in her cameo for "The Aviator," or Rachel McAdams' curls at one of the "Sherlock Holmes" premieres.
How To: Create a hippie bohemian braided headband
Get those annoying wisps of hair out of your face in time for your afternoon pilates session while still looking put together by braiding your bangs into a hair headband.
How To: Create big, voluminous Victoria's Secret hair
Flip open any major women's glossy - or just look at the covers - and you'll see that Victoria's Secret hair (i.e. full, voluminous waves that land somewhere between full-on curls and pin-straight hair) is the most common hairstyle used.
How To: Curl & style your hair like Taylor Swift
To achieve Taylor Swift's hair start off using a heat protectant spray and brush evenly through your hair. Part your hair the way you want to wear it letting your hair down in little sections. Use the wrap around method to curl you hair. This should create a nice spiral curl. Make sure to curl away from your face, do this all over your head. For the top layers use should hold the curling iron above your head while continuing to use the wrap around method. For the hair framing the face you sho...
How To: Cut and style specifically for long hair
Beauty schools Directory presents how to cut and take weight out of long hair. Video also demonstrates two style options to hair. In the video we have Jenny with long hair whose hair is being cut.
How To: Create a fake fringe with a retro frontal victory roll
Victory rolls are probably not very familiar to you, but they would have been had you lived about, oh, sixty years ago. Victory rolls, or tight, thick ringlets centered on the crown of the head and sometimes done up in a Bettie Page style bang, were the style du jour of the '40s and '50s.
How To: Create a Megan Fox bouffant with ponytail hairstyle
Big hair has been popular like never before, but we're not talking about the five foot beehive contraptions worn by housewives with a little too much time on their hands in the '60s or the Joan Collins-esque blowouts of the '80s.
How To: Cut and style long blonde hair
In this episode, Michael shows us some hints and tips on how to cut a fringe and get a 'sexy' look for your hair.
How To: Do a pony puff (aka afro puff)
This video tutorial demonstrates how to style an afro puff or pony puff. All you need is pantyhose, light gel, and brushes. Afro puffs are cute & easy. Good luck.
How To: Style a poufy and spiky high bun for summer
If you're anything like us, then you try to take the easiest route possible when styling your hair in the morning before work. You know: Wake up, brush your teeth, and then wearily comb through your hair a few times with your eyes closed.
How To: Turn your black hair platinum blond at home
In this tutorial, we learn how to turn your black hair platinum blond at home. When you dye your hair, you will want to use a white hair color when first dying it. It may seem extreme to do this, but because you are dying your hair from such a dark color, it's going to have to have the extreme blond to help the color stay and not turn black. When dying your hair, make sure to keep the dye on long enough and follow all the directions that are on the package. Also, make sure you use moisturizin...
How To: Style hair in retro reverse hair rolls
This how-to video provides a quick tutorial on how to get the 40's reverse rolls. You can also use this to get the front pompadour effect (like Gwen Stefani in "Just A Girl" music vid). This is easiest to do when your bangs/fringe are grown out down to your chin. This is a 1940s inspired hairstyle, so it goes with any 40s-50s look. Follow along with the step-by-step instructions in this video hairstyling tutorial and learn how to create vintage reverse hair rolls.
How To: Create a half up, half down pompadour hairstyle
Simplicity is best, especially when it comes to styling your hair at 5 AM in the morning before you dash to school with a cup of espresso in your hand. If you care about making your hair look presentable but don't care for spending half the morning teasing and primping it, then check out this video.
How To: Do a wind swept wavy hairstyle
This tutorial video will teach you how to do a great hairstyle that looks like you just got off the beach. This hair style is great for a casual night out or a relaxed day at work.
How To: Cut side bangs
In this video, we learn how to cut side bangs. Fist, you will need to grab some shearing scissors, a comb, a trash can, and water. Now, get your bangs wet in the area that you want it, then part your hair where you usually part it. Once you do this, separate your bangs from the rest of your hair and clip the rest back. Next, use your scissors and cut at an uphill angle from the bottom of your bangs to the top. When finished, continue to cut until you have the desired length. Keep in mind your...
How To: Curl your hair with a straightener for pretty curls
Handbag TV's resident hair expert Leo Bancroft shows you how to curl your hair using straighteners. Curl your hair with a straightener for pretty curls.
How To: Get big and sexy voluminous curls
You probably have bad memories of having your mother or grandmother curling your hair into tight doll-like curls as a little child and looking at yourself in the mirror in horror as your pretty long hair turned into Shirley Temple wannabes.
How To: Style very short hair for the busy mom
For a mom, there is always so much to do that your own personal care routine may take a back seat. But in this video, top hair stylist Gary France offers tips on how to style very short hair for the busy mom. France shows us his process on a busy working mom. The client receives a lighter color to brighten up her look, a trim to texturize her hair and styles the hair without using a blow dryer, which is great for saving time. France shows us that just because you have kids to take care of doe...
How To: Style a flirty, schoolgirl-like hairdo with messy, braided pigtails
If you want to go back to the days of flirtatious high schoolers, than this flirty hairstyle is perfect for you. This schoolgirl look consists of messy, braided pigtails with two small elastic hair bands. These are super cute messy pigtails that are super easy to apply. Watch and learn!
How To: Create a Barbie high ponytail hairstyle for Halloween
Every little girl wants to look like Barbie (not a particularly good thing, but bear with us here). And while all of us grow up and realize we come in all sizes and colors, it's always fun to reminisce a bit about our childhood and Barbie, one of our most beloved dolls. While we don't advocate you really look like Barbie by starving yourself and getting implants, it may be fun to dress up like her for Halloween.
How To: Make hair bows with ribbon spikes
Hair bows are adorable for all ages, and in this simple, easy tutorial, our hostess gives us first the materials we will need to construct our own. A piece of cardboard, a sewing needle and thread, a rubber band, and of course the little fabric pieces referred to as "spikes," to complete the creation. From there, we are taught that the cardboard is our stabilizer, through which the needle will go, and that we will then be constructing the fabric into shapes upon that needle, layering the fabr...