Wedding Hairstyles you can do BY YOURSELF!! - Kayley Melissa #Bridalstyles

Hey everyone, Kayley, your friendly neighborhood hairstylist here, and today we're going to do some DIY wedding hairstyles. I wanted to take it back today and really focus on hairstyles that you can do on your own, but specifically this time I wanted some great formal hairstyles that are actually DIY-able. You don't need to be a super braidaholic for this one, you just need to be able to do a few basic things. And I'm going to show it to you on my length of hair, but also on my sister's really long hair that way. No matter what length, hopefully you'll be able to replicate this at home, and I hope that you guys really enjoy it for whatever formal event you guys have coming up. So that being said, let's get into it. So first things first, as somebody who does actually style wedding hair, I think one of the most important things is having the texture be perfect. Because if you don't have lift, volume, polish, whatever you're going for, before you do the updo, you're not going to have it after. So I think the very first thing we should talk about is prepping and curling the hair. So my hair is naturally fine and flat and shiny, and so for an updo or for a formal hairstyle, I actually need some more volume, some more texture, hold, and I can sacrifice a little bit of shine. So today I've used a volumizing mousse and a volumizing primer in my hair, and I feel like she is big. And then I'm going to be using a heat protectant with some hold on my hair. Now if you had more frizz prone hair or your hair has a lot of volume naturally, I would say you would do almost the opposite. You would focus on smoothing, on getting your hair really nice and de-frizzed when you're doing your blow dry routine and with the products that you're using. That way you still have really pretty curls, but your hair is going to give you the texture naturally and that way you're just taking it back to a more styled place, whereas I have to add texture to get to the styled place. So whether you're taking texture away or adding it in, we're going to meet here. I'm going to be using a one inch curling iron because my hair does not hold a curl as well. Also if you're going to be putting your hair in an updo, the curl is going to stretch out, so you always want to go a little smaller than you think you need to. So for a more relaxed wave curl look, I've got a one inch curling iron. Then I'm going to be going in sections. I'm going to go ahead and apply my heat protectant. I'm using the 1-800-HOLD-ME. You guys know I love this. This is going to be the move for anyone whose hair does not like to hold a curl. Now if your hair is okay with holding a curl, but it likes to frizz out or get extra textury, I really like the Bumble and Bumble BB Glow Heat Protection Mist. Alrighty, and then we brush it in and we're ready to curl. So the curl method I'm going to be using is really easy. You can do it with or without a clip on your iron. If you have a clip, hold it open, take your section, wrap it around, and if you have the clip, let it close. Then just let everything heat up. It usually takes about five seconds. And then you're going to take it off, give it a little tiny tug, that's it. And then you're just going to keep doing that all throughout your hair. And Anna Laura is going to be doing exactly the same thing on her long hair. If you want to get fancier with the curls, I have so many videos on how to curl your hair. It's insane. If, you know, you don't end up loving this one, I have a whole playlist for you. And then for these really short pieces that I cannot physically wrap around, I'm just going to do a normal little curl with those. If you're going to do a half updo or wear her down some way, I think doing the little tug at the end of the curl is really good. If you think you're going to put it up, I would not, because you just want the curls to be as tight as they can for that updo. Like I said, they get stretched out. I'm going to let the cast sit, going to let them just keep cooling. We're almost done. I took this last section in two, so I can make sure to get every single little curl and curl I did. I mean, this is the difference between like a normal hairstyle and a wedding hairstyle is that you do need that longevity. So you want the curls to sit and cool. You want them to have a little more hold than usual. Now when I say that, like these are still touchable, very. They're not crunchy. They're not crispy. Put the firm hold hairspray down. I'm just saying, you do want to make sure you're taking small pieces of hair and that you are adding in products that add hold if you need it. Alrighty, and then to break these up, I'm literally just going to like shake at the roots. If you're going to be styling it, you know, you can give it a little shake. I wouldn't do too much because as you take your pieces to do the hairstyle, all of that, it's going to break up on its own, but you know, you can give it a nice little shake just to break the cast up. All right, so that's the curls and you can wear obviously just down and curls, adding the extra little elements makes it more than your everyday. Like I wear my hair down and curls almost every day, but this is still new, but also adding in a little accessory that makes you feel super bridal can be nice too. So I just pulled a little piece of my hair back and I clipped it here. And then for Anna, I did a little like sweep and pin with these three bobby pins. You can get curl bobby pins everywhere. It's just like a little like little sasson and that way if all you can do is curl your hair, you can make it bridal and still really enjoy it. And the extra little steps of adding in mousse and like curl holding hairspray or heat protectant go a long way. They do. And also this shape is not something I typically wear, so this already feels more formal. Just having literally