The Best Ways to Style Short Hair
We’re told that we’re well into PSL season (some people call it fall), but there are days when the heat is still so thick you can practically feel it in the air. When our coffee says one thing but the temps outside say another, it can be almost unbearable to wear your hair down. Long-haired girls can easily throw their manes up into buns, ponytails, and topknots to help beat the heat, but it’s not so simple when you rock a different kind of ‘do. Still, it’s not a lost cause. There are plenty of ways of stylish ways to sweep your strands up, no matter how short they are. Intrigued? Read on for 11 different ways you can keep your hair off your face and neck until sweater weather actually arrives.
1/13Click through for our 11 favorite ‘dos that let you style your short hair — without going to great lengths.
Getty Images2/13Kendall Jenner
You may not be able to pull all your hair up into a topknot, but no matter: There’s perhaps no better summer ‘do than the half topknot, and Kendall Jenner proved it definitely looks best when done with short hair.
3/13@ZoeNewlove
If you want to keep your front locks from constantly getting in your face, but don’t want to fully give up your wispy, down ‘do, just go the route of blogger Zoe Newlove, and loosely braid some of the front pieces back.
WireImage4/13Emma Watson
With enough hairspray, anything is possible — including keeping your hair from falling in your face, while still staying solidly upright and voluminous, a la Emma Watson’s Met Ball look.
Getty Images5/13Demi Lovato
Or, you could go even simpler, and just slick it all straight back (still, with plenty of hairspray), like Demi Lovato’s Met Ball ‘do.
6/13Micah Gianneli
There’s beauty in simplicity, like flattening your super short locks down to the sides in a style so slick and straight (with plenty of product, to boot), like blogger Micah Gianneli, that you can be certain it won’t be frizzing or flying in your face.
FilmMagic7/13Taylor Swift
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8/13Jennifer Lawrence
Bobby pins can be a short-haired girl’s best friend: When your locks aren’t long enough to pull together in any sort of pony or bun, just pin one or many pieces back, twisting and angling as you please — like Jennifer Lawrence — for a funky and functional summer style.
WireImage9/13Jennifer Lawrence (again!)
Or, if your hair is just long enough to mostly pull back, you can go a different Jennifer Lawrence route (What can we say? The girl knows how to wear short hair): Gather what you can into a messy, tiny ponytail, but leaving a few strands out in front — because they don’t fit into the ponytail, but also because it gives you the illusion of having a down ‘do from the front. Convenient.
11/13@AlwaysNiceHair
Your hair doesn’t need to be long and flowing to rock braided pigtails — especially if you adopt this idea from Aida of @AlwaysNiceHair] and go part braided pigtails, part double half-topknots.
12/13@JasmineLamb_
If all else fails, follow Jasmine Lamb’s lead, grab a cute headband, and call it a day.
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