Sunday, 16 August 2009

• The Hippie Headwrap/Elven Crown

  I was recently looking for solutions to my poofy hair problem. I have naturally course hair, and am not one to afford keeping up with hair appointments every six weeks to relax my roots. Sometimes somewhere around my seventh week without a relxer, I'm ready to shoot myself in the head over my 'nappy roots'. They make my hair look too big and unrooly at the top, and make my bangs and the shorter strands around the hears stand out at odd angles. Whether you have a rough hair problem like me, or have friendly hair that could go for a new, edgy look, this trend will look hot on you. It's also a simple solution to 'recycled' or slept-on hair, hair with a hairtie dent or hair that is trained to puff upward at the back of the neck from wearing a ponytail too often.

  

  ^^ These headwraps are stylish elastic bands similar to an over-grown ponytail tie. These can be found at Forever21 for $1.50 each and come in many colors. At walmart, you can get packs of more than 5 for even cheaper.

  

  

  ^^Here are how a simple black walmart-style band looks with, or without, cropped bangs.

  

  ^^If your bangs are too long or too short to look good with the headband, pin them aside.

  

  ^^ Makes for a really cute, flirty and fun side ponytail. Tie your hair on the opposite side of which you sweep your bangs.

  

  ^^Here are the braided, patterned style headwraps. The first picture is how it looks with long bangs pulled forward onto the forehead and then swept aside. The second photo shows how long bangs look without brushing over the forehead.

  

  ^^For a retro 70s look, don't worry about the side-swept style at all. Just part down the middle.

  

  ^Here are two different ways to rock a gold metalic headwrap.

  

  ^Make a bolder, more playful statement with a chicker headwrap.

  

  ^^Here are two looks using more decorative thick headwraps. The first uses the 70s center-part, and the second incoorperates 80s 'poofed' (teased and pinned back) bangs.

  

  ^^Oddly enough, this look can even be pulled off with an excersise sweat band!

  

  ^^ Hey, I don't like her, and only God knows how much she must have paid for it, but if you can find a headwrap this glam for a price I would condone, more power to ya!

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