Updo's. They are tough, aren't they? So often I hear stories of updo disasters on bridesmaids, or even the bride, on the day of a wedding. And nothing makes you feel worse or sick to your stomach, than hating your hair during a fancy occasion.
So I want to help. If you can style your own hair for an event, it may bring you a sense of calm and control. And help you feel great about the way you look that night.
This style takes a bit of practice. Especially Step 2. But, if you need an alternative method for the Step 2, try pulling that hair into a Double Bun. Or a Knotty Updo. Or try the Wrapped Bun. Be creative. Try new things with it. You may find that you like your own version better than mine.
And if you are going to take the time to do your hair, you may also want to consider adding false lashes! It's a great way to boost your look without going too heavy with makeup. I'm wearing Winks No. 1, for length + definition.
Winks went on easily and didn't budge. They come in a great little compact with lash glue and a mirror so you can keep them in a safe place when you aren't wearing them.
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Love the lashes! My lashes are blond :( ...can you put the false lashes on with mascara? Never tried them before and would love to
ReplyDeleteI already had mascara on when I added these lashes, so yes! I'd go pretty light on the mascara though.
DeleteYou should totally do a tutorial about how to get those lashes on! :)
DeleteThat's very cute!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this hair tutorial! If I didn't work at home, I'd do this just to wear around town ;]
ReplyDeletePerfect. Love it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I like your videos and use them all the time! It's nice that I can do a pretty updo if I'm attending a wedding, too. :)
ReplyDeleteYou look great, I hope you made Justin take you on a date! I also love your tutorials and did a style last weekend for a bachelorette party! Love your blog, thanks!
ReplyDeleteLove the lashes! I get eyelash extensions which is super costly! I would love go use these instead! How often do you wear lashes? How long do these last? I'm so used to buying lashes that only last a few wears.
ReplyDeleteAnother awesome DIY tutorial, and for me, just in time for a wedding that I am attending this Saturday!!
ReplyDeleteHi Kate! I love your hair and your blog. I have very similar hair but I don't think mine holds a curl as well as yours (it could be my curling iron though - it's pretty old). I bought all of the SAME hair products you use and have been trying them for two months. I absolutely love the equage uplifting foam and I really miss it when it's not in my hair after a blow dry. I also love the Kenra line. I ventured out and bought the Kenra Thermal Styling Spray and love that too. My first impression of your hair was that it was too high maintenance for me, but what I realized was that I could go 3-4 days between washes. I refresh my hair style or put it up in a cute pony the last two days. I'm so glad I could give myself a professional look all on my own. Thanks for making this stuff so available to us.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you use to "stretch" your hair to several days? I'm using the Kenra hairspray and the Aquage foam. I can go 2 days but sometimes could really use that third day. ha ha. (And thank God for Kate and the cute pony tutorials!)
DeleteKate has a post/video about using dry shampoo. I've also seen youtube videos showing how to use your foundation powder along your part lines and forehead line. Both work really well. I then re-curl or re-flat iron and backcomb the same way. I normally like my bangs out of my face so I twist them back with pins - this seams to hide the oils if I am oily. Kate has lots of videos on those styles as well.
DeleteSuch a cute hairstyle! I love your dress too :-)
ReplyDeleteMaria
www.daintyanddecadent.com
Lovely, especially like the twisted sides!
ReplyDeleteOh my god. THAT is the style I want for my wedding! Nailed it! You seriously rock. What would all of us wayward hair-incompetent folk do without you?!?
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Emily
emilyannestyle.com
Hi Kate! I enjoy your blog everyday. I have the hairspray you love and I love it too. Have you ever used L'Oreal Elnett (I use the unscented) hairspray? I switch these up depending on the day....you are such a good reviewer that I wanted to see what you thought. :-) Keep those hairstyles coming. People ask me about my hair more since I have followed your tutorials!
ReplyDeletegirl you make it look so easy!!
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Do you happen to know if that Target necklace is still available? I've searched their website several times over and can't seem to find it. It's lovely and your entire look is so pretty and polished!
ReplyDeleteBad updos are the worst. (What a serious problem, I know). For my junior prom (about 11 years ago) I had a hair stylist attempt an updo. My hair was fairly short, but I was determined to have an updo. It looked terrible. This was at a time when most updos looked terrible (and cheesy), anyhow. Looking back I wish I would have just worn it down. Live and learn. (Your updo is pretty cute, though!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for another LOVELY updo idea, Kate! And, I must say, I LOVE the colors you've been rockin' in your outfits lately! Your grey favorites are lovely but the bright cheerful bursts of color look great on you too.
