4 ways to style short hair (as told by mediocre drawings):

(please forgive me mediocre drawings)
this is me and my hair in small sharpie drawing form.

at the beginning of the summer, i got fringe and was determined to grow my hair out and become jane birkin. or at least pretend to be jane birkin. two months later, i now have a chin-length bob due to my inability to tolerate my hair once it gets past my collarbones. to be honest, my hair looks like boiled spaghetti once it gets to that length. i did what i thought was the logical thing to do when you get angry with your hair (or if you've gone through some traumatic breakup, which i have not)- cut it all off.

you might have done the same thing due to boys or annoyance. at first, it's new and exciting, but then you find yourself staring in the mirror thinking, "what have i done? i can't do anything with this".
i wouldn't say i'm some hair expert, but i've cut my hair off out of annoyance enough times to know you can still do things with your lack of hair.

tools of the trade:

1.) sea salt spray (i like bumble & bumble surf spray)

2.) redken quick tease hairspray

3.) 1 1/2 inch curling iron

4.) bobby pins, ribbon, elastic hairbands and a plastic clip

needed:
1 1/2 inch curling iron (or tongs if you're british and george
northwood, who through youtube taught me how to properly curl short hair), redken quick tease hairspray, and a hair
 clip if you want to pull the waves back.

steps: 
1.) curl one inch sections of your hair leaving the roots and the ends out,
curling the middle part of the hair section. hold the hair in the iron
for 7 or 8 seconds.

2.) after curling a piece of hair, pull while its still hot. the curl sets where it cools.

3.) repeat these steps for all of your hairs.

4.) brush out the curls and lightly spray with the redken quick tease.

5.) if you have bangs like me, part them in the centre and lightly spray with hairspray to
hold them in place.

needed:
clear plastic hair ties, bobby pins and sea salt spray if
you want to add some texture to your hair.

steps: *i do this when my hair is damp because it's really thin*
1.) spray hair with sea salt spray.

2.) brush one side of your hair half up (make sure to leave out your bangs
if you have them) and twist it. hold in place
with a hair tie, bobby pin or both.

3.) repeat step two on the other side of your head.

(my worst drawing)
needed:
hair ties, bobby pins and redone quick tease.
with short hair, this works better if your hair is damp.
steps:1.) part your hair in the middle straight down the back of your head.
tie off one side with a hairband.

2.) french braid both sides of your hair and ties the braids off
with a clear, plastic hair tie. i try to start the braids as high on my head
as i can get them and braid them into tight, small braids.

3.) pin the ends of the braids at the nape of your neck and spray your hair
with the quick tease hair spray.

little bun needed:
hair tie 

little bun steps:1.) brush hair back into a half-up ponytail.

2.) twist hair into small bun and hold in place with a hair tie.

half-up ponytail needed:hair tie and a comb, quick tease, ribbon or clip if you want to dress it up.

half-up ponytail steps:simple half-pony: brush hair into half-up ponytail and hold in place with
hair tie.

if you want to feel like brigitte bardot...
1.) brush hair back into half-up pony tail.

2.) back comb the underneath of the hair you pulled back and spay quick tease on the
underside of the hair.

3.) comb the hair smooth on the top and hold the ponytail in place with a hairband.

4.) add a bow or a flat clip in the back.





-gracie