Style Bangs
Whether you've recently cut your bangs for the first time or you're growing out an old style, there are plenty of attractive ways to style your bangs. Try these methods for both side-swept and blunt bangs, and have onlookers asking for your help on their hair as they view yours with envy.
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Styling Side-swept Bangs
- Do a classic Blowout Hair. The most basic way to style your bangs it to let them loose, and simply making sure they’re in order and presentable. After washing your hair, use a round brush and a blow-dryer to dry your bangs to perfection. Roll the brush under the bangs and pull them away from your face (on the heavy side of your part) to ensure that they are dried in the right direction.
- If necessary, use a flat iron or straight iron to get your bangs just right.
- Try an easy twist-and-pin. For those days when you’re running late and don’t have time to wash or style your bangs, a twist-and-pin is the perfect go-to style. Gather your bangs in one hand, and twist them away from your face along your hairline. Pin them on top of your hair using bobby pins. To keep fine fly-aways at bay, use a misting of hairspray over your twisted bangs. You’re done!
- For an up-do, you can continue twisting hair beyond your bangs before pulling it all up into an elastic or pinning it at the back of your head.
- Do a straight pin-back. Like the older, more sophisticated version of the twist-and-pin, a straight pin-back may be the easiest of the bang styles. Style your entire head of hair as you normally would, and then brush your bangs straight to the side or top of your head. Use bobby pins to secure them at their ends, and tuck the pieces that stick out under the rest of your hair.
- Go with a pompadour. A classic look that can add interest to any style, the pompadour is accomplished by teasing and pinning your bangs. Separate your bangs out and pull them straight forward. Use a brush to back-comb the bangs to create a poufy-base. Pull your bangs back over the teased section, and brush it out a bit to deflate the poof. Twist the ends a single time, and then pin the bangs down with bobby pins on the top of your head.
- You can choose to style the pompadour slightly off to the side if you want, but this may require longer bangs and thicker hair.
- You can leave your hair down, or pull it up with this style depending on the look you’re going for.
- Braid your bangs. Although this style requires a little more time, it offers up beautiful results. Separate your bangs out from the front section of your hair, and pull the rest of your hair up with an elastic band. Begin french-braiding your hair from the roots of your bangs, and continue braiding until you run out of hair. You can either use a small clear elastic band to secure the style, or you can let the rest of your hair down and pin it in place with the use of bobby pins.
- Try an ultra-high updo. If you’re not afraid of heights, try flipping your head over and pulling all of your hair (including your bangs) into a ponytail on the top of your head. As is currently popular, you can wrap the ponytail up into a topknot or tease it a bit to add volume and a playful edge. If you place the ponytail high enough on your head, you should be able to pull your bangs straight back with no loose pieces or bobby pins required.
- Hide your bangs with the rest of your hair. If you’re just tired of having bangs and are in the process of growing them out, give the illusion of bang-less hair by covering them up. Part your hair deep to one side just above your ear, and brush it over the top of your bangs. You can pin your hair back if too much of it is hanging in your face, but leaving it down should allow you to maintain the illusion as well.
- This still may only work for very long hair, as shorter hair doesn’t have the necessary weight to hold down the bangs and cover them up.
Styling Blunt Bangs
- Keep it classy with a Blowout Hair. As with side-swept bangs, the simplest way to style blunt bangs is to use a blow dryer and get them styled as naturally as possible. Use a round brush rolled underneath your bangs and your blow dryer set to a low setting to get your bangs styled without unwanted curls or waves. Use a light misting of hairspray to set your bangs after blow-drying them.
- Add a braided headband. Blunt bangs have the advantage of an obvious part at their roots, giving the perfect placement for a braided headband. Section out a thin section of hair running from ear to ear along the part of your bangs, and pull the rest of your hair up in a ponytail. French braid this section of hair all the way across, essentially hiding the roots of the bangs. Use an elastic band or a few bobby pins to pin the ends in place behind the opposite ear.
- Make a mini side-pompadour. Although your bangs don’t have the length required for a full-on pouf, you can tease them slightly and pull them to the side for a sweet look. Use a fine tooth comb to rat out the roots of your bangs, and twist them to the side of your face. Pin them in place with two bobby pins in the shape of an ‘X’.
- Brush your bangs straight back under a headband. This look is best accompanied with an updo, or with the top half of your hair pinned back. Use a brush or comb to tease the roots of the entire front section of your hair, including your bangs and the pieces further down that frame your face. Push the front section of your hair back, creating a big pouf all the way around your face. Slide on a headband about {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} into the poof, so that the hair nearest your hairline lays flat while the hair beyond the headband is bumped up.
- Use hairspray or pomade to blend your bangs into the rest of your hair, and keep them from sticking straight up past your headband.
- Add a knit hat or beanie. Once again, blunt bangs are the perfect haircut for wearing with a beanie because they allow a bit of hair to appear, while the rest of your head is wrapped up and warm for the winter. Style your bangs out in the front as you normally would (the blow-out style is nice for this), and then slip on a beanie or knit hat of choice. Place the hat so that the front edge just barely covers the roots of your bangs.
- If your hair is very slippery or the hat is a bit loose, use a few bobby pins to pin it in place.
Things You'll Need
- Comb
- Hairbrush
- Bobby pins
- Hair elastics
- Hair clips
- Styling products, including hair gel, hairspray, and mousse
Tips
- The length of your bangs greatly determines the success of each of these styles. When in doubt, add extra hairspray and bobby pins to keep your hair in place.
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Sources and Citations
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