ReplyDeleteOMG when I first saw the pic, I thought it was going to be a pretty complicated process... but it wasn't. I love how you can make something look so detailed, with it being a few simple steps! Awesome! :) Great video, love your dress! and necklace! :)
ReplyDeleteCould u another straight tutorial? It looks as though ur hair is longer than the previous ones and I would love to see how ur styling it straight at this length! Thanks
ReplyDeleteHi Kate! I absolutely love your hair tutorials! Personally I have always been a lazy hair stylist but always interested in learning (I guess I'm not lazy, just not educated :D) But I was wondering what do you do after you take a shower.. like the products to put in your hair before you blow dry.. after you blow dry and etc... When I try to tease my hair it doesn't do as well as yours and I wonder if its because I don't have the right products in it. Could you please educate me on this? I would really appreciate it! I finally did my hair with curls last week and the curls stayed in all night (which is unusual) and I even had curls for the next morning!! It was all because of your blog! So thank you!!! Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day with making this tutorials! You should make a CD with all of these tutorials on it.. I would buy it :D
ReplyDeleteKate has a post about drying her hair that might help with how she applies the aquage. ;)
DeleteDo you know where it is? I've searched for that tutorial but can't seem to find it?
DeleteGo to this link. http://www.thesmallthingsblog.com/2011/09/how-to-style-your-bangs-and-apply-root.html This is wear she shows you how to apply her favorite volumizer, Aquage lifting foam which she uses for most all of the styles on her site I believe.
DeleteGorgeous hair, as usual! Will need to try this once my hair grows out a bit more... why did I cut it again?
ReplyDeleteSarah
smalltowncatwalk.blogspot.ca
This is so pretty and I hope I can pull it off! Thank you for thinking about the season we are entering and designing a hairstyle to work for that season.
ReplyDeleteYou are so amazing at what you do - your hairstyles are always favorites of mine!! And you may have heard this a thousand times before, but you look so much like Mary Elizabeth Ellis (and I think she's gorgeous!). Thanks for sharing your styles!
ReplyDeleteLove the twisted bun! Doing that today! Thanks for the inspiration and the step by step instructions!! AND...I honestly have never seen anyone with such a beautiful profile. You are so pretty and photogenic anyway, but the profile pictures of you are always the most stunning. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteOmg this is so cute! I absolutely hated my hair for my highschools Christmas dance! I really had a meltdown. Wish you wouldn't posted this back in December!!
ReplyDelete-Rachel { A Dash of Southern }
ruralrach.blogspot.com
This hairstyle is so great! I´m attending a wedding in late summer this year. Even if I don´t have a clue what to wear until now I´m sure I now know how to put my hair up. Thankfully I have enough time to practise. Thanks a million Kate :)
ReplyDeleteI always look forward to reading yours and Laurens blogs everyday. I love the hair tutorials and I love that you post where you get your cute clothes. I was just wondering where you got that cute print in your bathroom? You bathroom looks to be the same color as mine and I love the colors in it.
ReplyDeleteOmg this is so cute! I absolutely hated my hair for my highschools Christmas dance! I really had a meltdown. Wish you wouldn't posted this back in December!!
ReplyDelete-Rachel { A Dash of Southern }
ruralrach.blogspot.com
i'm going to wear this look at my daughters high school graduation this thursday!! thank you!!
ReplyDeleteI could hug you for this! My hair is in that weird after pregnancy phase, and I have my cousin's wedding to go to in 2 weeks. It's a garden wedding in south carolina, and I think this will be perfect!
ReplyDeleteI love it..how in the world can you make it look so easy with a beautiful finished product in under 10 minutes?! I have a dinner to go to tonight and I will try it but I don't think it will end up looking half as good as yours!
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU! Perfect updo for a wedding I'm going to this weekend... Already tried it twice and both times turned out great, the second the better but practice makes progress so I'm excited to show off my new hair do!
ReplyDeleteI wish I lived in NC so I could go to your salon!
