Trendy Hairstyles
Trendy hairstyles for ladies 40+; long and short haircuts; elegant updos; long, medium and short hair styles pictures to help you choose what will work for your face shape and bone structure. If you’re trying to decide if a short haircut is the way to go, first look at some examples.
Avoiding The Purple Pin Curl Syndrome
The latest short trendy hairstyles will come and go as they always have, so don’t be too quick with the scissors just yet. Remember that after 40 hair doesn’t grow back as quickly as when you were in your 20’s. And be careful of “little by little” that may leave you with purple pin curls before your time.
Purple what? Purple pin curls are what creep up on you if you’re not careful. One cut at a time. You start with long hair, perhaps midway down your back, then you get a trim and another and another and pretty soon your hair’s shoulder length. Still fine. Then you get just the ends trimmed, but a little more and a little more each time, and you say it’s to keep them looking crisp. But one day, you look in the mirror and you have gray hair that’s very fine and short. “I need a little color” you say to yourself. So you get a tint that’s suppose to be platinum blond but turns somewhat purplish and won’t wash out…but what bothers you the most is that your hair isn’t full ….so to get a little more bounce and body you go and get a perm….and before you know it, you have purple pin curls and you’re not yet 85 or 90 years old. Stop. Craft a hair design that you can maintain between ages 40 and 55 without cutting all your hair or making changes that can’t be corrected easily. Don’t rush into a salon for a short haircut because your hair’s getting thinner than you’d like. Have a look at medium short hair style pictures and see what stylish and chic mature women are doing to avoid the pin curl syndrome by staying somewhere between long and short – keep it stylish, chic, modern. Take a look:
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There are a couple of good books that offer timeless suggestions. One is: Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques by Lauren Rennells. Why vintage? Because retro is back and so are elegant updos, medium short haircuts and the right kind of pin curls. In Rennells’ book, which is fully illustrated, you can learn how to create curls and waves that are chic and work marvelously on mature women 40 to 50-something. Don’t let the bizarre hairstyle on the book’s cover scare you off because inside there are some fun and practical ideas like creating a fake bob using vintage pin curl techniques that give body and bounce but don’t require really short hair.
Check out some ideas for medium short haircuts and styles that were hot in the 30’s and 40’s and are back in style now. If you have a little longer hair you can pull the ends back or create updos that you can’t achieve if you have boy-short hair, so try to keep some length. If you look through the pages, you’ll find that many of the styles you see in the long, medium and not too short hair styles pictures are very similar to what we’re seeing on the covers of magazines and what some of the famous mature women, who walk the red carpet, are donning. The feminine elegance of women’s hairstyles prior to the free flowing (and rather disheveled) looks of the 60’s and 70’s may require a little more work to learn, but it’s worth it. Author Lauren Rennells has provided readers with, not just images and pictures to inspire hairstyling creativity, but also step by step instructions how to achieve the look you want, as well as snippets of hairstyle history, including famous hairdos of the stars and fun anecdotes which are peppered through the book from beginning to end. This isn’t a magazine to flip through and toss away, but a full color, 200-page book that can be a reference for many years.
Use the pictures and ideas to help choose a cut, but also use it to create a sustainable mature woman’s look that can be maintained during the years to come. Refer to it when a refresher is required, when a new idea is needed for a special event hairdo, and even as a reference to remind yourself that it’s never too late to be a lady, to be elegant and stylish even if the initial bloom of youth has passed.
There’s a another recent book that’s worthy of buying. Although many women have stopped buying beauty books in favor of looking at pictures and getting ideas online, there’s still nothing like a good book, with glossy images of timeless hairstyles for mature women that won’t quickly be replaced by fading fads. Trendy hairstyles can be achieved that are fashionable now, but are not totally faddish. You want a la mode today and also enduring, you’ll love: Spectacular Hair: A Step-by-Step Guide to 46 Gorgeous Styles by Eric Mayost. It’s a must for those in the process of deciding what hairstyle is right and how to create beautiful hairdos for special occasions.
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What’s great is that it doesn’t cater to only the young faces and styles that are popular this year but focuses on classic, on what will be gorgeous on mature women today and forever. Just one glance at the cover and you know it’s worth looking inside. That’s where you’ll find a variety of long, medium and even short hair styles pictures to get you started, and also the instructions of how to achieve a total look. It deals with cuts, styling, updos and hair designs that have come full circle and are again considered trendy.
Try Out Trendy Hairstyles Using A Virtual Imaging System
If you prefer getting what you need online, then there are ways to see if the latest trendy hairstyles will suite you. Yes, there are now virtual hair salons. How do they work? Where can you find the best place that’s genuinely interactive?
Because there are so many scams for creating online hairstyles that make you download programs or require personal information, we suggest you stick to the places that are well-known, like InStyle magazine, the online version, has a section called the Hollywood Hair Virtual Makeover. How does it work?
- you can upload a picture of yourself
- the program, which you don’t need to download, will automatically add different hairstyles to your face as you choose a cut, color or even a celebrity design.
- you can also try on lipstick and other makeup ideas.
It’s a fun and practical system that is not just for teens or young ladies, in fact the hairdo selections are more often than not mature women, between 30 to 50, perhaps because these women are the ones who actually are doing something interesting with their hair.
Try Out Trendy Celebrity Hairdos
You can try on the latest trendy hairstyles from the cast of Sex and the City (all the ladies are gorgeous mature women); try Carrie’s long locks or get a virtual short haircut in the Miranda style (even go red), or get the sexy blonde layered look that Samantha’s currently sporting, and believe it or not, she’s 53. Yes, for any mature woman who wants Samantha’s (Kim Cattrall’s) edgy class, go with soft waves, an angled bob, light highlights about the face and a smile….never a frown. Perhaps it’s not your average 50+ look, but it’s probably the most alive and vibrant cut that a mature woman can choose. Free but with a touch of sass and lots of semi-controlled bounce. No purple pin curls anywhere in sight!
Returning back to InStyle, and their online virtual hairstyle and makeup system, we recommend it because it has dozens and dozens of styles. Choose what you’d like to try based on color, length, style or celebrity name. From straight short haircut designs like a Salma Hayek crisp bob to Heidi Klum’s series of shaggy chic designs, which she’s worn over the years. It doesn’t get trendier than what the stars are donning. See for yourself. Check out if your face shape and coloring match the newest hairdos with just a click…and there you’ll be on screen. Play with long and short cuts, waves, curls and straight styles, and even change your hair color. Play before you take the plunge.
If you’d like more information pertinent to mature women, 40 to 50+, please see related posts that deal with such diverse topics like menopause and sexuality issues.
