Beauty Blog

Braids have been seen on the runways and red carpets recently and forecasters are predicting them to be a hot summer style for the hair.  This makes total sense.  Braiding your hair not only will keep you cool (a long mane on your back can act as a winter coat sometimes), but will keep the hair out of your face leaving you looking fresh and your hair looking well groomed.  One of my favorite year-round styles for my hair is to wear it in braids.  First, i part the hair in the middle, do two regular braids–one on each side, and then I pull both up, wrapping them across the top of the crown, and finally securing them with bobby pins near the ears.  I like to leave a few shorter pieces loose in the front to frame the face.  I don’t see to many gals wearing their hair this way, and I always hear them tell me “I wish I could pull that off…but I just can’t.”  Nonsense!  Even if you don’t do the ‘Heidi’ style I do, there are so many variations to try, that eventually you will find one that suits you.  Nicole Richie was seen recently with a cute little braided style…

This style is super easy.  Part hair in the middle, do a french braid on each side, then twist ends into a low bun in the back.

Diane Kruger also opted for a braid on the Cannes Film Festival’s Red Carpet…

This is similar to Richie’s except messier.  For this you will do a side part, keeping it loose and slightly tousled, then on each side start a braid using imperfect, uneven chunks of hair.  Resist trying to do a back part also.  When the two braids meet in the back, combine them and either create one single braid with remaining hair, or weave them together and create another small braid that will be meant to rest on your shoulder.  I hate the rubber band at the end.  A quick fix is to take a small piece of hair from the end and wrap it tightly around the rubber band, disguising it.  This trick is very chic looking and easy!

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Well this debate all started when my best friend (male) and I were discussing Sienna Miller and her acting as Edie Sedgwick. To which he replies, “Well she has a nice body, kinduv an old face for her age but I don’t like short hair on chicks… a lot of guys don’t.”

Got me thinking, is that true?  Do guys not like SHORT hair on girls regardless of physique and face? I started asking some of my other boys and as a whole they primarily all responded in a similar fashion. That yes, in general - men do NOT like short hair on women. 

Supposedly there are always exceptions to the rule (Natalie Portman, Halle Berry etc.)  but they are few and far between AND while guys think those chicks are hot, they still contend that they would be “hotter” still if they had long locks.

Just thought this was interesting and worth posting about. The irony is when women talk amongst each other we generally think, “Oh sure Suze, cut your hair it’s so long and drab. It’s way cuter short.” Oops! Not that I think that women should conform completely to a mans idea of sexy but again, pretty interesting to consider.

Any males out there want to chime in? Ladies, do you guys agree that men prefer longer hairstyles?! 

Long Hairstyles?

Short Hair?

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