Thank you for doing this,I'm going to be in a wedding this July.And I to save money by doing my own hair,but didn't know how to do it and with something that wold stay put and not fall out all day and at the dance,this looks very promising.I do have troubles doing my own hair(I can do others just fine) so I'll have to practice it.I might be doing my sisters (shes the bride)hair and she wants something just like this. DO you think that you could do another tutorial of a up-do? In case it doesn't work for my hair I'll have something to fall back on.Thanks again
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~Betsy
Adorable!! I have followed you for about a week and you have inspired me to try to be cuter :). You are amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteHow are you styling your bangs now that they are growing out some? I have longer bangs than you in your 'How I style my bangs' tutorial and it just doesn't work well for me. Just wondered if you were doing anything different.
ReplyDeleteKate!!!! THANK YOU for another great updo tutorial! I used the "messy bun" (only not so messy - wink) for my sister's wedding and it saved me $35 by doing it myself!!! I have another wedding to attend this Saturday so was hoping for something different (I've been wearing the messy bun quite often - both for dressy and casual events). This one is perfect! Love the twisted sides. I've been doing my hair that way with it down after seeing your tutorial on that. My husband loves my hair long -- he says he likes the "variety"! ;) Thanks for all your great ideas! You've saved my hair life!!!
ReplyDeleteLove it! I only wish you had long hair, My hair is so fine and thin, I can't get volume. YOu make it look so easy.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to practice this, we have a family wedding later this month, and this would be PERFECT!
ReplyDeleteCarly
www.lipglossandcrayons.com
Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteLove your tutorials, Kate. Here's a suggestion...you know those big mirrors they use at cooking shows that show what the chef is cooking on the counter? Any way you could have something like that behind you so we could see both front and back while you style? That would be so helpful!!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
I recently had a cute updo done professionally for a wedding. It turned out great but since I had a picture and a very detailed description it was pretty low risk. (I pulled up your blog on my phone)
ReplyDeleteTwo of the other bridesmaids did their own hair and all three of us used styles from your tutorials (the braided bun, half up braids and fancy side pony)
I have a quick question about this style... the hair in front of my ears is too thick to do the exact twist you described. How would you recommend I work around that?
Love this look!
ReplyDeleteCan you please show us your hair straightened at the length it is now
ReplyDeleteThank you thank you thank you this will work perfectly for a wedding I'm in:)
ReplyDeleteKate- I always love your tutorials! Can you tell me what texture your hair naturally has? I'm finding my styles always end up a little flatter than yours and require twice as many pins. :) I'm wondering if this is because of my texture (thick but very smooth and straight), or because I'm not using enough product when I initially blow dry/style my hair. You always look darling, and I'm dying to emulate!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this one!! Turned out so adorable!!
ReplyDeleteYou are just too cute! And have the best hair! I'm actually taking some photos of you to my hair stylist for her to cut my hair like yours.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Found via Pinterest! So glad I did. ;)
Thanks for all these great tutorials! I'm terrible at doing my hair. I have a question though, I have 2 young kiddos (aka, not much time to do my hair most of the time). I have naturally curly hair (medium sized curls) and normally I just use a diffuser to dry it a little bit and then let it air dry. To do most of these styles you show, would I have to straighten my hair and then add the bigger curls to it, or could I just work with my curly hair somehow and skip a few steps?
ReplyDeleteOh, this Hair style ;) Looks really chic
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I'm wearing this today at work and have had so many compliments on it! It was super easy, especially for this wash and go girl. I'm going to a wedding in August and plan to wear my hair like this to show off the back of my dress (and keep me from fiddling with it all day!). Thanks for all the great tutorials!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for all the tutorials. My hair is FLAT on the thinner side. I am going to order the Aquage and kenra hairspray. I have never been much of a product user,probably why I have flat hair, so I am going to give it a try thanks to you! Love your whole blog keep it up! God Bless!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJamie Drake
Lakeland, Florida
I did this undo today just to try it out for fun, and it turned out great! I substituted pinning up the random strands of hair for the double bun. LOVE IT! It's definitely my new favorite!
ReplyDeleteYou look gorgeous! The twist is amazing, can't wait to try it!
ReplyDeleteAdorable!
ReplyDeleteCan I ask a REALLY dumb question that I hope you can either answer here or address in a post or something: Can you explain a good way to apply hairspray? I know this sounds elementary but I'm inept apparently. I often will create a hair style I love but it needs to be hair sprayed to hold in place. I've yet to figure out how exactly to spray the life out of it so it will hold without making my hair then look crunchy and crusty. The hair spray I use Bed Head if that matters at all. Thank you in advance!!
ReplyDeleteDo you take your own photos or does your hubby help?
