Look Feminine With Short Hair
Many people tend to view short hair as guyish or tomboyish. Obviously, this isn't always true. In this article article, you will learn how to make short hair more girly and feminine.
Contents
Steps
Using Accessories
- Use hair accessories like headbands, bows, barrettes, bandannas, head scarves, and flower crowns. It's not necessary to wear stereotypically "girly" things with glitter or pink unless you like them, but softening your haircut is the key.
- Wear hats. Pageboy caps, pink baseball caps, berets, beanies, and anything else you can think of are al good looks.
- Try new ways of wearing headbands. Headbands look good on any hairstyle and the prints and styles can vary widely.
- Alternatively, try a bandana or a headscarf.
- Accessorize with jewelry, particularly necklaces and earrings. Earrings can help frame your face, making it look more delicate, and necklaces are very close to your face as well.
- Try makeup. It doesn't matter whether you wear a pretty natural look or rock a bold smoky eye, though you should try to avoid a harsh or too intense look. If one of your features is played up by your makeup, tone the rest of it down to prevent that.
- Light or natural makeup is probably your best bet if you want to look girly. Try natural eye shadows, lip gloss instead of a matte lipstick, and a soft eyeliner. Or, skip eyeliner completely. Blush is important, as this gives you a pretty, softer, more natural look.
- If you find pencil, gel, or liquid eyeliner too harsh, try using an eyeliner brush to apply powdered eye shadow or eyeliner to your upper lashline.
- Light or natural makeup is probably your best bet if you want to look girly. Try natural eye shadows, lip gloss instead of a matte lipstick, and a soft eyeliner. Or, skip eyeliner completely. Blush is important, as this gives you a pretty, softer, more natural look.
- Wear fitted--not baggy--clothes. Skirts and dresses aren't necessary, but they are a fun choice. High-waisted skirts that end a little above the knee can be casual enough to wear on a daily basis.
Getting the Right Cut and Styling
- Choose a hairstyle keeping your face shape, personal preferences, and hair texture in mind. For example, if you have naturally curly hair that you've always straightened, you may find it difficult to style it if your cut is drastic.
- Decide whether a trendy look is for you. Lobs, bobs, and pixie cuts, for example, have grown more trendy, and you need to take into account the fact that your hairstyle may take longer to grow out than it stays "in."
- Dye it a different color or get highlights. Pastels will soften your haircut, but even a bright purple or red will make you look more feminine. Highlights will definitely help with softening, but they won't work on pixie cut-length hair. Try ombre if you don't want to dye it all the way, and if hair is long enough.
- Get layers. These will help a lot with achieving a feminine look.
- Style in a high ponytail if possible, and put barrettes on the sides.
Tips
- Wear cute clothes for a girlish look.
- Look at famous women with short hair such as Audrey Hepburn, Mia Farrow and even Rihanna! Get ideas from them.
- Accessorize a lot!
- If you're worried about looking too much like a boy, make sure you stay on top of shaping and waxing your eyebrows and applying nice makeup.
- However, if you want to look boyish, keep your hair neat and trimmed. There is nothing wrong with that.
- Girly clothes and spiky hair look cute together.
Warnings
- Accessories will either make or break a hairdo/outfit, so choose carefully.
Things You'll Need
- Short haircut
- Headbands
- Ribbons
- Hats
