Do It Up: Easy Updo Hairstyles

How to Create a Soft Chignon

1. Add texture.
Spritz a volumizer on clean, dry roots. Set strands in medium-size rollers, heat them with a blow-dryer, then remove after 10 minutes. Mist all over with a light hair spray. Divide hair into three even sections: two evenly parted sections from hairline to crown, and one from the crown back.

2. Create a bun.
Tease the back section and smooth any tangles with a paddle brush. Next, create a low ponytail. Loosely wrap the tail around the elastic in a clockwise direction, pinning pieces as you go (hide the pins under hair).

3. Smooth the sides.
To create the look of a traditional chignon, pull the right front section diagonally over the elastic to the left side, then under the bun, and secure with pins. Repeat on the left side.

Tool Kit
1. Nexxus Root Exxtend Volumizing Root Lifting Spray, $11.99, drugstores
2. Garnier Fructis Style Volumizing Anti-Humidity Hairspray, $4.11, drugstores
3. Sta-Rite Hair Pins, $1.99, sallybeauty.com