Simple Classic Half Upstyle Tutorial | Bridal Styling Partial Updo Glam Waves | Kenra Professional

Hi everyone, I'm Stephanie Brinkerhoff with Hair and Makeup by Steph, and today I'm going to be walking you guys through the simple classic half-up style. This style is very timeless and definitely a go-to for anyone in the bridal party. So let's go ahead and get started. Okay, so to start, we're going to want to put some really pretty curls in her hair. So I clipped a few clip-in extensions here in the back just to give this a little bit more volume and to sort of fill out the ends down here. So now that I have these in, I can go in and start curling. So I'm just going to start down here at the nape, and I'm going to go in with the Kenra Hot Spray 20 and just get this misted through the ends. So this is a really good curl spray. It's going to help with longevity, and it's also a heat protectant, which is nice. Okay, and then I'm just going to go in and get this curled with a 1 1⁄4 inch curling iron. So I'm just clamping that in there, and I'm curling everything away from the face on both sides. So I'm going to go in towards the center in the back. And then I'm also leaving the ends a little bit straighter. So just something like that. Okay, so this is kind of what you're going for. We're going to let these cool for a minute while I curl the rest of the hair. So I'm just going to repeat that process, working my way up the back. Now I'm going to go ahead and start running my fingers through this just to soften it, break it up a little bit. So the Kenra Hot Spray 20 is really good for this because it's very brushable. So you can see as I'm doing this, my hands are gliding through really easily, but I still have all of that hole in there from the product. Okay, now I want to add some volume in the crown. So I'm going to go up here and just add some backcombing right here at the top. And I'm going to get that locked in place with the Kenra Volume Spray 25. And I'm just going to do this all throughout the crown. So I'm just packing that in at the roots. I'm doing it pretty condensed in there. Okay, and then I'll continue my way around to the sides. Okay, once I have that backcombing in there, I can go ahead and start to get this pinned. So I'm going to spray a little bit of the Kenra Perfect Medium Spray 13 just to give this a little bit more separation and definition. Okay, and then right here in the center back, I'm just going to very loosely skim the top layer and get this gathered in the center back. So I'm not including much of the sides yet. I'm mostly just doing the crown. And I'm going to get this brought together and loosely twisted in the center back. Okay, so before I get this pinned, I'm just going to loosely deconstruct a little bit. Okay, and then I'll go ahead and get that pinned here in the center back. So I'm just keeping my bobby pins closed and I'm just kind of like leaving them in there and then pushing them up. Okay, and then I'm just going to softly add in the sides. So I'm leaving a little bit out around her face. Okay, so I'm just adding in this side. So I'm just sort of wrapping it across in the back and then tucking that underneath there and then getting that pinned. Okay, and then we'll repeat the same thing on this other side. Okay, and then I'm just going to wrap this across the back and we're just going to tuck it underneath and get this pinned under the section from the other side. Okay, so now I'm going to turn her around towards the front and detail around her face a little bit. All right, so you can either step around and look at it from the front or you can use a mirror just to sort of detail, figure out how much hair you want to leave out around the face. This is purely visual. There's no right or wrong way to do this. You can definitely get more pinned up and have just a few around the face or you can leave more down. It's just whatever you feel is the most flattering. Okay, so I'll just bring this around to the back and same thing, I'm just going to tuck it underneath here. So I'm making sure the same amount of hair is pulled back on both sides, left out around her face and then everything is just nice and even. All right, and then I'm just going to detail around her face a little bit more. Make sure these are all looking how I want them to. All right, and then to finish here in the back, I want to add a little bit more bulk. So I'm going to go in with the Kenra Spray Clay 15 and I'm kind of spraying this underneath and down through the ends as well. Okay, and that is how you create a simple half-up style. Okay, if you guys have any questions or requests for styles that you'd like to see, please leave a comment below and if you'd like to see more looks from me, you can click on this video right here. Thank you so much for watching.