Choosing Your Prom Hairstyle

Prom!  You’ve dreamed of this night for months; you have the perfect dress, shoes, and date, now all you need is the perfect hairstyle. Choosing just the right hairstyle for prom enhances your look, creates drama, and boosts your confidence on the most glamorous night of your life.

Choosing a hairstyle for your dress

Prom dresses vary in style from traditional, formal, and glamorous, to trendy, short, sleek, and sexy.  Your hair style should complement, or set off, your prom look.

Glamorous and formal dresses lend themselves to traditional hairstyles.  A French twist, or cascading curls will set off a low-cut or strapless dress to perfection.  Short hair can be slicked back using light gel while flipping up end pieces can add elegance to your hair.

Sexy, flirty, and fun hairstyles are perfect for short, trendy dresses.  Consider a ponytail or adding bows, clips, or headbands to your hair.  Leaving long hair straight or in loose curls creates an easy, stylish look; while, spikes, twist, clips, or texture, will provide short hair a chic and dramatic flair.

Choosing a hairstyle for your hair

Prom night is not the night for bad hair. Choosing your prom hairstyle will depend, in part, on hair length and texture. Shortly before prom is not the time to sport a new do.  A good trim and deep conditioner a week before is all you need.

While not recommended, if you must have a new style for prom, make the change several weeks before; you need time to adjust and look for a style suitable to your new look. Shy away from colouring and dying before prom; the wrong colour or dye can take weeks to remove and leave hair badly damaged.

It doesn’t matter if your hair is long, medium, or short; your prom hair style options are limitless.  When choosing your hairstyle, select a style suitable to your hair.  If your hair does not hold curls, a curly up-do may not work for you; consider a dramatic twist or simple chignon at the base of the neck.

Magazines or websites have an abundance of ideas for sensational prom hairstyles.

Choosing your stylist

When choosing your prom hair style, you need to consider who will be styling your hair.  A local salon will charge anywhere between $50.00-80.00 and appointments need to be made weeks in advance.  Also, your appointment may be early in the morning as your stylist will have other appointments that day.

Another option? Do it yourself or with the assistance of a friend.  Doing your own hair will save you money, but can add stress to an already hectic day.  Practicing your style will not only relieve last minute stress, it will ensure that you have all the necessary supplies.

When choosing your prom hair style, remember, the goal of the evening is having fun and creating memories with friends.  Choose a style that makes you feel glamorous, yet simple enough to leave you worry-free while you dance the night away.