Fun, Easy Hairstyles that Look Intricate, but Aren't Hard

Many people admire the beautifully elaborate hair designs models and celebrities sport from time to time. These elegant hairstyles are popular for proms, weddings, and other formal events, but are usually too difficult for anyone but a professional to do. Their difficulty makes them impractical for all but the most important of occasions. Despite this many still love and try to wear intricate hairstyles for many different events, no matter how time consuming they are.

These beautiful hairstyles look like those detailed, delicate but time consuming hairstyles without any of the time or effort. They work on varying lengths and textures of hair. So whether you have long, medium, short, curly, wavy, or straight hair, try these easy elegant hairstyles.

Little Braids

1. Split your hair into two parts from temple to temple and form the top half into a bun. Pin it into place with bobby pins.

2. Take the bottom part and divide it into thirds as though you were going to braid it. Take the middle part and braid it. Wrap the braid around the base of the bun and pin it in place.

3. Now take the left the remaining two parts and divide it into two parts and braid one of them. Take the braid and tuck it behind the large braid on top of the bun and pin it in place. Repeat with the other half.

4. Repeat Step 3. with the remaining hair section.

If your hair is too short to make effective braids with, then you should make the bottom half of your hair into the bun (or a ponytail, if your hair can't form a bun). You can then French braid your hair in the same pattern as in the instruction and tucking the ends into the bun.

Cascading Curls

1. Divide your hair into uneven thirds with the middle "third" encompassing most of your hair. Make the middle "third" into a bun and secure it with pins.

2. Take the side sections of hair and divide them into easily curled portions and curl them with a curling iron. Any size curling iron can work. When you release each curl from your curling iron, pull it off vertically so that it forms a spiral curl. Let your curls cool.

3. Take the curl that's on the farthest back of your head, wrap it around your bun loosely, and pin it in place. Repeat on the other side. Now take the curl that's just in front of where the other one was, wrap it even more loosely around your bun, and pin in place. Repeat on the other side.

4. Continue working forward, taking curls and wrapping them looser and looser and pinning them. Your curls should be hanging around the side of face progressively more. Eventually you should come to a curl in which you are merely pinning it on top of your bun rather wrapping at all. Stop pinning after this one and let the remainder of your hair hang around your face.

If your hair is too short to to wrap your curls into your bun (or ponytail), pin them progressively more loosely on the side of your head with decorative pins until your come to the last few which you should leave loose.