Styling your red hair can be fun, but it can also be frustrating. If styling your hair doesn’t come naturally to you, or you struggle to follow tutorials, stop for a moment. Styling your red hair doesn’t have to be complicated, and that’s why we’re bringing you four easy hacks that work and will make your red hair look great:
1. Voluminous Ponytail
You know how you pull your hair up into a ponytail, and it looks ideally gathered up in your hand, but once you secure the hair tie…it’s flat? There’s a solution to that. Yes, you could add one of those ponytail extensions or a little plastic piece that adds volume, but it’s easier than that.
- Step 1: Gather your hair up in a ponytail like normal.
- Step 2: On your last loop around with the hair tie, split your ponytail in half and loop your hair tie only around the top half.
- Step 3: Adjust and tighten your ponytail until it looks how you want.
Putting the hair tie only around the top half helps lift the base of the ponytail instead of pushing it down. This creates more volume and keeps your ponytail looking full. There are dozens of ways to make a voluminous ponytail and here’s another one of our favorite tricks:
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2. Fake Braiding
You don’t know how to braid, or it may look messy. No fear; you can still get a braided look. Use mini rubber bands and create small ponytails, then split the ponytails and pull the hair through, creating a braided look. It might take some practice, but this style can be achieved in a single or double braid.
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3. 5-Minute Loose Waves
When you’re short on time or just short on energy, you need some simple 5-minute hairstyles up your sleeve. You can use a hot curling iron or an air styling tool like the Dyson Airwrap or Shark Flexstyle for this look.
- Step 1: Gather your hair up into a high ponytail. Don’t worry too much about how it looks; we will take it down. Get it as high as you can; the higher it is, the further up your hair the waves will show.
- Step 2: Split the ponytail into 2-4 sections depending on the thickness of your hair.
- Step 3: Curl each section using your curling iron or air styling tool.
- Step 4: Remove the ponytail, spray it with hairspray, and finger-comb out your waves!
- Step 5 (optional): Style your bangs separately, or add any extra curls in spots that need a touchup.
4. Extra Volume
If your hair feels flat, you can add some extra volume by strategically spraying your hairspray at the roots, on the bangs/face framing, and in any other areas that need a lift—wondering about placement? Watch this redhead add some significant volume to her look.
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This technique may cause frizz, so use the smallest amount of hair oil to smooth down any flyaways, or opt for dry shampoo instead.
Rock it like a Redhead!
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