Party Pretty Top 5: Tis the Season for Holiday Hair Inspo

Brendan Buoni prepped her hair with Osis Undercoat, and smoothed it down with a blowout. He used a crimping iron to give texture, grip, and added volume at her base. Sectioning a circle at the crown and securing into a high pony, he then sectioned out a few pieces around her hairline in the front and back for softness. He took a section from eyebrow to eyebrow, teased lightly, over directing back for volume and directional control. I secured the section with a hairpin and began to create ridges in the hair, solidifying with Keune Super Hairspray. He took the remaining hair in the ponytail and began wrapping, twisting, and creating ridges to make a textured high bun. The pieces left out were curled and gently brushed out for loose texture

Cate Torrealba began with a simple beach wave to give the hair a bit of texture and movement. She parted off from the ears forward and split the back in half and clipped the top section out of the way, then created rope braids on the bottom section, pulled them apart to expand the braid and bobby pinned them together. Taking the top section down in the back, she created two twists towards the center of the style, expanded them for volume and pinned them in place. She then twisted my side sections and weaved them into the style, securing each twist with a bobby pin. Using some jewels from a local craft store, she secured sparkles with a high hold gel.

Kayla Nelson wanted a look that screamed, New Year’s Eve Gala, and still true to her boho style. She created two small rope braids. She wrapped them both in thin, silver cording. Next, she braided a 3 strand Dutch crown braid, weaving the smaller rope braids in and out of the larger braid. She continued wrapping the braided ends and pinned them into place. She placed hair accessories in and around the interior of her braid to give her braided holiday crown an even more majestic feel. To she mixed a silver glitter powder with Aveda’s liquid gel Confixer, until I had a paintable consistency and accented the movement of the braid with a small paintbrush.

Sara Lopez used hair extensions for that fullness and length. She curled hair with a wand to create that loose, lived-in curls and used a ton of texture spray. She created 2 twists on the top and fluffed it out and then 2 Fishtail braids and a very loose pull through braid on the bottom with that petal chain organically intertwined.

Sara Ortega started creating volume on the top section of the head using KENRA volume 25 at the roots and backcombing for grip on the bobby pins to hold when creating and pinning. She grabbed a section of hair in the middle, tied with an elastic and created a braid. She used working wax while braiding to tame flyaways. Wrap braid from the botton to the base to create a flower like form and pin at the base. For the stem, create topsy tails and pull to create fullness.