Cocktail hairstyles: ideas and tips for their design

Cocktail hairstyle is a cross between evening and daytime styling. It should not look too solemn and pompous, because the event has a different status, and at the same time for a cocktail party it is not enough just to dissolve the hair or do something deliberately careless.

Cocktail hairstyle uncharacteristic excessive severity, but almost always a touch of romance is appropriate in it. Such hairstyles are good at modern weddings, where ladies do not have to be in dresses to the floor.

The uniqueness of these hairstyles is that fashion does not have power over them: no matter how its accents change, no matter what they sing, a cocktail hairstyle firmly takes its place.

Cocktail hairstyles began their history in the early XX century, but the most widespread in the 90s, when business began to grow rapidly. During such business meetings and parties was to take a stand, using light alcoholic cocktails. At the same time, the hairstyle should be light, but beautiful, and this is how the cocktail styling arose.

Consider some of the most common requirements for cocktail hairstyle.

• Appearance hairstyles combines both rigor and lightness. There is no official, protocol, and at the same time, such packing can not be called everyday.
• She can allow mixing styles. Different textures can be used in a hairstyle, accessories and decorative elements are actively used here. The snail hairpin perfectly completes the gracefully collected hair, and it is she who draws the line between day and cocktail hairstyle (and this is just one example).
• The styling should be flawless throughout the entire celebration, while its difference from evening hairstyles is that it allows you to actively move and dance. Evening styling, despite the high-quality fixation, still does not imply excessive activity.

Although long curls leave more options, and owners of short haircuts are able to impress the guests of the celebration.

The retro theme never goes into the shadows, but today it, if I may say so, "sings with polyphony." It is very fashionable now to repeat the images of the golden age of cinema: blondes strive to recreate the unforgettable Brigget Bardot, thin and short girls with short haircuts are inspired by Twiggy, and lovers of maximum naturalness experiment in the style of Jane Birkin. And all this can be presented on such a “beauty field” as cocktail hairstyles.

Consider how you can make a cocktail styling in the style of the young Brigitte.

1. Wash your hair, be sure to use a mask to shine hair and increase volume.
2. Twist the curls on large curlers, no need to keep for a long time - the hair should not curl into curls, they should look naturally wavy, voluminous. Before curling, apply a foam or other styling on them, which fixes well and adds volume.
3. After the curlers are removed, a pile of wavy hair will appear on your head, as if by nature curly hair. But for a cocktail hairstyle you have to tame them a little. To do this, take a black satin ribbon (or rather the one that will match the color with your dress), collect a piece of hair at the crown and tie it tightly, make a bow. Hair that will be collected under the ribbon, you need to pre-comb for volume.
4. Strands framing the face, you can still tweak a little more with the ironing. If you decided not to use the curlers, then you can wind all the hair with an iron - this is fast, and the desired effect is obtained. But do not do creases on the hair, the iron curls the curl instantly, so do not overdo it.
5. To make hair look even brighter, use lotion with shining particles. With a good fixing hairstyle will last all day, you will feel like a movie star, while without any constraint and fear of spoiling the styling “hair to hair” (as is the case with evening hair).

The same Brigitte, if you look at her photo, at one time actively exploited the image of a smart-casual haircut. Voluminous, wavy, as if gathered in a bun for a second, or hair lifted upwards, were very much the actress. And if your outfit is in the aesthetics of the 60s, then such hairstyles are worth keeping in mind.

If styling is done on medium hair, then you need to resort to using accessories. First of all, considered large hairpins with rhinestones. If the hairstyle needs to be done quickly, you can use the iron. Clean hair should be twisted on strands on tweezers, trying to keep them upright.

This winding well creates volume, gives the desired structure to the hair. And now you need to understand in which place the accessory will look more elegant. One of the options - behind, exactly in the middle, closer to the neck. He will hold together several strands. But this option is not the most original, because you can think about others: side parting and fastening part of the strands with a hairpin on the side where the hair is smaller. And you can completely collect all the hair in a small tail, keeping their wavy structure.

If there is almost no time for a hairstyle, then studs will be useful. Hair will still have to be curled quickly (if it lends itself to a gel to create curls, use it). Twist need only those curls that will be in the face. Enough with curled tips. Hair is collected in the back of the head and fastened with hairpins: as a cocktail hairstyle, hairpins can be taken with shiny tips (with rhinestones or imitation pearls). When the bundle is obtained, a part of the curly hair must be let out of it in order for the bundle to be lush.

Face hair should be well fixed. As a styling, use foam or soft wax.

But the cocktail hairstyle for short hair is almost always volume + accessories. Look at the examples in the photo: such a laying does not take much time, but it looks all with the same simple chic.

Let us dwell on stellar examples of cocktail hairstyles for short hair.

• Halle Berry. It is hard to remember a star whose image is as inseparable from a short haircut as Halle Berry. On the red carpet, this actress managed to press long-haired, more young beauties thanks to her figure, her stature and always trendy styling. This is an example of how to combine short hair and femininity, as well as not to cease to be fashionable.

• Deborah Falabella. Brazilian actress, who made the series "Clone" famous, became an example for brunettes with short-haired hair. One good bezel, and a modest haircut becomes a chic find for a cocktail look.

• Natalie Portman. When she shaved her hair short, it turned out that this also came up to her.A bit of styling with the effect of wet hair, light waves in retro style, and here we have a face from which it is impossible to take your eyes off.

• Madonna. After the Rain video clip, hairdressing and beauty salons were attacked by women who wanted to cut their hair short and dye their hair blue-black. If you have expressive features, you can take a chance! Such an uncomplicated, but still stylish styling, which will look favorably in any season, will suit you if you have a reason to demonstrate a new haircut.

• Sheron stone. It seems that she only made two movements with a comb, but this arrangement requires labor (or more precisely, first works, and then skill). If you add elegant earrings, hair will be evening. But still in such a cocktail version, it is perfect.

Any hair can obey cocktail hairstyle.

Let designers create fashion, but creating your own style is a responsible business for everyone, and it's never too late to succeed in it!

Below we present the top 5 cocktail hairstyles that you can do yourself.