one side tucked back behind my ear and a little sparkle, like this feels very fancy to me because I always, when I curl it, I just wear it all on the front and I wear it down. So yeah, the volume feels fancy for me and all the definition in these little curls. Okay, now for the easiest half up, half down. This one is good for somebody who's not used to doing their hair. Practice this a couple of times and you'll be good to go. So easy. If you add in your hair accessories, it's going to look like you hired someone. You're going to start by grabbing a large section of hair from the front and for the short hair version, we're going to kind of pick up hair as we go. I'm also going to leave out anything that I want to frame my face. So here's what we're starting with. You're going to twist a couple of times, then you're going to pick up some new hair next to that twist. Just a little. Then you're going to twist. Then you're going to pick up a little bit more hair, put it with it, and twist. You should just about be able to reach the back by now, but if you want, you can pick up one more piece of hair. The key here is that you don't want to pick up big chunks of hair. You want to leave a lot of hair down so your hair looks nice and full and it takes less hair than you think. So maybe like half a drinking straw thick with these sections that you're bringing in. Unless you have a ton of hair, then you can adjust accordingly. Also what's that like? The most important thing here is that you want to take that twist to the piece of hair. So I twisted, I picked up a new piece of hair, I took the twist to that hair, not the other way around. You're basically just continuing to take the twist and let it like travel around your head and you're just giving it like little road stops along the way. So from here, we're going to pull apart and depending on your comfort level, you might want to bobby pin first or you can just hold on to it, whichever way. I'm going to hold on to it. If you were going to bobby pin it, you would just put a bobby pin right here to hold your place. Well what I'm going to do is take my thumb and my index finger and pull the tiniest pieces of hair that I can to fluff up the twist just a little bit. And once you have it where you want it, you're going to take your bobby pins and you're going to pin up into the twist like they're going through a tunnel. And the twist is the tunnel. You want to do at least two or three bobby pins to make sure it's held really securely. Now we're just going to do that exact same thing over here. So, I'm going to grab some and I have less hair on this side because my hair is parted this way. So it's okay if this section is a little smaller than the one over here. And twist. Pick up our little piece, do the twist to the piece, and twist some more. Once you've got that twist to where it meets the last one we just did, you're going to go ahead and stop, pull it apart, and then pin it in place. Alright, so that's the half updo, and now if you want to make it a little bit more something, you can add in some accessories. I'm going to keep going with these pearl bobby pins and just dot them around where the two twists come together, which could be a good tip for covering up any little bobby pins or anything that's sticking out at this point. Okay, so the long hair version is basically the same, but you don't have to pick up more hair as you go. Oh, nice. So you just get to pick up a big ol' piece of hair, twist it, loosen it up, pin it in place. Wow. Yeah, honestly, as long as your hair is long enough to reach the back without picking up more hair, you can do it. Wow. Okay. Yeah. Alright, sounds good. Get to it. I'm just going to weave down some pieces in the front because Kayley just cut me some face framing pin rolls. Yeah. Okay, executive decision because Kayley's in the other room. I'm going to take this little piece right here and go ahead and pin that in place because my cowlick is crazy. And if I take the section from the front and I don't add it in into the back, it's just not laying right. So this is my little hack for this. I approve this hack. I'm just literally going to section out the part of my hair that gives me the most trouble. I'm going to smooth it out. I'm going to lay it down. Go ahead and pin a little base in. And repeat the same thing on the other side. What I am going to say about the little piece you pulled back is that you can see like where that little piece is and then the rest of the hair falling. And it might not be showing up as much on camera, but that's going to look eh. You can pull apart the hair that you pulled into the bobby pin and kind of fan it around and it should hide the stuff pretty well. Ideally, you know, you want to do that before you do the twist, but it is something you can fix after the fact if you end up here. We have like a nice straight line going on this side and so over here, if you, you know, take a little look in the mirror, this one's kind of drooping. You can just pick it up and we're going to pull back a little so there's no slack and then pin it right there. And between those two maneuvers, we have made this look a lot more professionally done, a lot more symmetrical, more secure, all the things. Another thing I love about like a simple half updo like this is that if you are wearing a veil, this is something that's really nice to be able to pin into because your veil comb does need something to go into and it helps to have just something simple like this and it also frames it. So if it's sitting here, you have hair that's cascading back into the veil and I think that's a prettier look, in my humble opinion, and you are welcome to disagree with me, to have something that's going back into the veil than to just have the veil sitting. And I am going to say, if you're going to do your own hair for your wedding or whatever, just go ahead and buy some