Tips for Long Hairstyles : How to Do a French Braid: Long Hairstyles

Learn how to do a French braid with a long hairstyle with expert hair styling tips in this free beauty video clip. It is quick and easy to do that beautiful hairstyle. But in France, they call that sort of braid "african braid"!


Expert: Terri Lynne
Bio: Terri Lynne is a freelance hair and makeup artist for film and TV production. She received her hair and makeup training through the University of Winnipeg in Canada.

Fashion Hairstyle Fall-Winter 2010-2011. Photos.

Fashion-conscious women were twisting and plaiting their hair. Today a ponytail is the trendiest hairdo of this season.

The ponytail was consummated at Louis Vuitton fashion show. Stylist Michael Kors made the hairdo more volumetric and textural with backcombing. It is the best hairstyle for windy weather. Preen refused of common scrunchies fastening the ponytails with complicated knots. We see an example of minimalism at Stella McCartney's fashion show.

Long Layered Hairstyles that are Easy

Low Maintenance Long Layered Hairstyles

Everyone knows that a long hairstyle requires some extra maintenance, either extra styling time or more frequent haircuts to upkeep layering. Longer hair must be frequently conditioned to avoid dry or damaged ends and tangling.

This is a terrific low maintenance style which has been blended with a fabulous color. Christina's hair has had long layers cut through the back and shorter pieces through the sides and top. This is a great style for people who love body in their hair and is well suited for almost any face shape.

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Men Love Long Hairstyles

A popular beauty magazine once interviewed 100 men and asked them what hairstyle they liked the best on women. Per usual, the long hairstyle was a favorite pick by the majority of men. While many long hairstyle can be hard to maintain, there are many options today that will make having a long hairstyle much easier.

One of these options is layering. Adding layers throughout a long hairstyle will make it much easier to style and keep looking good. The layers help to take the bulk out of the hair and help it to lay just right.

Another great option is to add hair bangs. There are many different types of bangs - long, side swept, fringe, short, choppy, layered and the full bang. Also, if you don't feel quite adventurous to get bangs cut, try out some clip in hair bangs for an instant new look. Check out some of the latest layering of long hairstyles

Long Hairstyles

Long Hairstyles

If you want to have a trendy hairstyle, then you should have a long hairstyle. That is and pretty much has been the case forever. Not all women, though, look good with long hair. If you are extra short, for example, you wouldn't want to have really long hair because it would make you look even shorter.

The key to getting a long hairstyle to look right is to design the cut so that the face shape is flattered and facial flaws, such as a high forehead, wide face or narrow chin are accented or camouflaged with the haircut.

Options for a long hairstyle include long or short layering, texturizing, side swept bangs or full bangs, thinning out and highlights or lowlights.

Before you decide on a long hairstyle - whether you want to grow your hair out or get hair extensions, you should try on various styles using hairstyle imaging software. Click on photo, left and above, for more details on how you can do this.