{holiday hair how-to: the side chignon}
Thursday 4th November, 2010
by Roséline
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I love this hairstyle…I’d love to do this for my wedding day. Tried practicing but it’s so difficult to do with long hair :/
Love this one ,Georgeous :)
Love this hair style.
As with a few of the other girls, I wish there were a few more how-to pictures between steps 4 & 5 to show how to pin the twist (my bobby pins seem to want to pop out) and form/pin the curls.
Will give it a try and hope for the best!
It seems in a lot of the tutorials the major how-to step of the style is missing (like the above between steps 4 & 5) for us who don’t have hair style schooling. Perhaps a few more pictures and steps could be added in future posts.
Love all the ideas.
quinn — create individual curls with your fingers, and then pin x
How do you go from step 4 to step 5.. Just ‘pin them back over’ doesn’t help me.. It looks terrible when I do it..
Think that this is so classy!
What a lovely tutorial! Thanks for sharing :)
xo Jac
anonymous — you create curls with your fingers, and then pin each :)
how do u pin it once u gather it to the ear? do you twist it in a bun and then pin?
I’m obsessed. Anyone who comes within five feet of me had been getting a side chignon. And I’ve been wearing this several days a week to work. Everyone has been raving about it! Thank you!!!!
so glad to see this. I am actually going to a wedding this weekend and just love this idea. Hope I can make it work. =)
mystery robbin — you could add the elastic if you like or if it makes it easier, but here, it just calls for gathering the hair up like you would for a low ponytail, and then pinning it as you move along to one side — hope that helps!
Lovely!! thanks! This will be great for my Vegas vacation this week!
I’m feeling kind of silly for not understanding, but could someone tell me if there is an elastic in the low ponytail? Or do you just gather the hair into a ponytail and then pin it in place, forgoing the elastic?
Thank you!
Love this, its beautiful! I want to try it today! :)
Wow, this is utterly beautiful, I think I’m going to have to have my hair like this for prom!
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I featured this on my blog!
http://themidkid.blogspot.com/2011/02/stuff-i-like-sunday_27.html
xoxo Cara Mason
I love this…casual AND elegant at the same time….I’m trying it!
Thanks for the “how-to”.
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What curling iron is that? I´d really like to find out
what a beautiful look!
thanks for the how-to.
:)
i wander, i wonder
So so pretty. I’m going to a wedding on Friday. I think I might try this, too!
Thanks so much! Cannot wait to try it out. I love the practical application – but I fear I won’t look quite so polished. Eeek.
Have a gorgeous week dear.
Leigha
gorgeous! I am definitely going to try to do it this holiday season :)
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Yes, I remember this from Martha Stewart Weddings. The WHOLE spread was gorgeous!
I so want to try this! I love that she is also a fair redhead with blue eyes — I can actually picture this working on me, except that I have bangs — Cecile Cassel style — but easily pulled back when needed. I will definitely link an image if I can do this :)
This is kind of a fun post for me, because it’s from a lane I’m not really in, haha. It’s fun to watch you young people (yes, I said it, and I know that officially makes me old) have fun with hairdos and accessories :)
The model, btw, is gorgeous. Is it you?
wow thanks for sharing this!
Such a helpful, straighforward guide. Thank you for sharing.
really pretty! I’m not a “hair” girl- I either have it down and messy or up in a pony tail so I really appreciate step-by-step instructions!
xo
ADORABLE!!!
very feminine, chic and french!
will try it soon…
xoxo
loved the hairdo!
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The chignon never goes out of style. Always elegant.
amazing
Wow..I saw this same hairstyle on the host of Biggest Loser – a couple episodes ago..I couldn’t stop staring at her hair. Figured it was too complicated to try….And now I see your tutorial. LOVE it. Must try it!
O love this style, but I am drooling over the color, as well! If this doesn’t tempt you to go red, what would?
This is such a nice style. And I love the red hair .. I have an obsession with the red heads right now … Thanks for the tutorial. I might give it a try this weekend.
xo,
Rali
This is gorgeous!!! Thank you! I also love how you added in your previous how-to’s.
xx
November Grey
Thanks! I may give this a try! It’s much more chic and unique than the typical bun. I love the asymetrical look!
looks fabulous for a fun night out on the town!!
Miss R, great post, Im going to try it!!:-)
hugs FXOXO
Your post is making it on my blog for my …this & that…Thursday. Thank you for posting this today. This is a “must-do” hairstyle for my upcoming vacation…
Thanks again!
ooh i love this! but then again that model has the most beautiful hair!
my favorite up-do. It’s casual chic. Thanks for sharing :)
kelsey – oh! how lovely!
kiralynn – lipstick is clinique long last lipstick in red, red, red
xo
I just stumbled upon this post. I’m bookmarking it just hoping I get invited to a party soon to try it out. Also, I need her shade of lipstick!
What a beautiful how-to! Thanks for sharing. I might try this for a family holiday party this fall!
-Samantha
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This is beautiful! I’ve always wondered how to achieve it; I’ll certainly be giving it a try.
Oh if only I could make my hair look so chic and elegant… worth a try, but I can totally see mine ending up in a big hot mess.
This was the article I used for my wedding hair. Love it.
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so cute…..
xxx
CEO
How adorable. And simple. Thanks… running to mirror to see if “they” are long enough now…
kind regards, Martina
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Gorgeous! Love this!
xx Vivian @ http://diamondsandtulle.blogspot.com
I will never cut my hair shorter than my shoulders. What an easy chignon.
I wanna try this chignon! Now my hair are a little bit longer: maybe I could do that. ;-)
So elegant!
XOXO
Olimpia
i LOVE wearing side ponies/buns…i’m definitely going to be trying out this style :)
I love this! So pretty and classy.
so pretty! i’ll see if i can do it with my own hair. hah!
love this! i was thinking about how to wear my hair for our holiday party. i guess i should find a dress first!
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