Frenchies. It's going to make your life a lot easier. They are like velvet hair pins and they stick in really, really well. They reposition easily if you need to, but they won't fall out during your day. And next, we got to do something braided. Obviously. And I thought, let's just keep it as easy as possible. Alright, first thing we're going to do is take our large section from one side in the front. Let's do a little evaluation. First, let's take down any tendrils that we want. Next, let's see if it gets close to the back of your head. Close? Check. You're good to go. Alright, I'm going to drop this out. You want basically this like two to three inches right here. And then you're just going to go ahead and hold it back in the direction that it's going to go. And do your braid of choice. Whatever braid you know you can do, do that. Three strand braid, fishtail braid, maybe a rope braid. I don't know. Whatever. Whatever feels good, comfortable, and easy. Boom. Alrighty. Now, we got to pull this thing apart. And there is an art to the pull apart. So, first thing you got to do is get some slack in it. Pretend like you're loosening shoelaces. Start from the bottom, work it up, get some air in there. And I'm going to do one more time just for some extra slack. Alright, you feel warmed up? We just got warmed up. And now, we're going to go through and pull each individual link. Trying to pull the middle of it and the outside of it. You don't want to just pull on the outside because if you do that, you're going to end up with like a skeleton bubble. The whole thing's not going to come out. So, you want to position your fingers on kind of the inside of it and pull out. And you might find as you go up that the volume you built at the bottom is coming out. And that's okay. You can always go back and reestablish that. Start from the bottom, work all the way up. Once the top is as bubbly as you want, you're just going to go ahead and leave the top there. And go back, look at the bottom, and be like, oh, there's a little skinny spot there. There's a skinny spot there. Pull apart. And it's okay if at the end you need to take the bobby pin off. Sometimes that makes it easier. Hold it with a bobby pin. Braid number one is done. Again, going to get as much as we can on this side even though it's a little shallower. You can do whatever part with this you want. You could do a center part if that's your thing. Now, here's another trick you can use if you want to get your braid super fluffy is to stop every couple inches and fluff it out. That way you can go ahead and get some of the slack out and loosen it up a little bit. All that. Now, we're basically going to kind of pull the top half to the back. And then we're going to bring the braids into the side. Because your braids might not reach to the middle and the back. Mine almost do. So this is a good way for you to cheat if they don't. I'm just going to take a hairbrush. You could take a teasing comb and get fancy if you want. But, you know, not necessary. So I'm just going to take the hair up here. Just going to do a quick little tease. Just like a tiny back comb. That's all. We're just trying to net the hair together. So if you have a cowlick or anything, it'll all be chilling back. Okay. So now we're going to collect all the hair from braid to braid. Watch these sides. Make sure that they drape nicely next to the braid. So that when we pull this back, she looks good. So you want them to kind of make these little swoops on the side. If they're going straight back like this, that's not the move. You're revealing your seams. Not the goal. I'm going to let it. What seams? We don't know her. We've draped the hair nicely. Now, you're going to do just one twist. Just one little, boop, 180, and pin that in place. Got your hair all together. It's looking nice. 180, just like that. And now, pin it like a pin cushion. And if it's a little messy, that's okay. This is our more effortless, beachy moment anyway. So now I'm going to take one side with my braid. I have this little piece that decided to not go with the twist, so I'm going to pull that back. Pull the braid back. And I'm just going to give the end of the braid the tiniest twist, just like that. And then I'm going to hold it and pin straight in to everything we have going on here. And now, you do the same thing with the other side, taking that little twisty twist. All right, tucking her in. The only thing I want to fix is that I have some bubbling up here in the front, and that's just because I didn't hold the hair back at the angle really well when I started. You always want to hold your braid in the angle that it's going to be sitting. So all I'm going to do to fix that is take the little bubble that is sticking up, and this actually looks like it's kind of rogue, right? Like I have this nice piece, and then this guy is just doing its own thing. I'm just going to push him underneath. Just kind of like hide him down a little bit. And then use a hairpin. Kind of give him a little break, you know? Just let him chill. I see this little guy. This can always go underneath the braid. Always just hide him away. Say what? We don't know about that. What bubble? Your bubble's here. No, the braid is perfect. What? Come on. If you have a hard time hiding pins and stuff, accessories cover a world of sins. And or bobby pin mistakes. And that is basically the same thing for the long hair version as well. I just need to flatten this one against my head a little bit more. There's a little bit of gapping here because the slack I left in it to make it big. No problem. Just going to weave this back and forth in the braid. I learned that from one of Kayley's other videos. Oh, Kayley. Oh, sissy. I did it. Oh, wow, sis. Do I look okay? Yeah, it looks good. So I'm going to take some of this hair and pin it forward over your ear underneath the braid. Now we don't have the earpick in