ReplyDeleteI've been following your blog for a few months now and I finally got the courage to attempt an updo. I usually wash my hair every other day so this is the perfect "day 2" do instead of a boring ponytail. I got so many compliments. Thanks so much!!!
ReplyDeleteI used to call my mom "pancake face" for wearing too much foundation/makeup. You remind me of that.
ReplyDeleteLOL !
DeleteHi Kate- I have been following your blog for the last few months and love it. I also have the problem of kind of blah lashes. I worked at a salon during college and stated using a product called Lilash that we sold which promotes lash growth. The stylists using it had amazing lashes that looked fake. Within 3 months of using the product, I grew AMAZING lashes and still get questions if I am wearing fakes all the time. I would highly recommend the product! I now work as a cosmetic chemist and have researched the safety (my only concern about the product) and found nothing hazardous about the product. Also, I asked my optometrist and dermatologist and got the approval! :) Maybe I'll see a review on here someday! Thanks for the awesome blog--I really enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this hairstyle! I tried for a casual night in the bar last weekend and it didn't look too overdone, but definitely can be dressed up with the right outfit. Thanks for all the tutorials! Still working on being able to tease my hair to get half the body you do.
ReplyDeleteI just got winks in my birch box! So excited to try them!!!
ReplyDeletehey i love this can do some touturials with longish hair????? if not that is ok
ReplyDeleteI tried out a modified version of this style today and loved it! My hair is long (about mid way down my back), so, on curled hair, I started out with the bump, did the twists and pinned them in place, then gathered the length of my hair into a ponytail beneath the twists and finished with a loosely twisted, messy bun bobby pinned in place. Not quite as lovely as your style, but I was so glad to figure out a way to modify this to work for my long hair (that would be secure enough to last me hours). Thank you for all the gorgeous ideas and tutorials!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kate! I follow your hair tutorials religiously and have tried many of them! I love how you explain everything so well! I love being able to do my hair myself rather than pay $65 to get my hair done. I am using this one for a wedding I m in this weekend! Will be mentioning your blog in my status:) You are the greatest!!
ReplyDeleteLove this! Will be great for my university graduation this month. Xxx
ReplyDeleteP.s Your blog has made it to Scotland!
I tried this look today, it was so easy and I loved the results. Thanks for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteI have naturally curly hair and I never know what to do with you. I'm trying to stop straightening my hair so I have to wear it naturally and you have saved my life! I love these hair styles and they work awesome with my hair. :)
ReplyDeleteDon't know if you already have one but will you please make a "my hair care routine". I really want to know hair you get your hair so shiny,non greasy,and well just flat out beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteI think I saw you the other night, I wasn't sure it was you or not so I didn't say anything.
ReplyDeleteFound you on pinterest a few months ago and was only looking at your tutorials, I just recently started reading your blog! You seem like a very beautiful person inside and out! I start cosmetology school in September and I'm so excited about it. I can't wait to see more of your posts, thanks for such helpful tips and tricks!
ReplyDeleteI did this hairstyle today and I love it! Super easy to do and super cute! It kept my hair off my face and neck in the this 100 degree weather! Thank you for all your cute hairstyles! Love trying to do them!!
ReplyDeleteHi Kate!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Angie and I absolutely LOVE this hairstyle (as well as all your others). I tried it but for some reason it doesn't seem to work very well.
My hair is a fair big longer (roughly 6 inches below my collarbone) and I think maybe heavier? I can't get the actual bun part well. It just doesn't seem to sit right, no matter where I put the bobby-pins in and it never looks as nice!
Please help
x
I love this tutorial! I can't wait to try it.
ReplyDeleteAmy
Fashion and Beauty Finds
So cute. Love this. Might be trying it this weekend... if I'm brave enough!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! I might practice it to see if I can pull it off in time for my cousin's wedding later this month. :)
ReplyDeletewore this for new year's 2012 and it only took me 15 mins. Thanks Kate! held all night and looked fab :)
ReplyDeleteI am going to be a bridesmaid this summer and I think this updo is super cute and perfect!! Just did my first practice try and it was pretty easy. I gave to practice twisting the sides but other than that it was not hard. Your video is so easy to follow and I love how it turned out. Thanks again for another great video!!
ReplyDeleteThis really does not work with long hair. It only works with your length because the curled ends barely fall out of the pins. On long hair half of the strand hangs down and looks silly.
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