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Short Hairstyles: Short Hair Updo Ideas for Formal Events

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Posted Dec 22nd 2009 at 6:00AM  
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Looking for a dressy hair 'do for shorter hair styles? Something to wear to a formal event like a wedding, as a bridesmaid, or to prom or homecoming?

You're in luck! Expert hair stylist Danielle Caputo tells us how to get a glam hair style for tresses that aren't down-to-there. And you'll learn a thing or two about curling your hair with a curling iron, too.

Watch the video for all of Danielle's tips, click through the gallery for step-by-step instructions, and visit our Hair Basics section for more easy hair how-tos.

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Looking for a dressy 'do for shorter hair? You're in luck! Expert hair stylist Danielle Caputo tells us how to get a glam style for hair that's not down-to-there.
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Formal Short Hair

Looking for a dressy 'do for shorter hair? You're in luck! Expert hair stylist Danielle Caputo tells us how to get a glam style for hair that's not down-to-there.

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First, you'll focus on curling the top of the hair. Part the hair two inches from the center on each side of the head, and gather this middle section of hair up into a clip.

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Put clips on the rest of the hair so it doesn't get in the way.

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Begin curling the top section of the hair with a large-barrel curling iron. Curl the hair in 1 inch sections, starting with the front. Curl each section, rolling the curling iron forward.

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Fasten each curl with a hair clip so the curl stays intact while it cools. This will ensure better shape to each curl.

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Curl and pin the next row of hair, rolling the curling iron towards the back of the head, in the opposite direction of the curls in the row above.

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Curl the entire head of hair, following the previous steps.

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Jeanneweanne, 12-28-2009, 8:20PM

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Jeanneweanne

I think she/ her hair, actually looks better in the 'before' picture. But what do I know?

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judejaded, 12-28-2009, 9:14PM

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judejaded

agreed, i was just gonna say this outstanding cutie looks better b4. i always prefer natural beauty over made-up..i'm weird that way.

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morgan, 12-30-2009, 11:06PM

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morgan

Just thought I would point out as a professional comotolegy student that the before pic is not nature either. There is alot of product and flat ironing in it. and remeber they said they were doing a FORMAL UPDO. so the before pic wouldn't logically work. I think both are quite pretty but what do I know it's not like I am a cosmotology student learning hair as a profession or anything.

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christinakelly, 12-28-2009, 9:25PM

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christinakelly

OMG! Hideous!

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johnbob, 12-28-2009, 9:28PM

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johnbob

nice

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GRACE, 12-28-2009, 9:46PM

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GRACE

i don't know why you have to spray the hair before, doesn't that damage the hair if you are puttin the clips to hold it after the curling iron woudn't that be enought? JUST CURIUS AND i THINK SHE LOOK GREAT IN BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER.

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maaayyyy, 12-28-2009, 10:12PM

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maaayyyy

eww why would u say that

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paul4v44, 12-28-2009, 9:51PM

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paul4v44

She looked better before

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Rita, 12-28-2009, 9:55PM

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Rita

Her hair looks like crap in the 'after' picture.

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CodeguruXXX, 12-28-2009, 9:53PM

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CodeguruXXX

First hair cut looks better.

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megprincess45, 12-28-2009, 10:07PM

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megprincess45

the first pic is better the after one looks like just ewww

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teri, 12-28-2009, 10:17PM

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teri

She looks 20 years older in the after pic!

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chevy1100, 12-28-2009, 10:28PM

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chevy1100

i am a hair stylist and the video was horrible. demonstration was not up to par.... not to mention that the fingerwave is terribly outdated. her hair isnt the problem.... she needs makeup on her face. . .

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Crystal, 12-28-2009, 10:37PM

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Crystal

She looks older in the after photo. I don't like it very much at all.

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Little Dinny, 12-28-2009, 11:06PM

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Little Dinny

She looks prettier in the first picture... sigh

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Kevin, 12-28-2009, 11:47PM

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Kevin

Her hair looks better in the before pic!

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Steven, 12-29-2009, 12:19AM

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Steven

The "before" picture is much better because it is natural and not demeaning to women unlike the "after" picture, which would set women's progress back 50 years.

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Willie, 12-29-2009, 5:01PM

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Willie

Sorry; the first do isn't fantastic, but it looks better than the frumpy curly bob............A 70 year old white females opinion. :)

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Andii, 12-29-2009, 1:24AM

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Andii

wow the fact that you just said you would "bone her either way" is pretty sad plus your actually looking at the stylelist page haha =] even better! just wondering but are you a 40 yr old living in your mothers basement? haha.

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mimi, 12-29-2009, 1:00AM

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mimi

she looked better before. Good thing they only curled it because if they cut it, that would not have been cool.

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