there. Yay. Look at you. Oh, my goodness. This is DIY. I even walked away. I was just chilling. She was like, peace out. I'm trying to decide if you need some accessories. I think my golden rule when you're doing hair accessories, especially when they're bobby pin ones, is hold it in place and see if you like it there before you stick it in. Because sticking it back out is not easy. I will say, you can put accessories in on your own. But if they're going in on the back of your head, maybe just ask a trusted friend. Oh, I made these. Sorry, I forgot, guys. I try to only put stuff in here that you can buy. I'll try to find something similar. I made these for Saf's wedding, but the pearls weren't the move. So we didn't end up using them. You love a celestial moment. I really do. And there's your braided option. I love it because you do get all the bohemian feels, but it's not that difficult. Of course, if you want even more braidy, formal options, I have videos on videos for you. But I do love this particular one. Okay, to finish this out, let's turn Anna's hair into a quick updo. This is like a little bit of an ode to her wedding because you did your first look and all those pictures, and then you were like, I think I want to updo for the ceremony. And I was like... It was literally in that moment. I had five minutes. And I was like, okay, you want an updo for the ceremony? You're going to have an updo for the ceremony. And inside, I was dying. But this is what I did. And it took just a few minutes. And it looked so good. So this you could do with either one of the half updos that we already did or any other half updo that you find and love. Easy peasy. Do the half updo first. Meet me here. I'm just going to say Frenchies. There were so many of those in my wedding hair. Get Frenched. What? Anna Laura actually has a hard out. She needs to go. So we're just going to... You can do this on your own, though. Promise. Yeah. You're going to split the hair in half. Just going to chuck one half out of the way. And then this half, whichever one you want to start with, you can pull back or leave down whatever pieces you want. And then you're just going to wrap them around each other really loosely. Clear elastic to hold your spot. We're going to make a C shape right here with this side. And then when we do this side, we're going to do the other half. So you're going to go around here. And the biggest thing is that you don't want to put it over the braid. So use your hands. Feel where the braid is or the twist or whatever. You can even lift it up and stick it underneath if you want. But you want it under that. Then you're going to grab your pins and just go to town. And you want to go ahead and nestle these ends inside. All right. And then you're going to be able to mess with this a little bit more later. So we've got the shape. Take this side back. Basically, same thing. We're going to do this number. Twisting away from the face on both of these. So you can pull it down like this if you want. Or you can kind of look over to the side and do this number real quick. And just pin a little piece up if that looks good to you. And then you're just going to finish out the shape of the bun. So I'm going to nestle this inside of here. Pulling the pieces on the sides back as well just because I like to have that little swoop into it. And because you already have the pretty curls in the hair, like the curls do most of the work for you. You just have to get the pin in. All right. And I do remember that I left some of Anna's little ends like this one out because I liked how it looked. That one's all up to your personal preference. And then now that everything's kind of in, the only thing I have left to do is fix this little hole right here. I'm just going to pick up this section. I'm going to just fan these little guys out because I like them. All right. I love it. Yep. Oh, my gosh. I feel so ready to get married again. It's the same person, just again. But that's a similar way to do it. If you do have a lot of hair, another thing you could do is put the hair into two pigtails in the back before you twist it. And that would give you more to pin into and a little bit more security. That way it doesn't end up feeling loose at all. You just want to make sure that everything going back into it in that case stays loose and not like a tight little ponytail right here. All righty. So we went through several different hairstyles. I hope that you guys enjoyed it. You can customize these as much as you want. You can make them more shiny and princessy and blingy with just tighter curls and more accessories. Or you can make them a lot more chill with looser curls and just generally messier texture. So whatever you're feeling, you can make happen. And you can do it. I think it's fully possible. And I really hope that you guys give it a try. Tag me if you do. Best of luck. Congratulations on whatever's going on. Give it a little practice shot before you try it on the real thing. You totally got it. As a procrastinator, I understand that you might want to wait until the day of. Just don't. Practice it a couple of times. You'll feel so much better. But that being said, I think that is it for today. Don't forget to comment down below and tell us which hairstyle was your favorite. Let me know if you have any more hairstyles or videos you want to see from me. I think that is it for today. So if you did like the video, don't forget to hit that Like button to help support the channel. And if you're new here, click that Subscribe button to join the Braidaholic family here on Kayley Melissa. And all of y'all can hit that bell icon to be notified every time I post a new video. That's it for today. Whether you're old or new or a casual lurker. You stole that from me. Thank you for spending time with us. And I'll see you in the next video. Mwah! Bye! 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