Simple Ideas on How to Style Short Hair

Learn how to style short hair right out of your home for a fraction of the cost, as we provide easy tips and pictures for styling and blow drying the length of short hair.

Women in need of styling the length of shorter hair will tend to have it easy when it comes to the convenience of maintaining the look of short styles.

Familiarize yourself with the commonly used styling products and hairstyling tools that a salon pro would use to produce different effects.

Below will show you some of the traditional and ordinary ways on how to style short hair.

Blow-Dry for a Shiny, sleek Smooth Finish

Prep: Begin with clean previously washed and conditioned damp hair. Avoid hair being excessively wet by towel drying it. This leaves it 90% dry and the rest just slightly damp.

Styling Steps.....

Step #1 Apply a dime size drop of light weighted styling gel, and distribute evenly.

Step #2 blow dry the hair and finger comb with your fingers leaving the rest still five percent damp.

Finish: Brush hair from the scalp down in coordination with the blow-dryer. Apply finishing spray such as spritz for a stiff hold, and a mist of sheen for added luster.

Stylist Tip: This particular hairstyle has a natural shine affect that reflects off of natural and artificial light; therefore very little shine spray is neededApply a blow-drying heat protecting spray to prevent damage when learning how to style short hair.

Smooth short and flipped ends

Prep: Begin with 80 percent of towel dried and damp previously cleansed hair. Apply a light weight amount of styling gel, and distribute evenly using your hands and a wide tooth comb.

Style: proceed with styling and blow drying your hair by using your fingers to lift the roots. Next, take a large round paddled brush, wrapping chunks of hair at the ends and blow dry coordinating it an outwards position. This will produce care free and loose flowing flips at the ends.

Finish: Apply a light weighted sheen spray for added shine to finishing the style.

Stylist Tip: When learning how to style your hair short for this particular look, you do have the option of bangs or no bangs, as well as a center part or side part. Choose wisely as the decision should rely exclusively on the shape of your face.

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Chic, short and Mature

This hair style below will show you how to style short hair into a chic, short sexy and mature look.

Prep: Begin with clean damp towel dried hair leaving it drier rather than wet. Detangle the hair using your wide tooth comb.

Style: Begin the detailing of style by applying spritz throughout the hair to prevent unwanted flyaways, when learning how to style short hair for this mature look. Proceed by creating smoothness and soft voluminous hair by blow drying it with a small circular barreled brush. Direct it in an inwards position for a lifting effect.

Finish: brush hair backwards away from the face and form a wedge at the nape of your neck. End the style by lightly misting with spritz, and sheen spray.

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Blow-Dry for a Short Choppy relaxed Finish

This hairstyle explains how to style short hair for a soft, short relaxed and even choppy look.

Prep: Begin with freshly cleansed hair and towel dry leaving it damp.

Styling Steps.........

Step #1 Use your wide tooth comb to detangle any kinks, starting from the ends of the hair, and working your way up.

Step #2 Apply a dime size drop of molding spray, and distribute evenly throughout the hair, massaging it from roots to ends. This will maximize the texture of your hair giving it lots of volume.

Step #3 Blow dry the hair aiming it specifically at the roots to give it a lifting effect, and additional body.

Finish: Shake your head while running your fingers through it to loosen it up. Apply styling wax to improve the quality of it. Follow by misting with shine spray to finish.Stylist Tip: When learning how to style short hair, for this particular look, try to use molding products such as paste warmed into the hands, as they tend to be stiffer and distribute more evenly when applied.